[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1050-D1051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                     WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold hearings on 
S. 1501, to improve motor carrier safety, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, to hold oversight hearings on the practices of the Bureau 
of Reclamation regarding operations and maintenance costs and 
contract renewals, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings on the preparations for the 
upcoming World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Seattle and 
the objectives for the multilateral negotiations that will follow, 
9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings on S. 1508, to 
provide technical and legal assistance for tribal justice systems 
and members of Indian tribes, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings on the nomination of 
John W. Marshall, of Virginia, to be Director of the United States 
Marshals Service; the nomination of Q. Todd Dickinson, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks; the 
nomination of Michael O'Neill, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
United States Sentencing Commission; and the nomination of John R. 
Steer, of Virginia, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing 
Commission, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business: business meeting to mark up S. 791, 
to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the women's business 
center program, 9 a.m., SR-428A.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the District of 
Columbia, hearing on Enforcement of Drug Control Laws, 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2884, 
to extend energy conservation programs under the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act through fiscal year 2003; H.R. 2531, Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000; H.R. 
1832, Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act; and H.R. 754, Made in America 
Information Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, to consider H.R. 
2580, Land Recycling Act, 1:15 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on the Census, 
oversight hearing on the 2000 Census: Evaluating the Local Update of 
Census Addresses Program, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on H.R. 2513, to direct the Administrator of 
General Services to acquire a building located in Terre Haute, 
Indiana, 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, and 
International Relations, hearing on the Impact of the Anthrax 
Vaccine Program on Reserve and National Guard Units, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing on Transatlantic 
Trade Agenda: A Conflict or Cooperation? 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing to receive an Update 
on Selected Regional Issues including the following: Colombia and 
U.S. Policy; Legislative Elections in Haiti and U.S. Troop 
Withdrawal; Status of Counter-Drug Forward Operating Locations; 
U.S.-Cuba Counter-Narcotics Cooperation Proposal; Chinese Influence 
in the Panama Canal; Political Events in Venezuela; and Status of 
U.S. Property Claims in Nicaragua, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on H.R. 2366, Small Business 
Liability Reform Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, oversight 
hearing on the Legal Services Corporation; followed by markup of 
H.R. 881, Regulatory Fair Warning Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1248, 
Violence Against Women Act of 1999; and H.R. 1869, Stalking 
Prevention and Victim Protection Act of 1999, 9:30 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to continue oversight hearing on the 
Federal Aid Programs administrated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service (Part II), 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 2436, Unborn 
Victims of Violence Act; and H.R. 2910, National Transportation 
Safety Board Amendments Act of 1999, 3:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on NASA's X-33 Program, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Helping Agricultural 
Producers ``Re-Grow'' Rural America, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on H.R. 910, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers and 
in coordination with other Federal agency heads, to participate in 
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funding and implementation of a balanced, long-term solution to the 
problems of ground-water contamination, water supply, and 
reliability affecting the San Gabriel ground-water basin in 
California, and the role of the Corps of Engineers in the Formerly 
Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the Treasury's Debt 
Buyback Proposal, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive briefing on 
the National Intelligence Estimate on the Ballistic Missile Threat, 
2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on S. 900, to enhance competition 
in the financial services industry by providing a prudential 
framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, insurance 
companies, and other financial service providers, 1 p.m., 2128, 
Rayburn Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings on biotechnology 
issues, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.