[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 150 (Friday, October 29, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1224-D1227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of November 1 through November 6, 1999

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of the conference report 
on H.R. 3064, District of Columbia Appropriations. Also, Senate may 
resume consideration of H.R. 434, African Growth and Opportunity Act, 
or may resume discussion of S. 1287, Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments 
Act.
  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the conference 
report on H.R. 3064, District of Columbia Appropriations, with a vote 
on adoption of the conference report to occur at 10 a.m. Also, Senate 
will vote on the motion to close further debate on Amendment No. 2325 
to H.R. 434, African Growth and Opportunity Act, and vote on the motion 
to close further debate on the bill (H.R. 434).
  During the balance of the week, Senate will consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business, including conference reports, when 
available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: November 4, to hold hearings on 
certain initiatives to improve nursing home quality of care, 10 
a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Armed Services: November 3, to hold hearings on 
lessons learned from the military operations conducted as part of 
Operation Allied Force, and associated relief operations, with 
respect to Kosovo, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  November 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Alphonso Maldon, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense; and the nomination of

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John K. Veroneau, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 2, to 
hold hearings on the World Trade Organization, its Seattle 
Ministerial, and the Millennium Round, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 4, to 
hold hearings on local phone competition, examining how to increase 
consumer choice in local telephone markets, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 2, 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold 
oversight hearings on the recent announcement by President Clinton 
to review approximately 40 million acres of national forest lands 
for increased protection, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  November 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 3, 
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water, to hold 
hearings to examine solutions to the policy concerns with respect to 
Habitat Conservation Plans, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 2, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Avis Thayer Bohlen, of the District of Columbia, a 
Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-
Counselor, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control; 
Robert J. Einhorn, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for Non-proliferation; J. Stapleton Roy, of 
Pennsylvania, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service with the 
Personal Rank of Career Ambassador, to be Assistant Secretary of 
State for Intelligence and Research; Craig Gordon Dunkerley, of 
Massachusetts, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class 
of Minister-Counselor, for the Rank of Ambassador during his tenure 
of Service as Special Envoy for Conventional Forces in Europe; and 
Norman A. Wulf, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Executive 
Service, to be a Special Representative of the President, with the 
rank of Ambassador, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  November 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Charles Taylor Manatt, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to the Dominican Republic, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  November 2, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine extremist movements and their threat to 
the United States, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  November 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10:30 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  November 3, Subcommittee on International Operations, to hold 
hearings to examine issues in promoting United States interests, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  November 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues 
relating to Chechnya, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  November 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the future 
United States policy with Nigeria, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  November 5, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export 
and Trade Promotion, to hold hearings to examine issues relating to 
the International Monetary Fund, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: November 3, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 3, 
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 4, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Resources on S. 1586, to reduce the 
fractionated ownership of Indian Lands; and S. 1315, to permit the 
leasing of oil and gas rights on certain lands held in trust for the 
Navajo Nation or allotted to a member of the Navajo Nation, in any 
case in which there is consent from a specified percentage interest 
in the parcel of land under consideration for lease, 9:30 a.m., Room 
to be announced.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 2, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  November 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine public 
interest's concerning government lawsuits, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  November 2, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the 
Courts, to hold joint oversight hearings with the House Committee on 
the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law on 
bankruptcy judgeship needs, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn Building.
  November 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings on issues relating to 
the MCI Worldcom/Sprint merger, 10 a.m., SD-266.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, November 3, Special Oversight Panel 
on Department of Energy Reorganization, hearing on the 
implementation of provisions in Title 32 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  November 4, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the 
report of the United States Commission on National Security/21st 
Century, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, November 3, to mark 
up H.R. 1095, Debt Relief for Poverty Reduction Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  November 4, to mark up H.R. 21, Homeowners' Insurance Availability 
Act of 1999, 10:15 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, November 2, Subcommittee on Finance and 
Hazardous Materials, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1954, 
Rental Fairness Act of 1999; H.R. 887, to amend the Securities and 
Exchange Act of 1934 to require improved disclosure of corporate 
charitable contributions; and H.R. 1089, Mutual Fund Tax Awareness 
Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  November 3, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing on Spamming: The E-Mail You Want To 
Can, focusing on the following

