Congressional Record
Proceedings, Debates of the U.S. Congress
July 20, 2000
106th Congress, 2nd Session
Issue: Vol. 146, No. 95 — Daily Edition
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[Daily Digest] [Pages D786-D790] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Thursday, July 20, 2000 [[Page D786]] Daily Digest HIGHLIGHTS Senate passed Agriculture Appropriations bill. The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act. The House passed H.R. 4871 Treasury, Postal Appropriations. House Committee ordered reported the District of Columbia appropriations for fiscal year 2001. Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S7303-S7408 Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2895- 2902. Page S7393 Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows: Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2001.'' (S. Rept. No. 106-350) S. 2901, to authorize appropriations to carry out security assistance for fiscal year 2001. (S. Rept. No. 106-351) S. 2089, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to modify procedures relating to orders for surveillance and searches for foreign intelligence purposes, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 106- 352) S. Res. 133, supporting religious tolerance toward Muslims. S. 1902, to require disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act regarding certain persons and records of the Japanese Imperial Army in a manner that does not impair any investigation or prosecution conducted by the Department of Justice or certain intelligence matters, with amendments. S. 2516, to fund task forces to locate and apprehend fugitives in Federal, State, and local felony criminal cases and give administrative subpoena authority to the United States Marshals Service, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. 2812, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a waiver of the oath of renunciation and allegiance for naturalization of aliens having certain disabilities. S. 2900, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. S.J. Res. 48, calling upon the President to issue a proclamation recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act. S. Con. Res. 53, condemning all prejudice against individuals of Asian and Pacific Island ancestry in the United States and supporting political and civic participation by such individuals throughout the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble. Page S7392 Measures Passed: Agriculture Appropriations: By 79 yeas to 13 nays (Vote No. 225), Senate passed 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, as amended, after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: Pages S7303-08, S7310-79 Adopted: By 90 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 222), Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 3919, to require the use of certain funds transferred to the Economic Research Service to conduct a study of reasons for the decline in participation in the food stamp program and any problems that households with eligible children have experienced in obtaining food stamps. Pages S7334-37 [[Page D787]] By 72 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 223), Specter Amendment No. 3958, to correct an unintended termination of the authority of Amtrak to lease motor vehicles from the General Services Administration that results from previously enacted legislation. Pages S7337-42 Cochran (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3964, to provide the use of funds for the Emergency Watershed Program for emergency expenses for floodplain operations identified as of July 18, 2000. Pages S7344-48, S7351 Cochran (for Levin/Collins) Amendment No. 3457, to provide market and quality loss assistance for certain commodities. Pages S7351-56 Cochran (for Abraham/Schumer/Levin) Amendment No. 3933 (to Amendment No. 3457), to provide relief for apple growers whose crops have suffered extensive crop damage as a result of fireblight. Pages S7351-56 Cochran (for Graham/Mack) Amendment No. 3965, to ensure that nursery stock producers receive emergency financial assistance for nursery stock losses caused by Hurricane Irene. Pages S7351-56 Cochran (for Lott/Cochran/Kohl) Amendment No. 3966, to permit the enrollment of an additional 100,000 acres in the wetlands reserve program. Pages S7351-56 Cochran (for Leahy/Jeffords) Amendment No. 3967, to provide that in addition to other compensation paid by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary shall compensate, or otherwise seek to make whole, from funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, not to exceed $4,000,000, the owners of all sheep destroyed from flocks under the Secretary's declarations of July 14, 2000 for lost income, or other business interruption losses, due to actions of the Secretary with respect to such sheep. Pages S7351-56 Cochran (for Harkin/Bond) Amendment No. 3968, to provide emergency funding for the Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration for completion of a biotechnology reference facility. Pages S7351-56 Cochran (for Graham/Mack) Amendment No. 3969, to ensure that growers who experienced crop losses due to citrus canker receive appropriate compensation. Pages S7351-56 Cochran Amendment No. 3970, to make certain funds available for the Boll weevil eradication program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication zones. Pages S7351-56 Cochran (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 3971, to provide financial assistance to the State of South Carolina in capitalizing the South Carolina Grain Dealers Guaranty Fund. Pages S7351-56 Cochran Amendment No. 3972, to restrict the use of funds to provide certain conservation assistance and authorize a transfer of funds for the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program. Pages S7351-56 Cochran (for Sessions) Amendment No. 3973, to provide for assistance for emergency haying and feed operations in the State of Alabama. Pages S7351-56 Cochran (for Edwards) Amendment No. 3974, to provide emergency funding to the Department of Agriculture's Rural Community Facilities program. Pages S7351-56 Cochran (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 3975, to make emergency financial assistance available to producers on a farm that have incurred losses in a 2000 crop due to a disaster and to producers of specialty crops that incurred losses during the 1999 crop year due to a disaster. Pages S7351-56 Cochran (for Inouye) Amendment No. 3976, to provide that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a payment in the amount of $7,200,000 to the State of Hawaii from the Commodity Credit Corporation for assistance to an agricultural transportation cooperative in Hawaii, the members of which are eligible to participate in the Farm Service Agency administered Commodity Loan Program and have suffered extraordinary market losses due to unprecedented low prices. Pages S7351-56 Baucus Amendment No. 3981, to direct the Secretary of the Army to conduct a restudy of the project for navigation, Manteo (Shallowbag) Bay, North Carolina, to evaluate alternatives to the authorized inlet stabilization project at Oregon Inlet. Pages S7361-65 Cochran (for Smith-NH/Boxer) Amendment No. 3982, to provide for an Animal and Plant Health Services wildlife services methods development study. