[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1020-D1021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 23, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider 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, 9 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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: 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; 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), 3 
p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine issues 
on corruption in Russia, 3:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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 the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to examine 
Immigration and Naturalization Service reform issues, 2 p.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: business meeting to markup 
of S. Res. 172, to establish a special committee of the Senate to 
address the cultural crisis facing America, 9 a.m., SR-301.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider H.R. 2389, County Schools 
Funding Revitalization Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to mark up appropriations for fiscal 
year 2000, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.

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  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Fixing Our Schools From the 
Bottom Up, State, Local and Private Reform Initiatives, 10:30 a.m., 
210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing 
on the following: Reauthorization of Expiring Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act Programs; and on the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act Amendments; followed by a mark up of the following: a measure to 
reauthorize the Energy Policy and Conservation Act; and H.R. 2531, 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2000, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Blood 
Safety and Availability, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on Fighting Prostate 
Cancer: Are We Doing Enough? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: H. Res. 292, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives regarding the referendum in East Timor, calling on 
the Government of Indonesia to assist in the termination of the 
current civil unrest and violence in East Timor, and supporting a 
United Nations Security Council-endorsed multinational force for 
East Timor; H. Res. 181, condemning the kidnapping and murder by the 
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) of 3 United States 
citizens, Ingrid Washinawatok, Terence Freitas, and Lahe'ena'e Gay; 
H.R. 2608, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to clarify 
the definition of ``major drug-transit country'' under the 
international narcotics control program; H.J. Res. 65, commending 
the World War II veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge; and 
H. Con. Res. 187, expressing the sense of Congress regarding the 
European Council noise rule affecting hushkitted and reengined 
aircraft, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on the Abuses of Individual 
Rights by Independent Counsel, 11 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 1173, States' 
Choice of Voting Systems Act, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, to mark up H.R. 2558, Prison Industries 
Reform Act of 1999, 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark up the 
following bills: S. 382, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site 
Establishment Act of 1999; H.R. 1695, to provide for the conveyance 
of certain Federal public lands in the Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, to 
Clark County, Nevada, for the development of an airport facility; 
H.R. 1725, Miwaketa Park Expansion Act; and 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, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on Space Shuttle Safety, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Small Manufacturing and the 
Challenges of the New Millennium, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following measures: H. Con. Res. 187, Expressing the sense of 
Congress regarding the European Council noise rule affecting 
hushkitted and reengined aircraft; and H.R. 2910, to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the National 
Transportation Safety Board for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
oversight hearing of the Child Support Enforcement Program, 11 a.m., 
B-318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: closed meeting of conferees on H.R. 1555, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the 
Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement and Disability System, 2 p.m., SH-219.