[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 59 (Monday, May 15, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D468]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PRIVACY COMMISSION ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 4049, Privacy Commission 
Act. Testimony was heard from John Spotilla, Administrator, Office of 
Regulatory Affairs, OMB; David Veator, General Counsel, Office of Consumer 
Affairs and Business Regulation, State of Massachusetts; Mike Hatch, 
Attorney General, State of Minnesota; and a public witness.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule on H.R. 4425, 
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, providing one hour of general debate to be 
equally divided between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives clause 4(c) of rule XIII 
(requiring the three-day availability of printed hearings on a general 
appropriations bill) against consideration of the bill. The rule waives 
clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions in 
an appropriations bill) against provisions in the bill. 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. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Finally, the rule provides that, for 
purposes of enforcement of the Congressional Budget Act, the appropriate 
levels of new budget authority and total budget outlays shall be those 
reflected in the table entitled ``Conference Report Fiscal Year 2001 Budget 
Resolution Total Spending and Revenues'' in House Report 106-577. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Hobson and Olver.
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