[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 57 (Monday, April 26, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D434-D435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             APRIL 27, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the 
United States Department of Agriculture nutrition assistance 
programs and programs and activities of the Food and Drug 
Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on funding issues relating to 
military operations in Kosovo, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Lawrence J. Delaney, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Air Force; and the nomination of Brian E. Sheridan, of Virginia, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to hold 
hearings on the threat of international narcotics-trafficking and 
the role of the Department of Defense in the nation's war on drugs, 
2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on effectiveness of the Office of Motor Carrier and Truck 
Safety, Department of Transportation, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to resume hearings on 
S. 25, to provide Coastal Impact Assistance to State and local 
government, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
Amendments of 1978, the 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. 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; S. 446, to provide for the permanent protection of 
the resources of the United States in the year 2000 and beyond; and 
S. 819, to provide funding for the National Park System from outer 
Continental Shelf revenues, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance, to hold hearings to examine revenue raising 
proposals as contained in the administrations fiscal year 2000 
budget, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on 
nonproliferation, arms control and political military issues, 2:30 
p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, to hold 
hearings to examine medical records privacy issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-
628.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting to consider S. 625, 
to amend title 11, United States Code; 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; and S. 704, to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
combat the overutilization of prison health care services and 
control rising prisoner health care costs, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings on the need for 
additional border patrol at the northern and southern borders, 2:15 
p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, on SSA, 10 a.m., and on Department of 
Education; Postsecondary Education; and Occupational Safety and 
Health Review Commission, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment and 
the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing on 
Y2K and Medicare Providers: Inoculating Against the Y2K Bug, 1 p.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing on Minimum Wage: 
Reviewing Recent Evidence of Its Impact on Poverty, 1 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to continue markup of H. 
Con. Res. 82, directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of 
the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from 
their positions in connection with the present operations against 
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; and to mark up H.J. Res. 44, 
declaring a state of war between the United States and the 
Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of H.R. 833, 
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999; and to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 1501, Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act of 
1999; H.R. 755, Year 2000 Readiness and Responsibility Act; and 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., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, 
to mark up the following measures: H.R. 359, Emigrant Wilderness 
Preservation Act of 1999; H.R. 898, Spanish Peaks Wilderness Act of 
1999; H.R. 1522, Community Protection and Hazardous Fuels Reduction 
Act; H.R. 1523, Forests Roads-Community Right-To-Know Act; and H.R. 
1524, Public Forests Emergency Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, oversight hearing 
on issues regarding Everglades National Park and surrounding areas 
impacted by management of the Everglades, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H. Con. Res. 82, 
directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers 
Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from their 
positions in connection with the present operations against the 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; and H.R. 1480, Water Resources 
Development Act of 1999, 7 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, 
Business Opportunities and Special Business Problems, hearing on 
H.R. 957, Farm and Ranch Risk Management Act, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on Fatherhood, 2 p.m., B-138 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to hold joint 
hearings on Belarus, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon Building.
  Joint Committee on Printing, to hold an organizational meeting, 3 
p.m., H-163, Capitol.