[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D596-D597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                         THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings on S.935, to amend the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize research to 
promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, 
9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for Energy 
and Water Development programs, and to mark up proposed legislation 
making appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings on 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, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings on the 
nomination of David L. Goldwyn, of the District of Columbia to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Energy (International Affairs); and the 
nomination of James B. Lewis, of New Mexico, to be Director of the 
Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings on S. 623, to 
amend Public Law 89-108 to increase authorization levels for State 
and Indian tribal, municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies, 
to meet current and future water quantity and quality needs of the 
Red River Valley, to deauthorize certain project features and 
irrigation service areas, to enhance natural resources and fish and 
wildlife habitat; S. 244, to authorize the construction of the Lewis 
and Clark Rural Water System and to authorize assistance to the 
Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, 
for the planning and construction of the water supply system;
  S. 769, to provide a final settlement on certain debt owed by the 
city of Dickinson, North Dakota, for the construction of the bascule 
gates on the Dickinson Dam; S. 1027, to reauthorize the 
participation of the Bureau of Reclamation in the Deschutes 
Resources Conservancy; and H.R. 459, to extend the deadline under 
the Federal Power Act for FERC Project No. 9401, the Mt. Hope 
Waterpower Project, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water, to hold hearings on S. 
1100, to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that 
the designation of critical habitat for endangered and threatened 
species be required as part of the development of recovery plans for 
those species, 10:30 a.m., SD-406.

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  Committee on Finance: to resume hearings on Medicare reform 
issues, focusing on the work of the National Bipartisan Commission 
on the Future of Medicare, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the Chinese Embassy 
bombing and its effects on United States-China relations, 10 a.m., 
SD-562.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of David B. 
Sandalow, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific 
Affairs; and the nomination of Lawrence Harrington, of Tennessee, to 
be United States Executive Director of the Inter-American 
Development Bank, 2 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National 
Endowment for the Arts, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Subcommittee on Aging, to resume hearings on issues relating to 
the Older Americans Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, to 
mark up fiscal year 2000 appropriations, 9:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous 
Materials, to mark up H.R. 10, Financial Services Act of 1999, 9:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on Medical Records 
Confidentiality in the Modern Delivery of Health Care, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing to Review and Oversight of the 
1998 Reading Results of the National Assessment of Education 
Programs (NAEP)--The Nation's Report Card, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on ``How Accurate is the 
FDA's Monitoring of Supplements Like Ephedra?'' 1 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights and the Subcommittee on 
Africa, joint hearing on the Crisis Against Humanity in Sudan, 1:30 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing and markup of H.R. 915, to authorize a 
cost of living adjustment in the pay of administrative law judges, 
10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 1218, Child 
Custody Protection Act, 9 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, oversight 
hearing on Electronic Communication Privacy Policy Disclosure, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on pending Firearms legislation and 
the Administration's Enforcement of Current Gun Laws, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up the following bills: 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. 1243, 
National Marine Sanctuaries Enhancement Act of 1999; and H.R. 1431, 
Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans and 
the Subcommittee on Water and Power, joint hearing on H. Con. Res. 
63, expressing the sense of the Congress opposing removal of dams on 
the Columbia and Snake Rivers for fishery restoration purposes, 
10:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Government Programs 
and Oversight, hearing on the Small Business Innovation Research 
(SBIR) Program, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: resolutions authorizing the GSA's Fiscal Year 2000 
Capital Investment Program; 2 construction resolutions; H. Con. Res. 
91, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for a clinic to be 
conducted by the United States Luge Association; and H. Con. Res. 
105, authorizing the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the 1999 Special 
Olympics World Games to be run through the Capitol Grounds, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on the Effects of Welfare Reform, 10:30 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the use and effect of unilateral 
trade sanctions, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.