[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 112 (Tuesday, August 3, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D920-D921]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             AUGUST 4, 1999

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to continue hearings 
on farm crisis issues, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to 
examine fraud against seniors, 2:15 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold oversight hearings 
to review the performance management process under the requirements of 
the Government Performance and Results Act, by the National Park Service, 
2:15 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to resume 
markup of S. 1090, to reauthorize and amend the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Liability, and Compensation Act of 1980, 9 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on S. 693, to assist 
in the enhancement of the security of Taiwan, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade 
Promotion, to hold hearings on economic reform and trade opportunities in 
Vietnam, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to 
hold hearings on overlap and duplication in the Federal Food Safety 
System, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings on S. 299, to elevate the 
position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department 
of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health; 
and S. 406, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to make 
permanent the demonstration program that allows for direct billing of 
medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors, and to expand the 
eligibility under such program to other tribes and tribal organizations; 
followed by a business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 
10:30 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: to hold hearings on the nomination of David 
W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General; and the 
nomination of Robert Raben, of Florida, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, 8:30 a.m., SD-628.

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  Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1172, to provide a patent term 
restoration review procedure for certain drug products, focusing on 
proposed remedies for relief, relating to pipeline drugs, 10 a.m., SD-
628.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings on annual refugee 
consultation, 2 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings on certain 
proposed committee resolutions requesting funds for operating expenses, 
9:15 a.m., SR-301.


                                  House

  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on legislation to Improve the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, focusing on several 
brownfields-related provisions contained in the following bills: H.R. 
1300, Recycle America's Land Act of 1999; H.R. 1750, Community 
Revitalization and Brownfield Cleanup Act of 1999; and H.R. 2580, Land 
Recycling Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, hearing on Medicare+Choice: 
An Evaluation of the Program, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing 
on reauthorization of the Office of Government Ethics, 10 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, 
hearing on What is HUD's Role in Litigation Against Gun Manufacturers? 10 
a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Postal Service, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 2319, to make the American Battle Monuments Commission and the World 
War II Memorial Advisory Board eligible to use nonprofit standard mail 
rates of postage; H.R. 642, to redesignate the Federal building located 
at 701 South Santa Fe Avenue in Compton, California, and known as the 
Compton Main Post Office, as the ``Mervyn Malcolm Dymally Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 643, to redesignate the Federal building located at 
10301 South Compton Avenue, in Los Angeles, California, and known as the 
Watts Finance Office, as the ``Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 1666, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service at 200 East Pinckney Street in Madison, Florida, as the 
``Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr. Post Office''; H.R. 2307, to designate the 
building of the United States Postal Service located at 5 Cedar Street in 
Hoskinton, Massachusetts, as the ``Thomas J. Brown Postal Office 
Building''; and H.R. 2357, to designate the United States Post Office 
located at 3675 Warrensville Center Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, as the 
``Louise Stokes Post Office''; followed by a hearing on Deceptive 
Sweepstakes Mailings, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on The Balkans: What Are 
U.S. Interests and the Goals of U.S. Engagement? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, to mark up 
H.R. 1356, Freedom From Sexual Trafficking Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing on Hate Crimes Violence, 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, to mark up H.R. 2436, Unborn Victims 
of Violence Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to consider a subpoena duces 
tecum directed to the Department of Justice regarding criminal aliens 
released by the Immigration and Naturalization who commit additional 
crimes in the United States after they are released, 2 p.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to consider the following: S. 416, to direct 
the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the city of Sisters, Oregon, a 
certain parcel of land for use in connection with a sewage treatment 
facility; 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 measures to mitigate adverse 
impacts associated with irrigation system water diversions by local 
governmental entities in the States of Oregon, Washington, Montana, and 
Idaho; H.R. 1619, Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage 
Corridor Reauthorization Act of 1999; and H.R. 2435, to expand the 
boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Wills 
House; and a motion to adopt a resolution and report recommending that 
David Plouffe, the Executive Director of the Democratic Congressional 
Campaign Committee 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, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: a measure making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000; and the conference report to accompany H.R. 2488, 
Financial Freedom Act of 1999, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, hearing on K-12 Math and Science Education-
Testing and Licensing Teachers, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and the Subcommittee on Government 
Management, Information, and Technology of the Committee on Government 
Reform, joint hearing on Computer Security Impact of Y2K: Expanding Risks 
of Fraud, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing to investigate the effects of 
federal procurement policy on small business competitiveness, 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Ground 
Transportation, to mark up the following: the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 
1999; and the Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management, 
hearing on Effectiveness of Disaster Mitigation Spending, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Khobar Towers Update, 12 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on S. 507, 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.