[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 113 (Wednesday, August 4, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D934-D935]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY

                             AUGUST 5, 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation, to hold oversight hearings on activities 
of the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Harry J. 
Bowie, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the National Consumer Cooperative Bank; the nomination of Armando 
Falcon, Jr., of Texas, to be Director of the Office of Federal 
Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; the nomination of Martin Neil Baily, of Maryland, to be 
a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers; the nomination of 
Robert Z. Lawrence, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Council 
of Economic Advisers; and the nomination of Dorian Vanessa Weaver, 
of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States, 1:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 620, 
to grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, 
Incorporated; 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; and the nomination of Mervyn M. Mosbacker, Jr., of 
Texas, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
Texas, 10 a.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review the operations 
of the Food Stamp Program, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research, and Specialty Crops, 
hearing to review regulatory relief for U.S. futures exchanges, 2 
p.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1714, 
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce; H.R. 1858, 
Consumer and Investor Access to Information Act of 1999; H.R. 486, 
Community Broadcasters Protection of 1999; H.R. 2630. NTIA 
Reauthorization Act of 1999; H.R. 2130, Hillory J. Farias Date-Rape 
Prevention Drug Act of 1999; and H.R. 2506, Health and Research and 
Quality Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on ``White House Insider 
Mark Middleton: His Ties to John Huang, Charlie Trie, and Other 
Campaign Finance Figures'', 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 1883, Iran Nonproliferation Act of 1999; and H.R. 2367. 
Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 2558, Prison Industries Reform Act of 1999; 
and H.R. 2551, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting 
Act of 1999, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing on the 
H-1B Temporary Professional Worker Visa Program, 1 p.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on H.R. 33, imposing certain restrictions and 
requirements on the leasing under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act of lands offshore Florida, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, to 
mark up H.R. 2669, Coastal Community Conservation Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark up 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. 1615, Lamprey Wild and Scenic River 
Extension Act; H.R. 1665, to allow the National Park Service to 
acquire certain land for addition to the Wilderness Battlefield in 
Virginia, as previously authorized by law, by purchase or exchange 
as well as by donation; H.R. 2140, to improve protection and 
management of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in 
the State of Georgia; and H.R. 2339, National Discovery Trails Act 
of 1999, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 417, Bipartisan Campaign 
Finance Reform Act of 1999, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.

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  Committee on Science, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 356, to 
provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United 
States to Stanislaus County, California; H.R. 1753, Methane Hydrate 
Research and Development Act of 199; H.R. 2086, Networking and 
Information Technology Research and Development Act; H.R. 1883, Iran 
Nonproliferation Act of 1999; H.R. 2607, Commercial Space 
Transportation Competitiveness Act of 1999; and H.R. 1744, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act of 1999, 1 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following: 1 lease resolution; 1 repair and alteration resolution; 
H.R. 2681, Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act; H.R. 2679, 
Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1999; H. Con. Res. 171, congratulating 
the American Public Transit Association for 25 years of commendable 
service to the transit industry and the Nation; Corps of Engineers 
Survey resolutions; H.R. 1300, Recycle America's Land Act of 1999; 
and other pending business, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on 
United States Negotiating Objectives for the WTO Seattle Ministerial 
Meeting, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.