[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 138 (Wednesday, October 13, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1130-D1131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 14, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine risk management crop insurance, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on the lessons 
learned from the military operations conducted as part of Operation 
Allied Force, and associated relief operations, with respect to 
Kosovo; to be followed by a closed hearing (SR-222), 9:30 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings on S. 
1683, to make technical changes to the Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act; S. 1686, to provide for the conveyances of 
land interests to Chugach

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Alaska Corporation to fulfill the intent, purpose, and promise of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; S. 1702, to amend the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to allow shareholder common 
stock to be transferred to adopted Alaska Native children and their 
descendants; H.R. 2841, to amend the Revised Organic Act of the 
Virgin Islands to provide for greater fiscal autonomy consistent 
with other United States jurisdictions; and H.R. 2368, to assist in 
the resettlement and relocation of the people of Bikini Atoll by 
amending the terms of the trust fund established during the United 
States administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 
9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold 
hearings on S. 1218, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
issue to the Landusky School District, without consideration, a 
patent for the surface and mineral estates of certain lots; S. 610, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in Washakie County 
and Big Horn County, Wyoming, to the Westside Irrigation District, 
Wyoming; S. 1343, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey 
certain National Forest land to Elko County, Nevada, for continued 
use as a cemetery; S. 408, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to convey a former Bureau of Land Management administrative site to 
the City of Carson City, Nevada, for use as a senior center; S. 
1629, to provide for the exchange of certain land in the State of 
Oregon; and S. 1599, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to 
sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative sites and 
other land in the Black Hills National Forest and to use funds 
derived from the sale or exchange to acquire replacement sites and 
to acquire or construct administrative improvements in connection 
with Black Hills National Forest, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean 
Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of 
the Clean Air Act, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and 
South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings on issues related to the 
crisis in Pakistan, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the devastating impact 
that diabetes and its resulting complications have had on Americans 
in both human and economic terms, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
committee business, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review the USDA Civil 
Rights Programs and Responsibilities, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Olympics Site Selection Process: The 
Need for Reform, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on How the Quality of Grant 
Performance is Assessed at the U.S. Department of Labor, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, 
Drug Policy and Human Resources, hearing on the National Youth Anti-
Drug Media Campaign, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on International 
Child Abduction: Implementation of the Hague Convention on Civil 
Aspects of International Child Abduction, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, to mark up the following measures: H. Con. 
Res. 20, concerning economic, humanitarian, and other assistance to 
the northern part of Somalia; and H. Con. Res. 46, urging an end of 
the war between Eritrea and Ethiopia and calling on the United 
Nations Human Rights Commission and other human rights organizations 
to investigate human rights abuses in connection with the Eritrean 
and Ethiopian conflict; and to hold a hearing on United States-South 
Africa Relations: Present and Future, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
oversight hearing on the Civil Rights Division of the Department of 
Justice regarding Charter Schools, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Government Programs 
and Oversight, hearing on Going Public-The End of the Rainbow for a 
Small Business? 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on the Recent Increase in Air Traffic Control 
Delays, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the Ticket to Work and 
Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, 1:30 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, 10 a.m., SC-5, 
Capitol.
  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., S-407, Capitol.