[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 97 (Monday, July 12, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D785-D787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 13 through July 17, 1999

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Senate will continue 
consideration S. 1344, Patients' Bill of Rights Act, with a vote on 
final passage to occur on Thursday.
  On Friday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on 
the pending Lott Amendment No. 297 (Social Security Lockbox), to S. 
557, Budget Process Reform.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may also 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)
  Committee on Appropriations: July 14, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings on forward operating locations for counterdrug 
operations, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings on health care cost issues 
affecting rural hospitals, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 15, 
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance, with the 
Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold joint hearings on the 
official dollarization in Latin America, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, with the Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance, to hold joint hearings on the 
official dollarization in Latin America, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 15, 
business meeting to consider proposed legislation authorizing 
expenditures by the committee; to be followed by hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National 
Transportation Safety Board, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 13, Subcommittee 
on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold hearings on S. 1330, 
to give the city of Mesquite, Nevada, the right to purchase at fair 
market value certain parcels of public land in the city; and S. 
1329, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land 
to Nye County, Nevada, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  July 14, Full Committee, with the Committee on Indian Affairs, to 
hold joint oversight hearings on the General Accounting Office 
report on Interior Department's trust funds reform, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  July 15, Full Committee, to resume 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 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 14, to hold 
hearings on conformity issues relating to the Clean Air Act, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 14, Subcommittee on International 
Trade, to hold hearings on managing global and regional trade policy 
without fast track negotiating authority, 3 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 14, to hold hearings on S. 
1214, to ensure the liberties of the people by promoting federalism, 
to protect the reserved powers of the States, to impose 
accountability for Federal preemption of State and local laws, 3 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 13, to 
resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, focusing on 
drug free schools, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold oversight 
hearings on the implementation Family Medical Leave Act, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 14, with the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources, to hold joint oversight hearings on the 
General Accounting Office report on Interior Department's trust 
funds reform, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 14, closed business 
meeting; to be followed by a closed hearing on pending intelligence 
matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 13, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-628.
  July 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine competition 
and consumer choice in high-speed internet services and 
technologies, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  July 15, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, 
to hold hearings on S. 253, to provide for the reorganization of the 
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; and review the report by the 
Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of 
Appeals regarding the Ninth Circuit, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Small Business: July 15, business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 9 a.m., SR-428A.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: July 15, to 
hold hearings on state and local preparedness for year 2000, 9 a.m., 
SD-192.


                             House Chamber

  Tuesday, Consideration of 2 Suspensions: (1) H.R. 916, Technical 
Amendments to Section 10 of Title 9, United States Code; and (2) H. 
Res. 241--Congratulating the United States Women's Soccer Team;
  Consideration of H.R. 2465, Military Construction Appropriations Act, 
2000 (open rule, one hour of general debate);

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  Consideration of H.R. 2466, Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (open rule, one hour of general 
debate);
  Wednesday and the balance of the week, Consideration of H.R.   , 
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000 (Subject to a 
Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 1691, Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1999 
(Subject to a Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2415, to enhance security at U.S. Missions and 
Personnel Overseas and authorize Appropriations for the Department of 
State for Fiscal Year 2000 (Subject to a Rule); and
  Consideration of H.R. 434, African Growth and Opportunity Act 
(Subject to a Rule).


