[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 93 (Monday, June 28, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D738-D739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JUNE 29, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, United States Fire Administration, and 
Earthquake Hazards Reduction programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings on S. 
161, to provide for a transition to market-based rates for power 
sold by the Federal Power Marketing Administrations and the 
Tennessee Valley Authority; S. 282, to provide that no electric 
utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation 
to purchase or to sell electricity or capacity under section 210

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of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; S. 516, to 
benefit consumers by promoting competition in the electric power 
industry; and S. 1047, to provide for a more competitive electric 
power industry, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold 
oversight hearings on fire preparedness by the Bureau of Land 
Management and the Forest Service on Federal lands, 2:30 p.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider 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; the nomination of Timothy Fields, 
Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid 
Waste, Environmental Protection Agency, and other pending calendar 
business, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings on the nomination of Stuart 
E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; 
the nomination of Jeffrey Rush, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector 
General, Department of the Treasury; and the nomination of Lewis 
Andrew Sachs, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury for Financial Markets, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  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 arts 
education and magnet schools, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, to mark up 
appropriations for fiscal year 2000, 10 a.m., B308 Capitol.
  Committee on the Budget, Social Security Task Force, hearing on 
Review of Social Security Reform Plans, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Worker Safety at DOE Nuclear Facilities, 
11 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on H.R. 1832, Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, 11 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on Enhancing Retirement 
Security, including discussion of H.R. 1102, Comprehensive 
Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act, 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, 
Drug Policy, and Human Resources, hearing on ``Defense Offsets: Are 
They Taking Away Our Jobs?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on H.R. 1827, Government Waste Corrections Act 
of 1999, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to continue hearings on 
Campaign Reform, 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, 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?'' 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, hearing 
on U.S. Policy Toward Victims of Torture, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 881, Regulatory Fair Warning Act 
of 1999, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
and Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on Marine Mammal 
Protection Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on a 
GAO Report entitled: ``A Cohesive Strategy Is Needed to Address 
Catastrophic Wildlife Threats,'' 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, oversight hearing 
on Dealing with Occurrence of the Hantavirus Disease and associated 
health risks to Park Visitors on the Channel Islands National Park 
in California, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 1218, Child 
Custody Protection Act; H.R. 66, to preserve the cultural resources 
of the Route 66 corridor and to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to provide assistance; H.R. 791, Star-Spangled Banner 
Historic Trail Study Act of 1999; and H.R. 592, World War II 
Veterans Park at Great Kills, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, hearing on the Rudman Report on Security 
Problems at the Department of Energy, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, the Subcommittee on 
Military Procurement and the Subcommittee on Military Research and 
Development of the Committee on Armed Services, joint hearing on 
Range Modernization, Part II, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight hearing on the 
requirement for double hulls under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on Reducing Nonmarital Births, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Kosova Update, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 775, to establish certain 
procedures for civil actions brought for damages relating to the 
failure of any device or system to process or otherwise deal with 
the transition from the year 1999 to the year 2000, 9:30 a.m., SC-5, 
Capitol.