[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 3, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1254-D1255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 4, 1999

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings on certain 
initiatives to improve nursing home quality of care, 10 a.m., SD-
562.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Alphonso Maldon, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense; and the nomination of John K. Veroneau, of Virginia, to be 
an Assistant Secretary of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings on local phone competition, examining how to increase 
consumer choice in local telephone markets, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine issues 
relating to Chechnya, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the future United 
States policy with Nigeria, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  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., SD-106.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on issues relating to the MCI 
Worldcom/Sprint merger, 11 a.m., SD-226.

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                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, 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 Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Problems with EPA's Brownfields Cleanup 
Revolving Loan Fund Program, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on WTO 2000: The Next Round, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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.
  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, 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on The Cuban 
Program: Torture of American Prisoners by Cuban Agents, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and 
Claims, to mark up H.R. 2528, Immigration Reorganization and 
Improvement Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on Limitations on Patenting Millsites 
under the Mining Law of 1872 and the Approval of Mining Plans of 
Operations Pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 
11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  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.
  Committee on Science, 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, hearing on Defense Contract Bundling 
Policy, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Straight Out Departures at Newark Airport, 9:30 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency 
Management, hearing on EPA Grants Management, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
North Korean Strategic Thinking: One Analyst's View, 2 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 1000, to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, time to be announced, SC-5, Capitol.
  Joint Meetings: 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., SD-106.