[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 58 (Thursday, May 11, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D459-D461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive 
session and ordered reported the Defense appropriations for fiscal year 
2001.
CHINA--PERMANENT NORMAL RELATIONS
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on 
Permanent Normal Relations for China: Impact on U.S. Financial 
Community. Testimony was heard from Lawrence H. Summers, Secretary of 
the Treasury; Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative; and 
public witnesses.
NEW ELECTRONIC MARKET COMPETITION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
continued hearings on Competition in the New Electronic Market: Part 
II. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE FAIRNESS ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a 
hearing on H.R. 3250, Health Care Fairness Act of 1999. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Lewis of Georgia, Watts of Oklahoma, Jackson 
of Illinois, Hayworth, Underwood and Rodriguez; David Satcher, U.S. 
Surgeon General, Department of Health and Human Services; E. Anne 
Peterson, M.D., Health Commissioner, State of Virginia; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORIZATIONS
Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families held a hearing on Authorization of the 
National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of 
Educational Progress, and National Assessment Governing Board. 
Testimony was heard from Michael E. Ward, Superintendent of Public 
Instruction, Department of Public Instruction, State of North Carolina; 
and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--2000 CENSUS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on the Census held an 
oversight hearing of the 2000 Census: Non-Response Follow-up and Other 
Key Operations. Testimony was heard from J. Christopher Mihm, Associate 
Director, Federal Management and Workforce Issues, GAO.

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DRUG SENTENCING POLICIES AND PRACTICES
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy, and Human Resources held a hearing on Drug Sentencing Policies 
and Practices. Testimony was heard from John Steer, Commissioner, U.S. 
Sentencing Commission; the following officials of the Department of 
Justice: John Roth, Chief, Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Section; and 
Thomas Kane, Assistant Director, Information Policy and Public Affairs, 
Bureau of Prisons; George Allen, former Governor, State of Virginia; 
and public witnesses.
STATE DEPARTMENT SECURITY
Committee on International Relations:. Held a hearing on Current 
Challenges to State Department Security. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of State: Jacquelyn L. Williams-
Bridgers, Inspector General; David Carpenter, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of Diplomatic Security; and Stapleton Roy, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of Intelligence and Research; and Tim Breznay, National Security 
Division, FBI, Department of Justice.
MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOURCING ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 
4391, Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act.
MILITARY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION ACT; VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full 
Committee action, as amended, the following bills: H.R. 3380, Military 
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 1999; and H.R. 1248, Violence 
Against Women Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 894, No Second Chances for Murderers, Rapists, or 
Child Molesters Act of 1999; H.R. 4045, Matthew's Law; H.R. 4047, Two 
Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act; and H.R. 4147, Stop 
Material Unsuitable for Teens Act. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Cunningham, Green of Wisconsin, Salmon and Tancredo; 
Mike Lawlor, Representative, Assembly, State of Connecticut; and public 
witnesses.
VALLES CALDERA PRESERVATION ACT
Committee on Resources: Held a hearing on H.R. 3288, Valles Caldera 
Preservation Act. Testimony was heard from James Lyons, Under 
Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, USDA; Larry Finfer, 
Assistant Director, Communications, Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of the Interior; the following officials of the State of New 
Mexico: Jeannette Wallace, Representative; and Robert Gibson, County 
Councilor, Los Alamos; and a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3118, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations under the 
Migratory Bird Treaty Act that authorize States to establish hunting 
seasons for double-crested cormorants; H.R. 4070, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to correct a map relating to the Coastal 
Barrier Resources System Unit P31, located near the city of Mexico 
Beach, Florida; and H.R. 4318, Red River National Wildlife Refuge Act. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives McCrery, McHugh, Peterson of 
Minnesota, Boyd and Dickey; Daniel M. Ashe, Assistant Director, Refuges 
and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
LAKE TAHOE RESTORATION ACT; COMMUNITY FOREST RESTORATION ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3388, Lake Tahoe Restoration 
Act; and S. 1288, Community Forest Restoration Act. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Gibbons; Randy Phillips, Deputy Chief, Programs and 
Legislation, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; COLORADO UTE SETTLEMENT ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power approved for 
full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 3023, amended, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, to convey property to the Greater Yuma Port Authority of 
Yuma County, Arizona, for use as an international port of entry; H.R. 
4132, to reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology 
institutes established under the Water Resources Research Act of 1984; 
and S. 1211, to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to 
authorize additional measures to carry out the control of salinity 
upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 3112, Colorado Ute 
Settlement Act Amendments of 1999. Testimony was heard from David 
Hayes, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.

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VETERANS AND DEPENDENTS MILLENNIUM EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported H.R. 4268, Veterans 
and Dependents Millennium Education Act.
VETERANS AFFAIRS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
held a hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology 
(IT) program. Testimony was heard from Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Civil 
Agencies Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management 
Division, GAO; and the following officials of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs: Richard J. Griffin, Inspector General; Harold F. Gracey, Jr., 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Information Technology; Dan L. Marsh, 
Associate Chief Information Officer, Implementation and Training; Veterans 
Health Administration; K. Adair Martinez, Chief Information Officer and 
Charles R. DeCoste, Director, Data Management Office, both with the Veterans 
Benefits Administration; and Vincent L. Barile, Director, Operations 
Support, National Cemetery Administration.
ADMINISTRATION'S PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROPOSAL
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on the 
Administration's prescription drug proposal. Testimony was heard from Nancy-
Ann Min DeParle, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Dan L. Crippen, Director, CBO; and 
William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Financing and Public Health Issues, 
GAO.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS--INCREASING USE AND MISUSE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security concluded 
hearings to examine the increasing use and misuse of Social Security 
numbers. Testimony was heard from Representatives McDermott, Kleczka, 
Markey, Hostettler and Paul; and public witnesses.