[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 74 (Wednesday, June 14, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D598-D600]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMODITY FUTURES MODERNIZATION ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research, 
and Specialty Crops held a hearing on H.R. 4541, Commodity Futures 
Modernization Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from C. Robert Paul, 
General Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Lewis A. Sachs, 
Assistant Secretary, Financial Markets, Department of the Treasury; 
Patrick M. Parkinson, Associate Director, Division of Research and 
Statistics, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and Annette L. 
Nazareth, Director, Division of Market Regulation, SEC.

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COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Commerce, Justice, 
State, and Judiciary appropriations for fiscal year 2001.
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY--SECURITY FAILURES
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on security failures at the 
Lost Alamos National Laboratory. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Energy: T.J. Glauthier, Deputy 
Secretary; Gen. Eugene Habiger, USAF (Ret.), Director, Office of 
Security and Emergency Operations; Edward J. Curran, Director, Office 
of Counterintelligence; Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Gioconda, USAF, Acting 
Deputy Administrator, Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security 
Administration; and John C. Browne, Director, Los Alamos National 
Laboratory.
MEDICAL FINANCIAL PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on H.R. 
4585, Medical Financial Privacy Protection Act. Testimony was heard 
from Gary Gensler, Under Secretary, Domestic Finance, Department of the 
Treasury; and public witnesses.
SMOTHERING EDUCATION REFORM
Committee on the Budget: Education Task Force held a hearing on 
Smothering Education Reform, How Washington Stifles Innovation. 
Testimony was heard from Senator Hutchinson, State of Arkansas; Eugene 
Hickok, Secretary of Education, State of Pennsylvania; and a public 
witness.
MEDICARE'S REGULATORY BURDEN ON PROVIDERS
Committee on the Budget: Health Task Force held a hearing on Medicare's 
Regulatory Burden on Providers. Testimony was heard from Robert 
Berenson, Director, Center for Health Plans and Providers, Health Care 
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and 
Robert Charrow, former Principal Deputy General Counsel, Department of 
Health and Human Services.
UNSOLICITED ELECTRONIC MAIL ACT
Committee on Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 3113, 
Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act of 1999.
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: MODERNIZING MEDICARE
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a 
hearing entitled: ``Prescription Drugs: Modernizing Medicare for the 
21st Century.'' Testimony was heard from Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, 
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of 
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
ELECTRONIC FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT--AGENCY RESPONSE
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing entitled: ``Agency Response 
to the Electronic Freedom of Information Act.'' Testimony was heard 
from Joshua Gotbaum, Executive Associate Director and Controller, OMB; 
Ethan Posner, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice; 
Henry J. McIntyre, Director, Directorate for the Freedom of Information 
Security and Review, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
PRIVACY COMMISSION ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology approved for full Committee action, as 
amended, H.R. 4049, Privacy Commission Act.
DOES CONGRESS DELEGATE TOO MUCH POWER TO AGENCIES
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Economic 
Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing on 
``Does Congress Delegate Too Much Power to Agencies and What Should be 
Done About It?'' Testimony was heard from Senator Brownback; 
Representative Hayworth; John Spotila, Administrator, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; and public witnesses.
WESTERN EUROPE--TREATMENT OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the Treatment 
of Religious Minorities in Western Europe. Testimony was heard from 
Robert A. Seiple, Ambassador-at-Large, International Religious Freedom, 
Department of State; T. Jeremy Gunn, Guest Scholar, U.S. Institute of 
Peace; and public witnesses.
SAFETY OF CITIZENS TRAVELING IN MEXICO; CHALLENGES TO HEMISPHERIC 
DEMOCRACY
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere approved for full Committee action, as amended, H. Con. Res. 
232, expressing the sense of Congress concerning the safety and well-
being of United States citizens injured while traveling in Mexico.
  The Committee also held a hearing on Challenges to Hemispheric 
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Instability. Testimony was heard from Representative Conyers; and 
Ambassador Lino Gutierrez, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of State.
OVERSIGHT--AIRLINE INDUSTRY--STATE OF COMPETITION
Committee on the Judiciary: Held an oversight hearing on the State of 
Competition in the Airline Industry. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Fitzgerald; Representatives Jackson of Illinois and Slaughter; John 
Nannes, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, 
Department of Justice; the following officials of the Department of 
Transportation: Nancy McFadden, General Counsel; and Paul Galis, Deputy 
Associate Administrator, Airports, FAA; Mike Gordon, Mayor, El Segundo, 
California; and public witnesses.
ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Resources: Held a hearing on H.R. 4345, Alaska Native 
Claims Technical Amendments Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from John 
Berry, Assistant Secretary, Policy, Management and Budget, Department 
of the Interior; and pubic witnesses.
RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on Rural Health Care 
Services: Has Medicare Reform Killed Small Business Providers? 
Testimony was heard from Cathy Buro, Deputy Director, Health Plans and 
Providers, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health 
and Human Services; and public witnesses.
SSA--PROCESSING OF ATTORNEY FEES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a 
hearing on the processing of attorney fees by the SSA. Testimony was 
heard from William C. Taylor, Deputy Associate Commissioner, Hearings 
and Appeals, SSA; Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Associate Director, Education, 
Workforce and Income Security Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
BOSNIA
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: On Tuesday, June 13, 
Commission concluded hearings to examine the situation five years after 
the Dayton Agreement which ended the war in Bosnia, focusing on whether 
the Dayton Agreement has encouraged the restoration of multi-ethnic 
Bosnian state, or perpetuated the ethnic divisions created by 
aggression and ethnic cleansing, after receiving testimony from Gen. 
Wesley K. Clark, U.S. Army, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe; 
James Pardew, Principal Deputy Special Advisor to the President and 
Secretary of State for Kosovo and Dayton Implementation; Robert Barry, 
Head of Mission, OSCE Mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina; Haris Silajdzic, 
Member, Bosnian Parliament, and former Prime Minister of Bosnia-
Herzegovina; Selim Beslagic, Mayor of the municipality of Tuzla; and 
Milan Trbojevic, Republika Srpska.