[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 124 (Friday, October 6, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FAIRNESS IN SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS ACT
Committee on Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 2441, 
Fairness in Securities Transactions Act.
INTERACTIVE TV SERVICES MARKETPLACE FUTURE
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection continued hearings on the Future of the Interactive 
Television Services Marketplace: What Should Consumers Expect? 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL WETLANDS POLICY
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on ``Federal Wetlands 
Policy: Protecting the Environment or Breaching Constitutional 
Rights?'' Testimony was heard from Michael Davis, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Policy and Legislation, Office of Civil Works, Department of 
the Army; Robert Wayland, III, Director, Office of the Wetlands, 
Oceans, and Watersheds, EPA; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--METRO'S TRACK RECORD
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on the District of 
Columbia held a hearing on Examining Metro's Track Record: An Oversight 
hearing on the Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Washington 
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Testimony was heard from Nuria 
Fernandez, Acting Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, 
Department of Transportation; the following officials of the Washington 
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: Gladys W. Mack, Chairman; Richard 
White, General Manager and CEO; Decatur Trotter, Vice Chairman and 
Christopher Zimmerman, Second Vice Chairman, both members of the Board 
of Directors; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--FCC MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held an oversight hearing on the Management 
Practices of the Federal Communications Commission: The Chairman 
Reports. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FCC: 
William E. Kennard, Chairman; and H. Walker Feaster, III, Inspector 
General; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Conferees on Thursday, October 5, agreed to file a conference report on 
the differences between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 
4461, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2001.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 4205, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces.
TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT
Conferees on Thursday, October 5, agreed to file a conference report on 
the differences between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 
3244, to combat trafficking of persons, especially into the sex trade, 
slavery, and slavery-like conditions in the United States and countries 
around the world through prevention, through prosecution and 
enforcement against traffickers, and through protection and assistance 
to victims of trafficking.