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Boxer/McConnell) Amendment No. 3983, to amend the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, providing for an exception in the production of wine. Pages S7365-70 Cochran (for Grams) Amendment No. 3984, to prohibit the use of appropriated funds to require offices of the Farm Services Agency to discontinue use of FINPACK for financial planning and credit analysis. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Hollings/Thurmond) Amendment No. 3985, to provide that the Sea Island Health Clinic located on Johns Island, South Carolina, shall remain eligible for assistance and funding from the Rural Development community facilities programs administered by the Department of Agriculture until such time new population data is available from the 2000 Census. Pages S7365-70 [[Page D788]] Kohl (for Reed/Chafee) Amendment No. 3986, to provide funds for a study on flood plain management for the Pocasset River, Rhode Island. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Bingaman/Leahy) Amendment No. 3987, to allocate funding made available by this Act for loans and grants to federally recognized Indian tribes under the rural community advance program under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3988, to provide for a pasture recovery program. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Dodd/Lieberman) Amendment No. 3989, to prohibit the use of any funding to recover payments erroneously made to oyster fishermen in the State of Connecticut. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Wyden) Amendment No. 3990, to provide support for creative anti-hunger initiatives in Oregon. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3991, to increase the Section 502 Guaranteed Rural Housing income limits. Pages S7365-70 Kohl Amendment No. 3992, to provide that the Secretary of Agriculture shall use the funds, facilities and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make and administer supplemental payments to dairy producers who received a payment under section 805 of Public Law 106-78 in an amount equal to thirty-five percent of the reduction in market value of milk production in 2000. Pages S7365-70 Cochran (for Hutchinson/Cleland/Lincoln) Amendment No. 3993, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency loans to poultry producers to rebuild chicken houses destroyed by disasters. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 3994, to express the sense of the Senate regarding preference for assistance for victims of domestic violence. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 3995, to allocate appropriated funds for early detection and treatment concerning childhood lead poisoning at sites participating in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children. Pages S7365-70 Cochran (for Hatch) Amendment No. 3996, to increase funding for the Office of Generic Drugs in order to accelerate the review of generic drug applications. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3997, to provide funds for the cleanup of methamphetamine labs by State and local law enforcement. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 3998, to provide that the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market cross-servicing activities of the National Finance Center. Pages S7365-70 Cochran (for Nickles) Amendment No. 3999, to fund biomass-based energy research. Pages S7365-70 Cochran (for Campbell) Amendment No. 4000, to provide fiscal year 2000 supplemental contingent emergency funding to the Department of the Treasury for the Customs Service Automated Commercial System. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 4001, to fully fund the Food and Drug Administration's food safety initiative activities. Pages S7365-70 Cochran (for Nickles) Amendment No. 4002, of a clarifying nature. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (Feingold/Jeffords) Amendment No. 4003, to prohibit products that contain dry ultra-filtered milk products or casein from being labeled as domestic natural cheese. Pages S7365-70 Cochran (for Sessions) Amendment No. 4004, to increase and limit certain funding. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Boxer) Amendment No. 4005, to provide that none of the funds appropriated by this Act to the U.S. Department of Agriculture may be used to implement or administer the final rule issued in Docket number 97-110, at 65 Federal Register 37608-37669 until such time as USDA completes an independent peer review of the rule and the risk assessment underlying the rule. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Leahy) Amendment No. 4006, to require that any award entered into under the dairy export incentive program that is canceled or voided is made available for reassignment under the program. Pages S7365-70 Cochran (for Campbell) Amendment No. 4007, to require the use of a certain amount of appropriated funds to carry out the Food Distribution on Indian Reservations. Pages S7365-70 Cochran (for Warner) Amendment No. 4008, to increase and limit certain funding. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 4009, to set aside funding for the distance learning and telemedicine program to promote employment of rural residents through teleworking. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Johnson) Amendment No. 4010, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants for State mediation programs dealing with agricultural issues. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Harkin) Amendment No. 4011, to provide increased funding for the Extension farm safety program, including funding at a level of $3,055,000 for the AgrAbility project. