[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 75 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D576-D577]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              MAY 25, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, business meeting, to mark up proposed legislation 
making appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for energy and water 
development programs, 10:30 a.m., SD-116.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, business meeting to mark up 
proposed legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for 
the Department of Transportation and related agencies, 12 p.m., SD-
116.
  Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation 
making appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of 
Defense, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold oversight 
hearings on state progress in retail electricity competition, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 140, to establish the Thomas Cole 
National Historic Site in the State of New York as an affiliated 
area of the National Park System; S. 734, entitled the ``National 
Discovery Trails Act of 1999''; S. 762, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to conduct a feasibility study on the inclusion of the 
Miami Circle in Biscayne National Park; S. 938, to eliminate 
restrictions on the acquisition of certain land contiguous to Hawaii 
Volcanoes National Park; S. 939, to correct spelling errors in the 
statutory designations of Hawaiian National Parks; S. 946, 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; and S. 955, to 
allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land for addition 
to the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, as previously authorized 
by law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation, 2:15 p.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings on S. 
1090, to reauthorize and amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Liability, and Compensation Act of 1980, 10 a.m., SD-406.

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  Committee on Finance: to resume oversight hearings on the 
enforcement activities of the United States Customs Service, 
focusing on commercial operations, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and 
South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings on political and military 
developments in India, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues relating to the 
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, 2:15 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider the Health Information Confidentiality Act; S. 
Con. Res. 28, urging the Congress and the President to increase 
funding for the Pell Grant Program and existing Campus-Based Aid 
Programs; the nomination of James Roger Angel, of Arizona, to be a 
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship 
and Excellence in Education Foundation; and the nomination of Zalmay 
Khalilzad, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the United States Institute of Peace, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to review the Library 
of Congress' Copyright Office report on distance education in the 
digital environment, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business: to hold hearings relating to 
education and business success, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: to hold 
hearings to explore individual and community Y2K preparedness, and 
the media's role in providing Y2K information, 10 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on the Budget, Task Force on Social Security, hearing on 
International Social Security Reform, 12 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment and 
the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing on 
Y2K and Medical Devices: Screening for the Y2K Bug, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Practices, 
hearing on H.R. 850, Security and Freedom through Encryption (SAFF) 
Act, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Education Reform: Putting 
the Needs of Our Children First, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following: a 
measure to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain 
foreign countries; and H. Res. 178, concerning the tenth anniversary 
of the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 4, 1989, in the People's 
Republic of China, 9:30 a.m., H-139 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on the Ethiopia-Eritrea War: U.S. 
Policy Options, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on Novel Procedures in FCC 
License Transfer Proceedings, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, to mark up H.R. 1691, Religious 
Liberty Protection Act of 1999, 11 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on H.R. 1753, (and S. 330), Methane Hydrate 
Research and Development Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on 
the Role of the National Forests in the Lewis and Clark 
Bicentennial, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, oversight hearing 
on New NPS Methodology used to evaluate the achievement of natural 
quiet restoration standards in Grand Canyon National Park, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 1905, making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000; and H.R. 150, Education Land Grant Act, 5 p.m., 
H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1655, 
Department of Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration 
Authorization Act of 1999; H.R. 1656, Department of Energy 
Commercial Application of Energy Technology Authorization Act of 
1999; H.R. 1742, Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research 
and Development and Science Advisory Board Authorization Act of 
1999; H.R. 1743, Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and 
Radiation Authorization Act of 1999; and H.R. 1744, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act of 1999, 
9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, to mark up H.R. 1882, Small Business 
Review Panel Technical Amendments Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Empowerment, hearing on ``Welfare To Work: What Is 
Working, What Is Next?'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on 
the impact of complexity in the tax code for individual taxpayers 
and small businesses, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Allegations of CIA Involvement in Drug Trafficking in California, 1 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.