[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 133 (Tuesday, October 5, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1092-D1093]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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 Armed Services: to hold hearings on the national 
security implications of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; to be 
followed by a closed hearing (SH-219), 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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 Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Glenn L. McCullough, Jr., of Mississippi, to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority; 
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 
Gerald V. Poje, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board; and S. 1323, to amend the Federal 
Power Act to ensure that certain Federal power customers are 
provided protection by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 3 
p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine United 
States support for the peace process and anti-drug efforts in 
Colombia, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the conduct of the 
NATO air campaign in Yugoslavia, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, 
and Government Information, to hold

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hearings to examine fiber terrorism on computer infrastructure, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  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.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review the USDA's Russian 
Food Aid Program, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to 
continue hearings on H.R. 2944, Electricity Competition and 
Reliability Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to consider the 
authorization of subpoena(s) with respect to ongoing investigations 
by the Committee; followed by a continuation of hearings on Blood 
Safety and Availability, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to continue mark up of 
H.R. 2, to send more dollars to the classroom, and 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.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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.
  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, hearing on U.S. Policy 
Toward Russia, Part I: Warnings and Dissent, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, hearing 
on the First Annual State Department Report on International 
Religious Freedom, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Committee on Rules, to consider a measure making appropriations 
for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
20, 2000, 1:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on H.R. 2332, Binational 
Great Lakes-Seaway Enhancement Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.