[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 131 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1076-D1078]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of October 4 through October 9, 1999

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider S. 82, Air Transportation Improvement 
Act (FAA Authorization), and will begin consideration of the 
nominations of Ronnie L. White, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Missouri, Brian Theadore Stewart, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Utah, and Raymond C. Fisher, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. Also, at 5:30 
p.m., Senate will consider the conference report on H.R. 2084, 
Transportation Appropriations, with a vote on adoption to immediately 
occur thereon.
  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of S. 82, Air 
Transportation Improvement Act (FAA Authorization), and resume 
consideration of the nominations of Messrs. White, Stewart, and Fisher 
(see Monday), at 2:15 p.m., with votes to occur thereon.
  On Friday, Senate will begin consideration of the Comprehensive 
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Treaty Doc. 105-28), at 9:30 a.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to resume 
consideration of S. 1650, Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations, and 
consider any cleared legislative and executive business, including 
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)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: October 6, to 
hold hearings to review public policy related to biotechnology, 
focusing on domestic approval process, benefits of biotechnology and 
an emphasis on challenges facing farmers to segregation of product, 
9 a.m., SR-328A.
  October 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review public 
policy related to biotechnology, focusing on domestic approval 
process, benefits of biotechnology and an emphasis on challenges 
facing farmers to segregation of product, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 5, 
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings on S. 
1452, to modernize the requirements under the National Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards of 1974 and to establish a 
balanced consensus process for the development, revision, and 
interpretation of Federal construction and safety standards for 
manufactured homes, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 6, to 
hold hearings on S. 1510, to revise the laws of the United States 
appertaining to United States cruise vessels, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 5, Subcommittee 
on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold hearings on S. 1608, 
to provide annual payments to the States and counties from National 
Forest System lands managed by the Forest Service, and the revested 
Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road 
grant lands managed predominately by the Bureau of Land Management, 
for use by the counties in which the lands are situated for the 
benefit of the public schools, roads, emergency and other public 
purposes; to encourage and provide new mechanism for cooperation 
between counties and the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
Management to make necessary investments in federal lands, and 
reaffirm the positive connection between Federal Lands counties and 
Federal Lands; and for other purposes, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, 
Production and Regulation, to hold hearings on S. 1183, to direct 
the Secretary of Energy to convey to the city of Bartlesville, 
Oklahoma, the former site of the NIPER facility of the Department of 
Energy; and S. 397, to authorize the Secretary of Energy to 
establish a multiagency program in support of the Materials Corridor 
Partnership Initiative to promote energy efficient, environmentally 
sound economic development along the border with Mexico through the 
research, development, and use of new materials, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 5, Subcommittee 
on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, to 
hold hearings on the Environmental Protection Agency's Blue Ribbon 
Panel findings on methyl tertiary-butyl ether, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  October 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Skila Harris, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the remainder of the term 
expiring May 18, 2005; the nomination of Glenn L. McCullough, Jr., 
of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority; and the nomination of Gerald V. Poje, of 
Virginia, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  October 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 188, to amend 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the use of 
State revolving loan funds for construction of water conservation 
and quality improvements; S. 968, to authorize the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to State agencies 
with responsibility for water source development, for the purposes 
of maximizing the available water supply and protecting the 
environment through the development of alternative water sources; 
and S. 914, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
require that discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers 
conform to the Combined Sewer Overflow Control Policy of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 5, to hold hearings on 
convention On Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of 
Intercountry Adoption, Adopted and Opened for Signature at the 
Conclusion of the Seventeenth Session of the Hague Conference on 
Private International Law on May 29, 1993 (Treaty Doc. 105-51);

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and S. 682, to implement the Hague Convention on Protection of 
Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, 10:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  October 5, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine development assistance to Africa and the implementation of 
United States foreign policy, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  October 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United 
States support for the peace process and anti-drug efforts in 
Colombia, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  October 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the conduct 
of the NATO air campaign in Yugoslavia, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: October 7, Subcommittee on 
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold 
hearings to examine guidelines for the relocation, closing, 
consolidation or construction of Post Offices, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: October 6, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 3 p.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 6, to hold closed 
hearings on pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  October 7, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 5, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings on S. 758, 
to establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, 
inexpensive, and efficient resolution of personal injury claims 
arising out of asbestos exposure, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 6, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold hearings to examine fiber terrorism on computer 
infrastructure, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1455, to enhance 
protections against fraud in the offering of financial assistance 
for college education, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  October 7, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine certain 
clemency issues for members of the Armed Forces of National 
Liberation, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.
