[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 95 (Thursday, July 20, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D795-D797]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the District of Columbia 
appropriations for fiscal year 2001.
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.
PENTAGON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Defense and International 
Relations held hearing on Pentagon Financial Management, What's Broken, 
How to Fix It. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: William J. Lynn, III, Under Secretary, 
Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer; and Robert Lieberman, 
Assistant Inspector General; and Jeffrey C. Steinhoff, Acting Assistant 
Comptroller General, GAO.
COMMODITY FUTURES MODERNIZATION ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 4541, Commodity 
Futures Modernization Act of 2000.
IMPROVING INSURANCE FOR CONSUMERS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Material 
held a hearing on Improving Insurance for Consumers--Increasing 
Uniformity and Efficiency in Insurance Regulation. Testimony was heard 
from Julie L. Williams, First Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief 
Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the 
Treasury; George Nichols, Commissioner, Department of Insurance, State 
of Kentucky; and Neil Breslin, member, Senate, State of New York.
INDEPENDENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSUMER ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 3850, Independent 
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2000. Testimony was heard from Carol Mattey, Deputy Chief, Common 
Carrier Bureau, FCC; and public witnesses.
OSHA's RECORDKEEPING STANDARD
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections hearing on OSHA's Recordkeeping Standard: Stakeholder: 
Views of the 1996 Proposal. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
``HAS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GIVEN PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO THE 
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT?''
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on ``Has the Department 
of Justice Given Preferential Treatment to the President and Vice 
President?'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Justice: James Robinson, Assistant Attorney General and 
Alan Gershel, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, both with the Criminal 
Division; Robert Raben, Assistant Attorney General, Office of 
Legislative Affairs; and Robert Conrad, Supervision Attorney, Campaign 
Finance Task Force.
AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Census held a hearing 
on ``The American Community Survey (A.C.S.)--A Replacement for the 
Census Long Form?'' Testimony was heard from Representatives Collins 
and Emerson; Kenneth Prewitt, Director, Bureau of the Census, 
Department of Commerce; John Spotila, Administrator, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; and public witnesses.
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on ``Seven Years of GPRA: 
Has the Results Act Provided Results?'' Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Armey and Sessions; Joshua Gotbaum, Executive Associate 
Director and Controller and Acting Deputy Director, Management, OMB; 
and Christopher Mihm, Associate Director, Federal Management and 
Workforce Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL PROPERTY CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING REFORM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on H.R. 4845, Federal 
Property Campaign Fundraising Reform Act of 2000. Testimony was heard 
from John C. Keeney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal 
Division, Department of Justice.
BORN-ALIVE INFANTS PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.R. 4292, Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Jones; Kenneth Thomas, 
Legislative Attorney, American Law Division, Congressional Research 
Service, Library of Congress; and public witnesses.
PATENT TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property approved for full Committee action H.R. 4870, Patent Technical 
Corrections Act of 1999.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full 
Committee action the following bills: H.R. 3484, Child Sex Crimes 
Wiretapping Act of 1999; H.R. 4827, Enhanced Federal Security Act of 
2000; and H.R. 3235, amended, National Police Athletic League Youth 
Enrichment Act of 1999.
BATTERED IMMIGRANT WOMEN PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held 
a hearing on H.R. 3083, Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 
1999. Testimony was heard from Representative Schakowsky; Barbara 
Strack, Acting Executive Associate Commissioner, Policy and Planning, 
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; and 
public witnesses.
POWDER RIVER BASIN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held a hearing on H.R. 4297, Powder River Basin Resource Development 
Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from Senator Enzi; Pete Culp, 
Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection, Bureau of 
Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; HUNTING HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT.
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans approved for full Committee action the following 
bills: H.R. 2798, amended, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act of 1999; H.R. 
3118, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations 
under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act that authorize States to establish 
hunting seasons for double-crested cormorants; H.R. 4318, amended, Red 
River National Wildlife Refuge Act; and H.R. 4840, amended, Atlantic 
Coastal Fisheries Act.

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  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 4790, Hunting Heritage 
Protection Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Chambliss, Peterson 
of Minnesota and Pickering; Henri Bisson, Assistant Director, Renewable 
Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--ACCESS TO OUR NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, and Public Lands 
held an oversight hearing on general issues dealing with Access to our 
National Parks. Testimony was heard from Denis Galvin, Deputy Director, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
DRY CLEANING ENVIRONMENTAL TAX CREDIT ACT
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Tax, Finance and Imports held a 
hearing on H.R. 1303, Dry Cleaning Environmental Tax Credit Act of 1999. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Camp and Price of North Carolina; 
and public witnesses.
PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES--AIRCRAFT SAFETY HAZARD
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation 
held a hearing on Portable Electronic Devices: Do they really pose a safety 
hazard on aircraft? Testimony was heard from Thomas McSweeny, Associate 
Administrator, Regulation and Certification, FAA Department of 
Transportation; Dale N. Hatfield, Chief, Office of Engineering and 
Technology, FCC; and pubic witnesses.
HAZARD MITIGATION SPENDING--COST EFFECTIVENESS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Oversight, 
Investigations, and Emergency Management held a hearing on Cost 
Effectiveness of Hazard Mitigation Spending. Testimony was heard from 
Michael Armstrong, Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate, FEMA.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
4850, Veterans Benefits Act of 2000; H.R. 4864, amended, Veterans Claims 
Assistance Act of 2000; and H.R. 1982, to name the Department of Veterans 
Affairs outpatient clinic located at 125 Brookley Drive, Rome, New York as 
the ``Donald J. Mitchell Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.''
FEDERAL CHILD PROTECTION FUNDS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing 
on Increasing State Flexibility in Use of Federal Child Protection Funds. 
Testimony was heard from Cynthia M. Fagnoni, Director, Education, Workforce, 
and Income Security Issues, Health, Education and Human Services Division, 
GAO; Kathleen A. Kearney, Secretary, Department of Children and Families, 
State of Florida; Robert Wentworth, Director, Residential Services, 
Department of Social Services, State of Massachusetts; and public witnesses.
PRIVACY AND IDENTITY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security approved for 
full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 4857, Privacy and Identity 
Protection Act of 2000.
Joint Meetings
MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY RELIEF RECONCILIATION ACT
  Conferees, on Wednesday, July 19, agreed to file a conference report on 
the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 4810, 
to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 103(a)(1) of the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001.
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