[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D835-D837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings on the nomination of William Rainer to be Chairman of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission and to conduct an oversight 
review of the farmland protection program, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on the nomination of 
F. Whitten Peters, of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of 
the Air Force; and the nomination of Arthur L. Money, of Virginia, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests 
and Public Land Management, to hold hearings on S. 1184, to 
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to dispose of land for 
recreation or other public purposes; S. 1129, to facilitate the 
acquisition of inholdings in Federal land management units and the 
disposal of surplus

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public land; and H.R. 150, to amend the Act popularly known as the 
Recreation and Public Purposes Act to authorize disposal of certain 
public lands or national forest lands to local education agencies 
for use for elementary or secondary schools, including public 
charter schools, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water, to continue hearings on the 
habitat conservation plans, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to continue markup of the 
proposed Taxpayer Refund Act of 1999, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings on issues relating to Taiwan-China 
relations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the role of sanctions in 
United States National Security Policy, 3:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Barbara J. 
Griffiths, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland; 
the nomination of Richard Monroe Miles, of South Carolina, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria; the nomination of Carl 
Spielvogel, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic; 
the nomination of J. Richard Fredericks, of California, to be 
Ambassador to Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of 
Liechtenstein; and the nomination of William B. Taylor, Jr., of 
Virginia, for the Rank of Ambassador during tenure of service as 
Coordinator of U.S. Assistance for the New Independent States, 4:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold hearings to 
examine the purpose of Russian space launch quota, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings on S. 985, to amend 
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice 
Oversight, to hold oversight hearings on Federal asset forfeiture, 
focusing on its role in fighting crime, 2 p.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Risk Management, 
Research, and Specialty Crops, to consider legislation to improve 
the Federal Crop Insurance Program, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to mark up appropriations for fiscal 
year 2000, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, to mark up H.R. 850, Security and 
Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 11:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, to continue hearings on 
financial privacy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing 
on H.R. 2531, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2000, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 1714, Electronic Signatures in Global and 
National Commerce Act; and H.R. 1858, Consumer and Investor Access 
to Information Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on H.R. 1070, to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide medical 
assistance for certain women screened and found to have breast or 
cervical cancer under a federally funded screening program, 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on Union Democracy, Part VII: 
Government Supervision of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant 
Employees International Union, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Examining 
the Effect of Davis-Bacon Helper Rules on Job Opportunities in 
Construction, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government 
Management, Information, and Technology, to consider the following 
bills: H.R. 1788, Nazi Benefits Termination Act of 1999; and H.R. 
1827, Government Waste Corrections Act of 1999, 10:30 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and 
International Relations, hearing on Anthrax Vaccine Adverse 
Reactions, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
1875, Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1999; and H.R. 
2005, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 2436, Unborn 
Victims of Violence Act of 1999, 1:30 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to consider the following: H.R. 940, 
Lackawanna Valley Heritage 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; H. Con. Res. 63, 
expressing the sense of the Congress opposing removal of dams on the 
Columbia and Snake Rivers for fishery restoration purposes; S. 323, 
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge 
National Conservation Area Act of 1999; H.R. 795, Chippewa Cree 
Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights 
Settlement Act of 1999; H.R. 970, Perkins County Rural Water System 
Act of 1999; 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

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measures to mitigate adverse impacts associated with irrigation 
system water diversions by local governmental entities in the States 
of Oregon, Washing, Montana, and Idaho; H.R. 2368, to assist in the 
resettlement and relocation of the people of Bikini Atoll by 
amending the terms of the trust fund established during the United 
States administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; 
H.R. 2454, to assure the long-term conservation of mid-continent 
light geese and the biological diversity of the ecosystem upon which 
many North American migratory birds depend, by directing the 
Secretary of the Interior to implement rules to reduce the 
overabundant population of mid-continent light geese; a motion to 
adopt a resolution and report recommending that Ferdinand Aranza be 
held in contempt of Congress for failure to comply with the subpoena 
served on him on July 13, 1999, and reporting the matter to the full 
House for appropriate action; and a motion to adopt a resolution 
granting the Chairman authority to issue such subpoenas as he may 
deem necessary in relation to an inquiry into partisan political 
activities by employees at the Office of Insular Affairs and the 
Department of the Interior, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, hearing on Guaranteed Spending Rules, 10 a.m., 
and to consider the following: a measure making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2000; and H.R. 1074, Regulatory Right-to-Know Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 
H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 
hearing on Sulfur in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and 
Pipeline Transportation, hearing on National Health Museum 
proposals, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to discuss 
pending Intelligence Issues, 12:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine the scope of bribery and corruption in the OSCE region, 2 
p.m., SD-138.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the 
financial structure of the International Monetary Fund, focusing on 
IMF costs, including quotas, reserves, gold holdings, and the 
treatment of the IMF in the budget, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon Building.