[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 31 (Monday, March 1, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D189-D190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 2, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings on child nutrition program issues, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of 
Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Department of Defense, and the future years defense program, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for national defense, 2 
p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Surface 
Transportation Board, Department of Transportation, 9:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold oversight 
hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2000 for the Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism, to hold hearings 
on United States relief efforts in response to Hurricane Mitch, 3 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings on medical theory and practice issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans Affairs to review the legislative 
recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 a.m., 345, 
Cannon Building.

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  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: to resume 
hearings to examine the Y2K computer problem within the food 
industry, 8:30 a.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Research, Education, and Economics, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Alcohol 
Abuse and Alcoholism, and National Institute of Nursing Research, 10 
a.m., and on National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and on 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on Executive Office of the President, 10 a.m., and on OMB, 2 p.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on FEMA., 10 
a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations and Facilities, hearing on fiscal year 2000 budget 
request for military construction and military family housing of the 
Department of Defense, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on Defense reform 
initiatives, contracting out, and outsourcing, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
General Oversight and Investigations, to review implementation of 
EFT-99, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, to 
markup H.R. 540, Nursing Home Resident Protection Amendments of 
1999, 3 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education, Training, and Life-Long Learning, hearing 
on The Older Americans Act: Meeting the Needs of Our Nation's 
Seniors, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on the Census, 
hearing on Oversight of the 2000 Census: Examining the America 
Counts Today (ACT) Initiatives to Enhance Traditional Enumeration 
Methods, 2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, and Subcommittee on Technology of the Committee on 
Science, joint hearing on Oversight of the Year 2000 Problem at the 
Department of Defense: How Prepared is Our Nation's Defense? 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and 
International Relations, oversight hearing on efforts to address 
waste, fraud and management weaknesses by the Departments of 
Defense, Veterans Affairs, and State, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, to markup H. Con. Res. 
28, expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should 
introduce and make all efforts necessary to pass a resolution 
criticizing the People's Republic of China for its human rights 
abuses in China and Tibet at the annual meeting of the United 
Nations Commission on Human Rights; followed by a hearing on Foreign 
Relations Authorization for Fiscal Years 2000-2001: Department of 
State Management Initiatives, 1:45 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: Committee's 
Budget views and estimates for fiscal year 2000 for submission to 
the Committee on the Budget; H.R. 808, to extend for 3 additional 
months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United 
States Code is reenacted, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on the 
Reauthorization of the Independent Counsel Act, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 661, to direct 
the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the commercial operation 
of supersonic transport category aircraft that do not comply with 
state 3 noise levels if the European Union adopts certain aircraft 
noise regulations; and H.R. 603, to amend title 49, United States 
Code, to clarify the application of the Act popularly known as the 
``Death on the High Seas Act'', 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following: Budget Views and Estimates for fiscal year 2000 for 
submission to the Committee on the Budget; H.R. 820, Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 1999; H.R. 819, Federal Maritime Commission 
Authorization Act of 1999; and H.R. 707, Disaster Mitigation and 
Cost Reduction Act of 1999, 3 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
the Report on Medicare Payment Policies, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to 
review the legislative recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars, 9:30 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.