[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 141 (Monday, October 18, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1152-D1153]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 19, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine future 
naval operations at the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility, 
9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Full Committee, with the Committee on Governmental Affairs, to 
hold joint oversight hearings on the implementation of provisions of 
the Department of Defense Authorization Act which create the 
National Nuclear Security Administration, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider 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; 
and the nomination of Gerald V. Poje, of Virginia, to be a Member of 
the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, Time to be 
announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water, to hold 
hearings to examine the benefits and policy concerns related to 
habitat conservation plans, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Long-term Growth and Debt 
Reduction, to hold hearings on federal income tax issues relating to 
restructuring of the electric power industry, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Mary Carlin Yates, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Burundi; the nomination of John E. Lange, of Wisconsin, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana; and the nomination of 
Michael Edward Ranneberger, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Mali, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings on S. 1378 and 
H.R. 391, bills to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 
for the purposes of facilitating compliance by small businesses with 
certain Federal paperwork requirements, to establish a task force to 
examine the feasibility of streamlining paperwork requirements 
applicable to small businesses, 10:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Full Committee, with the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, to hold joint oversight hearings on the implementation of 
provisions of the Department of Defense Authorization Act which 
create the National Nuclear Security Administration, 2 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Risk Management, 
Research, and Specialty Crops, hearing on H.R. 2827, National 
Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, 
hearing on lessons learned from the Kosovo conflict--the effect of 
the operation on both deployed/non- deployed forces and on future 
modernization plans, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, 
hearing on the Implementation of the Food and Drug Administration 
Modernization Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue hearings 
on Blood Safety and Availability, 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on Improving Care at the 
End of Life with Complementary Medicine, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to continue hearings on U.S. 
Policy Toward Russia, Part III: Administration Views, 10 a.m.; and 
to mark up the following: H.R. 1095, Debt Relief for Poverty 
Reduction Act of 1999; H. Con. Res. 102, celebrating the 50th 
anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and recognizing the 
humanitarian safeguards these treaties provide in times of armed

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conflict; H. Con. Res. 188, commending Greece and Turkey for their 
mutual and swift response to the recent earthquakes in both 
countries by providing to each other humanitarian assistance and 
rescue relief; 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 abuse in connection with the Eritrean and Ethiopian conflict; 
and H. Con. Res. 20, concerning economic, humanitarian, and other 
assistance to the northern part of Somalia, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1869, Stalking Prevention and Victim Protection Act of 1999; and 
H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1680, to provide for the 
conveyance of Forest Service property in Kern County, California, in 
exchange for county lands suitable for inclusion in Sequoia National 
Forest; H.R. 1969, Arizona National Forest Improvement Act of 1999; 
and H.R. 3089, to provide for a comprehensive scientific review of 
the current conservation status of the northern spotted owl as a 
result of implementation of the President's Northwest Forest Plan, 
which is a national strategy for the recovery of the species on 
public forest lands, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 2795, Shivwits Plateau National Conservation 
Area Establishment Act; and H.R. 3935, Utah National Parks and 
Public Lands Wilderness Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 2, Dollars to 
the Classroom Act of 1999; and H.R. 2300, Academic Achievement for 
all Act (Straight A's Act), 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research, to continue 
hearings on Plant Genome Science: From the Lab to the Field to the 
Market, Part III, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Paperwork Reduction, hearing on the U.S. Postal Service's 
regulations regarding Commercial Mail Receiving Agencies (CMRAs), 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Colombia: Intelligence Issues, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.