[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 27, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1210-D1211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on United States 
national security implications of the 1999 NATO Strategic Concept, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings on issues 
relating to E-commerce, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Manufacturing and Competitiveness, to hold 
hearings on challenges confronting the machine tool industry, 2 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, to hold oversight hearings on the Federal hydroelectric 
licensing process, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Joseph W. Prueher, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of China, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Martin S. 
Indyk, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Israel; and 
Edward S. Walker, Jr., of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of 
State for Near Eastern Affairs, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Joshua Gotbaum, of New York, to be Controller, Office 
of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget, 10 
a.m., SD-628.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition, to 
hold hearings to examine media competition and consolidation in the 
new millennium, focusing on the Viacom/CBS merger, 1:30 p.m., SD-
226.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review the EPA's new 
agricultural regulatory programs, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on U.S. policy regarding the 
export of high-performance computers, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up H.R. 1070, to amend title XIX of 
the Social Security Act to provide medical assistance for certain 
women screened and found to have breast or cervical cancer under a 
federally funded screening program, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on WIPO One Year Later: Assessing Consumer 
Access to Digital Entertainment on the Internet and Other Media, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Telework: The Impact on 
Workplace Policy in the U.S., 9:30 a. m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the following: Grant 
of Immunity for John Huang; H.R. 170, to require certain notices in 
any mailing using a game of chance for the promotion of a product or 
service; 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''; 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''; and H.R. 3137, to amend the Presidential Transition 
Act of 1963 to provide for training of individua1s a President- 
elect intends to nominate as department heads or appoint to key 
positions in the Executive Office of the President, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on Implementation of the Federal Activities 
Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998, 2:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on the following measures: H. Con. Res. 
30, to express the sense of the Congress that any Executive order 
that infringes on the powers and duties of the Congress under 
article I, section 8 of the Constitution, or that would require the 
expenditure of Federal funds not specifically appropriated for the 
purpose of the Executive order, is advisory only and has no force or 
effect unless enacted as law; H.R. 2655, Separation of Powers 
Restoration Act, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 2437, Justice in 
Fair Housing Enforcement Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on the COPS (Community 
Oriented Policing Services) Program, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on the Proposed World Heritage 
Committee Policy Prohibiting Mining in Areas Surrounding World 
Heritage Sites, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, to 
mark up H.R. 1775, Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act of 
1999, 10:30 a.m., followed by an oversight hearing on Pacific Salmon 
Treaty, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, and Public Lands, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 1500, America's Wilderness Protection Act; and 
H.R. 2874, Wild Horse and Burro Preservation and Management Act of 
1999, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2819, Biomass Research and 
Development Act of 1999; and H.R. 2827, National Sustainable Fuels 
and Chemicals Act of 1999, 1:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on California Prop. 65's 
effect on small businesses, 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Ground Transportation, oversight hearing on Amtrak, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on concepts for 21st Century Veterans' Employment and Training 
legislation and legislative concepts for miscellaneous VA Education 
Programs, 9 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Year 2000 
readiness in the Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Kosovo: Lessons Learned, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.