[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 12 (Thursday, February 10, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D83-D85]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of February 14 through February 19, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  Senate will not be in session.


                           Senate Committees

  No meetings/hearings scheduled.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 15, Subcommittee on Risk 
Management, Research, and Specialty Crops, hearing to review the 
President's Working Group Report on the over-the-counter derivatives 
markets and the Commodity Exchange Act, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  February 17, full Committee, to consider Committee Budget Views 
and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2001 for submission to the Committee 
on the Budget; and to hold a hearing to review the state of 
agricultural economy, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 15, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on the Legal Services 
Corporation, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Interior, oversight on the Fish and 
Wildlife Service, 10 a.m., B-308 Capitol.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on the Director, National Institutes of Health, 1 p.m., 
and on the National Cancer Institute, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on overview, 
9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Transportation, on the Secretary of 
Transportation, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on the Secretary of 
Agriculture, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Military 
Readiness, 9:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Interior, oversight on the Forest 
Service and on the National Association of Public Administration, 10 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on the National Institute on Aging and the National 
Center for Research Resources, 10 a.m., and on the National 
Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National 
Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 2 p.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on the Quality 
of Life, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on the Inspector 
General, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Defense, on Defense Medical Programs, 
9:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the 
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 10 a.m., and 
on the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the National Institute 
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 16, Subcommittee on Military 
Procurement and the Subcommittee on Military Research and 
Development, joint hearing on ballistic missile defense programs, 2 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 17, full Committee, to continue hearings on the Fiscal 
Year 2001 National Defense Authorization Budget Request, 9:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, February 15, 
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, to mark up H.R. 
1776, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 1999, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 16, full Committee, to consider Committee Budget Views 
and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2001 for submission to the Committee 
on the Budget, 2:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing on Merging the Deposit Insurance Funds, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  February 17, full Committee, .hearing on the Conduct of Monetary 
Policy (Humphrey-Hawkins), 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 16, hearing on Preliminary 
Analysis of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2001 Budget, 10 a.m., 
210 Cannon.
  February 16, hearing on ``Oversight of `High-Risk' Government 
Programs,'' 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, February 16, Subcommittee on Health and 
Environment, hearing on Seniors' Access to Affordable Prescription 
Drugs: Models for Reform, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing on Video on the Internet: iCraveTV.com 
and Other Recent Developments in Webcasting, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on Cyber Insecurity at EPA: GAO Reports Agency Systems Vulnerable to 
Attack, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing on the FCC's Low-power FM: A Review of 
the FCC's Spectrum Management Responsibilities in addition to H.R. 
3439, Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 15, 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on 
H.R. 3614, Emergency Commodity Distribution Act of 2000, 2 p.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Employee-Employer Relations, hearing 
on the Evolving Pension and Investment World After 25 years of 
ERISA, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  February 16, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3222, Literacy Involves Families Together Act; and H.R. 3616, Impact 
Act Reauthorization Act of 2000, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on 21st Century Worker Shortages, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, February 15, Subcommittee on the 
Census, oversight hearing of the 2000 Census: Examining the GAO's 
Census 2000 Oversight Activities, 2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and 
Human Resources, hearing on The U.S. Response to the Crisis in 
Colombia, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on ``Is the Department of 
Labor Regulating the Public Through the Backdoor?'' 1 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, 
and International Relations, hearing on Defense Security Service 
Oversight, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and 
Human Resources, hearing on HHS Drug Treatment Support: Is SAMHSA 
Optimizing Resources? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, February 15, Subcommittee on 
Africa, hearing on Peace Keeping in the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  February 16, full committee, hearing on the Administration's 
Fiscal Year 2001 International Affairs Budget Request, 10 a.m., room 
to be announced.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on 
Indonesia: Confronting the Political and Economic Crises, 1:30 p.m., 
2200 Rayburn.
  February 17, full Committee, to consider Committee Budget Views 
and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2001 for submission to the Committee 
on the Budget; followed by a hearing on North Korea: Leveraging 
Uncertainty? 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 15, to consider Committee 
Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2001 for submission to 
the Committee on the Budget; and to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 1443, Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act of 1999; H.R. 1283, 
Fairness in Asbestos Compensation Act of 1999; and H.R. 2372, 
Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Crime, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 3048, Presidential Threat Protection Act of 1999; and 
H.R. 1349, Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act of 1999, 9:30 
a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 271, Justice for Holocaust Survivors Act; 
H.R. 3058, Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act; and H.R. 2883, 
Adopted Orphans Citizenship Act, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, February 15, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 3432, to direct the Minerals 
Management Service to grant the State of Louisiana and its lessees a 
credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to satisfy the 
authorization for compensation contained in the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990 for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta field, 9:30 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on the Funding of Environmental Initiatives and Their 
Impacts on Local Communities, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  February 16, full Committee, to consider pending business, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to mark up pending business; and to hold an oversight 
hearing on the Administration's Budget request for Fiscal Year 2001 
for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  February 17, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 1509, to authorize the Disabled 
Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the 
District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became 
disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States; 
H.R. 1864, to standardize the process for conducting public hearings 
for Federal agencies within the Department of the Interior; and H.R. 
2932, Golden Spike/Crossroads of the West National Heritage Area Act 
of 1999, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, February 16, Subcommittee on Basic Research, 
hearing on National Science Foundation Fiscal Year 2001 Budget 
Authorization Request, Part I: Research and Related Activities and 
Major Research Equipment, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2001 NASA Authorization, NASA Posture, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on FAA Research 
and Development Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Review, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 16, hearing on Association 
Health Plans, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 15, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on the Recent Breakdown of 
Aviation Negotiations Between the United States and the United 
Kingdom, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to 
continue hearings on the EPA's Proposed Regulations Regarding Total 
Maximum Daily Loads, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination 
System, and the Federal Anti-Degradation Policy, 1 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and 
Emergency Management, hearing on Flood Water Rescue, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 17, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2001 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 15, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Seniors' Access to Prescription Drug Benefits, 1 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on improving 
Social Security Work Incentives, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.

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  February 16, full Committee, hearing on the U.S.-China Bilateral 
Trade Agreement and the Accession of China to the WTO, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Child 
Protection Review System, 9 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 15, 
executive, to consider pending business, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  February 16, hearing on the State of Counterintelligence at the 
Department of Energy and Its Three Key Nuclear Weapons Laboratories, 
1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  February 17, hearing on Colombia, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.