[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 112 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D938-D941]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FOOD SAFETY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine certain measures the Food Safety and Inspection 
Service and Food and Drug Administration are taking to improve food 
safety, modernize regulations, and utilize resources, in order to 
achieve the greatest possible reduction in the risk of microbial 
contamination and foodborne illness and maintain consumer confidence, 
after receiving testimony from Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture; 
Joseph A. Levitt, Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, and Stephen M. Ostroff, 
Associate Director for Epidemiologic Science, National Center for 
Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, both 
of the Department of Health and Human Services; Lawrence J. Dyckman, 
Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, Resources, Community, and 
Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Michael P. 
Doyle, University of Georgia Center for Food Safety and Quality 
Enhancement, Griffin, on behalf of the Council for Agricultural Science 
and Technology; Dane Bernard, National Food Processors Association, 
Gary M. Weber, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Caroline Smith 
DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest, and Richard 
Levinson, American Public Health Association, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Donna M. Garren, United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, 
Alexandria, Virginia; and Ann Hollingsworth, American Meat Science 
Association, Carrollton, Georgia, on behalf of the American Meat 
Institute.
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations:  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings to examine the national and 
global problem of antimicrobial resistance, after receiving testimony 
from Jane E. Henney, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Jeffrey P. Koplan, Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; F. E. 
Thompson, Jr., Mississippi Department of Health, Jackson, on behalf of 
the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Merle A. 
Sande, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City; Alice M. 
Clark, University of Mississippi National Center for the Development of 
Natural Products, University; Mark L. Nelson, Paratek Pharmaceuticals, 
Inc., Boston, Massachusetts; and Martin Rosenberg, Smithkline Beecham 
Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 3059, to amend title 49, United States Code, to require motor 
vehicle manufacturers and motor vehicle equipment manufacturers to 
obtain information and maintain records about potential safety defects 
in their foreign products that may affect the safety of vehicles and 
equipment in the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2454, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize low-
power television stations to provide digital data services to 
subscribers, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2070, to improve safety standards for child restraints in motor 
vehicles, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1941, to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 
to authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
provide assistance to fire departments and fire prevention 
organizations for the purpose of protecting the public and firefighting 
personnel against fire and fire-related hazards, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2029, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit 
telemarketers from interfering with the caller identification service 
of any person to whom a telephone solicitation is made, with 
amendments;
  S. Res. 344, expressing the sense of the Senate that the proposed 
merger of United Airlines and US Airways is inconsistent with the 
public interest and public convenience and necessity policy set forth 
in section 40101 of title 49, United States Code;
  S. 876, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require that the 
broadcast of violent video programming be limited to hours when 
children are not reasonably likely to comprise a substantial portion of 
the audience, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of David Z. Plavin, of New York, and Arthenia L. 
Joyner, of Florida, each to be a Member of the Federal Aviation 
Management Advisory Council, Sue Bailey, of Maryland, to be 
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
and certain promotion lists in the United States Coast Guard, all of 
the Department of Transportation.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 2951, to authorize the Commissioner of Reclamation to conduct a 
study to investigate opportunities to better manage the water resources 
in the Salmon Creek watershed of the upper Columbia River, with 
amendments;
  S. 1756, to enhance the ability of the National Laboratories to meet 
Department of Energy missions, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 2919, to promote preservation and public awareness of the 
history of the Underground Railroad by providing financial assistance, 
to the Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio;
  H.R. 3236, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
contracts with the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, Utah, to use 
Weber Basin Project facilities for the impounding, storage, and 
carriage of nonproject water for domestic, municipal, and industrial 
purposes;
  S. 1848, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Denver 
Water Reuse project, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2400, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
water distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water 
Conservancy District, with an amendment;
  S. 2594, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with 
the Mancos Water Conservancy District to use the Mancos Project 
facilities for impounding, storage, diverting, and carriage of 
nonproject water for the purpose of irrigation, domestic, municipal, 
industrial, with an amendment;
  H.R. 1680, to provide for the conveyance of Forest Service property 
in Kern County, California, in exchange for county lands suitable for 
inclusion in Sequoia National Forest, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 2111, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey for fair 
market value 1.06 acres of land in the San Bernardino National Forest, 
California, to KATY 101.3 FM, a California corporation, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2547, to provide for the establishment of the Great Sand Dunes 
National Park and the Great Sand Dunes National Preserve in the State 
of Colorado, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2301, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Lakehaven 
water reclamation project for the reclamation and reuse of water, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2163, 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, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  H.R. 1235, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
contracts with the Solano County Water Agency, California, to use 
Solano Project facilities for impounding, storage, and carriage of 
nonproject water for domestic, municipal, and industrial purposes;
  S. 1697, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to refund certain 
collections received pursuant to the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2195, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Truckee 
watershed reclamation project for the reclamation and reuse of water, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2350, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to certain 
water rights to Duchesne City, Utah, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  S. 2877, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
feasibility study on water optimization in the Burnt River basin, 
Malheur River basin, Owyhee River basin, and Powder River basin, 
Oregon, with an amendment;
  S. 2882, to authorize Bureau of Reclamation to conduct certain 
