[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 9, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D443-D444]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS; MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following: a report 
on the Suballocation of Budget Allocations for fiscal year 2001; the 
Military Construction and the Legislative Branch appropriations for 
fiscal year 2001.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Procurement 
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 Research and Development 
approved for full Committee action H.R. 4205, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001.
CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVAL ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment approved 
for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 2498, Cardiac Arrest 
Survival Act of 1999.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Saving 
Lives: The Cardiac Arrest Survival Act. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE COOPERATION ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Employer 
Employee Relations held a hearing on H.R. 1093, Public Safety Employer-
Employee Cooperation Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from Gene Kinsey, 
Mayor, Grand Junction, State of Colorado; George Costello, Legislative 
Attorney, American Law Division, Congressional Research Service, 
Library of Congress; and public witnesses.
DEBT PAYMENT INCENTIVE ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 4181, Debt Payment 
Incentive Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from Cornelia M. Ashby, 
Associate Director, Tax Policy and Administration Issues, GAO; Deidre 
Lee, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, OMB; Joe 
Mikrut, Tax Legislative Council, Department of the Treasury; Carol 
Covey, Deputy Director, Defense Procurement, Department of Defense; and 
Sally Thompson, Chief Financial Officer, USDA.
DOD'S FINANCIAL AUDIT RESULTS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on the ``Results of the 
Department of Defense's Fiscal Year 1999 Financial Statements Audit''. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Robert J. Lieberman, Assistant Inspector General, Auditing; 
William J. Lynn, Under Secretary (Comptroller); Gen. John G. Coburn, 
USA, Commanding General, U.S. Army Material Command; Vice Adm. James F. 
Amerault, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Lester L. 
Lyles, USAF, Commander, Air Force Material Command; and Jeffrey C. 
Steinhoff, Acting Assistant Comptroller General, Accounting and 
Information Management Division, GAO.
AFRICA'S DIAMONDS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a 
hearing on Africa's Diamonds: Precious, Perilous Too? Testimony was 
heard from Ambassador Howard Jeter, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of African Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported H.R. 4034, Patent and 
Trademark Office Reauthorization Act.
  The Committee also began markup of H.R. 4227, Technology Worker 
Temporary Relief Act.
  Will continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2267, Willing Seller 
Amendments of 1999 to the National Trails System Act; H.R. 2409, El 
Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 1999; and H.R. 
4086, to amend the National Trails System Act to require that property 
owners be compensated when certain railbanked trails are developed for 
purposes of public use. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Rodriguez, McInnis and Ryun of Kansas; Katherine Stevenson, Associate 
Director, Stewardship and Partnerships, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; Darwin Hindman, Mayor, Columbia, State of 
Missouri; and public witnesses.
CONSERVATION AND REINVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
90 minutes of general debate

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on H.R. 701, Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 1999. The rule waives 
all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule makes 
in order the text of H.R. 4377 as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute now 
printed in the bill, which shall be considered as read. The rule waives 
all points of order against the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in 
the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule 
provides that the amendments made in order may be offered only in the 
order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 
in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for a division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendments printed in the report. The rule permits the 
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone votes during 
consideration of the bill, and to reduce voting time to five minutes on 
a postponed question if the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. 
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Young of Alaska and 
Representatives Calvert. Pombo, Thornberry, Hill of Montana, Gibbons, 
Souder, Walden of Oregon, Simpson, Regula, McHugh. Moran of Kansas, 
Ose, Sweeney, George Miller of California, Kind, Udall of Colorado and 
Clayton.
INTERNET NONDISCRIMINATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 3709, Internet 
Nondiscrimination Act. The rule waives clause 4(a) of rule XIII 
(requiring a three-day layover of the committee report) against 
consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the Committee on the 
Judiciary amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the 
bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment, which shall be 
open for amendment at any point. The rule provides that the amendment 
process shall not exceed 2 hours. The rule authorizes the Chair to 
accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their 
amendments in the Congressional Record. The rule allows the Chairman of 
the Committee of the Whole to postpone votes during consideration of 
the bill, and to reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed 
question if the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Gekas, Bachus, Thune, Istook, 
Jackson-Lee of Texas, Delahunt and McCarthy of Missouri.
INTERNET, DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE FUTURE OF THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Basic Research held a hearing on 
the Internet, Distance Learning and the Future of the Research 
University. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS--INCREASING USE AND MISUSE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a 
hearing to examine the increasing use and misuse of Social Security 
numbers. Testimony was heard from Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Associate 
Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security Issues, Health, 
Education and Human Services Division, GAO; James G. Huse, Jr., 
Inspector General, SSA; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue May 11.