[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 49 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D365-D368]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 13 through April 17, 1999

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate expects to consider S. 767, Uniformed Services 
Filing Fairness Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to consider any 
cleared legislative and executive business, including the conference 
report on H. Con. Res. 68, Congressional Budget.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: April 13, to hold hearings on Medicare 
managed care marketing materials, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Appropriations: April 13, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to 
examine deaths caused from restraints used in psychiatric 
facilities, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Department of Energy's efficiency program, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense, 
focusing on ballistic missile defense, 11 a.m., SD-192.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the U.S. Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Department of the Treasury, focusing on law enforcement bureaus, 
9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  April 15, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 13, to hold open/closed 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
2000 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the military 
strategy and operational requirements of the unified commands and 
future years defense program, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  April 13, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold open/closed hearings 
on submarine warfare in the 21st century, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal 
year 2000 for the Department of Defense, focusing on land 
withdrawals and environmental programs, 3:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Strategic, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on strategic nuclear forces and 
policy and the future years defense program, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings on the status of financial management within the 
Department of Defense, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  April 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings on United States policy 
regarding Kosovo, and a revised strategic concept of NATO, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 14, 
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance, to hold hearings on 
the issues relating to the Export Control Process, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 13, to 
hold hearings to determine how to facilitate the deployment of 
faster, high-speed internet access services, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.

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  April 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
published scandals plaguing the Olympics, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings to review the research and development budget for fiscal 
year 2000, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 14, to hold 
closed oversight hearings to examine damage to the national security 
from Chinese espionage at the Department of Energy nuclear weapons 
laboratories, 9:30 a.m., SH-219.
  April 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S.501, to address 
resource management issues in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska; and 
S.744, to provide for the continuation of higher education through 
the conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Alaska to the 
University of Alaska, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  April 15, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings on S.109, to improve protection and 
management of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in 
the State of Georgia;
  S.340, to amend the Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act to make 
technical corrections; S.582, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into an agreement for the construction and 
operation of the Gateway Visitor Center at Independence National 
Historical Park; S.589, to require the National Park Service to 
undertake a study of the Loess Hills area in western Iowa to review 
options for the protection and interpretation of the area's natural, 
cultural, and historical resources; S.591, to authorize a 
feasibility study for the preservation of the Loess Hills in western 
Iowa; and H.R.149, to make technical corrections to the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 15, Subcommittee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings on the 
implementation of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
century, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 13, to hold hearings on the status of 
China's application to the World Trade Organization, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  April 14, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on 
restructuring and reform of the internal revenue service, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  April 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings on issues relating to 
the complexity of the individual income tax, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 13, to hold hearings on 
trade and aid issues, focusing on NAFTA, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to 
hold hearings on issues relating to the continuing crisis in 
Afghanistan, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  April 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings on United States 
vulnerability to ballistic missile attack, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: April 14, to resume hearings on 
the future of the Independent Counsel Act, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 13, 
Subcommittee on Employment, Safety and Training, to hold hearings on 
accident prevention, focusing on OSHA's performance and the SAFE 
Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  April 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings on education research, 
9:30 a.m., SD628.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 14, to hold oversight hearings 
on the implementation of welfare reform for Indians, 1:45 p.m., SR-
485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 14, to hold closed 
hearings on pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  April 15, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 13, Subcommittee on Antitrust, 
Business Rights, and Competition, to hold hearings on S.467, the 
antitrust merger review act: accelerating FCC review of mergers, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings on the 
Kosovo Refugee Crisis, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property 
Rights, business meeting to consider S.J. Res.14, proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing 
Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the 
United States, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  April 15, Full Committee, business meeting to markup S.625, to 
amend title 11, United States Code, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: April 13, to hold hearings on the 
reductions in force in the Veteran Health Administration of the 
Department of Veteran Affairs, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: April 14, 
to hold hearings on Federal Government Y2K preparedness, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-138.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 14, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review of 
the U.S. Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis Program, 
10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 13, Subcommittee on Interior, 
on Public Witnesses-Natural Resource Programs, 10 a.m., and 1:30 
p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 13, 14 and 15, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Educaton, on Public Witnesses, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  April 13 and 14, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, 
on EPA, 9:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on SEC and on FCC, 10 a.m., and on Administration of Foreign 
Affairs, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Interior, on Public Witnesses-Energy and 
Other Programs, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.

