[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 75 (Thursday, June 15, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D608-D609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
HOUSING FINANCE REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises continued hearings 
on improving regulation of housing Government Sponsored Enterprises, 
Housing, focusing on H.R. 3703, Housing Finance Regulatory Improvement Act. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue June 21.
INTERNET GAMBLING PROHIBITION ACT
Committee on Commerce:. Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 3125, Internet Gambling 
Prohibition Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from Representative Goodlatte; 
Kevin V. DiGregory, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, 
Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
FACA: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled: ``FACA: Conflicts 
of Interest and Vaccine Development--Preserving the Integrity of the 
Process.'' Testimony was heard from James L. Dean, Director, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy, GSA; Marilyn L. Glynn, General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics; and the following officials of the Department of Health 
and Human Services: Linda A. Suydam, Senior Associate Commissioner, FDA; and 
Dixie Snider, Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Immunization 
Practices, Centers for Disease Control.
F-22 COST CONTROLS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans 
Affairs, and International Relations held a hearing on ``F-22 Cost Controls: 
Will Production Cost Savings Materialize?'' Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the National Security and International Affairs 
Division, GAO: Allen Li, Associate Director; and Leonard L. Benson, Senior 
Evaluator; the following officials of the Department of Defense: Darleen A. 
Druyun; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Acquisition Management, U.S. 
Air Force; and George Schneiter, Director, Strategic and Tactical Systems.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; OVERSEAS PRESENCE ADVISORY PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on International Relations: Favorably considered the following 
resolutions and adopted a motion urging the Chairman to request that they be 
considered on the Suspension Calendar: H. Con. Res. 352, expressing the 
sense of the Congress regarding manipulation of the mass media and 
intimidation of the independent press in the Russian Federation, expressing 
support for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian 
Federation, and calling on the President of the United States to express his 
strong concern for freedom of speech and the independent media in the 
Russian Federation; H. Res. 500, amended, expressing the sense of the House 
of Representatives concerning the violence, breakdown of rule of law, and 
troubled pre-election period in the Republic of Zimbabwe; H. Con. Res. 275, 
amended, expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to Iraq's failure 
to release prisoners of war from Kuwait and nine other nations in violation 
of international agreements; and H. Res. 259, supporting the goals and 
ideals of the Olympics.
  The Committee also held a hearing on Progress on Implementing Overseas 
Presence Advisory Panel Recommendations. Testimony was heard from Bonnie R. 
Cohen, Under Secretary, Management, Department of State.
OVERSIGHT--INTERNET-COPYRIGHTED WEBCAST PROGRAMMING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property 
held an oversight hearing on Copyrighted Webcast Programming on the 
Internet. Testimony was heard from Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, 
Library of Congress; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; OVERSIGHT--DRUGS THREAT POSED
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full 
Committee action the following bills: H.R. 4033, amended, Bulletproof Vest 
Partnership Grant Act of 2000; and H.R. 4640, DNA Analysis Backlog 
Elimination Act of 2000.
  The Subcommittee also held an oversight hearing on ``The Threat Posed by 
the Illegal Importation, Trafficking, and Use of Ecstasy and Other `Club' 
Drugs.'' Testimony was heard from Lewis Rice, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, 
New York Division, DEA, Department of Justice; John Varrone, Acting Deputy 
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Investigations, U.S. Customs Service, 
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
AGRICULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held a 
hearing on H.R. 4548, Agricultural Opportunities Act. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Pombo; John R. Fraser, Deputy Administrator, Wage and 
Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor; 
Cindy Fagnoni, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, 
Health, Education, and Human Services Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
approved for full Committee action H.R. 3432, to direct the Minerals 
Management Service to grant the State of Louisiana and its lessees

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a credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to satisfy the 
authorization for compensation contained in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 
for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following bills: S. 1030, to 
provide that the conveyance by the Bureau of Land Management of the surface 
estate to certain land in the State of Wyoming in exchange for certain 
private land will not result in the removal of the land from operation of 
the mining laws; and H.R. 4340, Mineral Revenue Payments Clarification Act 
of 2000. Testimony was heard from Representatives Udall of New Mexico and 
Skeen; Kathy Karpan, Acting Principal Deputy, Land and Minerals Management, 
Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM CENTENNIAL ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans held a hearing on H.R. 4442, National Wildlife Refuge System 
Centennial Act. Testimony was heard from Jamie Rappaport Clark, Director, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power approved for full 
Committee action the following bills: S. 1275, Hoover Dam Miscellaneous 
Sales Act; H.R. 2984, amended, to direct the Secretary of the Interior, 
through the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey to the Loup Basin Reclamation 
District, the Sargent River Irrigation District, and the Farwell Irrigation 
District, Nebraska, property comprising the assets of the Middle Loup 
Division of the Missouri River Basin Project, Nebraska; H.R. 3595, amended, 
to increase the authorization of appropriations for the Reclamation Safety 
of Dams Act of 1978; S. 986, Griffin Project Prepayment and Conveyance Act; 
H.R. 1787, Deschutes Resources Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 1999; H.R. 
4389, amended, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
water distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy 
District; H.R. 1113, Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management 
Act; and H.R. 2348, amended, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to 
provide cost sharing for the endangered fish recovery implementation 
programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins.
SMALL BUSINESS OMBUDSMAN--REGULATORY FAIRNESS PROGRAM
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Paperwork 
Reduction held a hearing on the Small Business Ombudsman and the Regulatory 
Fairness Program. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
UNITED-U.S. AIRWAYS--PROPOSED MERGER
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Concluded hearings on the 
Proposed United-US Airways Merger. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Myrick and Slaughter; D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General, State of 
Pennsylvania; Mike Hatch, Attorney General, State of Minnesota; and public 
witnesses.
UNITED STATES-VIETNAM RELATIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on United 
States-Vietnam Relations, including the renewal of Vietnam's waiver under 
the Jackson-Vanik amendment to the Trade Act of 1974. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Rohrabacher; Douglas Peterson, U.S. Ambassador to 
Vietnam; and public witnesses.
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