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Daschle) Amendment No. 4012, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide equitable relief to an owner or operator that has entered into and violated a contract under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program if the owner or operator took actions in good faith reliance on the [[Page D789]] action or advice of an authorized representative of the Secretary. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Feingold) Amendment No. 4013, to require the publication of data collected on imported herbs. Pages S7365-70 Kohl (for Robb) Amendment No. 4014, to adjust the limitation to carry out research related to tobacco. Pages S7365-70 Rejected: McCain Amendment No. 3917, to prohibit the use of appropriated funds for the sugar program. (By 65 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 219), Senate tabled the amendment.) Pages S7314-25, S7328-29 Wellstone Amendment No. 3922, to provide increased funding for the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration for investigations of anticompetitive behavior, rapid response teams, the Hog Contract Library, examinations of the competitive structure of the poultry industry, civil rights activities, and information staff, with an offset. (By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 220), Senate tabled the amendment.) Pages S7325, S7329 By 48 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 221), Reid (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3938, to prohibit the use of appropriated funds to label, mark, stamp, or tag as ``inspected and passed'' meat, meat products, poultry, or poultry products that do not meet microbiological performance standards established by the Secretary of Agriculture. (By 49 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 218), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.) Pages S7303-08, S7310-14, S7331-34 Withdrawn: Cochran Modified Amendment No. 3955 (to Amendment No. 3938), to modify amendment relating to the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2001. Pages S7303-08, S7310-14, S7331-34 Dorgan Amendment No. 3963, to make emergency financial assistance available to producers on a farm that have incurred losses in a 2000 crop due to a disaster and to producers of specialty crops that incurred losses during the 1999 crop year due to a disaster. Pages S7342-43 Domenici point of order against Cochran (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3964 that the Amendment violates section 205(c) of H. Con. Res. 290, Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to all emergency designations. Page S7348 Cochran motion to waive the point of order (listed above) pursuant to Section 205(c) of H. Con. Res. 290, Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to all emergency designations in this bill and to all the amendments to the bill filed at this time. Page S7348 Gramm Amendment No. 3977 (to Cochran motion to waive), to waive section 205 of the budget resolution for consideration of the Cochran (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3964. Page S7348 Cochran Amendment No. 3978 ( to Amendment No. 3977), to waive Section 205(c) of H. Con. Res. 290, Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to all emergency designations in this bill and all amendments filed at the desk at this time to this bill other than Amendment No. 3918. Page S7348 During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the following action: By 36 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 224), Senate failed to uphold the question of germaneness with respect to Durbin Amendment No. 3980, to clarify the effect of the provision prohibiting amendment of part 3809 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations. Subsequently, the Senate determined the amendment to be non-germane, and the amendment thus fell. Pages S7358-61 A unanimous-consent agreement was reached to provide that it not be in order in the Senate, for the remainder of the 106th Congress, to consider any bill, or amendment that raises the level of emergency spending for agriculture above the level contained in this bill as of the adoption of the above described amendments (Amendment Nos. 3457, 3933, and 3964 through 3976). Page S7356 Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Cochran, Specter, Bond, Gorton, McConnell, Burns, Stevens, Kohl, Harkin, Dorgan, Feinstein, Durbin, and Byrd. Page S7379 Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act Conference Report: Senate began consideration of the conference report on H.R. 4810, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 103(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001. Pages S7379-82 A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the conference report on Friday, July 21, 2000. Page S7379 Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the consideration of the nominations of Johnnie B. Rawlinson, of Nevada, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Dennis M. Cavanaugh, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, James S. Moody, Jr., Gregory A. Presnell, and John E. Steele, each to be a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, on Friday, June 21, 2000. Page S7379 [[Page D790]] Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages from the President of the United States: Transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Request Act; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (PM-121) Page S7387 Nominations Confirmed: Senate Confirmed the following nominations: Norman Y. Mineta, of California, to be Secretary of Commerce. Page S7349 Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: Andrew Fois, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years. Miguel D. Lausell, of Puerto Rico, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 2000. Miguel D. Lausell, of Puerto Rico, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 2003. (Reappointment) 7 Army nominations in the rank of general. Routine list in the Air Force. Page S7349 Messages From the President: Page S7388 Messages From the House: Page S7388 Measures Referred: Page S7388 Communications: Pages S7388-92 Executive Reports of Committees: Pages S7392-93 Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S7393-99 Additional Cosponsors: Page S7399-S7400 Amendments Submitted: Pages S7400-08 Notices of Hearings: Page S7408 Additional Statements: Pages S7485-88 Privileges of the Floor: Page S7408 Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--225) Pages S7307, S7328-29, S7334, S7337, S7342, S7361, S7379 Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at10:24 p.m., until 9:00 a.m. Friday, July 21, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7349.)
Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings
[Daily Digest] [Pages D790-D793] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY/POSTAL SERVICE Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill (S. 2900) making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. ENERGY AND AGRICULTURE Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings to examine current energy policy and its implications on American energy security and environmental interests, including the role of energy in U.S. agriculture and the effects of this year's increases in energy prices on agriculture as both a user and a producer of energy, after receiving testimony from former Senator Johnston; Bill Richardson, Secretary of Energy; James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense and former Secretary of Energy; Keith Collins, Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture; Harry S. Baumes, WEFA Inc., Eddystone, Pennsylvania; Eric Vaughn, Renewable Fuels Association, and R. Skip Horvath, Natural Gas Supply Association, both of Washington, D.C.; James McCarthy, CITGO Petroleum Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Don Hutchens, Nebraska Corn Board, Lincoln. IRAQ Committee on Armed Services: Committee held closed hearings to examine the situation in Iraq and United States military operations in and around Iraq, receiving testimony from Vice Adm. Scott A. Fry, USN, Director, Operations Directorate (J-3), and Rear Adm. Lowell E. Jacoby, USN, Director, Intelligence Directorate (J-2), both of the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Bruce Pease, Director, Office of Near Eastern, South Asian and African Analysis, Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency. Committee recessed subject to call. MONETARY POLICY Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the conduct of monetary policy and economic outlook by the Federal Reserve, after receiving testimony from [[Page D791]] Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Norman Y. Mineta, of California, to be Secretary of Commerce, Francisco J. Sanchez, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, Debbie D. Branson, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council, Department of Transportation, and Katherine Milner Anderson, of Virginia, Frank Henry Cruz, of California, Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, of Virginia, and Ernest J. Wilson III, of Maryland, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and a United States Coast Guard promotion list received in the Senate on July 18, 2000. INTERNET AIRLINE TICKET SALES Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Internet's role in the marketing of airline services, including whether or not it benefits consumers in purchasing airline tickets through the Internet, after receiving testimony from A. Bradley Mims, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both of the Department of Transportation; Terrell B. Jones, Travelocity.com, Dallas, Texas; Jeffrey G. Katz, Orbitz, Chicago, Illinois; Mark Silbergeld, Consumers Union, Washington, D.C.; and Paul M. Ruden, American Society of Travel Agents, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee continued markup of H.R. 701, to provide Outer Continental Shelf Impact Assistance to State and local governments, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978, and the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (commonly referred to as the Pittman-Robertson Act) to establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the American people, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. TREATIES Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on Inter- American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles, with Annexes, done at Caracas December 1, 1996, (the ``Convention''), which was signed by the United States, subject to ratification, on December 13, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-48); International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), adopted at the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations at Rome on November 17, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 106-23); Food Aid Convention 1999, which was opened for signature at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, from May 1 through June 30, 1999. Convention was signed by the United States June 16, 1999 (Treaty Doc. 106-14); Convention (No. 176) Concerning Safety and Health in Mines, adopted by the International Labor Conference at its 82nd Session in Geneva on June 22, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 106-08); and United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, with Annexes, adopted at Paris, June 17, 1994, and signed by the United States on October 14, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 104- 29), after receiving testimony from David B. Sandalow, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, and E. Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, both of the Department of State. NOMINATION Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on Everett L. Mosley, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Agency for International Development, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. AFGHANISTAN AND THE TALIBAN Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs concluded hearings on issues relating to United States policy towards the government of Afghanistan and the militia that rules Afghanistan, known as the Taliban, after receiving testimony from Karl F. Inderfurth, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs; Peter Tomsen, University of Nebraska, Omaha, former Ambassador and Special Envoy to the Afghan Resistance; Zieba Shorish-Shamley, Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan, Washington, D.C.; and Hamid Karzai, Glenwood, Maryland. