[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D284-D285]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to resume 
hearings to examine the nature of risk management in agriculture and 
federal crop insurance programs, 8 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for Air 
Force programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the Library of Congress, 
Congressional Research Service, General Accounting Office, and the 
Government Printing Office, 10 a.m., SD-116.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and 
Management Support, to hold hearings on the efforts to reform and 
streamline the Department of Defense's acquisition process, 9:30 
a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on tactical aviation modernization, and the future 
years defense program, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to continue markup of a 
proposed concurrent resolution setting forth the fiscal year 2000 
budget for the Federal Government, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: with the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, to hold joint hearings on proposals to expand 
Iraqi oil for food, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on loss of open space and 
environmental quality, 10:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings on the implementation of 
1997 Medicare changes to Medicare-Fee for Service and 
Medicare+Choice Programs, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: with the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources, to hold joint hearings on proposals to expand 
Iraqi oil for food, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on nuclear safety issues, 2 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Robert A. 
Seiple, of Washington, to be Ambassador at Large for International 
Religious Freedom, 3:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to resume hearings on the 
future of the Independent Counsel Act, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to mark up S. 326, to improve the access and choice of 
patients to quality, affordable health care, and to consider pending 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings on S. 400, to 
provide technical corrections to the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to improve the 
delivery of housing assistance to Indian tribes in a manner that 
recognizes the right of tribal self-governance, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative 
recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans, 10 a.m., 345, 
Cannon Building.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Rural Development, 2 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn,
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on FBI, 
10 a.m., and on U.S. Trade Representative, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on fiscal year 2000 Army Budget Overview, 
10 a.m., and executive, on fiscal year 2000 Army Acquisition 
Program, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, on Secretary of the Treasury, 
10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on GAO and National Park Service 
Housing, 9 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on OSHA, 10 a.m., and on Employment and Training Administration/
Veterans Employment; and Inspectors General Panel, 1:30 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Army Construction, 9:30 
a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on GSA and Judicial Conference of the U.S., 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on U.S. policy in the 
Balkans, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the report of the 
Congressional Commission on Military Training and Gender-Related 
Issues as required by the National Defense Authorization Act for 
fiscal year 1998, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on Armed Forces 
Retirement Home, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.

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  Committee on the Budget, to mark up the Fiscal Year 2000 Budget 
resolution, 1 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, oversight hearing on reauthorization of the 
FCC, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Impact Aid: Keeping the 
Federal Promise, 1 p.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
Impediments to Union Democracy: Public and Private Sector Workers 
Under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, 11 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 208, to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow for the 
contribution of certain rollover distributions to accounts in the 
Thrift Savings Plan, to eliminate certain waiting-period 
requirements for participating in the Thrift Savings Plan; H.R. 683, 
Decennial Census Improvement Act of 1999; H.R. 1058, Census in the 
Schools Promotion Act; H.R. 1010, to improve participation in the 
2000 decennial census by increasing the amounts available to the 
Bureau of the Census for marketing, promotion and outreach; H.R. 
472, Local Census Quality Check Act; H.R. 928, 2000 Census Mail 
Outreach Improvement Act; H.R. 929, 2000 Census Language Barrier 
Removal Act; and H.R. 1009, 2000 Census Community Participation 
Enhancement Act; 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to consider the following: 
The Microenterprise for Self Reliance Act; H. Res. 59, expressing 
the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States 
remains committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); 
H. Res. 99, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
regarding the human rights situation in Cuba; H. Con. Res. 35, 
congratulating the State of Qatar and its citizens for their 
commitment to democratic ideals and women's suffrage on the occasion 
of Qatar's historic elections of a central municipal council on 
March 8, 1999; H. Res. 110, congratulating the Government and the 
people of the Republic of El Salvador on successfully completing 
free and democratic elections on March 7, 1999; and a resolution 
commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, 3:30 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up a resolution 
commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act; 
followed by a hearing on U.S. Policy Challenges in the Central Asian 
Republics, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to continue hearings on H.R. 833, Bankruptcy 
Reform Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to consider the following bills: H.R. 39, 
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act; H.R. 992, amended, to 
convey the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir to the El Dorado Irrigation 
District; H.R. 1019, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey lands and interests comprising the Carlsbad Irrigation 
Project to the Carlsbad Irrigation District; H.R. 841, amended, 
Welton-Mohawk Transfer Act; and H.R. 862, Clear Creek Distribution 
System Conveyance Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4, to declare it to be the 
policy of the United States to deploy a national missile defense, 3 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, oversight hearing on Why and How you should 
learn Math and Science? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Ground Transportation, hearing on Oversight of the Office of Motor 
Carriers, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2000 Budget: Signals Intelligence, 2 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 Disabled American 
Veterans, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.