[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 115 (Wednesday, September 8, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D954]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of September 9 through September 11, 1999

                             Senate Chamber

  On Thursday, Senate will vote on the motion to close further debate 
on the motion to proceed to the consideration of H.R. 2084, Department 
of Transportation Appropriations; following which, Senate will continue 
consideration of H.R. 2466, Department of the Interior Appropriations, 
with votes to occur on pending Amendment Nos. 1621 and 1583.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business, including appropriation 
bills and conference reports, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: September 9, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of General Henry H. Shelton, USA, for reappointment as 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and appointment to the 
grade of General, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 9, 
to hold hearings on the nomination of Thomas B. Leary, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner; and the 
nomination of Gregory Rohde, of North Dakota, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, 2:15 p.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 9, Subcommittee on East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on International Relations' Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific to examine the political futures of Indonesia and East 
Timor, 2 p.m., 2172, Cannon Building.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 9, to hold hearings to 
examine the protection of religious liberty, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, September 9, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to mark up appropriations 
for fiscal year 2000, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, September 9, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, to continue hearings on How Healthy Are The 
Government's Medicare Fraud Fighters? 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 9, 
Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and Life-Long 
Learning, hearing on Welfare Reform: Assessing the Progress of Work-
Related Provisions, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, September 9, Subcommittee on Civil 
Service, hearing on Law Enforcement Retirement: Who Qualifies and 
Why? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 9, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information 
and Technology and the Subcommittee on Technology of the Committee 
on Science, joint hearing on The FAA and Y2K: Will Air Travel Be 
Stopped or Be Significantly Delayed on January 1st and Beyond? 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 9, 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, September 9, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 2260, Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999; and H.R. 2436, 
Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, September 9, 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, Gas 
Hydrate Research and Development Act of 1999; 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, 
2:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 9, Subcommittee on Tax, 
Finance, and Exports, hearing on Measuring Improvements in the U.S. 
Export Assistance Center Network, 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 9, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on European Union's Efforts to Ban 
Hush-Kitted Aircraft, 10:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 9, Subcommittee on 
Benefits, oversight hearing on Veterans' Employment Regarding 
Civilian Credentialing Requirements for Military Job Skills, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: September 9, meeting of conferees on H.R. 2490, making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal 
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, 
3:30 p.m., S-128, Capitol.
  Joint Hearing: September 9, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on International Relations' 
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific to examine the political 
futures of Indonesia and East Timor, 2 p.m., 2172, Cannon Building.