[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 70 (Friday, May 14, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D534-D537]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 17 through May 22, 1999

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate expects to resume consideration of S. 254, to 
reduce violent juvenile crime, promote accountability by rehabilitation 
of juvenile criminals, punish and deter violent gang crime.
  On Tuesday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on 
the motion to proceed to the consideration of S. 96, Y2K Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to consider the 
conference report on H.R. 1141, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, 
S. 96, Y2K Act, S. 625, Bankruptcy Reform 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 18, 
Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization, to 
hold hearings on noxious weeds and plant pests, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 19, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
resume hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 
for the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for foreign 
assistance programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to continue hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for foreign 
assistance programs, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 18, to 
hold hearings on television violence and safe harbor legislation, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 97, to require the 
installation and use by schools and libraries of a technology for 
filtering or blocking material on the Internet on computers with 
Internet access to be eligible to receive or retain universal 
service assistance, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings on issues relating to commercial space, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 18, Subcommittee on 
Energy Research, Development, Production and Regulation, to hold 
hearings on S. 924, entitled the ``Federal Royalty Certainty Act'', 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  May 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 19, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, to hold oversight hearings on the status of Youth 
Conservation Corps and other job programs conducted by the National 
Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, and the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  May 20, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine damage to 
the national security from alleged Chinese espionage at the 
Department of Energy nuclear weapons laboratories, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production 
and Regulation, to hold hearings on S. 348, to authorize and 
facilitate a program to enhance training, research and development, 
energy conservation and efficiency, and consumer education in the 
oilheat industry for the benefit of oilheat consumers and the 
public, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production 
and Regulation, to hold joint oversight hearings with the House 
Committee on Government Reform's Subcommittee on National Economic 
Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs, on the 
Administration's fiscal year 2000 budget request for climate change 
programs and compliance with various statutory provisions in fiscal 
year 1999 appropriations acts requiring detailed accounting of 
climate change spending and performance measures for each requested 
increase in funding, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 18, Subcommittee on 
Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, to hold 
hearings on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed sulfur 
standard for gasoline as contained in the proposed Tier Two 
standards for automobiles, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and 
Nuclear Safety, to resume hearings on the Environmental Protection 
Agency's proposed sulfur standard for gasoline as contained in the 
proposed Tier Two standards for automobiles, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: May 18, to resume oversight hearings on 
United States Customs, focusing on commercial operations, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 20, business meeting to 
consider 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; S. 59, 
to provide Government-wide accounting of regulatory costs and 
benefits; S. 468, to improve the effectiveness and performance of 
Federal financial assistance programs, simplify Federal financial 
assistance application and reporting requirements, and improve the 
delivery of services to the public; the nomination of Eric T. 
Washington, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals; the nomination of Stephen 
H. Glickman, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge 
of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals; the nomination of 
Hiram E. Puig-Lugo, of the

