[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 87 (Friday, June 18, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D690-D693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
  No committee meetings were held.
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                       CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 21 through June 26, 1999

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will begin consideration of S. 1233, Agricultural 
Appropriations, and expects to resume consideration of S. 886, State 
Department Authorization.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to 
the consideration of H.R. 975, Steel Import Limitation, with a vote on the 
motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to occur at 12:15 
p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will consider appropriation bills, 
when available, and 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)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 24, to hold 
hearings on agricultural trade issues, focusing on agricultures role in 
the World Trade Organization negotiations with China, and the European 
Union regulation of genetically modified agriculture products, 9:30 a.m., 
SR 328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 22, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on issues relating to 
juvenile diabetes, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  June 22, Full Committee, with the Special Committee on the Year 2000 
Technology Problem, to hold joint hearings on federal agency Y2K spending 
issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, business 
meeting to mark up proposed legislation making appropriations for the 
Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive 
Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2000, 10 a.m., SD-116.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 22, with the Select Committee on 
Intelligence, and with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and 
with the Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold joint hearings on the 
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board's report to the 
President: Science at its Best; Security at its Worst: A Report on 
Security Problems at the U.S. Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 22, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Lawrence H. Summers, of Maryland, to be 
Secretary of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  June 23, Full Committee, to resume hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for programs of the Export Administration Act, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 23, business 
meeting to mark up pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.

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  June 24, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings the on Federal 
Aviation Administration's research and development programs, 2:15 p.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 22, with the Select 
Committee on Intelligence, and with the Committee on Armed Services, and 
with the Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold joint hearings on the 
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board's report to the 
President: Science at its Best; Security at its Worst: A Report on 
Security Problems at the U.S. Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  June 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to explore the effectiveness 
of existing federal and industry efforts to promote distributed 
generating technologies, including solar, wind, fuel cells and 
microturbines, as well as regulatory and other barriers to their 
widespread use, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  June 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar 
business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold 
hearings on S. 953, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey 
certain land in the State of South Dakota to the Terry Peak Ski Area; S. 
503, designating certain land in the San Isabel National Forest in the 
State of Colorado as the ``Spanish Peaks Wilderness''; S. 977, to provide 
for the conveyance by the Bureau of Land Management to Douglas County, 
Oregon, of a county park and certain adjacent land; S. 1088, to authorize 
the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain administrative sites in 
national forests in the State of Arizona, to convey certain land to the 
City of Sedona, Arizona for a wastewater treatment facility; H.R. 15, to 
designate a portion of the Otay Mountain region of California as 
wilderness; and S. 848, to designate a portion of the Otay Mountain 
region of California as wilderness, 2:15 p.m., SD-366.
  June 24, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
implications of the proposed acquisition of the Atlantic Richfield 
Company by BP Amoco, PLC, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 23, business meeting to 
mark up S. 1090, to reauthorize and amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Liability, and Compensation Act of 1980 (Superfund), 9 a.m., 
SD-406.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water, to 
hold hearings on issues relating to salmon recovery, 1:30 p.m., SD-406.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and 
Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings on NOX/State Implementation 
Plans, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 22, business meeting to mark up the proposed 
Generalized System of Preferences Extension Act, the proposed Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act, the proposed U.S. Caribbean 
Basin Trade Enhancement Act, and the proposed Sub-Saharan African Growth 
and Opportunity Act, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  June 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine adding a 
prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  June 24, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up the proposed 
Medicare Subvention Demonstration for Veterans Act, to create a three 
year program that will allow veterans who are eligible for Medicare to 
receive their health care at a Veterans Affairs (VA) facility, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 22, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism, to hold hearings to 
examine confronting threats to security in the Americas; to be followed 
by a full committee hearing on the nomination of Gwen C. Clare, of South 
Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  June 22, Full Committee, to resume 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, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to 
resume hearings to examine the United States policy towards Iraq, 10 
a.m., SD-562.
  June 23, 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, 4 
p.m., SD-562.
  June 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Richard 
C. Holbrooke, of New York, to be the Representative of the United States 
to the United Nations with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the 
Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations, 10 a.m., 
SH-216.
  June 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine U.S. satellite 
controls and the domestic production/launch capability, 2:45 p.m., SD-
562.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 22, with the Select Committee 
on Intelligence, and with the
  Committee on Armed Services, and with the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources, to hold joint hearings on the President's Foreign 
Intelligence Advisory Board's report to the President: Science at its 
Best; Security at its Worst: A Report on Security Problems at the U.S. 
Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  June 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings on interagency Inspectors 
General report on the export control process for dual-use and munitions 
list commodities, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings on H.R. 974, 
to establish a program to afford high school graduates from the District 
of Columbia the benefits of in-State tuition at State colleges and 
universities outside the District of Columbia; and S. 856, to provide 
greater options for District of Columbia students in higher education, 
10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 22, to resume 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, focusing on professional 
development, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Aging, to hold hearings to examine the Older 
Americans and a National Family Caregiver Support Program, 2:30 p.m., SD-
628.
  June 23, Full Committee, to resume hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act, focusing on Title VI, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 23, to hold oversight hearings on 
National Gambling Impact Study Commission report, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 22, with the Committee on Armed 
Services, and with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and 
with the Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold joint hearings on the 
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board's report to the 
President: Science at its Best; Security at its Worst: A Report on 
Security Problems at the U.S. Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  June 23, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
  June 24, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 22, to resume 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 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings on issues relating to 
religious liberty, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings on enforcement 
priorities against criminal aliens, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  June 24, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar 
business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: June 
21, to hold hearings to examine the black market peso exchange, focusing 
on how U.S. companies are used to launder money, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 23, business meeting to mark up 
pending calendar legislation, 2 p.m., SR-418.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: June 22, with 
the Committee on Appropriations, to hold joint hearings on federal agency 
Y2K spending issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.


                              House Chamber

  Monday, The House is not in Session.
  Tuesday, Consideration of suspensions; and
  Consideration of H.R. 659, Patriot Act (open rule, one hour of general 
debate).
  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: Consideration of the following measures 
subject to rules being granted:
  H.R. 2084, Department of Transportation Appropriations Act;
  H.R. 1658, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform;
  H.J. Res. 33, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States Authorizing the Congress to Prohibit the Physical Desecration of the 
Flag of the United States; and
  H.R. 1802, Foster Care Independence Act.
  Any Further Program Will Be Announced Later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 23, hearing on the Administration's 
preparation for the 1999 World Trade Organization Ministerial, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture, hearing to review 
H.R. 1402, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to implement the Class 
I milk price structure known as Option 1-A as part of the implementation 
of the final rule to consolidate Federal milk marketing orders, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 22, Subcommittee on the District of 
Columbia, on DC Public Schools, 2 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  June 23, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on DC Budget, 10 
a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 24, hearing on the security problems 
at the U.S. Department of Energy, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 22, Subcommittee on 
Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on GAO Report on IMF 
Lending Policies, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 22, Social Security Task Force, hearing 
on Social Security Disability Insurance, 12 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, June 22, hearing on the Rudman Report: Science 
at its Best, Security at its Worst, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Worker Safety at DOE Nuclear Facilities, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, to continue hearings 
on America's Health, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, hearing on 
H.R. 1714, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on Deployment of Data Services, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 22, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Review and Oversight of the 
Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 23, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 987, 
Workforce Preservation Act; and H.R. 1381, Rewarding Performance in 
Compensation Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing 
on Examining the Bilingual Education Act, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, June 23, Subcommittee on Criminal 
Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, hearing on Getting Away With 
Murder, Is Mexico a Safe Haven for Killers?: The Del Toro Case, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on H.R. 1599, Year 2000 Compliance Assistance Act, 10 
a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and 
International Relations, oversight hearing on Combating Terrorism: Role 
of the National Guard Response Teams, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 24, full Committee, hearing on Retaliation at the Departments of 
Defense and Energy: Do Advocates of Tighter Security for U.S. Technology 
Face Intimidation? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, June 22, to consider pending 
business, 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, June 22, Subcommittee on 
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Rights and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, joint hearing on Human 
Rights in Cuba, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 1152, Silk Road Strategy Act of 1999; and H.R. 1794, 
concerning the participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization 
(WHO), 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, 
hearing on Y2K, Customs Flows and Global Trade: Are We Prepared to Meet 
the Challenges of the New Millennium? 1:15 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 22, hearing on H.R. 1304, Quality 
Health-Care Coalition Act of 1999, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 456, for the relief of the survivors of the 14 
members of the Armed Forces and the one United States civilian Federal 
employee who were killed on April 14, 1994, when United States fighter 
aircraft mistakenly shot down 2 United States helicopters over Iraq; H.R. 
1788, Nazi Benefits Termination Act of 1999; and H.R. 2184, Keeping 
America Safe Act of 1999, 1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 23, full Committee, to continue mark up of H.R. 1691, Religious 
Liberty Protection Act of 1999; and to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1218, Child Custody Protection Act; and H.R. 2014, to prohibit a State 
from imposing a discriminatory commuter tax on nonresidents, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, oversight 
hearing on franchising: the franchise relationship, mutual rights and 
obligations of franchisees and franchisors, and assessing the need for 
more regulation, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 2260, Pain 
Relief Promotion Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, oversight 
hearing on the Report of the U.S. Copyright Office on Copyright and 
Digital Distance Education; and Intellectual Property Security 
Registration, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on the United States 
Secret Service, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 22, Subcommittee on Fisheries 
Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1444, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to develop and implement 
projects for fish screens, fish passage devices, and other similar 
measures to mitigate adverse impacts associated with irrigation system 
water diversions by local governmental entities in the States of Oregon, 
Washington, Montana, and Idaho; H.R. 1934, Marine Mammal Rescue 
Assistance Act of 1999; and H.R. 2181, Fisheries Survey Vessel 
Authorization Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 22, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, oversight 
hearing on Franchise Fee Calculation for Ft. Sumter Tours, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  June 24, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, oversight 
hearing on Noxious Weeds and Invasive Plants, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on the Role 
of the Power Marketing Administration's in a Restructured Electric 
Industry, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 22, to consider the following: H.R. 1658, 
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act; and H.R. 2084, making appropriations 
for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2000, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 22, Subcommittee on Basic Research, hearing 
on Nanotechnology: The State of Nano-Science and Its Prospects for the 
Next Decade, 3 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on Range 
Modernization Part II, 1:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Federal Agencies Under 
Attack: Why Are Government Websites Vulnerable? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 24, Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, and 
Exports, hearing on ``Do Unilateral Economic Trade Sanctions Unfairly 
Penalize Small Business?'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 22, Subcommittee 
on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Clean Water Infrastructure 
and Wet Weather Flows legislation, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 23, to mark up pending business, 
10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the 
effectiveness of federal grants to community based organizations with 
regard to homeless veterans, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 22, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on the complexity of the Current U.S. International Tax Regime, 1 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 23, full Committee, to continue hearings on Reducing the Tax 
Burden: II, Providing Tax Relief to Strengthen the Family and Sustain a 
Strong Economy, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 24, briefing on World 
Developments: A Global Update, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.