[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 30, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D762-D763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JULY 1, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on military 
operations regarding Kosovo, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings on the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development's Section 8 Opt-out programs, 9:30 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the role of 
sanctions in United States national security policy, 10:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings 
to examine United States policy towards Hong Kong, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings to examine the federal food safety system, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Employment, Safety and Training, to hold oversight hearings on 
the proposed Work Investment Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings on S. 1290, to amend 
title 36 of the United States Code to establish the American Indian 
Education Foundation, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1257, 
to amend statutory damages provisions of title 17, United States 
Code; S. 467, to restate and improve section 7A of the Clayton Act; 
S. 1258, to authorize funds for the payment of salaries and expenses 
of the Patent and Trademark Office; S. 1259, to amend the Trademark 
Act of 1946 relating to dilution of famous marks; S. 1260, to make 
technical corrections in title 17, United States Code, and other 
laws; and S. Res. 59, designating both July 2, 1999, and July 2, 
2000, as ``National Literacy Day''; and pending nominations, 10 
a.m., SD-628.

[[Page D763]]

                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the following 
appropriation bills: Military Construction and Interior; and to 
consider revised Section 302(b) budget allocations, 9:30 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on H.R. 850, Security and 
Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, hearing on 
economic development conveyances and the reuse of former U.S. 
military installations, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on AH-64 Apache 
helicopter fleet, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to 
continue hearings on Electricity Competition, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing on Business 
Community Views on Reform of ESEA, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government 
Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on ``The Results 
Act: Status of Performance Budgeting Pilot Programs'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, 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.R. 1993, Export Enhancement Act of 1999; 
H.R. 1477, Iran Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1999; H.R. 
1794, concerning the participation of Taiwan in the World Health 
Organization (WHO); H. Con. Res. 121, expressing the sense of the 
Congress regarding the victory of the United States in the cold war 
and the fall of the Berlin Airlift; H. Con. Res. 144, urging the 
United States Government and the United Nations to undertake urgent 
and strenuous efforts to secure the release of Branko Jelen, Steve 
Pratt, and Peter Wallace, 3 humanitarian workers employed by CARE 
International, who are being unjustly held as prisoners by the 
Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; and H. Con. Res. 
128, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the treatment of 
religious minorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and 
particularly the recent arrests of members of that country's Jewish 
community; 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; H. Con. Res. 117, concerning United Nations General 
Assembly Resolution ES-10/6; and H. Res. 227, expressing the sense 
of the Congress in opposition to the Government of Pakistan's 
support for armed incursion into Jammu and Kashmir, India, 10:30 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up H. Res. 227, 
expressing the sense of the Congress in opposition to the Government 
of Pakistan's support for armed incursion into Jammu and Kashmir, 
India, 10 a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on H.R. 1283, Fairness in 
Asbestos Compensation Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, to mark up H.R. 
2083. Special Counsel Act of 1999, 1 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 
1598, Patent Fairness Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 218, 
Community Protection Act of 1999; H.R. 1791, Federal Law Enforcement 
Animal Protection Act of 1999; and H.R. 2336, United States Marshals 
Service Improvement Act of 1999, 9:15 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing on the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service's Interior Enforcement 
Strategy, 9 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources,, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public 
Lands, oversight hearing on the Franchise Fee Calculation for Ft. 
Sumter Tours, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on H.R. 795, Chippewa 
Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water 
Rights Settlement Act of 1999, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on H.R. 
2086, Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 
Act of 1999, Resources for IT Research, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, to consider legislation involving the 
SBA's 7(a), 504 and SBIR Programs, 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following measures: 
H.J. Res. 58, disapproving the extension of the waiver authority 
contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to 
Vietnam; H.J. Res. 57, disapproving the extension of 
nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to 
the products of the People's Republic of China, 3 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Medicare Veterans Subvention, 
10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the Work Opportunity Tax 
Credit, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Chinese Embassy Bombing, 1 p.m., H-405 Captiol.