[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D640-D641]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 10, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to markup proposed 
legislation making appropriations for military construction, family 
housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and proposed legislation 
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, 3 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold 
oversight hearings on export control issues in the Cox Report, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings on S. 798, to promote electronic commerce by encouraging 
and facilitating the use of encryption in interstate commerce 
consistent with the protection of national security, 9:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold oversight 
hearings on the report of the National Recreation Lakes Study 
Commission, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings on the impact of the 
Balanced Budget Act provisions on the Medicare Fee-for-Service 
program, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and 
South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the United States 
policy towards Iraq, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings on dual-use 
and munitions list export control processes and implementation at 
the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to 
examine the impact of the new Medicare Interim Payment System on 
certain home health agencies, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to resume 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, focusing on serving 
special populations, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to markup S. 467, to 
restate and improve section 7A of the Clayton Act; S. 606, for the 
relief of Global Exploration and Development Corporation, Kerr-McGee 
Corporation, and Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC (successor to Kerr-McGee 
Chemical Corporation); S. 692, to prohibit Internet gambling; S. 
Res. 98, designating the week beginning October 17, 1999, and the 
week beginning October 15, 2000, as ``National Character Counts 
Week''; S.J. Res.21, to designate September 29, 1999, as ``Veterans 
of Foreign Wars of the United States Day''; S. Res. 81, designating 
the year of 1999 as ``The Year of Safe Drinking Water'' and 
commemorating the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act; and S. Res. 34, designating the week beginning 
April 30, 1999, as ``National Youth Fitness Week'', 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition, to 
hold hearings on the competitive implications of the proposed 
Goodrich/Coltec merger, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: to hold 
hearings to examine Y2K compliance issues within the health care 
industry, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.


                                 House

  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on Russia 
Economic Turmoil, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2035, 
to correct errors in the authorizations of certain programs 
administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; 
and H.R. 10, Financial Services Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing on Key Issues in 
the Authorization of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on the Role of Early 
Detection and Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Women's 
Cancers, 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 17, Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1999; 
H.R. 1175, to locate and secure the return of Zachary Baumel, an 
American citizen, and other Israeli soldiers missing in action; H. 
Res. 62, expressing concern over the escalating violence, the gross 
violations of human rights, and the ongoing attempts to overthrow a 
democratically elected government in Sierra Leone; and H. Con. Res. 
75, condemning the National Islamic Front (NIF) government for its 
genocidal war in southern Sudan, support for terrorism, and 
continued human rights violations, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and 
Claims, oversight hearing on illegal immigration issues, 1 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 529, to 
require the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to approve a 
permit required for importation of certain wildlife items taken in 
Tajikistan; and H.R. 1934, to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
of 1972 to establish the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue 
Assistance Grant Program, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 940, Lackawanna Valley Heritage Area Act of 
1999; and H.R. 1619, Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National 
Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, and the Subcommittee on Postsecondary 
Education, Training, and Life-Long Learning of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, joint hearing on K-12 Math and Science 
Education-Finding, Training and Keeping Good Teacher, 1:30 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on Barriers to 
Commercial Space Launch, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Association Health Plans: 
Giving Small Businesses the Benefits They Need, 11 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, to mark up H.R. 1300, Recycle 
America's Land Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 605, Court of Appeals For Veterans 
Claims Act of 1999; H.R. 690, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to add bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma to the list of diseases 
presumed to be service-connected for certain radiation-exposed 
veterans; H.R. 708, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide for reinstatement of certain benefits administered by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for remarried surviving spouses of 
veterans upon termination of their remarriage; H.R. 784, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to authorize the payment of dependency 
and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouses of certain 
former prisoners of war dying with a service-connected disability 
rated totally disabling at the time of death; H.R. 1214, Veterans' 
Claims Adjudication Improvement Act of 1999; and H.R. 1765, 
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on proposals to 
strengthen Social Security, 10 a.m., and to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 984, Caribbean and Central America Relief and Economic 
Stabilization Act; and H.R. 434, African Growth and Opportunity Act, 
3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
pending Intelligence issues, 12 p.m., H-405 Capitol.