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 2812, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a waiver of the oath of renunciation and allegiance for naturalization of aliens having certain disabilities; S. Con. Res. 53, condemning all prejudice against individuals of Asian and Pacific Island ancestry in the United States and supporting political and civic participation by such individuals throughout the [[Page D792]] United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2516, to fund task forces to locate and apprehend fugitives in Federal, State, and local felony criminal cases and give administrative subpoena authority to the United States Marshals Service, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. Res. 133, supporting religious tolerance toward Muslims; S.J. Res. 48, calling upon the President to issue a proclamation recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act; and The nominations of Johnnie B. Rawlinson, of Nevada, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Dennis M. Cavanaugh, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, James S. Moody, Jr., Gregory A. Presnell, and John E. Steele, each to be a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, and Glenn A. Fine, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Daniel Marcus, of Maryland, to be Associate Attorney General, and David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, all of the Department of Justice. GENETIC INFORMATION IN THE WORKPLACE Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues relating to the development of federal policy governing the treatment of an individual's genetic information in the workplace in light of the recent Human Genome Project breakthroughs, after receiving testimony from Senator Daschle; Francis S. Collins, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Paul S. Miller, Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Susan R. Meisinger, Society for Human Resource Management, Alexandria, Virginia; and Harold P. Coxson, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak, and Stewart, and Susannah Baruch, National Partnership for Women and Families, both of Washington, D.C. SBA PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on the General Accounting Office's performance and accountability review of the Small Business Administration, receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, Stanley J. Czerwinski, Associate Director, Housing and Community Development Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, and Michael Brostek, Associate Director, Federal Management and Workforce Issues, General Government Division, all of the General Accounting Office; and Aida Alvarez, Administrator, Small Business Administration. Hearings recessed subject to call. VA CLAIMS PROCESSING/VA BENEFITS/CONSTRUCTION Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs disability claims process, and a status report on the adjudication of these claims and efforts the Department has made to improve claims processing, and S. 1806, to authorize the payment of a gratuity to certain members of the Armed Forces who served at Bataan and Corregidor during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, S. 1810, to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures, S. 2264, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish within the Veterans Health Administration the position of Advisor on Physician Assistants, S. 2544, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide compensation and benefits to children of female Vietnam veterans who were born with certain birth defects, S. 2637, to require a land conveyance, Miles City Veterans Administration Medical Complex, Miles City, Montana, S. 2827, to provide for the conveyance of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Ft. Lyon, Colorado, to the State of Colorado, proposed legislation providing for VA cost of living assistance, proposed Women Veterans' Equity Act, proposed Veterans Programs Enhancement Act, and proposed legislation authorizing the construction of certain VA facilities, after receiving testimony from Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary of Veteran Affairs for Benefits; Philip R. Wilkerson, American Legion, and Dennis Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars, both of Washington, D.C.; James O'Brien, Tequesta, Florida; William R. Baker, Cincinnati, Ohio; William Kennedy, Tallahassee, Florida; and Clarence DeVaughn Moore, Hurricane, West Virginia. NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES PRESERVATION Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2688, to amend the Native American Languages Act to provide for the establishment of Native American Language Survival Schools, after receiving testimony from Michael Cohen, Assistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education; Teresa L. McCarty, University of Arizona, Tucson, on behalf of the American Indian Language [[Page D793]] Development Institute; Michael E. Krauss, University of Alaska, Alaska Native Language Center, Fairbanks; William G. Demmert, Jr., Western Washington University, Bellingham; Darrell R. Kipp, Piegan Institute, Browning, Montana; Genevieve Jackson, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Matthew Dick, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, Washington; Rosita Worl, University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, on behalf of the Sealaska Heritage Foundation and Alaska Federation of Natives; A. Brian Wallace, Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, Gardnerville, Nevada; and Kalena Silva and William H. Wilson, both of the University of Hawaii Ke'elikolani College of Hawaiian Language, and Namaka Rawlins, `Aha Punana Leo, Inc., all of Hilo. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Committee recessed subject to call.
Daily Digest/House of Representatives
[Daily Digest] [Pages D793-D795] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] House of Representatives Chamber Action Bills Introduced: 20 public bills, H.R. 4898-4917; 1 private bill, H.R. 4918; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 378 and H. Res. 561, were introduced. Pages H6717-18, H6719 Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows. H.R. 4110, to amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for fiscal years 2002 through 2005 (H. Rept. 106-768); H.R. 4700, to grant the consent of the Congress to the Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact (H. Rept. 106-769); H.J. Res. 72, granting the consent of the Congress to the Red River Boundary Compact, amended (H. Rept. 106-770); H.R. 4419, to prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling, amended, (H. Rept. 106-771, Pt. 1); H.R. 4744, to require the General Accounting Office to report to Congress on economically significant rules of Federal agencies (H. Rept. 106-772). H.R. 4585, to strengthen consumers' control over the use and disclosure of their health information by financial institutions, amended (H. Rept. 106-773, Pt. 1); H.R. 1954, to regulate motor vehicle insurance activities to protect against retroactive regulatory and legal action and to create fairness in ultimate insurer laws and vicarious liability standards, amended, referred sequentially Committee on the Judiciary (H. Rept. 106-774, Pt. 1); and H.R. 2580, to encourage the creation, development, and enhancement of State response programs for contaminated sites, removing existing Federal barriers to the cleanup of brownfield sites, and cleaning up and returning contaminated sites to economically productive or other beneficial uses, amended (H. Rept. 106-775, Pt. 1). Page H6717 Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 4810, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 103(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001 by a yea