[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D557-D559]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 20, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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: 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.
  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: 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., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production and 
Regulation, to hold hearings on S. 348, to

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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.
  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: 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 Governmental Affairs: 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 District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia; 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; 
S. 712, to amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal 
patrons to contribute to funding for highway-rail grade crossing 
safety through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued 
United States postage stamps; H.R. 858, to amend title 11, District 
of Columbia Code, to extend coverage under the whistleblower 
protection provisions of the District of Columbia Comprehensive 
Merit Personnel Act of 1978 to personnel of the courts of the 
District of Columbia; and S. 943, to authorize the Administrator of 
General Services to restore, preserve, and operate the LBJ 
Presidential Office Suite in Austin, Texas, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold closed oversight hearings on the national 
security methods and processes relating to the Wen-Ho Lee espionage 
investigation, 1 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings on S. 555, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to continue payment of monthly educational 
assistance benefits to veterans enrolled at educational institutions 
during periods between terms if the interval between such periods 
does not exceed eight weeks; S. 695, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in 
the Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan area; S. 940, to provide a 
temporary authority for the use of voluntary separation incentives 
by the Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce employment levels, 
restructure staff; and S. 1076, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in rates of 
compensation paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities, 
to enhance programs providing health care, education, and other 
benefits for veterans, to authorize major medical facility projects, 
to reform eligibility for burial in Arlington National Cemetery, 
2:15 p.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Risk Management, 
Research and Specialty Crops, to continue hearings on Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission Reauthorization, 9:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 2000: Treasury, Postal Service, and 
General Government; and Legislative, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on key 
international fiscal issues, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Budget Process, 11 a.m., 
210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to 
continue hearings on Electricity Competition, focusing on PURPA, 
Stranded Costs, and the Environment, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the 
Threat on Bioterrorism in America: Assessing the Adequacy of Federal 
Law Relating to Dangerous Biological Agents, 9:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  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, hearing on Academic 
Achievement for All: Increasing Flexibility and Improving Student 
Performance and Accountability, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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 the Judiciary, to mark up the following measures: 
H.R. 102, the National Youth Crime Prevention Demonstration Act; 
H.R. 1501, Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act of 1999; and H.J. 
Res. 33, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United

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States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration 
of the flag of the United States, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, and Intellectual Property, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 354, Collections of Information Antipiracy Act; the 
American Inventors Protection Act; H.R. 1565, Trademark Amendments 
Act of 1999; the Multidistrict Trial Jurisdiction Act of 1999; H.R. 
1761, Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999; and H.R. 1225, 
United States Patent and Trademark Office Reauthorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 2000, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on Steller Sea Lions, 2 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forest and Forest Health, oversight hearing on 
County Schools 25% Fund Stabilization, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on California 
Central Valley Water Management, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Security at the Department of 
Energy: Who's Protecting the Nation's Secrets, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  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 Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 1071, Montgomery GI Bill Improvement 
Act of 1999; and H.R. 1182, Servicemembers Educational Opportunity 
Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on National 
Cemeteries, including Arlington National Cemetery, 10 a.m., 340 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 1833, Trade Agency 
Authorizations, Drug Free Borders and Prevention of On-Line 
Pornography Act of 1999, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, to mark up H.R. 1802, Foster Care 
Independence Act of 1999, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on U.S. Customs Service 
passenger inspection operations, 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: 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.