[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 52 (Thursday, April 15, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D396-D399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 19 through April 24, 1999

                             Senate Chamber

  Senate expects to consider any cleared legislative or executive 
business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: April 21, to 
hold hearings to review the recent report on the Federal Crop 
Insurance Program by the Office of Inspector General, Department of 
Agriculture, 8:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 20, Subcommittee on Emerging 
Threats and Capabilities, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on the science and technology program and the 
Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings on the readiness of the United States Navy and Marines 
operating forces, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 22, 
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance, with the 
Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold joint hearings on issues 
relating to the official dollarization in emerging-market countries, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, with the Subcommittee 
on International Trade and Finance, to hold joint hearings on issues 
relating to the official dollarization in emerging-market countries, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 21, to 
hold hearings on issues relating to telecommunications and internet 
access, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
2000 for Technology Administration, Department of Commerce, 2 p.m., 
SR-253.
  April 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine boxing 
industry regulations, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 20, to hold 
hearings on S. 25, to provide Coastal Impact Assistance to State and 
local governments, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
Amendments of 1978, the

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Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the Urban Park and 
Recreation Recovery Act, and the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration 
Act (commonly referred to as the Pittman-Robertson Act) to establish 
a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the 
American people; S. 446, to provide for the permanent protection of 
the resources of the United States in the year 2000 and beyond; and 
S. 532, to provide increased funding for the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Programs, 
to resume the funding of the State grants program of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund, and to provide for the acquisition and 
development of conservation and recreation facilities and programs 
in urban areas, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  April 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings on whether the United 
States has the natural gas supply and infrastructure necessary to 
meet projected demand, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold oversight hearings to review the Memorandum of Understanding 
signed by multiple agencies regarding the Lewis and Clark 
bicentennial celebration, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  April 22, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 441, to amend the National 
Trails System Act to designate the route of the War of 1812 British 
invasion of Maryland and Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
route of the American defense, for study for potential addition to 
the national trails system; S. 548, to establish the Fallen Timbers 
Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historical Site in the State of 
Ohio; S. 581, to protect the Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields in 
Pennsylvania, to authorize a Valley Forge Museum of the American 
Revolution at Valley Forge National Historical Park; and S. 700, to 
amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Ala Kahakai 
Trail as a National Historic Trail, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 20, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of George T. Frampton, Jr., of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Council on Environmental 
Quality, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 19, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism, to hold hearings 
on issues relating to the targeting of assets of drug kingpins, 3:45 
p.m., SD-562.
  April 20, Full Committee, to resume hearings on United States 
vulnerability to ballistic missile attack, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  April 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine NATO's 50th 
anniversary summit, 2 p.m., SD-562.
  April 21, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal years 2000-2001 for foreign 
assistance programs, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  April 22, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine North Korea's prison camps, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: April 20, to hold hearings on 
the nominations of Eric T. Washington, to be an Associate Judge of 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals; Stephen H. Glickman, to 
be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals; 
and Hiram E. Puig-Lugo, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  April 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 746, to provide 
for analysis of major rules, to promote the public's right to know 
the costs and benefits of major rules, and to increase the 
accountability of quality of Government, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  April 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 59, to provide 
Government-wide accounting of regulatory costs and benefits, and 
other regulatory reform legislation, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 22, to 
hold hearings on issues relating to the Elementary Secondary 
Education Act, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 20, to hold oversight hearings 
on the implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  April 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 401, to provide 
for business development and trade promotion for native Americans, 
and for other purposes, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 21, to hold closed 
hearings on pending intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
  April 22, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 20, to hold hearings on 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, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 20, Subcommittee on Youth Violence, with the Subcommittee on 
Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, to hold joint 
hearings on domestic preparedness in the next generation, 2 p.m., 
SD-226.
  April 20, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, with the Subcommittee on Youth Violence, to hold joint 
hearings on domestic preparedness in the next generation, 2 p.m., 
SD-226.
  April 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings on privacy issues 
surrounding the internet, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 21, 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, 1 p.m., SD-226.
  April 22, Full Committee, business meeting to resume consideration 
of S. 625, to amend title 11, United States Code, and other pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
April 21, to hold hearings on the threat of corruption to United 
States Law Enforcement along the Southwest border, 2 p.m., SH-216.

