[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 14, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D804-D805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 15, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance, with the Subcommittee on Economic 
Policy, to hold joint hearings on the official dollarization in 
Latin America, 9 a.m., SD-538.
  Subcommittee on Economic Policy, with the Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance, to hold joint hearings on the 
official dollarization in Latin America, 9 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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: 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 Indian Affairs: business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation authorizing expenditures by the committee, 3:30 p.m., 
SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation authorizing expenditures by the committee, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: business meeting to mark up 
proposed legislation authorizing expenditures by the committee, 9:30 
a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business: business meeting to mark up S. 1156, 
to amend provisions of law enacted by the Small Business Regulatory 
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 to ensure full analysis of 
potential impacts on small entities of rules proposed by certain 
agencies; S. 1346, to ensure the independence and nonpartisan 
operation of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business 
Administration; and H.R. 1568, to provide technical, financial, and 
procurement assistance to veteran owned small businesses, 9 a.m., 
SR-428A.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: to hold 
hearings on state and local preparedness for year 2000, 9 a.m., SD-
192.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2000, 9 a.m., 
2362 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to 
continue hearings on Electricity Competition, 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on H.R. 2470, 
Medical Information Protection and Research Enhancement Act of 1999, 
10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act-Educating Diverse Populations, 1:30 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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.
  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 the Judiciary, 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.
  Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on the Shoot Down of the 
``Brothers to the Rescue'' Planes, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on Yellowfin Tuna, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  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, to consider H.R. 434, African Growth and 
Opportunity Act, time to be announced, H-313 Capitol.
  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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up H.R. 2116, Veterans' 
Millennium Health Care Act, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on VA's experience in implementing 
patient enrollment under P.L. 104-262, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to mark up 
H.R. 850, Security and Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 2 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.