and nay vote of 271 yeas to 156 nays, Roll No. 418. Pages H6609-18 H. Res. 559, the rule that waived points of order against the conference report was agreed to by yea and nay vote of 279 yeas to 140 noes, roll No. 417. Pages H6606-09 Recess: The House recessed at 12:54 p.m. and reconvened at 1:39 p.m. Page H6618 Treasury, Postal Appropriations: The House passed H.R. 4871, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001 by a yea and nay vote of 216 yeas to 202 nays, Roll No. 428. Pages H6622-H6710 Agreed to Kolbe unanimous consent request to insert language in the enacting clause. Pages H6622-31 Agreed To: Vitter amendment that increases funding for high intensity drug trafficking areas program by $25 million and decreases IRS administrative funding accordingly (agreed to by a recorded vote of 284 ayes to 134 noes, Roll No. 421); Pages H6642-45 Klink amendment that increases funding for the Customs Service by $950,000 to purchase equipment to monitor the radioactivity of scrap metal imported into the United States and decreases Treasury Inspector General funding accordingly; Pages H6645-52 [[Page D794]] Inslee amendment that requires that all of the Inspector Generals funded under the act report to Congress on any activity taken to monitor individuals who access any Internet site of their agencies; Pages H7764-70 Gilman amendment that requires that all existing and newly hired workers in any child care center located in an executive facility undergo a criminal history background check; Pages H6670-71 Deutsch amendment No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record that prohibits any funding to be used to allow the importation of any product that is grown, produced, or manufactured in Iran; Pages H6671-72 Davis of Virginia amendment that prohibits any funding to be used to implement the amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation contained in the proposed rule published by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory council relating to responsibility considerations of Federal contractors and the allowability of certain contractor costs (agreed to by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 190 noes, Roll No. 423); Pages H6672-84 Frelinghuysen amendment No. 6 printed in the Congressional Record that prohibits any funding to be used to collect information on individuals using a Federal Internet site; Pages H6684-85 Morella amendment No. 12 printed in the Congressional Record that makes the pay of Administrative Appeals Judges comparable to the pay of Administrative Law Judges; Page H6688 Traficant amendment that prohibits any funding to be used in contravention of the ``Buy American Act;'' Pages H6688-89 Sanders amendment No. 13 printed in the Congressional Record that prohibits the IRS from taking any action in contravention of current age discrimination statutes; Pages H6689-92 Sanford amendment No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record that removes travel restrictions to Cuba (agreed to a recorded vote of 232 ayes to 186 noes, Roll No. 425); Pages H6694-98 Maloney of New York amendment No. 9 printed in the Congressional Record that requires a study by OPM on the feasibility of providing paid parental leave to Federal employees; and Pages H6698-99 Moran of Kansas amendment that prohibits funding to be used to implement sanctions on the sales of agricultural commodities, medicine, or medicinal supplies to Cuba (agreed to by a recorded vote of 301 ayes to 116 noes with 2 voting ``present'', Roll No. 426). Pages H6699-H6703 Rejected: DeLauro amendment that sought to strike section 509 which prohibits any funding to pay for an abortion (rejected by a recorded vote of 184 ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 422); Pages H6658-63 Rangel amendment that sought to prohibit any funding to be used by the Treasury Department to enforce the economic embargo of Cuba (rejected by a recorded vote of 174 ayes to 241 noes, Roll No. 424); and Pages H6685-88 Hostettler amendment No. 8 printed in the Congressional Record that sought to prohibit any funding to be used to enforce, implement, or administer the provisions of the settlement document between Smith & Wesson and the Department of the Treasury (rejected by a recorded vote of 204 ayes to 214 noes, Roll No. 427). Pages H6703-05 Withdrawn: Kucinich amendment No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record was offered and withdrawn that sought to require a report by the IMF and World Bank on agreements with debtor countries which require privatization, lower barriers to imports, raise bank interest rates, eliminate regulations on the environment, and reform labor laws; Pages H6635-42 Quinn amendment No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record was offered and withdrawn that sought to make available $3.6 million for site acquisition and design of a courthouse in Buffalo, New York; Pages H6652-53 Wynn amendment was offered and withdrawn that sought to make available $101 million for the design and construction of the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the White Oak Naval Surface Weapons Center site in Montgomery County, Maryland; Pages H6653-54 Coburn amendment was offered and withdrawn that sought to strike section 640 which repeals a .5% increase that Federal employees made to their retirement system as a part of the Balanced Budget Act; Pages H6692-93 Nadler amendment No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record was offered and withdrawn that sought to repeal section 9101 of the Balanced Budget Act which directed the sale of Governor's Island, New York for $500 million; and Pages H6693-94 Sanford amendment No. 15 printed in the Congressional Record was offered and withdrawn that sought to limit the number of individuals employed in the Executive Office of the President who travel on presidential trips. Points of order sustained against: Section 517, dealing with the import of diamonds into the United States. Pages H6656-58 H. Res. 560, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was agreed to by a recorded vote of 282 ayes to 141 noes, Roll No. 420. Agreed to [[Page D795]] order the previous question by a yea and nay vote of 250 yeas to 173 nays, Roll No. 419. Pages H6618-22 Legislative Program: Representative Dreier announced the Legislative Program for the week of July 24. Pages H6710-11 Legislative Branch Appropriations Conference: The House disagreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 4516, and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees: Chairman Young of Florida, Representatives Taylor of North Carolina, Wamp, Lewis of California, Granger, Peterson of Pennsylvania, Obey, Pastor, Murtha, and Hoyer. Page H6711 Agreed to the Pastor motion to instruct conferees to insist on the provisions of the Senate amendment with respect to providing $384,867,000 for the General Accounting Office. Page H6711 Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, July 26. Page H6711 Meeting Hour--Monday, July 17: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 on Monday, July 24 for morning-hour debates. Page H6712 Presidential Message--District of Columbia Budget Request: Read a message from the President wherein he transmitted the District of Columbia's Fiscal year 2001 Budget Request Act--referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 106-271). Pages H6711-12 Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on pages H6603. Referrals: S. 2102 was referred to the Committee on Resources, S. 2712 was referred to the Committee on Government Reform, S. Con. Res. 57, S. Con. Res. 113, S. Con. Res. 122, and S. Con. Res. 126 were referred to the Committee on International Relations. Page H6712 Amendments: Amendments ordered pursuant to the rule appear on page H6720. Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea and nay votes and eight recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H6608-09, H6617-18, H6620-21, H6621, H6705, H6706, H6706-07, H6707-08, H6708, H6708-09, H6709, and H6710. There were no quorum calls. Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a..m. and adjourned at 11:05 p.m.
Daily Digest/House Committee Meetings
[Daily Digest] [Pages D795-D797] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the District of Columbia appropriations for fiscal year 2001. HOUSING FINANCE REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises concluded hearings on Improving Regulation of Housing Government Sponsored Enterprises, focusing on H.R. 3703, Housing Finance Regulatory Improvement Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. PENTAGON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Defense and International Relations held hearing on Pentagon Financial Management, What's Broken, How to Fix It. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: William J. Lynn, III, Under Secretary, Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer; and Robert Lieberman, Assistant Inspector General; and Jeffrey C. Steinhoff, Acting Assistant Comptroller General, GAO. COMMODITY FUTURES MODERNIZATION ACT Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 4541, Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. IMPROVING INSURANCE FOR CONSUMERS Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Material held a hearing on Improving Insurance for Consumers--Increasing Uniformity and Efficiency in Insurance Regulation. Testimony was heard from Julie L. Williams, First Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; George Nichols, Commissioner, Department of Insurance, State of Kentucky; and Neil Breslin, member, Senate, State of New York. INDEPENDENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSUMER ENHANCEMENT ACT Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 3850, Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of [[Page D796]] 2000. Testimony was heard from Carol Mattey, Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC; and public witnesses. OSHA's RECORDKEEPING STANDARD Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing on OSHA's Recordkeeping Standard: Stakeholder: Views of the 1996 Proposal. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. ``HAS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GIVEN PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT?'' Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on ``Has the Department of Justice Given Preferential Treatment to the President and Vice President?'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: James Robinson, Assistant Attorney General and Alan Gershel, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, both with the Criminal Division; Robert Raben, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs; and Robert Conrad, Supervision Attorney, Campaign Finance Task Force. AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Census held a hearing on ``The American Community Survey (A.C.S.)--A Replacement for the Census Long Form?'' Testimony was heard from Representatives Collins and Emerson; Kenneth Prewitt, Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; John Spotila, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; and public witnesses. GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS ACT Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on ``Seven Years of GPRA: Has the Results Act Provided Results?'' Testimony was heard from Representatives Armey and Sessions; Joshua Gotbaum, Executive Associate Director and Controller and Acting Deputy Director, Management, OMB; and Christopher Mihm, Associate Director, Federal Management and Workforce Issues, GAO; and public witnesses. FEDERAL PROPERTY CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING REFORM ACT Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on H.R. 4845, Federal Property Campaign Fundraising Reform Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from John C. Keeney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice. BORN-ALIVE INFANTS PROTECTION ACT Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on H.R. 4292, Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from Representative Jones; Kenneth Thomas, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and public witnesses. PATENT TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property approved for full Committee action H.R. 4870, Patent Technical Corrections Act of 1999. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 3484, Child Sex Crimes Wiretapping Act of 1999; H.R. 4827, Enhanced Federal Security Act of 2000; and H.R. 3235, amended, National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act of 1999. BATTERED IMMIGRANT WOMEN PROTECTION ACT Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held a hearing on H.R. 3083, Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from Representative Schakowsky; Barbara Strack, Acting Executive Associate Commissioner, Policy and Planning, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. POWDER RIVER BASIN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ACT Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a hearing on H.R. 4297, Powder River Basin Resource Development Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from Senator Enzi; Pete Culp, Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; HUNTING HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT. Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 2798, amended, Pacific Salmon Recovery 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. 