[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 9, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill (S. 2521), making appropriations for military 
construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001;
  An original bill (S. 2522), making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001; and
  An original bill, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill entitled ``National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2001'';
  An original bill entitled ``Department of Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2001'';
  An original bill entitled ``Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2001''; and
  An original bill entitled ``Department of Energy National Security 
Act for Fiscal Year 2001''.
CHINA-WTO AGREEMENT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine certain implications relating to the U.S. decision to 
grant China Permanent Normal Trade Relations and China's entry into the 
World Trade Organization, focusing on initiatives to open foreign financial 
markets, after receiving testimony from Lawrence H. Summers, Secretary of 
the Treasury; Charlene Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative; Marc 
E. Lackritz, Securities Industry Association, and Gary G. Benanav, New York 
Life International, Inc., on behalf of the International Insurance Council, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and Robert P. Morrow, III, Bank of America 
Corporation, San Francisco, California, on behalf of the Financial Services 
Roundtable.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government 
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to 
examine performance management in the District of Columbia, focusing on 
electrical and building permit processes, Citywide Call Center launch, and 
drug activity reduction, receiving testimony from Mayor Anthony A. Williams, 
Washington, D.C.
CARIBBEAN DRUG TRAFFICKING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight 
concluded oversight hearings to examine Caribbean drug trafficking, focusing 
on smuggling trends, law enforcement efforts and funding, and recent 
enforcement successes, after receiving testimony from Vice Adm. John E. 
Shkor, Commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area, Department of Transportation; 
Michael S. Vigil, Special Agent in Charge, Caribbean Field Division, Drug 
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; and John C. Varrone, 
Acting Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Investigations, United 
States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.
DOMESTIC HEROIN USE
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded hearings to examine issues relating to the domestic effects of 
heroin use, focusing on prevention, community and parental involvement, 
addiction research, juvenile residential treatment programs, and the 
proposed Drug Treatment and Research Enhancement Act, after receiving 
testimony from Mitchell S. Rosenthal, Phoenix House Foundation, New York, 
New York; Charles O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania Center for Studies of 
Addiction, Philadelphia; Jessica M. Hulsey, Civic Solutions, Washington, 
D.C.; Marie Allen, Wilmington, Delaware; and certain other public witnesses.