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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D449-D451 on April 28, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING--MEAT AND PRODUCE
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture held a hearing to review country of origin labeling for meat and produce. Testimony was heard from Representatives Hill, Pomeroy, Bono, and Chenoweth; Caren A. Wilcox, Deputy Under Secretary, Food Safety, USDA; Robert E. Robertson, Associate Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a hearing on Corrections; Court Services and Offender Supervision; and Public Defender Service. Testimony was heard from John L. Clark, Corrections Trustee; John A. Carver, Trustee, Court Services and Offender Supervision; and Jo-Ann Wallace, Director, Public Defender Service.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities: William R. Ferris, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities; and Bill Ivey, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts.
LABOR, HHS, AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education held a hearing on Inspectors General Panel and on the Nobel Laureate Panel. Testimony was heard from Charles C. Masten, Inspector General, Department of Labor; June Gibbs Brown, Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services; John P. Higgins, Jr., Acting Inspector General, Department of Education; James G. Huse, Jr., Acting Inspector General, SSA; and Martin J. Dickman, Inspector General, Railroad Retirement Board; Paul Berg, 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Joseph L. Goldstein, 1985 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Thomas R. Cech, 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; and the following winners of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: David D. Chang and Ulrike Heberlein.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
YUGOSLAVIA--MILITARY OPTIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on military options in Yugoslavia. Testimony was heard from the following former officials of the Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. Charles Link, USAF (Ret.); Lt. Gen. Van Riper, USMC (Ret.), former Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Maj. Gen. Bill Nash, USA (Ret.); Col. Harry Summers, USA (Ret.); and Col. Robert Killebrew, USA (Ret.), former Director, Army After Next Program.
NATURAL DISASTER--IMPACT ON HOMEOWNERS' INSURANCE AVAILABILITY
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity held a hearing on Growing Threats of Natural Disaster and the Impact on Homeowners' Insurance Availability. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials held a hearing on H.R. 10, Financial Services Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R. 905, amended, Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children Protection Act; H. Con. Res. 88, urging the Congress and the President to increase funding for the Pell Grant Program and existing Campus-Based Aid Programs; and H. Con. Res. 84, amended, urging the Congress and the President to fully fund the Federal Government's obligation under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended H.R. 833, Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported amended the following bills: H.R. 66, to preserve the cultural resources of the Route 66 corridor and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance; H.R. 150, Education Land Grant Act; H.R. 562, to approve and ratify certain transfers of land and natural resources by or on behalf of the Delaware Nation of Indians; H.R. 658, Thomas Cole National Historic Site Act; H.R. 659, Protect America's Treasures of the Revolution for Independence for Our Tomorrow Act.
The Committee also approved a motion to authorize the Chairman to issue subpoenas for records regarding the oversight review of the cancellation of a long-term contract between the United States and the Alaska Pulp Corporation.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, a structured rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 1480, Water Resources Development Act of 1999. The rule makes in order the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure amendment in the nature of a substitute as an original bill for purpose of amendment, modified by the amendments printed in part 1 of this report. The rule also waives all points of order against consideration of the amendment in the nature of a substitute.
The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in part 2 of this report. Amendments made in order may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
The rule allows for 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 rules provides for one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Shuster and Representatives Boehlert, Oberstar and Tauscher.
K-12 MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on K-12 Math and Science Education--What is Being Done to Improve It? Testimony was heard from Rita Colwell, Director, NSF; Judith Johnson, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education; Daniel Goldin, Administrator, NASA; and public witnesses.
NSF BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Basic Research held a hearing on National Science Foundation fiscal year 2000 Budget Request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NSF: Rita Colwell, Director; and Eamon Kelly, Chairman, National Science Board.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session and ordered reported amended H.R. 1555, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000.