4318, amended, Red River National Wildlife Refuge Act; and H.R. 4840, amended, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Act. [[Page D797]] The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 4790, Hunting Heritage Protection Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Chambliss, Peterson of Minnesota and Pickering; Henri Bisson, Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. OVERSIGHT--ACCESS TO OUR NATIONAL PARKS Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, and Public Lands held an oversight hearing on general issues dealing with Access to our National Parks. Testimony was heard from Denis Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. DRY CLEANING ENVIRONMENTAL TAX CREDIT ACT Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Tax, Finance and Imports held a hearing on H.R. 1303, Dry Cleaning Environmental Tax Credit Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from Representatives Camp and Price of North Carolina; and public witnesses. PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES--AIRCRAFT SAFETY HAZARD Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing on Portable Electronic Devices: Do they really pose a safety hazard on aircraft? Testimony was heard from Thomas McSweeny, Associate Administrator, Regulation and Certification, FAA Department of Transportation; Dale N. Hatfield, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, FCC; and pubic witnesses. HAZARD MITIGATION SPENDING--COST EFFECTIVENESS Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management held a hearing on Cost Effectiveness of Hazard Mitigation Spending. Testimony was heard from Michael Armstrong, Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate, FEMA. VETERANS LEGISLATION Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 4850, Veterans Benefits Act of 2000; H.R. 4864, amended, Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000; and H.R. 1982, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic located at 125 Brookley Drive, Rome, New York as the ``Donald J. Mitchell Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.'' FEDERAL CHILD PROTECTION FUNDS Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on Increasing State Flexibility in Use of Federal Child Protection Funds. Testimony was heard from Cynthia M. Fagnoni, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, Health, Education and Human Services Division, GAO; Kathleen A. Kearney, Secretary, Department of Children and Families, State of Florida; Robert Wentworth, Director, Residential Services, Department of Social Services, State of Massachusetts; and public witnesses. PRIVACY AND IDENTITY PROTECTION ACT Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 4857, Privacy and Identity Protection Act of 2000. Joint Meetings MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY RELIEF RECONCILIATION ACT Conferees, on Wednesday, July 19, agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 4810, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 103(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001. F
Daily Digest/COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2000-07-21
[Daily Digest] [Page D797] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2000 (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings on the nomination of Robert S. LaRussa, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; and Marjory E. Searing, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, 10 a.m., SD-538. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to continue markup of H.R.701, to provide Outer Continental Shelf Impact Assistance to State and local governments, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978, and the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (commonly referred to as the Pittman-Robertson Act) to establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the American people, 9 a.m., SD-366. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-430. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to mark up H.R. 4292, Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
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[Daily Digest] [Pages D797-D798] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] CONGRESSIONAL RECORD The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code, and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session, excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually small consecutive issues are printed at one time. Public access to the Congressional Record is available online through GPO Access, a service of the Government Printing Office, free of charge to the user. The online database is updated each day the Congressional Record is published. The database includes both text and graphics from the beginning of the 103d Congress, 2d session (January 1994) forward. It is available on the Wide Area Information Server (WAIS) through the Internet and via asynchronous dial-in. Internet users can access the database by using the World Wide Web; the Superintendent of Documents home page address is http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs, by using local WAIS client software or by telnet to swais.access.gpo.gov, then login as guest (no password required). Dial-in users should use communications software and modem to call (202) 512-1661; type swais, then login as guest (no password required). For general information about GPO Access, contact the GPO Access User Support Team by sending Internet e-mail to [email protected], or a fax to (202) 512-1262; or by calling Toll Free 1-888-293-6498 or (202) 512-1530 between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday, except for Federal holidays. The Congressional Record paper and 24x microfiche will be furnished by mail to subscribers, free of postage, at the following prices: paper edition, $179.00 for six months, $357.00 per year, or purchased for $3.00 per issue, payable in advance; microfiche edition, $141.00 per year, or purchased for $1.50 per issue payable in advance. The semimonthly Congressional Record Index may be purchased for the same per issue prices. Mail orders to: Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954, or phone orders to (202) 512-1800, or fax to (202) 512-2250. Remit check or money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or GPO Deposit Account. Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets. With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no restrictions on the republication of material from the Congressional Record. [[Page D798]] _______________________________________________________________________ Next Meeting of the SENATE 9 a.m., Friday, July 21 Senate Chamber Program for Friday: Senate will continue consideration of the Conference Report on H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act. Also, Senate may begin consideration of H.R. 4733, Energy and Water Development Appropriations. Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12:30 p.m., Monday, July 24 House Chamber Program for Monday: To be announced.