[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 100 (Thursday, July 27, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D846-D847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
HUNTS POINT MARKETING TERMINAL--REVIEW ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture held a 
hearing to review illegal activities at the Hunts Point Marketing Terminal. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Roger Viadero, 
Inspector General; and Kathleen A. Merrigan, Administrator, Agriculture 
Marketing Service; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Ordered reported the following 
bills: H.R. 1161, amended, Financial Contract Netting Improvement Act of 
1999; H.R. 4541, amended, Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000; and 
H.R. 4096, Bureau of Engraving and Printing Security Printing Amendments Act 
of 2000.
UNDERSTANDING INTERGENERATIONAL ECONOMIC ISSUES
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Understanding Intergenerational 
Economic Issues. Testimony was heard from Senator Kerrey; Dan L. Crippen, 
Director, CBO; former Governor Pete Du Pont, State of Delaware; former 
Representative Tim Penny, State of Minnesota; and public witnesses.
INTERNET FREEDOM AND BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 2420, Internet Freedom and 
Broadband Deployment Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FELONIES AND FAVORS
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on ``Felonies and Favors: A 
Friend of the Attorney General Gathers Information from the Justice 
Department.'' Testimony was heard from Richard L. Huff, Co-Director, Office 
of Information and Privacy, Department of Justice; from the following former 
officials of the Department of Justice: John R. Schmidt, Associate Attorney 
General; and John Hogan, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Janet Reno; 
Rebekah Poston; and public witnesses.
SUDAN PEACE ACT
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa approved for 
full Committee action S. 1453, Sudan Peace Act.
FAIR JUSTICE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative 
Law held a hearing on H.R. 4105, Fair Justice Act of 2000. Testimony was 
heard from Representative Traficant; the following officials of the 
Department of Justice: Matthew Fogg, Chief Deputy U.S. Marshall, United 
States Marshals Service; David Margolis, Associate Deputy Attorney General; 
John Keeney Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division; H. Marshll 
Jarrett, Counsel, Office of Professional Responsibility; and Howard 
Scribnick, General Counsel; Michael Shaheen, Senior Counselor, Commissioner, 
IRS, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND THE GRAND JURY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held an 
oversight hearing on Constitutional Rights and the Grand Jury. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: James K. 
Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division; and Loretta Lynch, 
U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--STATE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property 
held an oversight hearing on State Sovereign Immunity and Protection of 
Intellectual Property. Testimony was heard from Marybeth Peters, Register of 
Copyrights, Library of Congress; Todd Dickinson, Under Secretary, 
Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office, Department 
of Commerce; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims approved 
for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 4548, Agricultural Opportunities 
Act.
  The Subcommittee also approved private immigration bills.
OVERSIGHT--HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans held an oversight hearing on implementation of the Hydrographic 
Services Improvement Act of 1998. Testimony was heard from Scott Gudes, 
Deputy Under Secretary, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Richard Larrabee, 
Deputy Director, Port Commerce Department, The Port Authority of New York 
and New Jersey; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing on 
the following measures: H.R. 2820, to provide for the ownership and 
operation of the irrigation works on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 
Community's reservation in Maricopa County, Arizona, by the Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community; H.R. 2988, Lower Rio Grande Valley Water 
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Improvement Act of 1999; H.R. 4013, Upper Mississippi River Basin 
Conservation Act of 2000; and S. 1778, to provide for equal exchanges of 
land around the Cascade. Testimony was heard from Lino Gutierrez, Principal 
Deputy Assistant, Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of State; the 
following officials of the Department of the Interior: Larry Todd, Acting 
Director, Operations, Bureau of Reclamation; Michael J. Anderson, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs; and Dennis B. Fenn, Associate Director, 
Biology, U.S. Geological Survey; John Bernal, U. S. Commissioner, 
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; Linda 
K. Levy, Assistant Secretary, Department of Environmental Quality, State of 
Louisiana; and public witnesses.
OCEAN AND MARINE SCIENCE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Basic Research and the Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment held a joint hearing on The State of Ocean and Marine 
Science. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
4890, Small Business Contract Equity Act of 2000; H.R. 4897, Equity in 
Contracting for Women Act of 2000; H.R. 4944, Export Working Capital Loan 
Improvement Act of 2000; H.R. 4943, Small Business Federal Acquisition 
Simplification Act of 2000; H.R. 4946, amended, National Small Business 
Regulatory Assistance Act of 2000; and H.R. 4945, Small Business Competition 
Preservation Act of 2000.
AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS--TREND TOWARDS CRIMINALIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation 
held a hearing on the Trend Towards Criminalization of Aircraft Accidents. 
Testimony was heard from Daniel Campbell, Managing Director, National 
Transportation Safety Board; Guy Lewis, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of 
Florida; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS INITIATIVES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Sub
committee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management held a 
hearing on Oversight of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Initiatives. 
Testimony was heard from Members of Congress; J. Charles Fox, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Water, EPA; and James Lyons, Under Secretary, 
Natural Resources and Environment, USDA.
FSC REPEAL AND EXTRATERRITORIAL INCOME EXCLUSION ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported H.R. 4986, FSC Repeal and 
Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act of 2000.
LOS ALAMOS UPDATE; INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION ISSUES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold 
a hearing on Department of Energy/Los Alamos Update. Testimony was heard 
from departmental witnesses.
  The Committee also met in executive session to hold a briefing on 
Intelligence Collection Issues. The Committee was briefed by departmental 
witnesses.
Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR, HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION
Conferees continued to meet to resolve the 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 recessed subject to call.
MILOSEVIC THREAT TO SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission completed 
hearings to examine Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milosevic's recent efforts 
to perpetuate his power by forcing changes to the Yugoslav constitution, 
cracking down on opposition and independent forces in Serbia, and 
threatening to usurp authority in Montenegro, after receiving testimony from 
Bogdan Ivanisevic, Human Rights Watch, New York, New York; Stojan Cerovic, 
Vreme (Time), on behalf of the United States Institute for Peace, and David 
Dasic, Republic of Montenegro Trade Mission to the United States of America, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and Branislav Canak, Nezavisnost (Independence), 
Belgrade, Serbia.
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