[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 78 (Tuesday, June 20, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D628-D630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Energy and Water 
Development appropriations for fiscal year 2001.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Programs approved for full Committee action the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs 
appropriations for fiscal year 2001.

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INTERNET GAMBLING FUNDING PROHIBITION ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on Internet 
Gambling and H.R. 4419, Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act. 
Testimony was heard from Gregory A. Baer, Assistant Secretary, 
Financial Institutions, Department of the Treasury; Kevin V. Di 
Gregory, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Crime Division, Department 
of Justice; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law approved for full Committee action, as amended, the 
following bills: H.R. 3312, Merit Systems Protection Board 
Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1999; and H.R. 1924, Federal 
Agency Compliance Act.
INNOCENCE PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on 
H.R. 4167, Innocence Protection Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives LaHood and Delahunt; George H. Ryan, Governor, State of 
Illinois; Ward Campbell, Deputy Attorney General, State of California; 
Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, State of New York; Stuart VanMevern, 
District Attorney, 8th Judicial District, State of Colorado; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported, as amended, the following 
measures: H. Res. 415, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that there should be established a National Ocean Day 
to recognize the significant role the ocean plays in the lives of the 
Nation's people and the important role the Nation's people must play in 
the continued life of the ocean; H.R. 2348, 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; H.R. 2919, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Act; 
H.R. 3661, General Aviation Access Act; H.R. 3676, Santa Rosa and San 
Jacinto Mountains National Monument Act of 2000; H.R. 3919, Coral Reef 
Conservation and Restoration Partnership Act of 2000; and H.R. 4063, 
Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park 
Establishment of 2000.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans approved for full Committee action the following 
bills: H.R. 4286, amended, to provide for the establishment of the 
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge in Bibb County, Alabama; and H.R. 
4442, National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Act.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
3407, Keystone Species Conservation Act and H.R. 4320, Great Ape 
Conservation Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from Jamie Rappaport 
Clark, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing one 
hour of general debate on H.R. 4690, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, to be equally 
divided between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the bill 
shall be considered for amendment by paragraph. The rule waives clause 
2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions or 
transfers of funds in an appropriations bill) against provisions in the 
bill, except as specified by the rule. The rule authorizes the Chairman 
of the Committee of the Whole to accord priority in recognition to 
Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional 
Record. The rule permits 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 Rogers, Smith of New Jersey, 
Hutchinson, Ryan of Wisconsin, Serrano, Farr and Capuano.
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule on H.R. 
4516, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2001, providing one hour of general debate to 
be equally divided between the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives points of order 
against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with section 
401(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (prohibiting 
consideration of budget related legislation, as reported, providing new 
contract, borrowing, or credit authority that is not limited to amounts 
provided in appropriations acts). The rule waives points of order 
against provisions of the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions in a

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general appropriations bill and prohibiting reappropriations in a 
general appropriations bill). The rule makes in order only those 
amendments printed in the Rules Committee report, which may be offered 
only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a 
Member designated in the report, 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 amendments printed in the Rules 
Committee report. 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 
Representative Taylor of North Carolina, Ryan of Wisconsin and Pastor.
NASA'S MARS PROGRAM
Committee on Science: Concluded hearings on NASA's Mars Program after 
the Young Report, Part II. Testimony was heard from Daniel Goldin, 
Administrator, NASA; Edward Stone, Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; 
and public witnesses.
AVIATION MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ACT--FAA IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on FAA Implementation of the Aviation Medical 
Assistance Act of 1998 (should Defibrillators be required on aircraft 
and at airports). Testimony was heard from Jon L. Jordan, M.D., Federal 
Air Surgeon, FAA, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and 
Pipeline Transportation approved for full Committee action the 
following: H.R. 1959, amended, to designate the Federal building 
located at 743 East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio, Texas, as the 
``Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center''; H.R. 3323, to designate 
the Federal building located at 158-15 Liberty Avenue in Jamaica, 
Queens, New York, as the ``Floyd H. Flake Federal Building''; H.R. 
4519, Baylee's Law; H.R. 4608, to designate the United States 
courthouse located at 220 West Depot Street in Greeneville, Tennessee, 
as the ``James H. Quillen United States Courthouse''; GSA's repair and 
alteration; GSA's design program; GSA's non-courthouse construction 
program; and three out-of-cycle leases.
TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS--DISCLOSURE OF POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing 
on Disclosure of Political Activities of Tax-Exempt Organizations. 
Testimony was heard from Senators McCain and Lieberman; Representatives 
Doggett and Castle; Joseph Mikrut, Tax Legislative Counsel, Department 
of the Treasury; and public witnesses.