[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 112 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D942-D943]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT--USDA PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing to review the 
Inspector General's report on USDA's Office of the Under Secretary for 
Natural Resources and Environment and the Urban Partnership Programs. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Roger C. 
Viadero, Inspector General; and James R. Lyons, Under Secretary, 
Natural Resources and Environment.
PATIENT PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Commerce: Held a hearing on H.R. 5122, Patient Protection 
Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from Thomas Croft, Director, Division 
of Quality Assurance, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources 
and Human Services Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Gloria Crawford Henderson, Director, Division of Medical 
Quality Assurance, Department of Health, State of Florida; and public 
witnesses.
POTENTIAL ENERGY CRISIS
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on Potential Energy 
Crisis in the Winter of 2000. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
REEXAMINATION--DC'S CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES RECEIVERSHIP
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on the District of 
Columbia held a hearing on the Best Interests of the Child? A 
Reexamination of the District of Columbia's Child and Family Services 
Receivership, Part 1. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the District of Columbia: Ernestine F. Jones, General Receiver, 
Child and Family Services; Carolyn Graham, Deputy Mayor, Children, 
Youth and Families; and Grace Lopes, Special Counsel, Receivership and 
Institution Litigation; and Linda Mouzon, Executive Director, Social 
Services Administration, Department of Human Resources, State of 
Maryland.
OVERSIGHT--DEFENSE SECURITY SERVICE
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans Affairs and International Relations held a hearing on 
Oversight of the Defense Security Service: How Big is the Backlog of 
Personnel Security Investigations. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Donald Mancuso, 
Acting Inspector General; Gen. Charles Cunningham, USAF, (Ret.) 
Director, Defense Security Service; and J. William Leonard, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Security and Information Operations, Command, 
Control, Communications and Intelligence; and Carol R. Shuster, 
Associate Director, National Security International Affairs Division, 
GAO.
FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the Fight 
Against Corruption: The Unfinished Agenda. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.

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UN PEACEKEEPING
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on United Nations 
Peacekeeping. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
4548, amended, Agricultural Opportunities Act; H.R. 604, amended, to 
amend the charter of the AMVETS organization; H.R. 5136, to make 
permanent the authority of the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the 
Supreme Court Police to provide security beyond the Supreme Court 
building and grounds; H.R. 4827, amended, Enhanced Federal Security Act 
of 2000; H.R. 3484, Child Sex Crimes Wiretapping Act of 1999; H.R. 
3312, amended, Merit Systems Protection Board Administrative Dispute 
Resolution Act of 1999; H.R. 1924, amended, Federal Agency Compliance 
Act; and H.R. 1293, Transportation Employee Fair Taxation Act of 1999.
  The Committee also began markup of H.R. 5018, Electronic 
Communications Privacy Act of 2000.
  Will continue September 26.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: S. 1653, 
amended, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act 
Amendments of 1999; S. 1936, amended, Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance 
Act; H.R. 2570, Lincoln Highway Study Act of 1999; H.R. 2710, amended, 
National Law Enforcement Museum Act; H.R. 2941, amended, Las Cienegas 
National Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1999; H.R. 3118, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations under the 
Migratory Bird Treaty Act that authorize States to establish hunting 
seasons for double-crested cormorants; H.R. 4126, Palace of the 
Governors Expansion Act; H.R. 4187, 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; 
H.R. 4503, amended, Historically Women's Public Colleges or 
Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act; H.R. 
4721, amended, to provide for all right, title, and interest in and to 
certain property in Washington County, Utah, to be vested in the United 
States; H.R. 4828, amended, Steens Mountain Wilderness Act of 2000; 
H.R. 4835, to authorize the exchange of land between the Secretary of 
the Interior and the Director of Central Intelligence at the George 
Washington Memorial Parkway in McLean, Virginia; H.R. 4904, amended, to 
express the policy of the United States regarding the United States 
relationship with Native Hawaiians; H.R. 5036, Dayton Aviation Heritage 
Preservation Amendments Act of 2000; and H.R. 5130, amended, CALFED 
Extension Act of 2000.
CONFERENCE REPORT--SECURITY ASSISTANCE ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 4919, Security 
Assistance Act of 2000, and against its consideration. The rule 
provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Gilman.
LACKAWANNA VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA ACT--CONCUR IN SENATE 
AMENDMENT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against a motion to concur in the Senate amendments to H.R. 
940, Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area Act of 1999. The rule 
provides one hour of debate on the motion equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Resources. Testimony was heard from Representative Sherwood.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 5109, Department of Veterans Affairs 
Health Care Personnel Act of 2000. The rule provides that the amendment 
recommended by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as adopted. The rule waives all points of 
order against the bill, as amended, and against its consideration. The 
rule makes in order the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report 
accompanying the resolution, which shall be considered as read and 
shall not be subject to amendment. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendment printed in the report. Finally, the rule provides 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was 
heard from Chairman Stump.