feasibility studies to augment water supplies for the Klamath Project, 
Oregon and California, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 3023, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey property to the Greater Yuma Port 
Authority of Yuma County, Arizona, for use as an international port of 
entry;
  S. 2757, to provide for the transfer or other disposition of certain 
lands at Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico, and Yakima Training 
Center, Washington, with amendments;
  H.R. 4579, to provide for the exchange of certain lands within the 
State of Utah;
  H.R. 4063, to establish the Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front 
National Historical Park in the State of California, with amendments;
  S. 2331, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to recalculate the 
franchise fee owed by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc., a concessioner providing 
service to Fort

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Sumter National Monument, South Carolina, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 2345, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study concerning the preservation and public use of sites 
associated with Harriet Tubman located in Auburn, New York, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 4115, to authorize appropriations for the United States 
Holocaust Memorial Museum;
  S. 2848, to provide for a land exchange to benefit the Pecos National 
Historical Park in New Mexico, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H. Con. Res. 89, recognizing the Hermann Monument and Hermann Heights 
Park in New Ulm, Minnesota, as a national symbol of the contributions 
of Americans of German heritage;
  H.R. 3084, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contribute 
funds for the establishment of an interpretative center on the life and 
contributions of President Abraham Lincoln, with an amendment;
  S. 2749, to establish the California Trail Interpretive Center in 
Elko, Nevada, to facilitate the interpretation of the history of 
development and use of trails in the setting of the western portion of 
the United States;
  S. 2885, to establish the Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission, 
with an amendment;
  S. 2950, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the 
Sand Creek Massacre Historic Site in the State of Colorado, with 
amendments;
  S. 2959, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 
1992, with an amendment;
  S. 3000, to authorize the exchange of land between the Secretary of 
the Interior and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency at the 
George Washington Memorial Parkway in McLean, Virginia, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1969, to provide for improved management of, and increases 
accountability for, outfitted activities by which the public gains 
access to and occupancy and use of Federal land, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2873, to provide for all right, title, and interest in and to 
certain property in Washington County, Utah, to be vested in the United 
States;
  S. 1331, to give Lincoln County, Nevada, the right to purchase at 
fair market value certain public land in the county, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 4275, to establish the Colorado Canyons National Conservation 
Area and the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness;
  S. 2691, to provide further protections for the watershed of the 
Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, 
Oregon, with an amendment;
  S. 2977, to assist in the establishment of an interpretive center and 
museum in the vicinity of the Diamond Valley Lake in southern 
California to ensure the protection and interpretation of the 
paleontology discoveries made at the lake and to develop a trail system 
for the lake for use by pedestrians and nonmotorized vehicles;
  S. 2942, to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of 
certain hydroelectric projects in the State of West Virginia;
  S. 2865, to designate certain land of the National Forest System 
located in the State of Virginia as wilderness;
  H.R. 4285, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey 
certain administrative sites for National Forest System lands in the 
State of Texas, to convey certain National Forest System land to the 
New Waverly Gulf Coast Trades Center;
  H.R. 3577, to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for 
the north side pumping division of the Minidoka reclamation project, 
Idaho; and
  S. 3022, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
irrigation facilities to the Nampa and Meridian Irrigation District, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Also, committee began markup of S. 1093, to establish the Galisteo 
Basin Archaeological Protection Sites, to provide for the protection of 
archaeological sites in the Galisteo Basin of New Mexico, H.R. 3676, to 
establish the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument in 
the State of California, and H.R. 359, to clarify the intent of 
Congress in Public Law 93-632 to require the Secretary of Agriculture 
to continue to provide for the maintenance and operation of 18 concrete 
dams and weirs that were located in the Emigrant Wilderness at the time 
the wilderness area was designated in that Public Law, but did not 
complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
EVERGLADES WATER QUALITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine the 
role of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Comprehensive Everglades 
Restoration Plan to improve the quality, quantity, timing, and 
distribution of water in the South Florida ecosystem, after receiving 
testimony from Barry T. Hill, Associate Director, Energy, Resources, 
and Science Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development 
Division, General Accounting Office; Michael L. Davis, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; and David B. Struhs, Florida 
Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee.

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VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the 
antitrust implications of entertainment industry self-regulation, and 
the constitutionality of government action to assist the entertainment 
industry in limiting the exposure of youth to explicit sex, violence, 
and other harmful material in music, movies, and video games, receiving 
testimony from Senator Brownback; and Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, 
Federal Trade Commission.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2829, to provide for an investigation and audit at the Department 
of Education, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2341, to authorize appropriations for part B of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act to achieve full funding for part B of 
that Act by 2010;
  S. Con. Res. 135, recognizing the 25th anniversary of the enactment 
of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975;
  S. 2725, to provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that 
have been designated as being no longer needed in research conducted or 
supported by the Public Health Service;
  S. 1495, to establish, wherever feasible, guidelines, 
recommendations, and regulations that promote the regulatory acceptance 
of new and revised toxicological tests that protect human and animal 
health and the environment while reducing, refining, or replacing 
animal tests and ensuring human safety and product effectiveness, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2731, to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to 
enhance the Nation's capacity to address public health threats and 
emergencies, with an amendment; and
  The nominations of Mark D. Gearan, of Massachusetts, to be a Member 
of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, Leslie Beth Kramerich, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor, Seymour Martin Lipset, of Virginia, to be a Member 
of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace, and 
Mark S. Wrighton, of Missouri, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation.