[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 82 (Thursday, June 10, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D651-D653]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 14 through June 19, 1999

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will begin consideration of S. 1186, Energy and 
Water Development Appropriations, 2000.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 96 Y2K Act, with a 
vote to occur on final passage of H.R. 775, House companion measure. 
Also, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on Amendment 
No. 297 to S. 557, Budget Process Reform, and vote on a motion to close 
further debate on a motion to proceed to the consideration of H.R. 
1664, Steel, Oil and Gas Loan Guarantee Program.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business.
  (On Tuesday, Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., for 
their respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: June 17, to hold hearings on issues 
relating to income security, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 15, Subcommittee 
on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold oversight hearings on 
issues related to vacating the record of decision and denial of a 
plan of operations for the Crown Jewel Mine in Okanogan County, 
Washington, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  June 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.

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  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 17, to hold 
hearings on S. 533, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
authorize local governments and Governors to restrict receipt of 
out-of-State municipal solid waste; and S. 872, to impose certain 
limits on the receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste, to 
authorize State and local controls over the flow of municipal solid 
waste, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 16, business meeting to mark up H.R. 
1833, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for 
the United States Customs Service for drug interdiction and other 
operations, for the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, for the United States International Trade 
Commission, the proposed Generalized System of Preferences Extension 
Act, the proposed Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act, 
the proposed United States Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement Act, 
and the proposed Steel Trade Enforcement Act, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Lawrence H. Summers, of Maryland, to be Secretary of the Treasury, 
10 a.m., SH-216.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings on Medicaid and school-
based services, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 16, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of David B. Dunn, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Zambia; the nomination of Mark Wylea Erwin, of North 
Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and 
Ambassador to the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros and as 
Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles; the nomination of 
Christopher E. Goldthwait, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Chad; and the nomination of Joyce E. Leader, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, 
2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Richard Holbrooke, of New York, to be the Representative of the 
United States of America to the United Nations with the rank and 
status of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States of 
America in the Security Council of the United Nations, 10 a.m., Room 
to be announced.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 15, 
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-628.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Education and Work Force on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for programs of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act, focusing on research and evaluation, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 16, business meeting to mark up 
S. 28, to authorize an interpretive center and related visitor 
facilities within the Four Corners Monument Tribal Park; S. 400, to 
provide technical corrections to the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to improve the 
delivery of housing assistance to Indian tribes in a manner that 
recognizes the right of tribal self-governance; S. 401, to provide 
for business development and trade promotion for native Americans, 
and for other purposes; S. 613, to encourage Indian economic 
development, to provide for the disclosure of Indian tribal 
sovereign immunity in contracts involving Indian tribes, and for 
other purposes; S. 614, to provide for regulatory reform in order to 
encourage investment, business, and economic development with 
respect to activities conducted on Indian lands; and S. 944, to 
amend Public Law 105-188 to provide for the mineral leasing of 
certain Indian lands in Oklahoma, 2:30 p.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 15, to hold hearings on S. 952, 
to expand an antitrust exemption applicable to professional sports 
leagues and to require, as a condition of such an exemption, 
participation by professional football and major league baseball 
sports leagues in the financing of certain stadium construction 
activities, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  June 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 
2 p.m., SD-226.
  June 17, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up S. 467, to 
restate and improve section 7A of the Clayton Act; S. 692, to 
prohibit Internet gambling; and S. 768, to establish court-martial 
jurisdiction over civilians serving with the Armed Forces during 
contingency operations, and to establish Federal jurisdiction over 
crimes committed outside the United States by former members of the 
Armed Forces and civilians accompanying the Armed Forces outside the 
United States, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 17, Full Committee, to resume closed oversight hearings on 
certain activities of the Department of Justice, 2 p.m., S-407, 
Capitol.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 16, hearing to review the structure 
and policies of the Loan Deficiency Payment Program, 1:30 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, 
Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing on H.R. 852, Freedom to E-File Act, 
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 15, Subcommittee on the District 
of Columbia, on DC Health Initiatives, 10 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  June 17, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on DC Public 
Schools, 1 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 15, hearing on 
Debt Relief, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing on loan loss reserves, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 15, Social Security Task Force, 
hearing on Secure Investment Strategies for Personal Retirement 
Accounts and Annuities, 12 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, June 15, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing on H.R. 
1858, Consumer and Investor Access to Information Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  June 16, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, to continue hearings 
on America's Health 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on H.R. 1828, 
Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, June 15, Subcommittee on Government 
Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on ``What is the Federal 
Government Doing to Collect the Billions of Dollars in Delinquent Debts 
it is Owed?'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human 
Resources, hearing on the Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization, 
Decriminalization and Harm Reduction, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, and 
International Relations, oversight hearing on the Department of Defense's 
Application of the Prompt Payment Act, 10 a.m., 2147 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human 
Resources, hearing on Department of Education's Student Loan Programs: 
Are Tax Dollars at Risk? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, June 15, hearing on Campaign Reform, 
2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, June 15, hearing on the Future of 
Our Economic Partnership with Europe, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Malaysia: 
Assessing the Mahathir Agenda, 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on Democracy in 
the Western Hemisphere: Achievements and Challenges, 1:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 16, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Intellectual Property, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1752, Federal 
Courts Improvement Act of 1999; and H.R. 2112, Multidistrict, Multiparty, 
Multiforum Jurisdiction Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 744, to rescind the consent of Congress to the 
Northeast Dairy Compact; and H.R. 1604, Dairy Consumers and Producers 
Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing and markup of H.R. 1528, National Geologic Mapping 
Reauthorization Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 1231, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
convey certain National Forest lands to Elko County, Nevada, for 
continued use as a cemetery; and H.R. 2079, to provide for the conveyance 
of certain National Forest System lands in the State of South Dakota; and 
to hold an oversight hearing on the Role of the National Forests in the 
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial (Part II), 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 17, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing on 
H.R. 1487, National Monument NEPA Compliance Act, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 14, to consider H.R. 1501, Consequences for 
Juvenile Offenders Act of 1999, 2 p.m., and to consider H.R. 1000, 
Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century, 6 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment 
and the Subcommittee on Basic Research, joint hearing on Tornadoes: 
Understanding, Modeling and Forecasting Supercell Storms, 3 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on EPA's High 
Production Volume (HPV) Chemical Testing Program, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Federal Research and 
Small Business Innovation Research Program, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 15, Subcommittee on Empowerment, 
hearing on the American Community Renewal Act of 1999 and the tax 
incentives it provides for small businesses that operate in Renewal 
Communities, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  June 17, full Committee, hearing on OSHA's Draft Safety and Health 
Program Rule, 10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 16, Subcommittee on Benefits, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1247, World War II Memorial 
Completion Act; H.R. 1476, National Cemetery Act of 1999; H.R. 1484, to 
authorize appropriations for homeless veterans reintegration projects 
under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; H.R. 1603, 
Selected Reserve Housing Loan Fairness Act of 1999; and H.R. 1663, 
National Medal of Honor Memorial Act, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Benefits, to mark up pending business, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 15, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
on those individuals without health insurance, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 16, full Committee, hearing on proposals to reduce the tax burden 
on individuals and businesses, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on U.S.-Vietnam Trade 
Relations, including the President's renewal of Vietnam's waiver under 
the Jackson-Vanik amendment to the Trade Act of 1974, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: June 17, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
Education and Work Force on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, focusing on 
research and evaluation, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Joint Economic Committee: June 14, to hold hearings on issues relating 
to the High-Technology National Summit, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  June 15, Full Committee, to continue hearings on issues relating to the 
High-Technology National Summit, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  June 16, Full Committee, to continue hearings on issues relating to the 
High-Technology National Summit, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings on monetary policy and the 
economic outlook, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon Building.