[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1059-D1061]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 30, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to review the Administration's agriculture agenda for the 
upcoming World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, 9 a.m., SR-
328A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider the nomination of Stephen D. Van Beek, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Associate Deputy Secretary of 
Transportation; the nomination of Michael J. Frazier, of Maryland, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation; the nomination of 
Thomas B. Leary, of the District of Columbia, to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner; the nomination of Linda Joan Morgan, of Maryland, to 
be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board; and the nomination 
of Gregory Rohde, of North Dakota, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information; and lists for promotion 
in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the 
United States Coast Guard, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, 
to hold hearings on S. 1130, to amend title 49, United States Code, 
with respect to liability of motor vehicle rental or leasing 
companies for the negligent operation of rented or leased motor 
vehicles, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests 
and Public Land Management, to hold hearings on S. 1457, to amend 
the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to assess opportunities to increase 
carbon storage on national forests derived from the public domain 
and to facilitate voluntary and accurate reporting of forest 
projects that reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine issues 
on corruption in Russia, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to markup S.J. Res. 
3, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
to protect the rights of crime victims, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: to hold 
hearings to examine the global impact of Y2K technology on the 
transportation system, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.

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                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education appropriations for fiscal year 2000, 
9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn,
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing on the Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization 
Program, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 2634, Drug Addiction Treatment Act 
of 1999; H. Res. 278, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives regarding the importance of education, early 
detection and treatment, and other efforts in the fight against 
breast cancer; H.R. 1070, to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
Act to provide medical assistance for certain women screened and 
found to have breast or cervical cancer under a federally funded 
screening program; H.R. 2418, Organ Procurement and Transplantation 
Network Amendments of 1999; and H.R. 11, to amend the Clean Air Act 
to permit the exclusive application of California State regulations 
regarding reformulated gas in certain areas within the State, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on H.R. 1746, Schools and Libraries Internet 
Access Act, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 1451, to establish the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; 
H. Res. 279, congratulating Henry ``Hank'' Aaron on the 25th 
anniversary of breaking the Major League Baseball career home run 
record established by Babe Ruth and recognizing him as one of the 
greatest baseball players of all time; H.R. 2904, to amend the 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to reauthorize funding for the 
Office of Government Ethics; H.R. 915, to authorize a cost of living 
adjustment in the pay of administrative law judges; H.R. 2885, 
Statistical Efficiency Act of 1999; H.R. 1788, Nazi Benefits 
Termination Act of 1999; H.R. 2513, to direct the Administrator of 
General Services to acquire a building located in Terre Haute, 
Indiana; H.R. 642, to redesignate the Federal building located at 
701 South Santa Fe Avenue in Compton, California, and known as the 
Compton Main Post Office, as the ``Mervyn Malcolm Dymally Post 
Office Building''; H.R. 643, to redesignate the Federal building 
located at 10301 South Compton Avenue, in Los Angeles, California, 
and known as the Watts Finance Office, as the ``Augustus F. Hawkins 
Post Office Building''; H.R. 1666, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service at 200 East Pinckney Street in Madison, 
Florida, as the ``Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr., Post Office''; H.R. 
2307, to designate the building of the United States Postal Service 
located at 5 Cedar Street in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, as the 
``Thomas J. Brown Post Office Building''; H.R. 2357, to designate 
the United States Post Office located at 3675 Warrensville Center 
Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, as the ``Louise Stokes Post Office''; 
H.R. 1374, to designate the United States Post Office building 
located at 680 State Highway 130 in Hamilton, New Jersey, as the 
``John K. Rafferty Hamilton Post Office Bui1ding''; H.R. 2302, to 
designate the building of the United States Postal Service located 
at 307 Main Street in Johnson City, New York, as the ``James W. 
McCabe, Sr. Post Office Building''; H.R. 2358, to designate the 
United States Post Office located at 3813 Main Street in East 
Chicago, Indiana, as the ``Lance Corporal Harold Gomez Post 
Office''; H.R. 2460, to designate the United States Post Office 
located at 125 Border Avenue West in Wiggins, Mississippi, as the 
``Jay Hanna `Dizzy' Dean Post Office''; H.R. 2591, to designate the 
United States Post Office located at 713 Elm Street in Wakefield, 
Kansas, as the ``William H. Avery Post Office''; and H.R. 2938, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 424 South Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, as the ``John 
Brademas Post Office'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and 
Regulatory Affairs and the Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology, joint hearing on Grant Waivers: H.R. 
2376, to require executive agencies to establish expedited review 
procedures for granting a waiver to a State under a grant program 
administered by the agency if another State has already been granted 
a similar waiver by the agency under such program, and Streamlining 
the Process, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Postal Service, to consider H.R. 170, Honesty in 
Sweepstakes Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on the 
Humanitarian Crisis in East Timor, 12:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 1714, Electronic Signatures 
in Global and National Commerce Act, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1349, 
Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act of 1999; and H.R. 1887, 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to punish the depiction of 
animal cruelty, 1:30 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to mark up the following: 
H.R. 1520, Child Status Protection Act of 1999; H.R. 2886, to amend 
the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an adopted alien 
who is less than 18 years of age may be considered a child under 
such Act if adopted with or after s sibling who is a child under 
such Act; H.R. 2961, International Patient Act; and two private 
relief bills, 1:30 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1864, to standardize the 
process for conducting public hearings for Federal agencies within 
the Department of the Interior; H.R. 1866, to provide a process for 
the public to appeal certain decisions made by the National Park 
Service and by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and H.R. 
2541, to adjust the boundaries of the Gulf Islands National Seashore 
to include Cat Island, Mississippi, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on H.R. 2918, Dakota 
Water Resources Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.

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  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, to 
continue hearings on Reformulated Gasoline (Part II), 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on H.R. 2413, Computer 
Security Enhancement Act of 1999, 1:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, to mark up H.R. 1497, Women's 
Business Centers Sustainability Act of 1999, 9 a.m., 2360 Rayburn,
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Ground Transportation, hearing on the Future of the Woodrow Wilson 
Bridge, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency 
Management, hearing on Financial Data Quality, 2 p.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs Office 
of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination 
Complaint Adjudication, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on 
the Impact of Tax Laws on Land Use, Conservation, and Preservation, 
1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             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, 3 p.m., 2128, 
Rayburn Building.