[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 19, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1162-D1163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                      WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities, to hold hearings on the efforts of the military 
services in implementing joint experimentation, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the use of performance enhancing drugs in 
Olympic competition, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings on S. 1167, to 
amend the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation 
Act to provide for expanding the scope of the Independent Scientific 
Review Panel; S. 1694, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a study on the reclamation and reuse of water and wastewater 
in the State of Hawaii; S. 1612, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain irrigation project property to certain 
irrigation and reclamation districts in the State of Nebraska; S. 
1474, providing conveyance of the Palmetto Bend project to the State 
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Texas; S. 1697, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to refund 
certain collections received pursuant to the Reclamation Reform Act 
of 1982; S. 1178, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
certain parcels of land acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre 
Canal features of the Oahe Irrigation Project, South Dakota, to the 
Commission of Schools and Public Lands of the State of South Dakota 
for the purpose of mitigating lost wildlife habitat, on the 
condition that the current preferential leaseholders shall have an 
option to purchase the parcels from the Commission; and S. 1723, to 
establish a program to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
plan, design, and construct facilities to mitigate impacts 
associated with irrigation system water diversions by local 
governmental entities in the Pacific Ocean drainage of the States of 
Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to markup on the proposed 
Tax Extenders and the Balanced Budget Adjustments Act, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on extradition 
Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the Republic of Korea (hereinafter referred to as 
``the Treaty''), signed at Washington on June 9, 1998 (Treaty 
Doc.106-02), 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings on the 
implementation of the Transportation Equity Act in the 21st Century, 
focusing on Indian reservation roads; to be followed by a business 
meeting on pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings on the Justice 
Department's role and the FALN, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold oversight hearings 
on the operations of the Architect of the Capitol, 9:30 a.m., SR-
301.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review the Administration's 
preparations for the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) 
Ministerial, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Procurement 
and the Subcommittee on Military Research, joint hearing on the 
threat to U.S. forces posed by the proliferation of chemical and 
biological weapons, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on the Department of 
Energy security issues, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on H.R. 1954, Rental Fairness Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on the 
Implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government 
Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on the National 
Archives and Records Administration, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs and 
International Relations, hearing on Combating Terrorism: Assessing 
the Threat, 10:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Intercountry 
Adoption: Implementation of the Hague Convention on Intercountry 
Adoption, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Regional Security 
in South Asia, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing on Competitive 
Issues in Agriculture and the Food Marketing Industry, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to consider the following bills: H.R. 348, 
to authorize the construction of a monument to honor those who have 
served the Nation's civil defense and emergency management programs; 
S. 416, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the city of 
Sisters, Oregon, a certain parcel of land for use in connection with 
a sewage treatment facility; H.R. 1695, to provide for the 
conveyance of certain Federal public lands in the Ivanpah Valley, 
Nevada, to Clark County, Nevada, for the development of an airport 
facility; H.R. 1725, Miwaleta Park Expansion Act; H.R. 2632, Dugger 
Mountain Wilderness Act of 1999; H.R. 2737, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Illinois certain 
Federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic 
Trail to be used as a historic and interpretive site along the 
trail; 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; H.R. 
3080, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish 
the American Indian Education Foundation; and the Elim Native 
Corporation land conveyance, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research, hearing on 
the Turkey, Taiwan and Mexico Earthquakes: Lessons Learned, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, to mark up H.R. 2413, Computer 
Security Enhancement Act of 1999, 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on the State of Airline Competition, 9:30 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on S. 900 and H.R. 10, bills 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, 
Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Conference: meeting of conferees continued on H.R. 1000, to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, 11:30 a.m., Room to be announced.