[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 68 (Tuesday, June 6, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D540-D542]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary approved for full Committee action the Commerce, Justice, 
State, and Judiciary appropriations for fiscal year 2001.
INDEPENDENT COUNSEL ACT--JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on the Justice 
Department's Implementation of the Independent Counsel Act. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: 
Lee Radek, Public Integrity Section Chief; and Neil Gallagher, 
Assistant Director for Terrorism, FBI; and William Esposito, former 
Deputy Director, FBI, Department of Justice.
``DRUGS IN THE MAIL: HOW CAN THEY BE STOPPED?''
Committee on Government Reform: On May 26, the Subcommittee on Criminal 
Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources held a hearing on ``Drugs in 
the Mail: How Can They be Stopped?'' Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Justice: Joseph D. Keefe, 
Special Agent in Charge, DEA; and W.K. Williams, Assistant Section 
Chief, Drug Section, Criminal Investigative Division, FBI; Kevin 
Dellicolli, Director, Cyber Smuggling, Office of Investigations, U.S. 
Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; Kenneth Newman, Deputy 
Chief Postal Inspector, Criminal Investigations, U.S. Postal Service; 
and public witnesses.

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FEDERAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT COMPLIANCE
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on Compliance with the 
Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996: Agencies Continue 
to Struggle. Testimony was heard from Joshua Gotbaum, Executive 
Associate Director and Controller, Office of Federal Financial 
Management, OMB; Jeffrey C. Steinhoff, Assistant Comptroller General, 
Accounting and Information Management Division, GAO; Thomas P. Skelley, 
Director, Budget Service and Acting Chief Financial Officer, Department 
of Education; Arnold G. Holz, Chief Financial Officer, NASA; and Karen 
C. Alderman, Executive Director, Joint Financial Management Improvement 
Program.
OVERSIGHT--AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION AND THE WORLD WAR II 
MEMORIAL
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans Affairs, and International Relations held an oversight hearing 
on the American Battle Monuments Commission and the World War II 
Memorial. Testimony was heard from David L. Clark, Director, Audit 
Oversight and Liaison, Accounting and Information Management Division, 
GAO; Maj. Gen. John P. Herrling, USA (Ret.), Secretary, American Battle 
Monuments Commission; former Senator Robert J. Dole of Kansas, Co-
Chairman, U.S. World War II Memorial Project; and representatives of 
veterans organizations.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 4576, making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to 
comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or 
legislative provisions in a general appropriations bill and prohibiting 
reappropriations in a general appropriations 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. 
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Lewis of 
California and Murtha.
LABOR, HHS, AND EDUCATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 4577, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. The rule waives 
all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
provides that the amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee 
report accompanying the resolution shall be considered as adopted. The 
rule waives clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or 
legislative provisions in an appropriations bill) against provisions in 
the bill, as amended, except as otherwise specified in the rule. The 
rule provides that the amendment printed in part B of the Rules 
Committee report may be offered only by a Member designated in the 
report and only at the appropriate point in the reading of the bill, 
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 
amendment printed in part B of the report. The rule also waives clause 
2(e) of rule XXI (prohibiting non-emergency designated amendments to be 
offered to an appropriations bill containing an emergency designation) 
against amendments offered during consideration of 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. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Porter, Upton, 
Ryan of Wisconsin, Wilson, Obey, Roemer and Davis of Florida.
SAN RAFAEL WESTERN LEGACY DISTRICT AND NATIONAL CONSERVATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 3605. San Rafael Western Legacy District and 
National Conservation Act. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the Committee on 
Resources 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.

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The rule provides that the amendment printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying the resolution shall be 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 
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 Hansen and 
Cannon.

Joint Meetings
HIGH-TECH SUMMIT
  Joint Economic Committee: Committee began hearings on the High-
Technology National Summit to examine issues that are related to 
ensuring the continuation of its robust role in our economic health, 
focusing on the necessity for education system changes, trade and 
deregulation issues, and what actions the government should take 
regarding these issues, receiving testimony from Andrew S. Grove, Intel 
Corporation, and William Larson, Network Associates, both of Santa 
Clara, California; William H. Gates, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, 
Washington; Carol Bartz, Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, California; John 
Warnock, Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, California; Mark Leavitt, 
MedicaLogic/Medscape, Inc., Hillsboro, Oregon; and Jay Walker, Walker 
Digital and Priceline.com, Stamford, Connecticut.
  Hearings will continue tomorrow.