[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 61 (Friday, April 30, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D464-D467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of May 3 through May 8, 1999

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will begin consideration of S.J. Res. 20, 
concerning the deployment of the United States Armed Forces to the 
Kosovo region in Yugoslavia, with a vote expected on or in relation to 
the resolution to occur at 5:30 p.m.
  On Tuesday, Senate expects to begin consideration of S. 900, to 
enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a 
prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, 
insurance companies, and other financial service providers.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to continue 
consideration of S. 900 (listed above) and any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.
  (On Tuesday, Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., for 
their respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 5, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of 
the Commodity Exchange Act, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 5, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold closed hearings on certain intelligence programs, 9:30 a.m., S-
407, Capitol.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2000 for National Institutes of Health, Department of Health 
and Human Services, focusing on disease research, 9 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 4, 
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance, to hold oversight 
hearings on effects of international institutions on United States 
agricultural exports, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, to hold hearings on 
the proposed Financial Institutions Insolvency Improvement Act of 
1999, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 4, to hold 
hearings on issues relating to marketing violence to children, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.

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  May 5, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up S. 305, to 
reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in the professional 
boxing industry; S. 655, to establish nationally uniform 
requirements regarding the titling and registration of salvage, 
nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles; 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; S. 296, to provide for continuation of the 
Federal research investment in a fiscally sustainable way; S. 342, 
to authorize appropriations for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002; and S. 376, to 
amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to promote 
competition and privatization in satellite communications, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  May 5, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up S. 761, to 
regulate interstate commerce by electronic means by permitting and 
encouraging the continued expansion of electronic commerce through 
the operation of free market forces, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries, to hold hearings to 
examine coastal zone management, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 4, to resume 
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 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; S. 
819, to provide funding for the National Park System from outer 
Continental Shelf revenues; and the Administration's Lands Legacy 
Initiative, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 5, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine damage to the 
national security from alleged Chinese espionage at the Department 
of Energy nuclear weapons laboratories. (Hearings may go into a 
closed session), 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  May 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the results of 
the December 1998 plebiscite on Puerto Rico, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 5, to hold hearings 
on the nomination of Timothy Fields, Jr., of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: May 4, to hold hearings on the status of the 
Medicare/Department of Defense subvention demonstration project 
established under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  May 5, Full Committee, to resume hearings on Medicare reform 
issues, focusing on financial obligations of taxpayers and 
beneficiaries, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 4, to hold hearings to examine 
United States ballistic missile defense technology, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  May 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings on issues relating to the 
ABM Treaty, focusing on United States strategic and arms control 
objectives, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  May 6, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine the 
growing threat of biological weapons, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 3, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District 
of Columbia, to hold hearings on management reform issues in the 
District of Columbia, 3:30 p.m., SD-342.
  May 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the current state of 
Federal and State relations, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  May 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings on Federalism and crime 
control, focusing on the increasing Federalization of criminal law 
and its impact on crime control and the criminal justice system, 
9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 6, to 
resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
programs of the Elementary Secondary Education Act, focusing on 
safety programs, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 4, to hold oversight hearings on 
Census 2000, implementation in Indian Country, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  May 5, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on Tribal 
Priority Allocations and Contract Support Costs Report, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 5, closed business meeting 
to mark up proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
2000 for intelligence related programs, 3 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 4, Subcommittee on Antitrust, 
Business Rights, and Competition, to hold hearings on issues 
relating to international antitrust, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 4, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to 
hold hearings on S. 353, to provide for class action reform, 2 p.m., 
SD-226.
  May 5, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the programs 
of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Youth Violence, to hold hearings on youth 
violence issues, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and 
Competition, business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 
2 p.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, pro forma session.
  Tuesday, consideration of 11 suspensions:

