[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 60 (Tuesday, May 16, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D474-D476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Transportation 
appropriations for fiscal year 2001.
GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES--IMPROVING REGULATION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a 
hearing on improving regulation of the housing Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, focusing on H.R. 3703, Housing Finance Regulatory 
Improvement Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Franklin Raines, 
Chairman and CEO, Fannie Mae; Leland Brendsel, Chairman and CEO, 
Freddie Mac; and Curtis Hage, Chairman, Council of Federal Home Loan 
Banks.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power approved 
for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 4288, amended, 
to clarify that environmental protection, safety, and health 
provisions continue to apply to the functions of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration to the same extent as those 
provisions applied to those functions before transfer to the 
Administration; S. 1937, to amend the Pacific Northwest Electric 
Power Planning and Conservation Act to provide for sales of 
electricity by the Bonneville Power Administration to joint 
operating entities; S. 422, amended, to provide for Alaska state 
jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects; and H.R. 2335, 
amended, Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act of 1999.
CONSUMER SAFETY INITIATIVES
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on Consumer Safety Initiatives: 
Protecting the Vulnerable, focusing on the following bills: H.R. 4145, 
Child Passenger Protection Act of 2000; H.R. 2592, to amend the 
Consumer Products Safety Act to provide that low-speed electric 
bicycles are consumer products subject to such Act; and H.R. 3032, 
National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act of 1999. Testimony was heard 
from Rosalyn G. Millman, Deputy Administrator, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; the following 
officials of the Consumer Product Safety Commission: Ann Brown, 
Chairman;

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May Sheila Gall and Thomas H. Moore, both Commissioners; and public 
witnesses.
RITALIN USE AMONG YOUTH
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families held a hearing on Ritalin Use Among 
Youth: Examining the Issues and Concerns. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Pryce of Ohio and Kucinich; Terrance Woodworth, Deputy 
Director, Office of Diversion Control, DEA, Department of Justice; and 
public witnesses.
PRIVACY COMMISSION ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology concluded hearings on H.R. 4049, Privacy 
Commission Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Markey and 
Greenwood; and public witnesses.
CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN LATIN AMERICA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy and Trade held a hearing on Conducting Business in 
Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities. Testimony was heard from 
George Munoz, President and CEO, Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation; Bryan Samuel, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State; Regina Vargo, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Western Hemisphere, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 3605, San 
Rafael Western Legacy District and National Conservation Act.
  The Committee also held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 946, 
Graton Rancheria Restoration Act; H.R. 2671, Yankton Sioux Tribe and 
Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska Development Trust Fund Act; and H.R. 
4148, Tribal Contract Support Cost Technical Amendments of 2000. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Woolsey; Kevin Gover, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; 
Michael H. Trujillo, M.D., Director, Indian Health Service, Department 
of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health 
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 3657, 
amended, to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of public 
domain land in the San Bernardino National Forest in the State of 
California; H.R. 3817, amended, to redesignate the Big South Trail in 
the Comanche Peak Wilderness Area of Roosevelt National Forest in 
Colorado as the `Jaryd Atadero Legacy Trail'; H.R. 4226, amended, Black 
Hills National Forest and Rocky Mountain Research Station Improvement 
Act; H.R. 3388, amended, Lake Tahoe Restoration Act; S. 1374, Jackson 
Multi-Agency Campus Act of 1999; and S. 1288, Community Forest 
Restoration Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3632, Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act of 2000; H.R. 4063, Rosie the 
Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park Establishment 
Act of 2000; and H.R. 4125, to provide a grant under the urban park and 
recreation recovery program to assist in the development of a 
Millennium Cultural Cooperative Park in Youngstown, Ohio. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Lantos, George Miller of California and 
Traficant; John Reynolds, Regional Director, Pacific West Region, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule on H.R. 
4205, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 providing 
one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled between the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 
Services. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The rule provides that it shall be in order to consider as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment, the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now 
printed in the bill. The rule waives all points of order against the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The rule provides 
that no amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall be in order except those printed in the Rules 
Committee report accompanying the resolution or specified by a 
subsequent order of the House, amendments en bloc described in section 
3 of the resolution, and pro forma amendments offered by the chairman 
or ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services for the 
purpose of debate. The rule provides that, except as specified in 
section 5 of the resolution, each amendment printed in the report shall 
be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered 
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be

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considered as read, 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 provides that, unless otherwise specified in the report, 
each amendment printed in the report shall be debatable for 10 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent and 
shall not be subject to amendment (except that the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services may each offer one 
pro forma amendment for the purpose of debate on any pending 
amendment). The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in the report or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 
the resolution.
  The rule provides that it shall be in order at any time for the 
chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to offer 
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in the report not 
earlier disposed of or germane modifications of any such amendment, 
which shall be considered as read (except that modifications shall be 
reported), shall be debatable for 40 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Armed Services or their designees, 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 
provides that, for the purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc, 
an amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may be modified 
to the form of a germane perfecting amendment to the text originally 
proposed to be stricken. The rule provides that the original proponent 
of an amendment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a 
statement in the Congressional Record immediately before the 
disposition of the amendments en bloc. The rule allows the Chairman of 
the Committee of the Whole to postpone until a time during further 
consideration of the bill a request for a recorded vote on any 
amendment and to reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed 
question if the vote follows a fifteen vote.
  The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to 
recognize for the consideration of any amendment printed in the report 
out of the order printed, but not sooner than one hour after the 
chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or a designee announces 
from the floor a request to that effect. Finally, the rule provides 
that, after disposition of the amendments printed in the report, the 
Committee of the Whole shall rise without motion and no further 
consideration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a 
subsequent order of the House. Testimony was heard from Chairman Spence 
and Representatives Kasich, Talent, Thornberry, Ryun of Kansas, 
Gibbons, Cox, Camp, Bachus, Bryant, Shays, Sanford, Wamp, Weldon of 
Florida, Whitfield, Thune, Vitter, Skelton, Taylor of Mississippi, 
Allen, Sanchez, Rodriguez, Tauscher, Andrews, Hill of Indiana, Moakley, 
Markey, Stenholm, Frank of Massachusetts, Berman, Kanjorski, Traficant, 
Kaptur, McCarthy of New York, Velazquez, Strickland, Luther, Lofgren, 
Blagojevich, Shows, Udall of Colorado, Baird, Baca and Berkley.
TRADE WITH CHINA
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, and Exports 
held a hearing on Trade with China Helps Small Business Exporters Work. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Crane; Aida Alvarez, 
Administrator, SBA; and public witnesses.
FUTURE OF AVIATION TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on the Future of Aviation Technology ``Is the 
Sky the Limit?'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the NASA: Dan Goldin, Administrator; and Bruce Holmes, General Aviation 
Manager; Herman A. Rediess, Director, Office of Aviation Research, FAA, 
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE--FAMILIES LEAVING WELFARE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on Health Care Coverage for Families Leaving Welfare. Testimony 
was heard from Representative Stark; Jean Hearne, Specialist in Social 
Legislation, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Don 
Winstead, Welfare Reform Administrator, Department of Children and 
Families, State of Florida; Kathleen Gifford, Assistant Secretary, 
Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning, State of Indiana; Lynn V. 
Mitchell, M.D., Medicaid Director, State of Oklahoma; and public 
witnesses.
INTERNET TAX ISSUES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing 
on Internet tax issues. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.