[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 151 (Monday, November 1, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1231-D1232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
on the World Trade Organization, its Seattle Ministerial, and the 
Millennium Round, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Charles 
Taylor Manatt, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Dominican Republic; and the nomination of Anthony Stephen 
Harrington, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Federative Republic 
of Brazil, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine public interest's 
concerning government lawsuits, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  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.

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                                 House

  Committee on Commerce, 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.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue mark up of 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.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Committee on Rules, 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 Small Business, Subcommittee on Empowerment, hearing 
on H.R. 2373, Start-Up Success Accounts Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: 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.