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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1091-D1092 on Oct. 5, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
U.S. COMMISSION ON NATIONAL SECURITY/21ST CENTURY
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century: Gary Hart, Co-Chair; Warren B. Rudman, Co- Chair; Norman Augustine and Andrew Young, both Commissioners.
ELECTRICITY COMPETITION AND RELIABILITY ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing on H.R. 2944, Electricity Competition and Reliability Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: T. J. Glauthier, Deputy Secretary; James Hoecker, Chairman, Vicky Bailey, Linda Key Breathitt, Curt Hebert and William Massey, all Commissioners, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
SEND MORE DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Began mark up of H.R. 2, to send more dollars to the classroom.
Will continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following: H.R. 2886, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an adopted alien who is less than 18 years of age may be considered a child under such Act if adopted with or after a sibling who is a child under such Act; H.R. 1520, Child Status Protection Act of 1999; H.R. 2961, International Patient Act; and two private relief bills.
GOLDEN SPIKE/CROSSROADS OF THE WEST NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 2932, to authorize the Golden Spike/Crossroads of the West National Heritage Area. Testimony was heard from Katherine Stevenson, Associate Director, Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnership, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Glenn J. Mecham, Mayor, Ogden, Utah; and public witnesses.
BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS MANAGED CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999;
QUALITY CARE FOR THE UNINSURED ACT OF 1999
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 9 to 3, a structured rule providing for consideration of H.R. 2990 and H.R. 2723. The rule provides two hours of debate in the House on H.R. 2990, Quality Care for the Uninsured Act of 1999, equally divided among and controlled by the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and the Committee on Ways and Means. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 2990.
The rule provides three hours of general debate on H.R. 2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act of 1999, equally divided among and controlled by the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and the Committee on Ways and Means. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution shall be considered as adopted upon adoption of the rule. The rule provides for consideration of only the amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that the amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report will be considered only in the order specified 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 and shall not be subject to amendment. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the report except that the adoption of an amendment in the nature of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment. The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 2723, with or without instructions. Finally, the rule provides that in the engrossment of H.R. 2990, the clerk shall add the text of H.R. 2723, as passed by the House, as a new matter at the end of H.R. 2990, and then lay H.R. 2723 on the table.
PLANT GENOME SCIENCE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Basic Research continued hearings on Plant Genome Science: From the Lab to the Field to the Market, Part 2. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FUELS FOR FUTURE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a hearing on Fuels for Future. Testimony was heard from Jay E. Hakes, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
FATHERHOOD LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on fatherhood legislation. Testimony was heard from Senator Bayh; Representatives Shaw and Carson; Marilyn Ray Smith, Associate Deputy Commissioner and Chief Legal Counsel, Child Support Enforcement Division, Department of Revenue, State of Massachusetts; and public witnesses.
