[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 111 (Tuesday, September 19, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D933-D934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
WILDERNESS AREAS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing on H.R. 4646, to 
designate certain National Forest System lands within the boundaries of 
the State of Virginia as wilderness areas. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
FUTURE OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy held a hearing Future of Electronic 
Payments: Roadblocks and Emerging Practices. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
IMPROVING INSURANCE FOR CONSUMERS
Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
concluded hearings on Improving Insurance for Consumers--Increasing 
Uniformity and Efficiency in Insurance Regulation. Testimony was heard 
from Richard J. Hillman, Associate Director, Financial Institutions and 
Markets Issues, GAO; J. Lee Covington, Director, Department of 
Insurance, State of Ohio; and public witnesses.
SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a 
hearing on the Implementation of the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act. 
Testimony was heard from Peter F. Guerrero, Director, Environmental 
Protection Issues, GAO; J. Charles Fox, Assistant Administrator, Water, 
EPA; Jay L. Rutherford, Director, Water Supply Division, Department of 
Environmental Conservation, State of Vermont; and public witnesses.
NLRB: RECENT TRENDS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Employer-
Employee Relations held a hearing on the National Labor Relations 
Board: Recent Trends and Their Implications. Testimony was heard from 
Leonard R. Page, General Counsel, NLRB; and public witnesses.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on Financial Management Issues at the 
Department of Education. Testimony was heard from Gloria Jarmon, 
Director, Health, Education and Human Services, Accounting and 
Information Management Division, GAO; Lorraine Lewis, Inspector 
General, Department of Education; and a public witness.
NEEDLESTICK SAFETY AND
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 5178, 
Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act.
IS DRUG USE UP OR DOWN?
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy, and Human Resources held a hearing on Is Drug Use Up or Down? 
Testimony was heard from William Raub, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Scientific Research, Department of Health and Human Services; Julie 
Samuels, Acting Director, National Institute of Justice, Department of 
Justice; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Postal Service held an 
oversight hearing on the U.S.

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Postal Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
U.S. Postal Service, William J. Henderson, Postmaster General and CEO; 
Karla W. Corcoran, Inspector General; and Bernard L. Ungar, Director, 
Government Business Operations Issues, GAO.
GAO ASSESSMENT--U.S. JUDICIAL AND POLICE REFORM ASSISTANCE IN HAITI
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on GAO Assessment 
of U.S. Judicial and Police Reform Assistance in Haiti. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the GAO: Jess T. Ford, Associate 
Director; Virginia C. Hughes, Assistant Director; and Juan F. Tapia-
Videla, Evaluator-In-Charge.
U.S. VIETNAM RELATIONS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific and the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade 
held a joint hearing on Prelude to New Directions in U.S. Vietnam 
Relations: The 2000 Bilateral Trade Agreement. Testimony was heard from 
Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative; Timothy J. Hauser, 
Deputy Under Secretary, International Trade, Department of Commerce; 
and Stanley O. Roth, Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs, Department of State.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported private bills.
  The Committee also began markup of H.R. 4548, Agricultural 
Opportunities Act.
  Will continue tomorrow.
SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITION PRESERVATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 4945, Small Business Competition Preservation 
Act of 2000. The rule waives clause 4(a) of rule XIII (requiring a 
three-day layover of the committee report) against consideration of the 
bill. The rule provides that the bill shall be open for amendment at 
any point. The rule authorizes the Chair 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 
Chairman Talent.
CHANDLER PUMPING PLANT--WATER EXCHANGE IN LIEU OF ELECTRIFICATION
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 3986, to provide for a study of the engineering 
feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of electrification of the 
Chandler Pumping Plant at Prosser Diversion Dam, Washington. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
provides that the Committee on Resources amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, now printed in the bill, shall be considered as adopted. 
The rule waives all points of order against the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit, with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Simpson.