[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 20, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1172-D1173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 21, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to resume 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to examine 
issues dealing with the national technical information services, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold 
hearings on S. 1365, to amend the National Preservation Act of 1966 
to extend the authorization for the Historic Preservation Fund and 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; S. 1434, to amend the 
National Historic Preservation Act to reauthorize that Act; and H.R. 
834, to extend the authorization for the National Historic 
Preservation Fund, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to mark up the proposed 
Balanced Budget Adjustment Act, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Subcommittee on International Trade, to hold hearings on United 
States trade negotiating objectives for services at the Seattle 
World Trade Organization ministerial meeting, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on convention 
(No. 182) Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the 
Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor, adopted by the 
International Labor Conference at its 87th Session in Geneva on June 
17, 1999 (Treaty Doc. 106-05), 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings on the 
nomination of John F. Walsh, of Connecticut, to be a Governor of the 
United States Postal Service; and the nomination of LeGree Sylvia 
Daniels, of Pennsylvania, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings on the implementation of the Food and Drug Administration 
Modernization Act (P.L. 105-115), 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to examine America's 
workforce needs in the 21st century, 2 p.m., SD-226.

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                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal 
Service, and General Government, hearing on the Youth Anti-Drug 
Media Campaign, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on posture, readiness issues, 
and unfunded requirements, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment and 
the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing on 
Y2K and Medical Devices: Testing for the Y2K Bug, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1886, 
MSPA Clarification Act of 1999; and H.R. 2757, Opportunities for 
Migrant Employees, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, 
Drug Policy and Human Resources, hearing on Substance Abuse 
Treatment Parity: A Viable Solution to the Nation's Epidemic of 
Addiction? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Postal Service, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 2952, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 100 Orchard Park Drive in Greenville, South 
Carolina, as the ``Keith D. Oglesby Station''; and H.R. 3018, to 
designate the United States Post Office located at 557 East Bay 
Street in Charleston, South Carolina, as the ``Marybelle H. Howe 
Post Office''; followed by an oversight hearing on the U.S. Postal 
Service, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to consider pending business, 2 
p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Y2K: A Threat to 
U.S. Interests Abroad? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
hearing on H.R. 906, Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act of 
1999, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 
2100, Antitampering Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3063, to amend the 
National Leasing Act to increase the maximum acreage of Federal 
leases for sodium that may be held by an entity in any one State; 
and H.R. 2818, to prohibit oil and gas drilling in Mosquito Creek 
Lake in Cortland, Ohio, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
hearing on the following measures: H. Con. Res. 189, expressing the 
sense of the Congress regarding the wasteful and unsportsmanlike 
practice known as shark finning; and H.R. 2903, Coral Reef 
Conservation and Restoration Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 
2950, to provide for the exchange of certain land in the State of 
Oregon, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following: H.R. 
2348, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost sharing 
for the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the 
Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins; H.R. 2619, to amend the 
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize additional 
measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial 
Dam in a cost-effective manner; H.R. 3067, Nampa and Meridian 
Conveyance Act; and a measure to amend the Act that authorized 
construction of the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project, 
California, to facilitate water transfers in the Central Valley 
Project, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2260, Pain Relief Promotion 
Act of 1999, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 
hearing on Superfund RD&D, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on Safety and 
Performance Upgrades to NASA's Space Shuttle, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on the proposed changes to 
Part 9 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation relating to contractor 
responsibility, 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, to continue hearings on the State of Airline Competition, 
9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3073, Fathers Count Act of 1999; and H.R. 3075, Medicare Balanced 
Budget Refinement Act of 1999, 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security and the Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, joint hearing on the Management of Disability Cases, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.