[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D242-D243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1999

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold hearings to 
examine crop insurance and risk management strategies, 8 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Joint Committee on Taxation, 9:30 a.m., SD-116.
  Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2000 for the Navy and Marine Corps programs, 10 a.m., SD-
192.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on Amtrak finance and 
operational issues, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support, to hold hearings on the condition of the services' 
infrastructure and real property maintenance programs for fiscal year 
2000, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine strategic and 
tactical lift requirements versus capabilities, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense 
focusing on tactical modernization, and the future years defense program, 
2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business Meeting to 
mark up S.303, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to enhance the 
ability of direct broadcast satellite and other multichannel video 
providers to compete effectively with cable television systems, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine spending trends in 
the Medicare program, the impact on those trends of Medicare savings in 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, and the President's proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2000 for Medicare, including the fifteen-percent 
surplus funding proposal, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the current human 
rights situation in Cuba, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research, 
and Specialty Crops, hearing on Review of the Federal Crop Insurance 
Program, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, FDA, and Related Agencies, on Farm and Foreign Agriculture 
Services, USAID, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on the 
Secretary of State, 10 a.m., 2362 Rayburn, and on The Supreme Court, 2 
p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on fiscal year 2000 Air Force Budget, 10 a.m., 
and executive, on the fiscal year 2000 Air Force Acquisition Program, 
1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.

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  Subcommittee on Interior, on the Secretary of Agriculture, 10 a.m., and 
on Forest Service, 11 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on 
Vocational and Adult Education, Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services, Educational Research and Improvement, and Howard University, 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Quality of Life, 9:30 a.m., 
B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Aviation Safety and Security, 11 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the U.S. policy on Iraq, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on pharmacy redesign and 
TRICARE claims processing, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare, and Recreation, hearing on 
morale, welfare and recreation programs and resale activity oversight, 1 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on the 
Exxon-Mobil merger, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the following: Committee's 
Budget Views and Estimates for fiscal year 2000 for submission to the 
Committee on the Budget; a draft report entitled: ``A Citizen's Guide On 
Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to 
Request Government Records''; H.R. 807, Federal Reserve Board Portability 
Act; and H.R. 858, District of Columbia Court Employees Whistleblower 
Protection Act of 1999, 10 a.m., to be followed by an oversight hearing 
on Cardiovascular Disease: Is the Federal Government Doing More Harm Than 
Good? 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to consider the following: Omnibus 
Committee Funding Resolution; and other pending business, 12 p.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, full Committee, to mark up H. 
Con. Res. 24, expressing congressional opposition to the unilateral 
declaration of a Palestinian state and urging the President to assert 
clearly United States opposition to such a unilateral declaration of 
statehood, 10 a.m., and to hold a hearing on the U.S. Role in Kosovo, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on the reauthorization of the 
Independent Counsel Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on putting consequences back 
into juvenile justice, Federal, State, and local efforts, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to continue hearings on the following bills: 
H.R. 701, Conservation Reinvestment Act of 1999 and H.R. 798, to provide 
for the permanent protection of the resources of the United States in the 
year 2000 and beyond, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Task Force on Warner Creek, oversight hearing on Warner Creek Timber 
Sale, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H. Con. Res. 42, 
Peacekeeping Operations in Kosovo Resolution; and H.R. 819, Federal 
Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 1999, 3:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, 
oversight hearing on fiscal year 2000 Budget Authorization Request: 
Department of Energy--Offices of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
Fossil Energy, and Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, 3 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on S. 314, Small Business Year 
2000 Readiness Act, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 700, Airline Passenger 
Bill of Rights Act of 1999; H.R. 780, Passenger Entitlement and 
Competition Enhancement Act of 1999; and H.R. 908, Aviation Consumer 
Right To Know Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to consider Committee's Budget Views 
and Estimates for fiscal year 2000 for submission to the Committee on the 
Budget, 3 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Veterans Health Administration 
capital asset planning, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 975, to provide for a 
reduction in the volume of steel imports, and to establish a steel import 
notification and monitoring program, 10:30 a.m., followed by a hearing on 
Revenue Provisions in the Administration's Fiscal Year 2000 Budget, 11:30 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.