[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 54 (Thursday, May 4, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D427-D428]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
approved for full Committee action the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations for 
fiscal year 2001.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel 
approved for full Committee action H.R. 4205, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Readiness 
approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 4205, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001.
FAIR CREDIT REPORTING AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing on the Fair Credit 
Reporting Act and its application to employers investigating alleged 
employee misconduct and on H.R. 3408, Fair Credit Reporting Amendments 
Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from Ida Castro, Chairman, EEOC; Debra 
Valentine, General Counsel, FTC; and public witnesses.
``ACCOUNTING FOR BUSINESS COMBINATIONS: SHOULD POOLING BE ELIMINATED?''
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
held a hearing on ``Accounting for Business Combinations: Should 
Pooling Be Eliminated?'' Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Goodlatte and Dooley of California; and public witnesses.
OERI--OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families held a hearing on Options for the Future 
of OERI. Testimony was heard from C. Kent McGuire, Assistant Secretary, 
Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Department of 
Education; Reid Lyon, Chief, Child Development and Behavior Branch, 
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, 
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
``MISSING WHITE HOUSE E-MAILS: MISMANAGEMENT OF SUBPOENAED RECORDS''
Committee on Government Reform: Continued hearings on ``White House E-
Mails: Mismanagement of Subpoenaed Records, Day Four''. Testimony was 
heard from Mark Lindsay, Assistant to the President, Management and 
Administration; Beth Nolan, Counsel to the President; Dimitri Nionakis, 
Associate Counsel to the President; Charles F.C. Ruff, former White 
House Counsel; and Cheryl Mills, former Deputy White House Counsel.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported, as amended, 
H.R. 4118, Russian-American Trust and Cooperation Act of 2000.
  The Committee also favorably considered the following measures and 
adopted a motion urging the Chairman to request that they be considered 
on the Suspension Calendar: H. Con. Res. 251, commending the Republic 
of Croatia for the conduct of its parliamentary and presidential 
elections; and H.R. 4249, Cross-Border Cooperation and Environmental 
Safety in Northern Europe Act of 2000.
INTERNET NONDISCRIMINATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered favorably reported, as amended, 
H.R. 3709, Internet Nondiscrimination Act.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOURCING AND PRIVACY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on

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H.R. 3489, Wireless Telecommunications Sourcing and Privacy Act. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Pickering; and public 
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--MINERAL RIGHTS AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAYMENTS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held an oversight hearing to examine the laws, policies, practices, and 
operations of the Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, and 
other agencies pertaining to payments to their employees, including 
payments relative to mineral royalty programs and policies from public 
lands and Indian lands. Testimony was heard from Bernard Kritzer, oil 
valuation expert, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans held a hearing on H.R. 2875, to amend the Klamath 
River Basin Fishery Resources Restoration Act to provide for tribal 
representation on the Klamath Fishery Management Council, to clarify 
allocation of the annual tribal catch. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Herger; Michael Anderson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1751, Carrizo Plain 
National Conservation Act of 1999; and H.R. 4115, to authorize 
appropriations for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Capps and Thomas; Molly 
McUsic, Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Sara J. 
Bloomfield, Director, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; and a public 
witness.
CONFERENCE REPORT--TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2000
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 434, Trade and 
Development Act of 2000, and against its consideration. The rule 
provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Crane and Royce.
WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT REFORM AND IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, and Exports 
held a hearing on ``Making the Work Opportunity Tax Credit a Success 
for Small Business'', focusing on H.R. 2101, Work Opportunity Tax 
Credit Reform and Improvement Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Rangel and Weller; Roger Littlejohn, Coordinator, Work 
Opportunity Tax Credit Program, Department of Labor and Workforce 
Development, State of Tennessee; and public witnesses.
PREPAREDNESS AGAINST TERRORISM ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management held a hearing on 
H.R. 4210, Preparedness Against Terrorism Act of 2000. Testimony was 
heard from James Lee Witt, Director, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency; Charles Cragin, Acting Under Secretary, Personnel and 
Readiness, Department of Defense; Dale Watson, Assistant Director, 
Counterterrorism Activities Division, FBI, Department of Justice; and 
public witnesses.
SOCIAL SECURITY REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a 
hearing on Social Security representative payees. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the SSA: Susan M. Daniels, Deputy 
Commissioner, Disability and Income Security Programs; and James G. 
Huse, Jr., Inspector General; and public witnesses.
STATE DEPARTMENT SECURITY AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE PRACTICES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on State Department Security and Counterintelligence 
Practices. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
SUB-SAHARA AFRICA TRADE
Conferees on Wednesday, May 3, agreed to file a conference report on 
the differences between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 
434, to authorize a new trade and investment policy for sub-Sahara 
Africa, expand trade benefits to the countries in the Caribbean Basin, 
renew the generalized system of preferences, and reauthorize the trade 
adjustment assistance programs.