[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 88 (Tuesday, July 11, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D721-D722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government approved for full Committee action the Treasury, 
Postal Service, and General Government appropriations for fiscal year 
2001.
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Armed Services: Special Oversight Panel on Department of 
Energy Reorganization held a hearing on implementation issues related 
to the establishment of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Testimony was heard from Gen. John Gordon, USAF, Administrator, 
National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.
RYAN WHITE CARE ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a 
hearing on H.R. 4807, Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000. Testimony 
was heard from Claude Earl Fox, M.D., Administrator, Health Resources 
and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Janet Heinrich, Associate Director, GAO; Tom Liberti, Chief, Bureau of 
HIV/AIDS, Department of Health, State of Florida; Guthrie S. Birkhead, 
M.D., Director, AIDS, Institute, Department of Health, State of New 
York; and public witnesses.
DOE'S NUCLEAR WEAPON LABORATORIES--WEAKNESSES IN CLASSIFIED SECURITY 
CONTROLS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
held a hearing on ``Weaknesses in Classified Information Security 
Controls at DOE's Nuclear Weapon Laboratories,'' Testimony was heard 
from Jim Wells, Issues Area Director, Energy, Resources, and Sciences 
Issues, GAO; and the following officials of the Department of Energy: 
Glenn S. Podonsky, Director, Office of Independent Oversight and 
Performance Assurance; T. J. Glauthier, Deputy Secretary; C. Paul 
Robinson, President and Laboratories Director, Sandia National 
Laboratories; John C. Browne, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory; 
and C. Bruce Tarter, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; 
and a public witness.
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH ANTI-DRUG MEDIA CAMPAIGN
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy, and Human Resources held a hearing on the Effectiveness of the 
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. Testimony was heard from Barry 
R. McCaffrey, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; and 
public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 4401, Health Care 
Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Lugar; Gary Christoph, Chief Information Officer, Health Care Financing 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Joel 
Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, GAO; and 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported, as amended the following 
bills: H.R. 4194, Small Business Merger Fee Reduction Act of 2000; H.R. 
4033, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000; and H.R. 2059, to 
amend the Omnibus Crime Control

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and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the retroactive eligibility 
dates for financial assistance for higher education for spouses and 
dependent children of Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
officers who are killed in the line of duty.
ADOPTED ORPHANS CITIZENSHIP ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims 
approved for full Committee action H.R. 2883, Adopted Orphans 
Citizenship Act.
MINERAL RIGHTS AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAYMENTS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
met in executive session to hold a hearing to examine laws, policies, 
practices, and operations of the Department of the Interior and 
Department of Energy related to payments to their employees (including 
federal public land oil royalty and valuation policy advisors) from 
outside sources, (including the Project on Government Oversight); and 
to examine (a) the source of funds for such payments (b) the 
relationship between those managing and overseeing the organization 
that made the payments and the individuals who received the payments, 
(c) the effect of the payments on programs, policies, and positions of 
such departments. Testimony was heard from Robert A. Berman, Economist, 
Department of the Interior.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing one 
hour of general debate on H.R. 4811, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, equally divided and controlled by 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 waives points of order against 
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of Rule XXI 
(prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions in a general 
appropriations bill or prohibiting reappropriations in a general 
appropriations bill), except as specified in the rule. The rule waives 
points of order against amendments to the bill for failure to comply 
with clause 2(e) of Rule XXI (prohibiting non-emergency designated 
amendments to be offered to an appropriations bill containing an 
emergency designation). The rule allows 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 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 Representatives Callahan, Baker, 
Greenwood, Brady of Texas, Pelosi, Lowey, Nadler, Waters and Menendez.
MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY RELIEF RECONCILIATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief 
Reconciliation Act of 2000. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule provides for consideration of the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, printed in the Rules Committee 
report accompanying the resolution, if offered by Representative Rangel 
or his designee, which shall be considered as read and shall be 
separately debatable for one hour equally divided between the proponent 
and an opponent. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the amendment printed in the report. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Weller and Rangel.
ROADLESS POLICY--EFFECTS ON RURAL SMALL BUSINESS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, 
Business Opportunities and Special Small Business Problems held a 
hearing on the Effects of the Roadless Policy on Rural Small Business 
and Rural Communities. Testimony was heard from Charles Rawls, General 
Counsel, USDA; and public witnesses.