[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 106 (Tuesday, September 12, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D896]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing 
on Government Sponsored Enterprises. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: 
William Apgar, Assistant Secretary, Housing, and Chairman, Federal 
Housing Finance Board; and Armando Falcon, Director, Office of Federal 
Housing Enterprise Oversight; Tom McCool, Director, Financial 
Institutions and Market Issues, GAO; Barbara Miles, Specialist in 
Financial Institutions, Government and Finance Division, Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL DISABILITY BENEFITS--DRUG ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS
Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Welfare held a hearing on 
Federal Disability Benefits Still Being Paid to Drug Addicts and 
Alcoholics. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
SSA: James G. Huse, Jr., Inspector General; Steven L. Schaeffer, 
Assistant Inspector General, Audit; and Ken Nibali, Associate 
Commissioner, Disability.
ESTABLISHING A FEDERAL CIO
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing entitled: ``Establishing a 
Federal CIO: Information Technology Management and Assurance Within the 
Federal Government.'' Testimony was heard from Sally Katzen, Deputy 
Director, Management, OMB; David McClure, Associate Director, 
Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems, GAO; Jim Flyzik, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary (Information Systems), Chief Information Officer, 
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on H.R. 4321, Antitrust 
Enforcement Improvement Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Minge; and public witnesses.
CONFERENCE REPORT--NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Rules: Granted by voice vote a rule waiving points of 
order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 1654, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 
2000, 2001 and 2002, and against its consideration. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Sensenbrenner and Representative Ralph Hall of Texas.
BEYOND SILICON-BASED COMPUTING
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Basic Research held a hearing on 
Beyond Silicon-Based Computing: Quantum and Molecular Computing. 
Testimony was heard from Ruzena Bajcsy, Assistant Director, Computer, 
Information Science, and Engineering Directorate, NSF; and public 
witnesses.
CHILE DECLASSIFICATION BRIEFING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Chile Declassification. The Committee was briefed 
by departmental witnesses.