[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 8 (Thursday, February 3, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D53-D55]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of February 7 through February 12, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will begin consideration of S. 1052, Northern 
Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act.
  On Tuesday, Senate expects to begin consideration of S. 1287, Nuclear 
Waste Policy Amendments Act.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate may consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: February 8, to hold hearings on 
certain provisions of S. 1895, to amend the Social Security Act to 
preserve and improve the medicare program, focusing on its overall 
restructuring plan, and prescription drug coverage, 9:30 a.m., SD-
562.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 8, to 
hold hearings to examine the American dairy policy, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  February 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the dairy 
pricing system, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  February 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
findings of the President's working group's report on Over the 
Counter Derivatives Markets and the Commodity Exchange Act, 9 a.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on Appropriations: February 8, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on 
suicide, focusing on prevention and awareness, 9:30 a.m., Room to be 
announced.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Agriculture, 10:30 a.m., SD-
138.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 8, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Department of Defense, and the future years defense program, 9:30 
a.m., SD-106.
  February 10, Full Committee, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Department of Defense, and the future years defense program, 9:30 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 8, to 
hold hearings on S. 1879, to promote international monetary 
stability and to share seigniorage with officially dollarized 
countries, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  February 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine loan 
guarantees and rural television service, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Budget: February 8, to hold hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2001, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  February 9, Full Committee, to continue hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2001, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  February 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings on spectrum 
auctions, technology, and the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2001, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  February 11, Full Committee, to resume hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2001, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 9, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the 
Federal Trade Commission, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.

[[Page D54]]


  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 10, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9 a.m., SD-366.
  February 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1797, to amend 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land 
conveyance to the City of Craig, Alaska; S. 1192, to designate 
national forest land managed by the Forest Service in the Lake Tahoe 
Basin as the ``Lake Tahoe National Scenic Forest and Recreation 
Area'', and to promote environmental restoration around the Lake 
Tahoe Basin; S. 1664, to clarify the legal effect on the United 
States of the acquisition of a parcel of land in the Red Cliffs 
Desert Reserve in the State of Utah; S. 1665, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to release reversionary interests held by 
the United States in certain parcels of land in Washington County, 
Utah, to facilitate an anticipated land exchange; H.R. 2863, to 
clarify the legal effect on the United States of the acquisition of 
a parcel of land in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve in the State of 
Utah; H.R. 2862, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to release 
reversionary interests held by the United States in certain parcels 
of land in Washington County, Utah, to facilitate an anticipated 
land exchange; and S. 1936, to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to sell or exchange all or part of certain 
administrative sites and other National Forest System land in the 
State of Oregon and use the proceeds derived from the sale or 
exchange for National Forest System purposes, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 9, Committee 
on Environment and Public Works, business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 8, Committee on Finance, to hold 
hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2001, and certain tax proposals, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 8, Committee on Foreign 
Relations, to hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2001 for foreign aid, and to review U.S. 
foreign policy, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  February 9, Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to 
examine U.S. foreign policy priorities, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  February 10, Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2001 for 
foreign aid, and to review U.S. foreign policy, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: February 9, to hold hearings to 
examine the rising cost of college tuition and the effectiveness of 
the Federal financial aid, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  February 9, Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation 
and Federal Services, to hold hearings to examine the national 
intelligence estimate on the ballistic missile threat to the United 
States, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  February 10, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
rising cost of college tuition and the effectiveness of the Federal 
financial aid, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 8, Select Committee on 
Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on pending intelligence 
matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  February 9, Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed 
hearings on pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  February 10, Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed 
hearings on pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 10, Subcommittee on 
Immigration, to hold hearings to examine enhancing border security, 
2 p.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 9, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review 
legislation to establish a loan guarantee program to promote the 
delivery of direct-to-home satellite services to rural America, 11 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 8, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, on the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, 10 a.m., and on the Health Care Financing 
Administration, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 9, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10 
a.m., and on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration and the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on the Health Resources and Services Administration, 10 
a.m., and on the Administration for Children and Families and the 
Administration on Aging, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Members of 
Congress and public witnesses, 9:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 8, hearing on the adequacy 
of the defense budget, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 9 and 10, hearings on the Fiscal Year 2001 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request, 10 a.m., on February 9 and 
9:30 a.m., on February 10, 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, February 8, hearing 
on Recent Bank Failures; Underlying Factors including Subprime 
Lending, Asset Securitizations, and Fraud; Regulatory Initiatives; 
and H.R. 3374, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Examination 
Enhancement and Insurance Fund Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  February 9 and 10, hearings on issues related to the restitution 
of Holocaust victims' assets, 10 a. m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 8, hearing on the President's 
Budget for Fiscal Year 2001, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.

[[Page D55]]


  Committee on Commerce, February 9, Subcommittee on Health and 
Environment, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and 
the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
joint hearing on Medical Errors: Improving Quality of Care and 
Consumer Information, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 9, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, oversight hearing on The White House, the 
Networks, and TV Censorship, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on the reuse of single-use medical devices, 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 9, hearing on 
Title VI: Providing Flexibility for Innovative Education, 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, February 8, Subcommittee on the 
Census, oversight hearing on the 2000 Census: Examining the Status 
of Key Census 2000 Operations, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, February 9, hearing on the 
President's Fiscal Year 2001 International Affairs Budget Request, 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 10, hearing on U.N. Weapons Inspections in Iraq: Is 
Saddam Winning? 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 9, to mark up H.R. 1443, 
Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act of 1999, 10:15 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  February 9, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on 
the Applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act to Private 
Internet Sites, 1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.J. 
Res, 64, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States to protect the rights of crime victims, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on money laundering, 
1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on 
H.R. 2121, Secret Evidence Repeal Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight 
hearing on the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, 12 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, February 8, Subcommittee on Fisheries 
Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 3331, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Conservation Act of 
1999; H.R. 3390, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Conservation Act 
of 1999; and H.R. 3516, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act to prohibit pelagic longline fishing 
in the exclusive economic zone in the Atlantic Ocean, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  February 9, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 3182, Craig Municipal 
Equity Act of 1999; followed by a oversight hearing on Issues and 
controversies relating to access across conservation systems lands 
and other public lands in Alaska under the Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 10, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, 
oversight hearing on Proposed Concessions Regulations, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the 
following: a measure to raise the ceiling for the Dam Safety Act; a 
measure concerning the authorization ceiling for the Minidoka 
Project, Idaho; a measure to authorize the BOR to enter into 
contracts with local law enforcement agencies to cover BOR 
facilities; H.R. 2647, Ak-Chin Water Use Amendments Act of 1999; and 
H.R. 3236, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
contracts with the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, Utah, to 
use Weber Basin Project facilities for the impounding, storage, and 
carriage of nonproject water for domestic, municipal, industrial, 
and other beneficial purposes, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, February 9, hearing on Shrinking 
Workforce Endangers America's Small Businesses: Examining the Need 
for the Skilled Workforce Enhancement Act, focusing on H.R. 1824, 
Skilled Workforce Enhancement Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 9, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Agency 
Budgets and Priorities for Fiscal year 2001, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing on EPA's Proposed Regulations Regarding Total Maximum Daily 
Loads, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, and the 
Federal Anti-Degradation Policy, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 8, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing on the outcome of the World Trade Organization Ministerial 
held in Seattle, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 9, full Committee, hearing on the Administration's Fiscal 
Year 2001 budget, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Medical Errors, 
9:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Social Security and the Subcommittee 
on Human Resources, joint hearing to Examine Social Security's 
Readiness for the Impending Wave of Baby Boomer Beneficiaries, 11 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.