[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 26, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D832-D834]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FEDERAL FARM POLICY
Committee on Agriculture: Concluded hearings to review federal farm policy. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
National Energy Strategy. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Energy: Mark J. Mazur, Administrator, Energy 
Information Administration; Robert Kripowicz, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Fossil Energy; and Dan Reicher, Assistant Secretary, Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy; William Keese, Chairman, Energy Commission, 
State of California; and F. William Valentino, President, Energy Research 
and Development Authority, State of New York.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, the following bills: 
H.R. 4541, Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000; and H.R. 3250, 
Health Care Fairness Act of 1999.
SCIENTIFICALLY BASED EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, EVALUATION, AND 
INFORMATION ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early Childhood, 
Youth, and Families approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 
4875, Scientifically Based Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, and 
Information Act of 2000.
OVERSIGHT--COMPUTER SECURITY
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information and Technology held an oversight hearing on Computer Security: 
Cyber Attacks--War Without Borders. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Justice: Michael Vatis, Director, National 
Infrastructure Protection Center, FBI; and Edgar A. Adamson, Chief, U.S. 
National Central Bureau-Interpol; the following officials of the Department 
of Defense: Richard C. Schaeffer, Jr., Director, Infrastructure and 
Information Assurance, Office of the Assistant Secretary (Command, Control, 
Communication, and Intelligence); and Mario Balakgie,

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Chief Information Assurance Officer, Defense Intelligence Agency; Jack 
Brock, Director, Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems, GAO; and 
public witnesses.
COMBATING TERRORISM
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' 
Affairs and International Relations held a hearing on Combating Terrorism: 
Assessing Threats, Risk Management and Establishing Priorities. Testimony 
was heard from Norman Rabkin, Director, National Security and International 
Affairs Division, GAO; Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, III, Chairman, National 
Commission on Terrorism; Raphael F. Perl, Specialist in International 
Affairs, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and public 
witnesses.
  The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on this 
subject. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Committee on International Relations: Concluded hearings on The 
International Criminal Court: Recent Developments, Part 11. Testimony was 
heard from David Scheffer, Ambassador-at-Large, War Crimes Issues, 
Department of State; and Walter Slocombe, Under Secretary, Policy, 
Department of Defense.
U.S. RELATIONS WITH BRAZIL
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere 
held a hearing on U.S. Relations with Brazil: Strategic Partners or Regional 
Competitors? Testimony was heard from Linda Eddleman, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of State; and 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 4640, 
amended, DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000; H.R. 4292, the Born-
Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000; and H.R. 2883, amended, Adopted 
Orphans Citizenship Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following measures: H. Con. 
Res. 345, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for 
cataloging and maintaining public memorials commemorating military conflicts 
of the United States and the service of individuals in the Armed Forces; S. 
624, amended, Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 1999; S. 1027, 
Deschutes Resources Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 1999; H.R. 1124, 
amended, Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 1999; S. 1288, 
Community Forest Restoration Act; H.R. 1460, to amend the Ysleta del Sur 
Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to 
decrease the requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta 
del Sur Pueblo tribe; S. 1694, amended, Hawaii Water Resources Reclamation 
Act of 2000; H.R. 1751, amended, Carrizo Plain National Conservation Area 
Act of 1999; H.R. 2090, amended, Exploration of the Seas Act; H.R. 2267, 
amended, Willing Seller Amendments of 1999 to the National Trails System 
Act; H.R. 2674, amended, Palmetto Bend Conveyance Act; H.R. 2752, amended, 
Lincoln County Land Act of 1999; H.R. 2798, amended, Pacific Salmon Recovery 
Act of 1999; H.R. 3241, amended, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
recalculate the franchise fee owed by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc., a 
concessioner providing service to Fort Sumter National Monument in South 
Carolina; H.R. 3388, amended, Lake Tahoe Restoration Act; H.R. 3520, 
amended, White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic Rivers System Act; H.R. 3632, 
amended, Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act of 
2000; H.R. 3745, amended, Effigy Mounds National Monument Additions Act; 
H.R. 4144, amended, Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of the 21st 
Century; H.R. 4226, amended, Black Hills National Forest and Rocky Mountain 
Research Station Improvement Act; H.R. 4318, amended, Red River National 
Wildlife Refuge Act; H.R. 4521, amended, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to authorize and provide funding for rehabilitation of the Going-
to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, to authorize funds for maintenance 
of utilities related to the Park; H.R. 4643, Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla 
Indians Claims Settlement Act; H.R. 4725, amended, to amend the Zuni Land 
Conservation Act of 1990 to provide for the expenditure of Zuni funds by 
that tribe; H.R. 4790, amended, Hunting Heritage Protection Act; H.R. 4840, 
amended, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Act of 2000; and H.R. 4847, amended, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to refund certain amounts received by 
the United States pursuant to the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.
  The Committee also considered but deferred action on H.R. 4125, to provide 
a grant under the urban park and recreation recovery program to assist in 
the development of a Millennium Cultural Cooperative Park in Youngstown, 
Ohio.
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS TAX RELIEF ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule providing 
1 hour of debate on H.R. 4865, Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 
2000. The rule waives all points of order against the bill and against its 
consideration. The rule provides that the amendment recommended by the 
Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill shall be considered as 
adopted. 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 Pomeroy or his designee, which 
shall be considered as read and shall be separately debatable for one hour 
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opponent. The rule waives all points of order against the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Archer and 
Representatives Kanjorski, Pomeroy, Green of Texas and Capuano.
CHILD SUPPORT DISTRIBUTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule, 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 4678, Child Support Distribution Act of 
2000. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. 
The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means, as modified by the amendment 
printed in Part A of the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution, 
shall be an original bill for the purpose of amendment, which shall be 
considered as read. The rule provides for consideration of the amendment 
printed in Part B of the Rules Committee report if offered by Representative 
Scott or his designee, which shall be considered as read and shall be 
debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 
an opponent. The rule waives all points of order against the amendment 
printed in Part B of the report. Finally the rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Johnson of Connecticut and Scott.
CONFERENCE REPORT--LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a record vote of 8 to 2, a rule waiving all 
points of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 4516, making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, and against its consideration. The rule provides that 
the conference report shall be considered as read.
SUMMER DISTRICT WORK PERIOD ADJOURNMENT RESOLUTION
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule providing for the 
consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for the adjournment of 
the House and Senate for the summer district work period. The rule waives 
all points of order against consideration of the resolution.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science: Ordered reported, as amended, the following bills: 
H.R. 2413, Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1999; H.R. 4429, Electronic 
Commerce Enhancement Act of 2000; and H.R. 4271, National Science Education 
Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported the 
following measures: S. 1794, to designate the Federal courthouse at 145 East 
Simpson Avenue in Jackson, Wyoming, as the ``Clifford P. Hansen Federal 
Courthouse''; H.R. 2163, amended, to designate the United States courthouse 
located at 500 Pearl Street in New York City, New York, as the ``Ted Weiss 
United States Courthouse''; H.R. 3378, amended, Tijuana River Valley Estuary 
and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 1999; and H.R. 4104, amended, Mississippi 
Sound Restoration Act of 2000.
  The Committee also approved the following: GSA Courthouse Construction 
Program for fiscal year 2001; an Out-of-cycle Lease prospectus; an 11 (b) 
Resolution; an Out-of-cycle repair and alteration prospectus; and Corps of 
Engineer survey resolutions.
Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR, HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION
Conferees continued to meet to resolve differences between the Senate and 
House passed versions of H.R. 4577, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, but did not complete 
action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
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