[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 121 (Thursday, September 16, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D999-D1001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 20 through September 25, 1999

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will not be in session.
  On Tuesday, Senate will vote on the motion to close further debate on 
S. 625, Bankruptcy Reform, at 5:30 p.m.; Also, Senate may vote on the 
motion to close further debate on the nomination of Brian Theadore 
Steward, to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will consider the conference 
report on S. 1059, National Defense Authorization, and expects to 
complete consideration of H.R. 2466, Department of the Interior 
Appropriations, and begin consideration of S. 1596, VA/HUD 
Appropriations, and 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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: September 23, 
to hold hearings on the nomination of Paul W. Fiddick, of Texas, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture; and the nomination of 
Andrew C. Fish, of Vermont, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Agriculture, and proposed legislation authorizing funds for the 
Commodity Exchange Act, focusing on the impact of electronic trading 
on regulation, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 22, Subcommittee on 
Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings to receive 
testimony on the national security requirements and continued 
training operations at the Vieques Training Range, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 23, 
business meeting to mark up 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 John D. Hawke, 
Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Comptroller of the Currency; 
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; the nomination of Dan Herman Renberg, of Maryland, to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States; and the nomination of Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr., of 
Massachusetts, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, and proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for the Export Administration Act, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 22, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  September 23, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to 
explore the potential consequences of the year 2000 computer problem 
to the Nation's supply of electricity, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 23, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Richard A. Meserve, of Virginia, to be 
a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; the nomination of 
Paul L. Hill, Jr., of West Virginia, to be Chairperson of the 
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; the nomination of 
Major General Phillip R. Anderson, United States Army, to be a 
Member and President of the Mississippi River Commission, under the 
provisions of Section 2 of an Act of Congress, approved June 1879 
(21 Stat. 37) (33 USC 642); the nomination of Sam Epstein Angel, of 
Arkansas, to be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission;

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and the nomination of Brigadier General Robert H. Griffin, United 
States Army, to be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission, 
under the provisions of Section 2 of an Act of Congress, approved 
June 1879 (21 Stat. 37) (33 USC 642), 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 23, to hold hearings to 
examine issues on corruption in Russia, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 23, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District 
of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine quality management issues 
at the federal level, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 21, 
to hold hearings on issues relating to hybrid pension plans, 9:30 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 22, to hold hearings on 
Indian trust fund reform, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 22, to hold closed 
hearings on pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  September 23, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 23, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to 
examine Immigration and Naturalization Service reform issues, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
September 21, to hold hearings on counterinsurgency vs. counter-
narcotics issues in regards to Colombia, 9 a.m., SH-216.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 22, to consider H.R. 2389, 
County Schools Funding Revitalization Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, September 22, Subcommittee on 
Military Readiness, hearing on readiness implications concerning the 
Atlantic Fleet Training Center, Vieques, Puerto Rico, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, September 21 and 22, 
hearings on Russian Money Laundering, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, September 23, hearing on Fixing Our 
Schools From the Bottom Up, State, Local and Private Reform 
Initiatives, 10:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, September 22, Subcommittee on Finance and 
Hazardous Materials, to continue hearings on legislation to Improve 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, focusing on the following bills: H.R. 1300, Recycle 
America's Land Act of 1999; and H.R. 2580, Land Recycling Act of 
1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 22, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on 
H.R. 2418, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Amendments 
of 1999, 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on Blood Safety and Availability, 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 24, 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Federal 
Prison Industries: Recommendations for Reforms, 9:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, September 22, Subcommittee on the 
Census, oversight hearing of the 2000 Census: Discussion of the 
Effects of Including Puerto Rico in the 2000 U.S. Population Totals, 
10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  September 23, full Committee, hearing on Fighting Prostate Cancer: 
Are We Doing Enough? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and 
Human Resources, hearing on Examining the Drug Threat Along the 
Southwest Border, 9:30 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, oversight 
hearing on the Status of the District of Columbia's Year 2000 
Conversion Compliance and Technology Improvement Plan, 11 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 22, hearing on 
Prospects for Peace and Stability in Kosovo, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 22, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and 
Trade, hearing on Trade in the Americas: Progress, Challenges, and 
Prospect, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 23, Subcommittee on 
Commercial and Administrative Law, oversight hearing on the Abuses 
of Individual Rights by Independent Counsel, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 
1173, States' Choice of Voting Systems Act, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 21, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, oversight hearing on Survey and Manage Species on the 
National Forests, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 22, full Committee, to consider pending business, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2496, to reauthorize 
the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994; 
H.R. 2821, to amend the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to 
provide for appointment of 2 additional members of the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Council; and H.R. 1775, Estuary 
Habitat Restoration Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, September 22, Subcommittee on Technology and 
the Subcommittee on Basic Research, joint hearing on Overcoming 
Barriers to Utilization of Technology in the Classroom, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on 
Space Shuttle Safety, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.

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  September 23, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Small 
Manufacturing and the Challenges of the New Millennium, 1 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 22, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on TVA: 
Electricity Restructuring and General Oversight, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 22, to mark up the 
following measures: H.R. 1663, National Medal of Honor Memorial Act; 
and H.J. Res. 65, commending the World War II veterans who fought in 
the Battle of the Bulge, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on fraud and mismanagement in the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 22, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Strengthening Medicare for Future Generations, 2 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing 
of the Child Support Enforcement Program, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.