  Any Further Program Will Be Announced Later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 6, hearing to review the USDA's 
Russian Food Aid Program, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, October 5, hearing on the U.S. 
Commission on National Security/21st Century, 9:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on spare 
and repair parts shortages, 9 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Research and Development, hearing on 
electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threats to U.S. military and civilian 
infrastructure, 10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, October 4, Subcommittee on Health and 
Environment, to continue hearings on Prescription Drugs: What We 
Know and Don't Know About Seniors' Access to Coverage, 3 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  October 5 and 6, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearings on 
H.R. 2944, Electricity Competition and Reliability Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  October 6, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to 
continue hearings on Blood Safety and Availability, 9:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on PUHCA Repeal: Is The Time Now? 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, October 5, to mark up 
H.R. 2, to send more dollars to the classroom, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  October 6, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 2300, Academic 
Achievement for All Act (Straight A's Act); and H. Res. 303, 
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives urging that 95 
percent of Federal education dollars be spent in the classroom, 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  October 7, hearing on Examining the Impact of Minimum Wage on 
Welfare to Work, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, October 6, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology and the 
Subcommittee on Technology of the Committee on Science, joint 
hearing on State of the States: Will Y2K Disrupt Essential Services? 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn,
  October 6, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory Affairs and the Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment of the Committee on Science, joint hearing on Is 
CO2 a Pollutant and Does EPA Have the Power to Regulate 
It? 2:30 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, October 6, hearing on U.S. 
Policy Toward Russia, Part I: Warnings and Dissent, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  October 6, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on the First Annual State Department Report on 
International Religious Freedom, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 7, full Committee, to continue hearings on U.S. Policy 
Toward Russia, Part II: Corruption in the Russian Government, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 5, to mark up the following: 
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 a sibling 
who is a child under such Act; H.R. 1520, Child Status Protection 
Act of 1999; H.R. 2961, International Patient Act; and two private 
relief bills, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Resources, October 5, Subcommittee on National Parks 
and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 2932, to authorize the Golden 
Spike/Crossroads of the West National Heritage Area, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  October 6, full Committee, to consider the following bills: S. 
278, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands 
to the County of Rio Arriba, New Mexico; S. 382, Minuteman Missile 
National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1999; H.R. 2496, to 
reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program 
Act of 1999; H. R. 2669, Coastal Community Conservation Act of 1999; 
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; H.R. 2970, Rongelap 
Resettlement Act of 1999; and the Resources Reports Restoration Act, 
11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold a hearing on 
the following: the Sugar Pine Dam and Reservoir Conveyance Act; H.R. 
1696, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Griffith 
Project to the Southern Nevada Water Authority; H.R. 2674, providing 
for conveyance of the Palmetto Bend project to the State of Texas; 
Nampa-Meridian Conveyance Act; the Middle Loup Conveyance Act; the 
Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project Facilities Conveyance Act of 
1999; and H.R. 2889, to amend the Central Utah Project Completion 
Act to provide for acquisition of water and water rights for Central 
Utah Project purposes, completion of Central Utah project 
facilities, and implementation of water conservation measures, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, October 4, to consider the following: H.R. 
2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act of 1999; and 
H.R. 2990, Quality Care for the Uninsured Act of 1999, 2 p.m., and 
to consider H.R. 764, Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act of 
1999, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, October 5, Subcommittee on Basic Research, 
hearing on Plant Genome Science: From the Lab to the Field to the 
Market, Part 2, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 5, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on 
Fuels for Future, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 6, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on H.R. 
2332, Binational Great Lakes-Seaway Enhancement Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, hearing on Cruise Ship Safety, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and 
Emergency Management, hearing on GSA's Federal Building Security 
Program, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, October 5, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing on fatherhood legislation, 12 p.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Human Resources, to mark up the Fathers 
Count Act of 1999, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.