[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D630-D631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              JUNE 9, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 
for the government of the District of Columbia, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, 
business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice and State, 
the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, 2 p.m., S-146, Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
on issues relating to financial privacy, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings on S. 837, to enable drivers to choose a more affordable 
form of auto insurance that also provides for more adequate and 
timely compensation for accident victims, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, to hold oversight hearings on the process to determine 
the future of the four lower Snake River dams and conduct oversight 
on the Northwest Power Planning Council's Framework Process, 2 p.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, to resume hearings on the 
implementation of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
century, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold oversight hearings to examine risk 
adjustment methodology and other implementation issues relating to 
Medicare+Choice, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the nomination 
of M. Michael Einik, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to The Former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; the nomination of Donald W. Keyser, 
of Virginia, for Rank of Ambassador during tenure of service as 
Special Representative of the Secretary of State for Nagorno-
Karabakh and New Independent States Regional Conflicts; the 
nomination of Joseph Limprecht, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Albania; the nomination of Richard L. Morningstar, of 
Massachusetts, to be the Representative to the European Union; the 
nomination of Larry C. Napper, of Texas, for Rank of Ambassador 
during tenure of service as Coordinator of the Support for East 
European Democracy (SEED) Program; the nomination of Donald Keith 
Bandler, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cyprus; the nomination of Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the nomination of Donald 
Lee Pressley, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Agency for International Development, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Gwen C. 
Clare, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to

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the Republic of Ecuador; the nomination of Oliver P. Garza, of 
Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua; the nomination 
of Frank Almaguer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Honduras; the nomination of John R. Hamilton, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Peru; and the nomination of Prudence 
Bushnell, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guatemala, 3 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to resume closed oversight 
hearings on the national security methods and processes relating to 
the Wen-Ho Lee espionage investigation, 10 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings on 
internet gambling, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings on issues 
relating to the Department of Energy reorganization, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Small Business: business meeting to mark up S. 918, 
to authorize the Small Business Administration to provide financial 
and business development assistance to military reservists' small 
business, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review economic sanctions and 
the effect on U.S. agriculture, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on H.R. 1714, Electronic Signatures 
in Global and National Commerce Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Academic Accountability, 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Census, hearing on 
Oversight of the 2000 Census: Examining the Bureau's Policy to Count 
Prisoners, Military Personnel, and Americans Residing Overseas, 10 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on Geographical Information Systems Policies and 
Programs, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and 
International Relations, hearing on Outreach to Veterans at Risk for 
Hepatitis C Infection, 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Assisting Russia: 
What Have We Achieved After Seven Years? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing 
on Evaluating the International Trade Administration and the Trade 
and Development Agency, 1:30 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to consider the following: H.R. 1524, 
Public Forests Emergency Act of 1999; 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. 592, World War II 
Veterans Park at Great Kills; H.R. 791, Star-Spangled Banner 
National Historic Trail Study Act of 1999; H.R. 1167, Tribal Self-
Governance Amendments of 1999; H.R. 1243, National Marine 
Sanctuaries Enhancement Act of 1999; H.R. 1431, Coastal Barrier 
Resources Reauthorization Act of 1999; H.R. 1533, Wyandotte Tribe 
Settlement Act; H.R. 1552, Marine Research and Related Environmental 
Research and Development Programs Authorization of 1999; H.R. 1651, 
Fishermen's Protective Act Amendments of 1999; H.R. 1652, Yukon 
River Salmon Act of 1999; H.R. 1653, to approve a governing 
international fishery agreement between the United States and the 
Russian Federation; and a motion to authorize and issue subpoenas 
for oversight, investigative, and legislative activities in 
connection with (1) payments made by the Project on Government 
Oversight to federal employees or former federal employees of the 
Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy, (2) 
policies and practices of such Departments with respect to any 
outside payments to employees of such departments, and (3) other 
events and matters related to the Committee review of these and 
related matters that was initiated on May 25, 1999, 11 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research, hearing on 
the U.S. Antarctic Research Program, 3 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Fair and Simple Tax Relief 
for Small Business, reviewing the Small Employer Tax Relief Act of 
1999 (SETRA), 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on preservation and promotion of General Aviation 
Airports, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency 
Management, hearing on Preparedness Against Terrorist Attacks, 2 
p.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up 
the Veterans' Millennium Health Care Act, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on proposals to strengthen 
Social Security, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, hearing on Encryption 
legislation, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.