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District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court 
of the District of Columbia; and the nomination of John T. Spotila, 
of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  May 20, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the national 
security methods and processes relating to the Wen-Ho Lee espionage 
investigation, 2:30 p.m., Room to be announced.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 18, to 
resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 10 a.m., SD-
628.
  May 20, Full Committee, to resume hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for programs of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 19, to hold hearings on S. 614, 
to provide for regulatory reform in order to encourage investment, 
business, and economic development with respect to activities 
conducted on Indian lands; and S. 613, to encourage Indian economic 
development, to provide for the disclosure of Indian tribal 
sovereign immunity in contracts involving Indian tribes, and for 
other purposes, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 19, to hold closed hearings 
on pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 18, Subcommittee on Technology, 
Terrorism, and Government Information, to hold hearings on the 
protection of United States nuclear weapons information, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 20, to hold hearings on 
proposals relating to cost of living adjustments in VA compensation 
and other benefits, improvements in Veterans' educational assistance 
benefits, long term care and homeless Veterans services, eligibility 
for burial in Arlington National Cemetery, WWII Memorial on the 
Mall, and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans claims retirement 
provisions, 2:15 p.m., SR-418.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Pro Forma Session.
  Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Subject to rules being granted: 
Consideration of the Conference Report on H.R. 1141, Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations; H.R. 1654, NASA Authorization; H.R. 1553, 
National Weather Service and Related Agencies Authorization, and H.R. 
883, American Land Sovereignty Protection Act.
  Friday, No votes are expected.
  Any Further Program Will Be Announced Later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 18, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review 
U.S. Forest Service payments to counties, 1 p.m., 1302 Longworth.
  May 18, 19 and 20, Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research and 
Specialty Crops, hearings on Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
Reauthorization, 3 p.m., on May 18, 10 a.m., on May 19 and 9:30 
a.m., on May 20, 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 18, Subcommittee on the District 
of Columbia, on D.C. Courts, 2 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 18, Subcommittee on Military 
Procurement, to mark up H.R. 1401, National Defense Authorization 
Act for fiscal year 2000 and 2001, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, to mark 
up H.R. 1401, National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2000 and 2001, 4 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 19, full committee, to mark up H.R. 1401, National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2000 and 2001, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, May 20 and 21, 
hearings on key international financial issues, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, May 20, hearing on the Budget Process, 10 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, May 19, to mark up H.R. 1180, Work 
Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on the 
Chemical Safety Information and Site Security Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 
or following full Committee, 2123 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to continue hearings on 
Electricity Competition, focusing on PURPA, Stranded Costs, and the 
Environment, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 20. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
the Threat of Bioterrorism in America: Assessing the Adequacy of 
Federal Law Relating to Dangerous Biological Agents, 9:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on Federal Communications Commission Reform: The 
States' Perspective, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 18, Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on School Violence: 
Views of Students and the Community, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and 
Life-Long Learning, hearing on H.R. 782, Older Americans Act 
Amendments Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 1459, Models of Safety and Health Excellence 
Act of 1999; H.R. 1439, Safety and Health Audit Promotion and 
Whistleblower Improvement Act of 1999; H.R. 987, Workplace 
Preservation Act; and H.R. 1381, Rewarding Performance in 
Compensation Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 20, full committee, hearing on Academic Achievement for All: 
Increasing Flexibility and Improving Student Performance and 
Accountability, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Government Reform, May 18, Subcommittee on Criminal 
Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, hearing on Hepatitis B 
Vaccine: Is the Vaccine Helping or Hurting Public Health? 10 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on Oversight of Customer Service at the Office 
of Workers' Compensation Programs, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 19, full Committee, to consider pending business, 10:30 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, oversight hearing on the Minerals Management Service's 
Royalty Valuation Program, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human 
Resources, hearing on School Violence: What is Being Done to Combat 
School Violence? What Should be Done? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, May 18, hearing on the FEC, 2 
p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, May 18, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing on Encryption: 
Security in a High Tech Era, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on The Ethiopian-Eritrean 
War: U.S. Policy Options, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 18, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, to mark up H.R. 1691, Religious Liberty Protection Act 
of 1999, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 238, to amend section 274 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act to impose mandatory minimum sentences, and 
increase certain sentences, for bringing in and harboring certain 
aliens and to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide 
enhanced penalties for persons committing such offenses while armed; 
H.R. 456, for the relief of the survivors of the 14 members of the 
Armed Forces and the one United States civilian Federal employee who 
were killed on April 14, 1994, when United States fighter aircraft 
mistakenly shot down 2 United States helicopters over Iraq; H.R. 
945, to deny to aliens the opportunity to apply for asylum in Guam; 
H.R. 1745, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
for the removal of aliens who associate with known terrorists; and 
H.R. 1774, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to not count 
work experience as an unauthorized alien for purposes of admission 
as an employment-based immigrant or an H-1B nonimmigrant, 10 a.m., 
2226 Rayburn.
  May 19, full Committee, to mark up the following: H.R. 1659, 
National Police Training Commission Act of 1999; H.R. 102, the 
National Youth Crime Prevention Demonstration Act; H.R. 1501, 
Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act of 1999; H.R. 1691, 
Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1999; 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; H.R. 462, to clarify that governmental pension plans 
of the possessions of the United States shall be treated in the same 
manner as State pension plans for purposes of the limitation on the 
State income taxation of pension income; and to consider private 
bills, 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 18, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest 
Health, oversight hearing on Public and Private Resource Management 
and Protection Issues in the National Forest Systems, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  May 18, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark 
up H.R. 592, to redesignate Great Kills Park in the Gateway National 
Recreation Area as ``World War II Veterans Park at Great Kills''; 
followed by a hearing on H.R. 1487, National Monument NEPA 
Compliance Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on Steller Sea Lions, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on County Schools 25% Fund Stabilization, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on 
California Central Valley Water Management, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, May 17, to consider the Conference Report to 
accompany H.R. 1141, making emergency supplemental appropriations 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 5 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  May 18, to consider the following: H.R. 1654, National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration Authorization Act of 1999; and H.R. 1553, 
National Weather Service and Related Agencies Authorization Act of 
1999, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, May 20, Subcommittee on Science, hearing on 
Security at the Department of Energy: Who's Protecting the Nation's 
Secrets, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Easing Traffic 
Congestion and Improving Vehicle Safety: ITS and Transportation 
Technology Solutions for the 21st Century, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 18, Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, 
and Exports, hearing on the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
and its assistance to small business exporters, 3 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 19, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Veteran's Millennium Health Care Act, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  May 20, 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., 
334 Cannon.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
National Cemeteries, including Arlington National Cemetery, 10 a.m., 
340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 18. Subcommittee on Trade, to 
mark up the following: the Trade Agency Authorizations, Drug Free 
Borders and On-Line Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1999; and 
H.R. 984, Caribbean and Central America Relief and Economic 
Stabilization Act, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.

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  May 20, Subcommittee on Human Resources, to mark up H.R. 1802, 
Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on U.S. Customs Service 
passenger inspection operations, 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: May 20, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production 
and Regulation, to hold joint oversight hearings with the House 
Committee on Government Reform's Subcommittee on National Economic 
Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs, on the 
Administration's fiscal year 2000 budget request for climate change 
programs and compliance with various statutory provisions in fiscal 
year 1999 appropriations acts requiring detailed accounting of 
climate change spending and performance measures for each requested 
increase in funding, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.