[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 71 (Monday, May 17, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D540-D541]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                            NEW PUBLIC LAWS

     (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D 496)
  S. 453, to designate the Federal building located at 709 West 9th 
Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the ``Hurff A. Saunders Federal 
Building''. Signed May 13, 1999. (P.L. 106-27)
  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''. Signed May 13, 1999. 
(P.L. 106-28)


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              MAY 18, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Subcommittee on 
Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization, to hold hearings 
on S. 910, to streamline, modernize, and enhance the authority of 
the Secretary of Agriculture relating to plant protection and 
quarantine, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on S. 876, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
require that the broadcast of violent video programming be limited 
to hours when children are not reasonably likely to comprise a 
substantial portion of the audience, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, 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.
  Committee on Finance, to resume oversight hearings on United 
States Customs, focusing on commercial operations, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, to resume 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 10 a.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review U.S. Forest 
Service payments to counties, 1 p.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research and Specialty Crops, 
hearing on Commodity Futures Trading Commission Reauthorization, 3 
p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the District of 
Columbia, on D.C. Courts, 2 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on

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School Violence: Views of Students and the Community, 1:30 p.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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.
  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.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing on the FEC, 2 p.m., 
1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing on Encryption: 
Security in a High Tech Era, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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; and H.R. 1745, to amend the Immigration 
and Nationality Act to provide for the removal of aliens who 
associate with known terrorists, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, 
oversight hearing on Public and Private Resource Management and 
Protection Issues in the National Forest System, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  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.
  Committee on Rules, 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 Small Business, 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 Ways and Means, 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, 
4 p.m., 1100 Longworth.