[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 78 (Tuesday, June 20, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D626-D627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  An original bill to amend the United States Grain Standards Act to 
extend the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to collect fees, 
extend the authorization of appropriations, and improve the 
administration of that Act, and to amend the United States Warehouse 
Act to authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts;
  S. 1762, to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act 
to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide cost share 
assistance for the rehabilitation of structural measures constructed as 
part of water resources projects previously funded by the Secretary 
under such Act or related laws;
  S. 1066, to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to encourage the use of and research into 
agricultural best practices to improve the environment, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Christopher A. McLean, of Nebraska, to be 
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture; and 
Michael V. Dunn, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Farm Credit 
Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration for the remainder of 
the term expiring October 13, 2000.
  Also, the committee ordered reported without recommendation the 
nomination of Michael V. Dunn, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Farm 
Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration for a term 
expiring October 13, 2006.
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior approved for full 
committee consideration H.R. 4578, making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, with amendments.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation concluded hearings on S. 1333 and H.R. 1776, 
bills to expand homeownership in the United States, and other related 
proposals to promote affordable housing, including the Home Equity 
Conversion Mortgage, Title I property improvement loan program, Section 
203(k) rehabilitation loan program, Section 8 housing, and the HOME 
program, after receiving testimony from Senator Wyden; Representative 
Lazio; William Apgar, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner; W. Roger 
Haughton, PMI Mortgage Insurance Company, San Francisco, California, on 
behalf of the Mortgage Insurance Companies of America; Frank C. 
Thompson, Sweetwater Builders, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 
behalf of the National Association of Home Builders; Catherine B. 
Whatley, Buck and Buck, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, on behalf of the 
National Association of Realtors; Peter H. Bell, National Reverse 
Mortgage Lenders Association, Ann B. Schnare, Center for Housing 
Policy, and Sheila Crowley, National Low Income Housing Coalition, all 
of Washington, D.C.; and Charles Wehrwein, National Equity Fund, 
Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the Local Initiatives Support 
Corporation.
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade concluded 
hearings on the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement system 
after five years, focusing on its impact on foreign trade practices and 
U.S. laws and regulations, after receiving testimony from Susan S. 
Westin, Associate Director, International and Trade Issues, National 
Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office; 
Charlene Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative; and John H. 
Jackson, Georgetown University Law Center, Gary N. Horlick, O'Melveny 
and Myers, and Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, all 
of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Owen James Sheaks, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
Senior Executive Service, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, after 
the nominee testified and answered question in his own behalf.
AUTHORIZATION--COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
programs of the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act, after receiving testimony from Montana Governor 
Marc Racicot, Helena; Harris Wofford, Corporation for National Service, 
Washington, D.C.; Rosie K. Mauk, Texas Commission on Volunteerism and 
Community Service, Fort Worth, on behalf of the American Association of 
State Service Commissions; Jane Freeland Williams, Vermont

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Commission on National and Community Service, Montpelier; Emily B. 
Zollo, Americorps, Lyndonville, Vermont; Maureen Curley, Massachusetts 
Service Alliance, and Ruth Blackman, both of Boston, Massachusetts; and 
Debra Socia, Mattapoisset, Massachusetts.