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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D508-D510 on May 11, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
SOCIAL SECURITY RETURNS--USING LONG-TERM MARKET STRATEGIES
Committee on the Budget: Social Security Task Force held a hearing on Using Long-term Market Investment Strategies to Enhance Social Security Returns. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NTIA REAUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a hearing on the NTIA Reauthorization Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Commerce: Larry Irving, Assistant Secretary, Communications and Information; and George Ross, Assistant Inspector General, Auditing; Col. Richard W. Skinner, USAF, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Space and ISR Programs, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
ESEA--EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families held a hearing on Education Technology under ESEA. Testimony was heard from Eugene Hickok, Secretary, Department of Education, State of Pennsylvania; Henry Marockie, Superintendent of Schools, Department of Education, State of West Virginia; and public witnesses.
JOHNNY CHUNG: FOREIGN CONNECTIONS, FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on Johnny Chung: Foreign Connections, Foreign Contributions. Testimony was heard from Johnny Chung.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa approved for full Committee action as amended the following resolutions: H. Con. Res. 75, condemning the National Islamic Front (NIF) government for its genocidal war in southern Sudan, support for terrorism, and continued human rights violations; and H. Res. 62, expressing concern over the escalating violence, the gross violations of human rights, and the ongoing attempts to overthrow a democratically elected government in Sierra Leone.
OVERSIGHT--MARSHALL ISLANDS--NUCLEAR CLAIMS, RELOCATION AND RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS
Committee on Resources: Held an oversight hearing on the status of Nuclear Claims, Relocation and Resettlement Efforts in the Marshall Islands. Testimony was heard from Stanley Roth, Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State; Allan Stayman, Director, Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior; Kurt M. Campbell, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Asian and Pacific Affairs, International Security Affairs, Department of Defense; Paul Seligman, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Health Studies, Department of Energy; the following officials of the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Philip Muller, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Trade; Marie L. Maddison, Secretary, Foreign Affairs and Trade; and H.E. Tony deBrum, Minister of Finance; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 592, to redesignate Great Kills Park in the Gateway National Recreation Area as ``World War II Veterans Park at Great Kills''; and H.R. 1031, White Bluffs Protection Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Fossella and Hastings of Washington; the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Denis Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service; and Steve Richardson, Chief of Staff, Bureau of Reclamation; Dan Berkovitz, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy, Planning, and Budget-
Environmental Management, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
YEAR 2000 READINESS AND RESPONSIBILITY ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 775, Year 2000 Readiness and Responsibility Act. The rule makes in order as an original bill for purpose of amendment the Committee on the Judiciary amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill, modified by the amendments printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying the resolution.
The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in part 2 of the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that 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 rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Goodlatte, Ehlers, Davis of Virginia, Nadler, Scott and Lofgren.
GSA'S FISCAL YEAR 2000 CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation held a hearing on GSA's Fiscal Year 2000 Capital Investment Program. Testimony was heard from Paul Chistolini, Deputy Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, GSA.
Joint Meetings
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees continued in evening session to resolve the differences between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 1141, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999.
FORMER YUGOSLAVIA INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Committee concluded hearings to examine the status of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, after receiving testimony from Nina Bang-
Jensen, Coalition for International Justice, and Paul Williams, American University, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jennifer Green, Center for Constitutional Law, New York, New York.