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  April 15, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Members of Congress, 10 a.m., and on NOAA, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  April 15, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on Fiscal Year 
2000 D.C. Budget; and Mayors Short-term Action Plan, 2 p.m., 2362 
Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, on Secretary of State, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Interior, on Public Witnesses-Native 
Americans, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Members of Congress, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 15, hearing on NATO military 
operations against the Republic of Yugoslavia, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on recent 
counterintelligence problems at Department of Energy laboratories, 
10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, April 13, hearing on 
Finalizing Bank Preparedness for the Year 2000: Testing, Credit 
Risk, Contingency Planning and Liquidity, and Customer Confidence, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 14, hearing on The Department of HUD's Preparedness for the 
Year 2000: Testing, Contingency Planning, and Business Partner 
Outreach, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit and the Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, 
joint hearing on Trends in Money Laundering, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, to 
markup H.R. 1073, Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and 
Flexibility Act, 3 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, April 13, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, oversight 
hearing on Regulatory Classification of Low-Power Television 
Licensees, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to markup the 
following bills: H.R. 45, Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999; H.R. 
459, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for FERC 
Project No. 9401, the Mt. Hope Waterpower Project; and a measure to 
authorize appropriations for carrying out pipeline safety activities 
under chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, to 
markup the Bond Price Competition Improvement Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on 
Putting Patients First: Increasing Organ Supply for Transplantation, 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Security at the Department of Energy's Laboratories: The Perspective 
of the General Accounting Office, 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 13, Subcommittee 
on Workforce Protections, hearing on Rewarding Performance in 
Compensation Act, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 14, full committee, hearing on Title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act: An Overview, 11:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
``Impediments to Union Democracy: Department of Labor Enforcement of 
Rank-and-File Rights and the Boilermakers Union'', 9:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and 
Life-Long Learning, hearing on ``Older Americans Act: Meeting the 
Needs of Our Nation's Seniors'', 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, April 13, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology and the 
Subcommittee on Technology of the Committee on Science, joint 
hearing on ``Are the Federal Government's Critical Programs Ready 
for January 1st, 2000?'' 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 14 and 15, full Committee, hearings on Tax Reform in the 
States, Part 2, of a series on National Problems, Local Solution: 
Federalism at Work, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, to markup H.R. 
974, District of Columbia College Access Act, 4 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory Affairs and the Subcommittee on Government 
Management, Information, and Technology, joint hearing on ``Clinton-
Gore v. The American Taxpayer'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, April 13, Subcommittee on 
Africa, hearing on Debt Relief for Africa, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  April 14, full committee, to markup the following: H.R. 1211, 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001; the 
Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Technical Corrections Act; H. 
Res. 128, condemning the murder of human rights lawyer Rosemary 
Nelson and calling for the protection of defense attorneys in 
Northern Ireland; and H. Con. Res.54, recognizing the historic 
significance of the first anniversary of the Good Friday Peace 
Agreement, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing to Review 
U.S.-Taiwan Relations on the 20th Anniversary of the Taiwan 
Relations Act, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, 
hearing on Should We Reauthorize OPIC? 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  April 15, full committee, hearing on The Child Survival and 
Infectious Disease Program: Achievements and Challenges for the 
Future, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 13, hearing on H.R. 775, Year 
2000 Readiness and Responsibility Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  April 14, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to markup H.J. Res. 
33, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the 
flag of the United States, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight 
hearing on law enforcement problems at the border between the United 
States and Canada, focusing on the issues of drug smuggling, illegal 
immigration, and terrorism, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, April 13, oversight hearing on the 
National Environmental Policy and the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 14, full Committee, to consider a motion to issue a subpoena 
to Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, to appear before the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power; followed by a markup of H.R. 1142, 
Landowners Equal Treatment Act of 1999, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on the Administration's proposal to utilize 28 million 
barrels of federal royalty oil to partially fill the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on migratory bird hunting regulations to 
increase the harvest of Mid-Continent light geese, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  April 15, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on H.R. 834, to extend the authorization for the National Historic 
Preservation Fund, 10 a..m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, April 13, to consider the following: H.J. Res. 
37, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
with respect to tax limitations; H.R. 472, Local Census Quality 
Check Act; and the Conference Report on H. Con. Res. 68, 
establishing the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2000 and setting forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2009, 1 p.m., 
H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, April 14, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Fiscal Year 2000 Climate Change Budget 
Authorization Request, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Authorization Request: NOAA Fleet 
Maintenance and Planning, Aircraft Services and NOAA Corps, 1 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on The Melissa 
Virus: Inoculating Our Information Technology from Emerging Threats, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 15, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the readiness of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for Year 2000, including emergency 
medical facility preparedness and coordination with FEMA, 9:30 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 13, to markup a measure to 
extend the tax benefits available with respect to services performed 
in hazardous duty areas to services as part of Operation Allied 
Force, 10.m., 1100 Rayburn.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the 1999 Tax 
Return Filing Season and the IRS Budget for Fiscal Year 2000, 1 
p.m., 1100 Rayburn.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on budget authorizations 
for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the U.S. Customs Service, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade 
Representative, and other Customs issues, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on the 1999 
Social Security Trustees' Report, 10 a.m., B-318.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 13, executive, 
hearing on fiscal year 2000 Budget: DCI Wrap-up, 2 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.