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  1. H. Con. Res. 84, Urging the Government to Fully Fund the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
  2. H. Con. Res. 88, Urging Increased Funding for the Pell Grant 
Program and Existing Campus-Based Aid Programs;
  3. Tribute to our Nation's Teachers;
  4. H.R. 459, Extension of Deadline for the Mt. Hope Waterpower 
Project;
  5. H.R. 1121, Designating the Lewis R. Morgan Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse;
  6. H.R. 1162, Designating the William H. Natcher Bridge;
  7. S. 460, Designating the Robert K. Rodibaugh United States 
Bankruptcy Courthouse;
  8. S. 453, Designating the Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building;
  9. H.R. 118, Designating the J.J. ``Jake'' Pickle Federal Building;
  10. H.R. 560, Designating the Jose V. Toledo United States Post 
Office and Courthouse; and
  11. H.R. 686, Designating the Garza-Vela United States Courthouse.
  Wednesday and Thursday, consideration of Emergency Kosovo 
Supplemental Appropriations (subject to a rule) and consideration of 
Bankruptcy Reform Act (subject to a rule)
  Friday, no votes are expected.
  Any further program will be announced later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 5, Subcommittee on Livestock and 
Horticulture, hearing to review the USDA's final rule for Federal 
Milk Marketing Order reform, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  May 6, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource 
Conservation, and Credit, hearing to review the structure and 
policies of the Loan Deficiency Payment Program, 10:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 4, Subcommittee on the District 
of Columbia, on D.C. Courts, 2:30 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, May 4, Subcommittee 
on Housing, hearing on Section 8 ``Opt-Outs'' and H.R. 1136, 
Emergency Residents Protection Act, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 6, full Committee, hearing on the President's Working Group 
Study on Hedge Funds, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, May 4, Social Security Task Force, 
hearing on ``How Uniformity Treats Diversity: Does One Size Fit 
All?'' 12 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  May 6, full Committee, hearing on ``Unnecessary Business 
Subsidies'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, May 5, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, to continue hearings on Security at the Department 
of Energy's Laboratories and Nuclear Weapon Facilities, 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on Electricity 
Competition: Market Power, Mergers, and PUHCA, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on H.R. 11, 
to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the exclusive application of 
California State regulations regarding reformulated gas in certain 
areas within the State, 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 5, to mark up 
pending business, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 1998 Audit of the Corporation for National Service, 
10:15 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and 
Life-Long Learning, hearing on Flexibility for Quality Programs and 
Innovative Ideas for High Quality Teachers, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
Impact of External Review on Health Care Quality, 9:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, May 4, Subcommittee on Criminal 
Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, hearing on Losing Panama: 
The Impact on Regional Counterdrug Capabilities, 9:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  May 4, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, oversight hearing on Financial Management Practices at 
the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 4 and 6, to continue markup of 
H.R. 775, Year 2000 Readiness and Responsibility Act; and to mark up 
the following bills: H.R. 1501, Consequences of Juvenile Offenders 
Act of 1999 and H.R. 916, to make technical amendments to section 10 
of title 9, United States Code, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 5, oversight hearing on Antitrust Aspects of the Ocean 
Shipping Reform Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 5, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on 
First Amendment and Restrictions on Political Speech, 2 p.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing 
on H.R. 1565, Trademark Amendments Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing 
on nonimmigrant visa fraud, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on Crime, Criminal 
Fines, and Restitution: Are Federal Offenders Compensating Victims? 
9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 5, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 359, Emigrant Wilderness Preservation Act of 1999; H.R. 747, 
Arizona Statehood and Enabling Act Amendments of 1999; H.R. 883, 
American Land Sovereignty Protection Act; H.R. 898, Spanish Peaks 
Wilderness; 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;

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H.R. 1523, Forests Roads-Community Right-To-Know Act; and H.R. 1524, 
Public Forests Emergency Act of 1999, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and 
Oceans, to mark up pending business; followed by hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 1243, National Marine Sanctuaries Enhancement 
Act of 1999; 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; H.R. 1489, to clarify boundaries on maps related 
to the Coastal Barrier Resources System; and H.R. 1431, to 
reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier Resources System Act, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 6, Subcommittee on National Parks, and Public Lands, hearing 
on H.R. 1165, Black Canyon National Park and Gunnison Gorge National 
Conservation Area Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 833, Bankruptcy Reform Act of 
1999, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 6, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Reauthorization of the National 
Transportation Safety Board, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 6, executive, 
hearing on Kosovo, 2:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.