[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 54 (Tuesday, April 20, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D410-D411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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 Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings on issues relating to the Defense Health Program, 10 a.m., 
SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on ship acquisition programs and policy and the 
Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 for Technology 
Administration, Department of Commerce, and S. 795, to amend the 
Fastener Quality Act to strengthen the protection against the sale 
of mismarked, misrepresented, and counterfeit fasteners and 
eliminate unnecessary requirements, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  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.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to mark up 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal years 2000-2001 
for foreign assistance programs, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine NATO's 50th 
anniversary summit, 2 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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: to hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings on privacy issues 
surrounding the internet, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  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.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: to 
hold hearings on the threat of corruption to United States Law 
Enforcement along the Southwest border, 2 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, 
on Kosovo Supplemental, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on public witnesses, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, 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, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1400, 
Bond Price Competition Improvement 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; H.R. 1378, to authorize 
appropriations for carrying out pipeline safety activities under 
chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code; and H.R. 45, Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Federal Prison Industries, 
1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the Situation in 
Kosovo, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of H.R. 833, 
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999; and to mark up H.R. 771, to amend 
rule 30 of the Federal Rules of Civil

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Procedure to restore the stenographic preference for recording 
depositions, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 999, Beaches, Environmental 
Assessment, Cleanup, and Health Act of 1999, 3:30 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on Extension of Space Launch Indemnification, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Genetics Testing in the New 
Millennium: Advances, Standards and Implications, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and 
Pipeline Transportation; to mark up the following bills: H.R. 118, 
to designate the Federal building at 300 East 8th Street in Austin, 
Texas, as the ``J.J. `Jake' Pickle Federal Building''; H.R. 560, to 
designate the Federal building located at 300 Recinto Sur Street in 
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the ``Jose V. Toledo United States 
Post Office and Courthouse''; H.R. 686, to designate a United States 
courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, as the ``Garza-Vela United States 
Courthouse''; H.R. 1121, to designate the Federal building and 
United States courthouse located at 18 Greenville Street in Newnan, 
Georgia, as the ``Lewis R. Morgan Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''; S. 453, to designate the Federal building located at 
709 West 9th Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the ``Hurff A. Saunders 
Federal Building''; and S. 460, to designate the United States 
courthouse located at 401 South Michigan Street in South Bend, 
Indiana, as the ``Robert K. Rodibaugh United States Bankruptcy 
Courthouse'', 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to mark up the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
  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, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
China Damage Assessment, 11:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.