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 15, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing on the 
following: H.R. 2389, County Schools Funding Revitalization Act of 
1999; and a legislative alternative submitted to Congress by the 
U.S. Forest Service, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 13, to mark up a measure 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, 
9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2000, 10 
a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  July 14, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, to mark up 
appropriations for fiscal year 2000, 4 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to mark up 
appropriations for fiscal year 2000, 9 a.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 13, hearing on H.R. 850, 
Security and Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 10:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  July 14, hearing on Department of Energy reorganization, 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, July 14, Subcommittee 
on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing on the Aging Crisis 
and H.R. 202, Preserving Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens into 
the 21st Century Act, 2:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, July 13, Social Security Task Force, 
hearing on the Costs of Transitioning to Solvency, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, July 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Power 
and the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on 
Science, joint hearing on Restructuring the Department of Energy, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on Electronic Commerce: The Current Status of 
Privacy Protections for Online Consumers, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
How Healthy Are the Government's Medicare Fraud Fighters? 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, to mark up H.R. 2384, 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Authorization Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to continue hearings on 
Electricity Competition, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on the 
Medical Information Protection and Research Enhancement Act of 1999, 
10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 13, hearing on 
Comprehensive School Reform: Current Status and Issues, 1:30 p.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  July 14, to mark up H.R. 1102, Comprehensive Retirement Security 
and Pension Reform Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, July 13, Subcommittee on Criminal 
Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, hearing on 
Decriminalization of Illegal Drugs, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 15, full Committee, to continue hearings on Retaliation at 
the Departments of Defense and Energy: Do Advocates of Tighter 
Security for U.S. Technology Face Intimidation? Part II, 9:30 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on H.R. 88, to amend the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 1999, to repeal the requirement 
regarding data produced under Federal grants and agreements awarded 
to institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other nonprofit 
organizations, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on Credit for Early 
Action: Win-Win or Kyoto Through the Front Door, 2:30 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, July 13, to continue hearings 
on Campaign Reform, 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, July 13, to mark up H.R. 
850, Security and Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 11:30 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  July 14, hearing on the Treatment of Israel by the United Nations, 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 15, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Intellectual Property, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1752, 
Federal Courts Improvement Act; and H.R. 2112, Multidistrict, 
Multiparty, Multiforum Jurisdiction Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on the Shoot 
Down of the ``Brothers to the Rescue'' Planes, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to mark up H.R. 
238, to amend section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
impose mandatory minimum sentences, and increase certain sentences, 
for bringing in and harboring certain aliens and to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to provide enhanced penalties for

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persons committing such offenses while armed, 1 p.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 13, oversight hearing on upcoming 
meeting on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered 
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 1185, Timber-Dependent Counties Stabilization 
Act of 1999; and H.R. 2389, County Schools Funding Revitalization 
Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 13, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 20, Upper Delaware Scenic and 
Recreational River Mongaup Visitor Center Act of 1999; H.R. 748, to 
amend the Act that established the Keweenaw National Historical Park 
to require the Secretary of the Interior to consider nominees of 
various local interests in appointing members of the Keweenaw 
National Historical Parks Advisory Commission; H.R. 1695, Ivanpah 
Valley Airport Public Lands Transfer Act; and H.R. 1725, Miwaleta 
Park Expansion Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on Yellowfin Tuna, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  July 15, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark 
up the following bills: H.R. 940, Lackawanna Valley Heritage Act of 
1999; H.R. 1165, Black Canyon National Park and Gunnison Gorge 
National Conservation Area Act of 1999; H.R. 1619, Quinebaug and 
Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization 
Act of 1999; H.R. 2435, to expand the boundaries of the Gettysburg 
National Military Park to include the Wills House; and H.R. 2438, 
Gettysburg Preservation Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 13, to consider H.R. 1691, Religious 
Liberty Protection Act of 1999, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  July 14, to consider the following: a measure 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; 
H.R. 2415, American Embassy Security Act of 1999; and H.R. 434, 
African Growth and Opportunity Act, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House, 
hearing on Cooperation, Comity, and Confrontation: Congressional 
Oversight of the Executive Branch, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  July 16, full Committee, hearing on Legislating in the Information 
Age, 11 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 13, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on the Iran Nonproliferation Act, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Basic Research, hearing on the Networking 
and Information Technology Research and Development Act, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 13, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on 
Estuaries and Coastal Water Quality, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 15, to mark up H.R. 2116, 
Veterans' Millennium Health Care Act, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on VA's experience in 
implementing patient enrollment under P.L. 104-262, 9:30 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 13 and 14, to mark up the 
Financial Freedom Act of 1999, 6 p.m., on July 13 and 10 a.m., on 
July 14, 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 13, executive, 
briefing on Encryption, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 14, hearing on Encryption, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  July 15, executive, to mark up an Encryption measure, 2 p.m., H-
405 Capitol.