[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 79 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D639-D640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
USDA'S EXPORT AND MARKET PROMOTION PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review the USDA's export and 
market promotion programs. Testimony was heard from Dan Glickman, Secretary 
of Agriculture.
CHINA--STRATEGIC INTENTIONS AND GOALS
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the strategic intentions and 
goals of China. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HOUSING FINANCE REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises concluded hearings 
on improving regulation of housing Government Sponsored Enterprises, 
focusing on H.R. 3703, Housing Finance Regulatory Improvement Act. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
WEALTH THROUGH THE WORKPLACE ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
3462, Wealth Through the Workplace Act of 1999.
FORCE PROTECTION
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans 
Affairs, and International Relations held a hearing on Force Protection: 
Current Individual Protective Equipment. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Donald Mancuso, Deputy 
Inspector General; Robert J. Lieberman, Assistant Inspector General; Carol 
L. Levy, Deputy Director, Defense Criminal Investigative Service; Brig. Gen. 
Daniel G. Mongeon, USA, Commander, and George Allen, Deputy Commander, 
Defense Supply Center Philadelphia; Robert Kinney, Director, Individual 
Protection Directorate, Natick Soldier Center, U.S. Army Soldier and 
Biological Chemical Command; Anna Johnson-Winnegar, Deputy Assistant to the 
Secretary, Chemical-Biological Defense; Maj. Gen. John Sylvester, USA, 
Deputy Chief of Staff, Training, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command; 
Maj. Gen. Earnest Robbins, USAF, The Civil Engineer, Headquarters, U.S. Air 
Force; Rear Adm. David M. Stone, USN, Deputy Director, Nuclear Surface 
Warfare Division, U.S. Navy; and Maj. Gen. Paul M. Lee, Jr., USMC, 
Commander, Marine Corps Material Command.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy and Trade held a hearing on International Trade and the Environment. 
Testimony was heard from Mildred O. Callear, Vice President and Treasurer, 
Department of Financial Management and Statutory Review, Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation; Barbara Bradford, Deputy Director, U.S. Trade and 
Development Agency; Daniel Renberg, member of the Board, Export-Import Bank 
of the United States; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 3485, Justice 
for Victims of Terrorism Act.
  The Committee began mark up of H.R. 1248, Violence Against Women Act.
  Will continue June 27.

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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: S. 986, 
Griffith Project Prepayment and Conveyance Act; H.R. 1113, amended, Colusa 
Basin Watershed Integrate Resources Management Act; H.R. 1142, Landowners 
Equal Treatment Act of 1999; S. 1275, Hoover Dam Miscellaneous Sales Act; 
H.R. 1787, Deschutes Resources Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 1999; 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. 3160, Common Sense Protections 
for Endangered Species Act; H.R. 3595, amended, to increase the 
authorization of appropriations for the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 
1978; and H.R. 4389, amended, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain water distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water 
Conservancy District.
IMPROVING SBA'S OFFICE OF ADVOCACY
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on Improving SBA's Office of 
Advocacy. Testimony was heard from Jere W. Glover, Chief Counsel for 
Advocacy, SBA; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported the 
following: H.R. 4210, amended, Preparedness Against Terrorism Act of 2000; 
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; Three out-of-cycle leases; and Corps of Engineers 
Survey Resolutions.
MEDICARE RX 2000
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 4680, 
Medicare RX 2000 Act.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
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