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  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: April 20, to hold hearings on the 
Department of Veterans Affairs contingency plans for the year 2000, 
2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: April 22, 
to hold hearings on issues relating to the oil industry and Y2K, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 22, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review 
the implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 20, Subcommittee on Interior, 
on Members of Congress, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 20 and 21, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, on public witnesses, 2 p.m., on April 20 and 10 a.m., 
and 2 p.m., on April 21, 2358 Rayburn.
  April 20 and 21, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, 
on Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Interior, on Florida Initiative, 10 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Members of Congress, 10 a.m.., and 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, April 20, 
Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations and the 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, joint 
hearing on reporting requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 
and related statutes, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, hearing on the Administration's Fiscal Year 2000 
authorizations for the international financial institutions and 
related programs, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, April 20, Subcommittee on Health and 
Environment, to mark up H.R. 1180, Work Incentives Improvement Act 
of 1999, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 20, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Security at the Department of Energy's Laboratories: The Perspective 
of the General Accounting Office, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on Electricity 
Competition: Reliability and Transmission in Competitive Electricity 
Markets, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection and the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, 
joint hearing on Identity Theft: Is There Another You? 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 20, Subcommittee 
on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on Employer Health Plan 
Accountability: Do Participants Have Adequate Protections? 2 p.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Federal Prison Industries, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on the 
following: H.R. 987, Workplace Preservation Act; the Safety and 
Health Audit Promotion Act; the Safety and Health Audit Promotion 
and Whistleblower Improvement Act; and the Models of Safety and 
Health Excellence Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 905, Missing, Exploited, and 
Runaway Children Protection Act; and H.R. 1150, Juvenile Crime 
Control and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, April 22, hearing on Welfare 
Reform Is Working: A Report on State and Local Initiatives, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and 
International Relations, oversight hearing to examine the Department 
of Veterans Affairs implementation of the Persian Gulf War Veterans 
Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, April 21, Subcommittee on 
Asia and the Pacific and the Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy and Trade, joint hearing on the Embattled State of U.S.-China 
Relations: Assessing the Zhu Rongji Visit, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 22, full Committee, hearing on the Need for New and 
Effective Policing in Northern Ireland, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 20, 21 and 22, to markup the 
following bills: H.R. 833, Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999; and H.R. 
771, to amend rule 30 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to 
restore the stenographic preference for recording depositions, 11 
a.m., on April 20, 10:15 a.m., on April 21 and 10 a.m., on April 22, 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, April 20, Subcommittee on National Parks 
and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 791, Star-
Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Study Act of 1999; and H.R. 
1104, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction over land within the boundaries of the 
home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site to the 
Archivist of the United States for the construction of a visitor 
center, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to markup pending business; and to hold a hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 34, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
make technical corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier 
Resources System; H.R. 535, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to make corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier 
Resources System; a measure to reauthorize the Coastal Barrier 
Resources System; and a measure to reauthorize the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on 
the following: the Forest Roads, Community

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Right to Know; and H.R. 898, Spanish Peaks Wilderness Act of 1999, 
10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, April 21, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on Extension of Space Launch Indemnification, 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Genetics Testing 
in the New Millennium: Advances, Standards and Implications, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 23, Subcommittee on Government 
Programs and Oversight, hearing on the continuing need to conserve 
natural resources because of their limited nature, 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn,
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 21, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to markup the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 22, full Committee, to mark up the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1999 and other pending business, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 21, Subcommittee on 
Benefits, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1071, Montgomery GI 
Bill Improvements Act of 1999; and H.R. 1182, Servicemembers 
Educational Opportunity Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the 
Subcommittee on Health, joint hearing on the suspension of medical 
research at Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities in 
West Los Angeles and Spulveda, California, 9:30 a.m., 334 cannon.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the issue of long-
term care for veterans, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 22, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Medicare Coverage Decisions and Beneficiary Appeals, 1 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing on 
Child Protection, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.