[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 29, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D748-D749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the Health 
Care Financing Administration's implementation of their nursing home 
improvement initiative, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on issues relating 
to gambling addiction, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans and Fisheries, to hold hearings to examine coral reef and 
marine sanctuary issues, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold 
oversight hearings on the United States Forest Service Economic 
Action programs, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings on S. 646, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide increased retirement 
savings opportunities; S. 741, to provide for pension reform; S. 
659, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require pension 
plans to provide adequate notice to individuals whose future benefit 
accruals are being significantly reduced; and other related 
proposals, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  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 facilities, 
9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings on S.438, to provide 
for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Chippewa Cree 
Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation; to be followed by a business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold oversight hearings 
on the operations of the Architect of the Capitol, 9:30 a.m., SR-
301.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider the following: 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; and the 
Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Conservation Plan, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth,
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, 
hearing on the performance of the B-2 Bomber in the Kosovo air 
campaign, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Unnecessary Business 
Subsidies, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on H.R. 1858, Consumer and Investor Access to 
Information Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
Authorization Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 1995, Teacher Empowerment Act; and other pending 
business, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Lessons 
Learned from the Teamster Local 500 Trusteeship, 2:30 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Service, 
hearing on Implementing the FEHBP Demonstration Project for Military 
Retirees: A Good Faith Effort, or Another Broken Promise, 10 a.m., 
2203 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing on H.R. 2245, Federalism Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and 
International Relations, oversight hearing to examine the Department 
of Defense's sole source procurement of anthrax vaccine, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere to mark up the following measures: H. Res. 57, expressing 
concern over interference with freedom of the press and the 
independence of judicial and electoral institutions in Peru; H. Res. 
181, condemning the kidnapping and murder by the Revolutionary Armed 
Forces of Colombia (FARC) of 3 United States citizens, Ingrid 
Washinawatok, Terence Freitas, and Lah'ena'e Gay; H. Res. 17, 
concerning the extradition to the United States of Salvadorans; a 
resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
congratulating President Pastrana and the people of Columbia for 
moving the peace process forward and calling on the government and 
all other parties to the current conflict in Colombia to end the 
guerrilla and paramilitary violence which continues to pose a 
serious threat to democracy as well as economic and social stability 
in Colombia; H.Res. 25, congratulating the Government of Peru and 
the Government of Ecuador for signing a peace agreement ending a 
border dispute which has resulted in several military clashes over 
the past 50 years; and H. Con. Res. 140, expressing the sense of the 
Congress that Haiti should conduct free, fair, transparent, and 
peaceful elections, 11 a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
1686, Internet Freedom Act; and H.R. 1685, Internet Growth and 
Development Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to continue consideration of H.R. 1552, 
Marine Research and Related Environmental Research and Development 
Programs Authorization of 1999; and to consider the following bills: 
S. 361, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to John 
R. and Margaret J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain

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land so as to correct an error in the patent issued to their 
predecessors in interest; S. 449, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to transfer to the personal representative of the estate of 
Fred Steffens of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land comprising 
the Steffens family property; H.R. 468, Saint Helena Island National 
Scenic Area Act; 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. 695, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of the Interior to convey an administrative site 
in San Juan County, New Mexico, to San Juan College; H.R. 834, to 
extend the authorization for the National Historic Preservation 
Fund; 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; 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. 1487, National Monument NEPA Compliance Act; H.R. 
1528, National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1999; H.R. 
1753, Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 1999; H.R. 
1934, Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 1999; H.R. 2079, to 
provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands 
in the State of South Dakota; and H.R. 2181, to authorize the 
Secretary of Commerce to acquire and equip fishery survey vessels, 
11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 10, Financial Services Act of 
1999, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, to consider legislation involving the 
SBA's 7(a), 504 and SBIR Programs, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Status of Airport Privatization Efforts, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
H.R. 2116, Veterans' Millennium Health Care Act, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the Impact of U.S. Tax 
Rules on International Competitiveness, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Kosovo Update, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.