[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1202-D1203]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                      WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on the nomination of 
the following named officer for appointment in the United States Air 
Force to the grade indicated while assigned to a position of 
importance and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., section 601: 
Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, 9172, to be General; the nomination of the 
following named officer for appointment as Vice Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff and appointment to the grade indicated while 
assigned to a position of importance and responsibility under title 
10, U.S.C., sections 601 and 154: Gen. Richard B. Myers, 7092, to be 
General; the nomination of the following named officer for 
appointment in the United States Army to the grade indicated while 
assigned to a position of importance and responsibility under title 
10, U.S.C., section 601: Gen. Thomas A. Schwartz, 0711, to be 
General; and the nomination of the following named officer for 
appointment in the United States Air Force to the grade indicated 
while assigned to a position of importance and responsibility

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under title 10, U.S.C., section 601: Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, 7375, 
to be General, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to hold closed 
hearings, to be followed by open hearing (SD-608), on the 
agricultural biological weapons threat to the United States, 2 p.m., 
SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, to hold hearings on the impact of ECNs, focusing on the 
changing face of capital markets, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
future of U.S.-China relations, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on numerous tax treaties and 
protocol, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold a business meeting on pending 
calendar business; to be followed by hearings on S. 979, to amend 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to 
provide for further self-governance by Indian tribes, 9 a.m., SR-
485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on terrorism issues, focusing on 
victims' access to terrorist assets, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight, to hold hearings on 
the Justice Department's response to international parental 
kidnapping, 1:45 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider H.R. 728, Small Watershed 
Rehabilitation Amendments of 1999, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Opportunity, oversight hearing on National 
Flood Insurance Program, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to mark 
up H.R. 2944, Electricity Competition and Reliability Act of 1999, 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to continue hearings on U.S. 
Policy Toward North Korea II: Misuse of U.S. Aid to North Korea, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up the following 
measures: H. Res. 169, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives with respect to democracy, free elections, and human 
rights in the Lao People's Democratic Republic; and H. Con. Res. 
200, expressing the strong opposition of Congress to the military 
coup in Pakistan and calling for a civilian, democratically-elected 
government to be returned to power in Pakistan, 1:30 p.m., 2255 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of H.R. 2366, Small 
Business Liability Reform Act of 1999 and to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 1283, Fairness in Asbestos Compensation Act of 1999; 
H.R. 1869. Stalking Prevention and Victim Protection Act of 1999; 
and H.R. 2558, Prison Industries Reform Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on 
H.R., 1924, Federal Agency Compliance Act, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following: H. Con. Res. 
189, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the wasteful and 
unsportsmanlike practice known as shark finning; H.R. 1235, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with 
the Solano County Water Agency, California, to use Solano Project 
facilities for impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water 
for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes; 
H.R. 2278, to require the National Park Service to conduct a 
feasibility study regarding options for the protection and expanded 
visitor enjoyment of nationally significant natural and cultural 
resources at Fort Hunter Liggett, California; H.R. 2541, to adjust 
the boundaries of the Gulf Islands National Seashore to include Cat 
Island, Mississippi; H.R. 2879, to provide for the placement at the 
Lincoln Memorial of a plaque commemorating the speech of Martin 
Luther King, Jr., known as the ``I Have A Dream'' speech; H.R. 2903, 
Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration Act of 1999; 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. 3077, 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; followed 
by a hearing on H.R. 2958, to provide for the continuation of higher 
education through the conveyance of certain public lands in the 
State of Alaska to the University of Alaska, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans, 
hearing on H.R. 2090, Exploration of the Seas Act, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget 
Process, hearing on ``The Impact of Executive Orders on the 
Legislative Process: Executive Lawmaking?'' 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on Space Transportation Architecture Studies: The Future of 
Earth-to-Orbit Spaceflight, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Competing in the New 
Millennium: Challenges Facing Small Biotechnology Firms, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation, 
hearing on the Bellingham, Washington, Hazardous Liquid Pipeline 
Incident, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.