[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 117 (Friday, September 10, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D965-D967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 13 through September 18, 1999

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 2466, Department 
of the Interior Appropriations, with a cloture vote on the pending 
Hutchison Amendment No. 1603, to occur following the cloture vote on 
the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 33. Also, Senate may vote on certain 
judicial nominations.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to complete 
consideration of H.R. 2466, Department of the Interior Appropriations 
and begin consideration of S. 625, Bankruptcy Reform, and consider any 
other cleared legislative and executive business, including 
appropriation bills and conference reports, when available.
  (On Tuesday, Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for 
their respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: September 14, to hold hearings on the 
benefits of exercise for the elderly, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Appropriations: September 14, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on 
proposed fiscal year 2000 youth violence initiative, 9:30 a.m., SD-
192.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 14, to hold hearings on 
issues concerning the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the 
subsequent court-martial of Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay, III USN, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 15, 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings on 
how telemedicine technologies are impacting rural health care, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 14, 
Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production and 
Regulation, to hold hearings on S. 1051, to amend the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act to manage the Strategic Petroleum Reserve more 
effectively. (Subcommittee will meet immediately following the 9:30 
a.m. full committee meeting), Time to be announced, SD-366.
  September 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1052, to 
implement further the Act (Public Law 94-241) approving the Covenant 
to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 
Political Union with the United States of America, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  September 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination 
of David J. Hayes, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
Interior; the nomination of Sylvia V. Baca, of New Mexico, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior; and the nomination of Ivan 
Itkin, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of Civilian 
Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, 
to hold hearings on the Administration's Northwest Forest Plan, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 15, to hold hearings 
on the nomination of Sally Katzen, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget, 
10 a.m., SD-628.
  September 16, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings on the practices and operations of the securities day 
trading industry, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 14, 
to hold hearings on issues relating to educational readiness, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Public Health, to hold hearings to 
examine issues relating to children's health, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 15, to hold oversight 
hearings on tribal contract support cost, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 15, to hold closed 
hearings on pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  September 16, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 14, to hold hearings on 
issues relating to hate on the internet, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  September 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain 
clemency issues for members of the Armed Forces of National 
Liberation, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Youth Violence, to hold oversight 
hearings on activities of the Office of Justice Program and to 
examine a proposed reorganization plan, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: September 15, business 
meeting to mark up proposed legislation authorizing expenditures for 
the period October 1, 1999

[[Page D966]]

through February 28, 2001 by standing, select, and special 
committees of the Senate, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business: September 14, to hold hearings on 
issues relating to grocery industry slotting fees (fees charged by 
the retailer that manufacturers pay to hold a certain amount of 
shelf space), and its effect on small business and the consumer, 
9:30 a.m., SD-608.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of Suspensions.
  Tuesday and the Balance of the Week, Consideration of the following 
measures, all subject to rules being granted: H.R. 417, Bipartisan 
Campaign Reform Act; H.R. 1551, Civil Aviation Research and Development 
Authorization Act; H.R. 2490, Treasury and Postal Service 
Appropriations Conference Report; S. 1059, National Defense 
Authorization Conference Report; and H.R. 1402, regarding Federal Milk 
Marketing Orders.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 14 and 15, hearings to review 
the farm financial crisis, 10 a.m., on September 14 and 1:30 p.m., 
on September 15, 1300 Longworth.
  September 16, to consider H.R. 2389, County Schools Funding 
Revitalization Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, September 14, hearing 
on French and Austrian Banks and Issues Relating to Forced Labor and 
the Settlement of Insurance Claims by Holocaust Victims and their 
Heirs, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, 
hearing on H.R. 1776, American Homeownership and Economic 
Opportunity Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, September 15, Subcommittee on Health and 
Environment, hearing on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997: Impact on 
Cost Savings and Patient Care, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, oversight hearing on Broadcast Ownership 
Regulations, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on the 
following: Reauthorization of Expiring Energy Policy and 
Conservation Programs; and on the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
Amendments, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on PUHCA Repeal: Is The Time Now? 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant: An Assessment of 
Worker Safety and Environmental Contamination, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 14, 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on ``The 
Failed Promise of the Corporation for National Service,'' 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  September 15, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 782, Older Americans 
Act Amendments of 1999, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and 
Families, hearing on Title VI: Providing for Innovative Education, 
9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, September 15, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on The 
Y2K Computer Problem: Implications for International Travel, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 16, full Committee, hearing on ``Clemency for the FALN: 
A Flawed Decision?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and 
Human Resources, hearing on Compensating Vaccine Injuries: Are 
Reforms Needed? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 15, hearing on 
Balkans Oversight I: Corruption in Bosnia, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on 
Taiwan, the PRC, and the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act, 1 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and 
Trade, hearing on Trade in the Americas: Progress, Challenges, and 
Prospects, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 14, to continue mark up of 
H.R. 2260, Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999 and to mark up H.R. 
2436, Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on H.R. 2083, Special Counsel Act of 1999, 9:30 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 
2372, Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 
2226 Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on H.R. 1924, Federal Agency Compliance Act, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 
1173, States' Choice of Voting Systems Act, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 14, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, oversight hearing on the following: GAO Report: 
``Federal Wildlife Activities; Current Strategy and Issues Needing 
Attention;'' and on Wildland Firefighters: Recruitment and Retention 
legislation, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 14, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2737, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Illinois certain 
Federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic 
Trail to be used as an historic and interpretive site along the 
trail; and S. 382, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site 
Establishment Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 15, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 361, Indian Federal 
Recognition Administrative Procedures Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

[[Page D967]]

  September 16, oversight hearing on the enforcement of Federal laws 
and the use of Federal funds in the Northern Mariana Islands, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, 
and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 1775, Estuary Habitat Restoration 
Partnership Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 14, to consider the following: 
conference report to accompany 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; conference report to 
accompany S. 1059, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for 
the Armed Forces; H.R. 1551, Civil Aviation Research and Development 
Authorization Act of 1999; and H.R. 1655, Department of Energy 
Research, Development and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1999, 1 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, September 14 and 16, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Environment, hearings on Reformulated Gasoline (Part I and Part 
II), 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing to Review the 
Department of Commerce's Plan to Terminate the National Technical 
Information Service, 2:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 15, 
Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management, 
hearing on Aircraft Electrical System Safety, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing on the following: H.R. 728, The Small Watershed 
Rehabilitation Amendments of 1999; and the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service's Small Watershed Program, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 16, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on strengthening the Medicare program for future 
generations, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: September 13, to hold hearings on 
certain tax cut provisions and budget surplus issues, 10 a.m., SD-
124.