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bills: H.R. 3113, Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act of 1999; H.R. 
2162, Can Spam Act; and H.R. 1910, E-Mail User Protection Act, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  November 4, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on Problems with EPA's Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund 
Program, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  November 4, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing on WTO 2000: The Next Round, 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, November 3, to mark up 
the following: H.R. 1693, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 to clarify the overtime exemption for employees engaged in fire 
protection activities; a measure to amend the Welfare to Work 
Program; and a measure to exempt certain reports from automatic 
elimination and sunset pursuant to the Federal Reports Elimination 
and Sunset Act of 1995, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, November 2, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology, to mark up H.R. 
2376, to require agencies to establish expedited review procedures 
for granting a waiver to a State under a grant program administered 
by the agency if another State has already been granted a similar 
waiver by the agency under such program, time to be announced, 2154 
Rayburn.
  November 3, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and 
Human Resources, hearing on Providing Adequate Housing: Is HUD 
Fulfilling Its Mission? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  November 4, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and 
Human Resources, hearing on Project Exile: A Case Study in 
Successful Enforcement, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, November 3, hearing on 
Recent Developments in U.S. Policy Toward Iraq, 11 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  November 4, hearing on The Cuban Program: Torture of American 
Prisoners by Cuban Agents, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 2, to continue mark up H.R. 
2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act of 1999, and to mark up 
H.R. 1869, Stalking Prevention and Victim Protection Act of 1999, 
9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  November 3, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2533, Fairness in 
Telecommunications License Transfers Act of 1999; H.R. 2636, 
Taxpayer's Defense Act; and H.R. 2701, Justice for MAS Applicants of 
1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, November 2, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, to mark up 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. 1749, to designate Wilson Creek in 
Avery and Caldwell Counties, North Carolina, as a component of the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; H.R. 1969, Arizona National 
Forest Improvement Act of 1990; 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.
  November 3, full Committee, oversight hearing on a proposal by the 
Administration directing U.S. Forest Service to promulgate 
regulations regarding roadless areas within the National Forest 
System, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  November 4, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: S. 548, Fallen Timbers Battlefield 
and Fort Miamis National Historic Site Act of 1999; H.R. 1668, Loess 
Hills Preservation Study Act of 1999; and 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, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing to examine the affects on living marine 
resources from dredged material disposal or placement in the New 
York Bight, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, November 2, to consider the following: 
conference report to accompany S. 900, Financial Services 
Modernization Act of 1999; and H.R. 2389, County Schools Funding 
Revitalization Act of 1999, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, November 4, Subcommittee on Technology, and 
the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and 
Technology of the Committee on Government Reform, joint hearing on 
Y2K Myths and Realities: Responding to the Questions of the American 
Public with 50 Days Remaining Until January 1, 2000, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, November 2, Subcommittee on 
Empowerment, hearing on H.R. 2373, Start-Up Success Accounts Act of 
1999, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  November 3, Subcommittee on Empowerment and the Subcommittee on 
Rural Enterprises, Business Opportunities and Special Small Business 
Problems, joint hearing on The Aging of Agriculture: Empowering 
Young Farmers to Grow for the Future, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  November 4, full Committee, hearing on Defense Contract Bundling 
Policy, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 3, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight 
hearing on the Coast Guard's search and rescue mission, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  November 3, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing on Harbor and Inland Waterway Financing, 3 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  November 4, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and 
Emergency Management, hearing on EPA Grants Management, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, November 4, hearing on the 
Administration's new Social Security plan, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

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  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 3, executive, 
hearing on Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information: Scope 
and Seriousness of the Problem, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  November 4, closed, briefing on North Korean Strategic Thinking: 
One Analyst's View, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: November 2, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold 
joint oversight hearings with the House Committee on the Judiciary's 
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law on bankruptcy 
judgeship needs, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn Building.
  Joint Meetings: November 4, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Resources on S. 
1586, to reduce the fractionated ownership of Indian Lands; and S. 
1315, to permit the leasing of oil and gas rights on certain lands 
held in trust for the Navajo Nation or allotted to a member of the 
Navajo Nation, in any case in which there is consent from a 
specified percentage interest in the parcel of land under 
consideration for lease, 9:30 a.m., Room to be announced.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: November 3, to 
hold hearings on the Chechen crisis and its implications for Russian 
Democracy, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn Building.