[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 28, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D881-D883]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JULY 29, 1999

[D28JY9-23]D881 (Committee
          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

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  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business meeting to 
mark up S. 935, to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize research to promote the 
conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, and proposed 
legislation to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish 
a program of mandatory market reporting for certain meat packers 
regarding the prices, volumes, and terms of sale for the procurement of 
domestic cattle, swine, lambs, and products of such livestock, to improve 
the collection of information regarding the marketing of cattle, swine, 
lambs, and products of such livestock, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed legislation appropriating 
supplemental funds for the U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce, 10 
a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, to hold hearings on accounting for loan loss reserves, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans and Fisheries, to hold hearings on authorizing funds for programs 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 710, 
to authorize the feasibility study on the preservation of certain Civil 
War battlefields along the Vicksburg Campaign Trail; S. 905, to establish 
the Lackawanna Valley American Heritage Area; S. 1093, to establish the 
Galisteo Basin Archaeological Protection Sites, to provide for the 
protection of archaeological sites in the Galisteo Basin of New Mexico; 
S. 1117, to establish the Corinth Unit of Shiloh National Military Park, 
in the vicinity of the city of Corinth, Mississippi, and in the State of 
Tennessee; S. 1324, to expand the boundaries of the Gettysburg National 
Military Park to include Wills House; and S. 1349, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resource studies to 
determine the national significance of specific sites as well as the 
suitability and feasibility of their inclusion as units of the National 
Park System, 2:15 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings on the 
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Protection Agency's proposed sulfur standard for gasoline as contained in 
the proposed Tier Two standards for automobiles, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs, to 
hold hearings on prospects for democracy in Yugoslavia, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to 
hold hearings on total quality management, focusing on state success 
stories as a model for the Federal Government, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Employment, Safety and Training, to hold hearings on S. 1158, to allow 
the recovery of attorney's fees and costs by certain employers and labor 
organizations who are prevailing parties in proceedings brought against 
them by the National Labor Relations Board or by the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  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. 486, to 
provide for the punishment of methamphetamine laboratory operators, 
provide additional resources to combat methamphetamine production, 
trafficking, and abuse in the United States; S. 1255, to protect 
consumers and promote electronic commerce by amending certain trademark 
infringement, dilution, and counterfeiting laws; S. Res. 95, designating 
August 16, 1999, as ``National Airborne Day''; the nomination of Richard 
A. Paez, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth 
Circuit; and the nomination of Alejandro N. Mayorkas, of California, to 
be United States Attorney for the Central District of California, Time to 
be announced, Room to be announced.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Maryanne Trump 
Barry, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third 
Circuit; the nomination of Raymond C. Fisher, of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; the nomination of Naomi Reice 
Buchwald, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York; the nomination of David N. Hurd, of New 
York, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New 
York vice Con. G. Cholakis, retired; the nomination of M. James Lorenz, 
of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of California vice Rudi M. Brewster, retired; the nomination of 
Victor Marrero, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York vice Sonia Sotomayor, elevated; and the 
nomination of Brian Theadore Stewart, of Utah, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Utah vice J. Thomas Greene, retired, 9 
a.m., SD-628.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: to hold hearings 
on year 2000 Information Coordination Center, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.


                                  House

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  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on 
H.R. 1117, to provide relief from unfair interest and penalties on 
refunds retroactively ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, to 
mark up the following: H.R. 1714, Electronic Signatures in Global and 
National Commerce Act; H.R. 1858, Consumer and Investor Access to 
Information Act of 1999; H.R. 486, Community Broadcasters Protection Act 
of 1999; and NTIA Reauthorization Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 1441, Truth in Employment Act of 1999; H.R. 1987, Fair Access 
to Indemnity and Reimbursement Act; and other pending business, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on the State Department's 
Handling of Allegations of Visa Fraud and Other Irregularities at the 
U.S. Embassy in Beijing, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory 
Affairs, to mark up H.R. 2245, Federalism Act of 1999, 3 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Post-1999 U.S. 
Security and Counter-Drug Interests in Panama, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on Reinvented Taxation and The 
Taxpayers Defense Act, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn,
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on the 
following measures: H.J. Res. 54, granting the consent of Congress to the 
Missouri-Nebraska Boundary Compact; and H.J.Res. 62, to grant the consent 
of Congress to the boundary change between Georgia and South Carolina; 
and to mark up the following measures: H.R. 744, to rescind the consent 
of Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact; H.R. 1604, Dairy 
Consumers and Producers Protection Act; H.J. Res. 54; and H.J. Res. 62, 2 
p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on the Drug Enforcement 
Administration, Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on H.R. 2528, 
Immigration Reorganization and Improvement Act of 1999, 9:30 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Task Force on Warner Creek Timber Sale and 
Related Matters, to mark up a report regarding the Warner Creek Timber 
Sale and related matters, 2:30 p.m., 1334 Longworth.

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  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on 
the Pribilof Islands Transition Act, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on Rural Water 
Project Financing, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research, hearing on 
Attracting a New Generation to Math and Science: The Role of Public-
Private Partnerships in Education and H.R. 1265, Mathematics and Science 
Proficiency Partnership Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, to mark up the following: H.R. 
356, to provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United 
States to Stanislaus County, California; the Commercial Space 
Transportation Competitiveness Act of 1999; and H.R. 1883, Iran 
Nonproliferation Act of 1999, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, to mark up legislation making changes to 
the SBA's 7(a) and 504 business loan programs, 9:30 a.m.; followed by a 
hearing to discuss the EPA's inclusion of propane within the Clean Act 
Amendments, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing to evaluate the Veterans Education and Training 
Service (VETS) program effectiveness and strategic planning, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing 
on Y2K and Other Social Security Information Technology Issues, 10 a.m., 
B-318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

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  Conference: meeting of conferees on S. 507 and H.R. 1480, bills to 
provide for the conservation and development of water and related 
resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various 
projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, 11 
a.m., SC-5, Capitol.