[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 3, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D210-D211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 4, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General 
Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2000 for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-138.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of 
Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to mark up proposed legislation to enhance competition in the 
financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for 
the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial 
service providers, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings on S. 97, to require the installation and use by schools 
and libraries of a technology for filtering or blocking material on 
the Internet on computers with Internet access to be eligible to 
receive or retain universal service assistance, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Robert Wayne 
Gee, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil 
Energy), 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Gary S. Guzy, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 9 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to mark up S. 331, to amend 
the Social Security Act to expand the availability of health care 
coverage for working individuals with disabilities, to establish a 
Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program in the Social Security 
Administration to provide such individuals with meaningful 
opportunities to work, and S. 494, to amend title XIX of the Social 
Security Act to prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of 
nursing facilities as a result of a voluntary withdrawal from 
participation in the Medicaid program, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations, to hold hearings on the proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2000 for foreign assistance programs, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings on proposed 
budget reform measures, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Employment, Safety and Training, to hold hearings on S. 385, to 
amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to further 
improve the safety and health of working environments, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to mark up S. 249, to 
provide funding for the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
Children, to reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; and S. 
461, to assure that innocent users and businesses gain access to 
solutions to the year 2000 problem-related failures through 
fostering an incentive to settle year 2000 lawsuits that may disrupt 
significant sectors of the American economy, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans Affairs to review the legislative 
recommendations of the Veterans of World War I of the USA, Non-
Commissioned Officers Association, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 
Jewish War Veterans, and the Blinded Veterans Association, 9:30 
a.m., 345 Cannon Building.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities, Resource Conservation, and Credit, to review the Loan 
Deficiency Payment Program, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, on 
The Federal Judiciary, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on U.S. Pacific command, U.S. 
Forces Korea, 9:30 a.m., and on Personnel Issues/Medical Programs, 2 
p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Department of 
Energy 9:30 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, on Members of Congress and 
Outside Witnesses, 12:30 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Bureau of Land Management, 9 a.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 10 a.m., 
on the National Eye Institute,

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and on Director, NIH and on Office of Director Panel, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Air Force Construction, 
9:30 p.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation (Amtrak), 9:45 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on National Archives, 9 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on NSF, 9:30 
a.m. and 1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing on pilot retention--issues and possible solutions, 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on the Department of 
Energy fiscal year 2000 budget request, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on military training 
capabilities and shortfalls, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to mark up the 
Financial Services Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2128, Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the CBO analysis of the 
Administration's fiscal year 2000 budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up H.R. 540, Nursing Home Residents 
Protection Amendments of 1999, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, to mark up H.R. 851, Save Our Satellites Act of 1999, 2 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on the Census, to 
mark up H.R. 683, Decennial Census Improvement Act of 1999, 9:15 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human 
Resources, hearing on Oversight on U.S.-Mexico Counternarcotics 
Efforts, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Postal Service, hearing on H.R. 22, Postal 
Modernization Act of 1999, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to continue to consider 
Committee funding requests, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: Security Assistance Act of 1999; H.R. 825, United States-
Macau Policy Act; H. Res. 32, expressing support for, and calling 
for actions in support of, free, fair, and transparent elections in 
Indonesia; and 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; and to 
consider Committee's Budget Views and Estimates for fiscal year 2000 
for submission to the Committee on the Budget, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, hearing 
on Foreign Relations Authorization for Fiscal Year 2000-2001: Public 
Diplomacy Programs, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on the ``The `Know Your 
Customer' Rules: Privacy in the Hands of Federal Regulators''; 
followed by a markup of the following bills: H.R. 462, to clarify 
that governmental pension plans of the possessions of the United 
States shall be treated in the same manner as State pension plans 
for purposes of the limitation on the State income taxation of 
pension income; and H.R. 916, to make technical amendments to 
section 10 of title 9, United States Code, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 
850, Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 10 a.m., 
2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing on 
issues arising from past designations of temporary protected status 
and fraud in prior amnesty programs; and to consider other pending 
committee business, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on fiscal year 2000 budget 
request of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on 
Forest Service Roads Moratorium, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, oversight 
hearing on Soaring into the Future? Funding Requirements for FAA 
Research and Development, 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, to continue 
hearings on the Importance of Trade Negotiations in Fighting Foreign 
Protectionism, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2000 Budget: The DCI's Perspective, 1 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             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 World War 
I of the USA, Non-Commissioned Officers Association, Paralyzed 
Veterans of America, Jewish War Veterans, and the Blinded Veterans 
Association, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings on issues relating to 
economic growth through tax cuts, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.