[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 22, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D106-D107]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of February 23 through February 26, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  To be announced.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 23, to 
hold hearings to examine issues dealing with water quality, 9 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Committee on Appropriations: February 23, Subcommittee on Defense, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 
for the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings 
on proposed supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000 for foreign assistance to Colombia, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-192.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2001 for the Department of Commerce, 11 a.m., SD-138.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on safety initiatives, 11 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 23, to hold closed hearings 
on issues dealing with the situation in Kosovo, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
on recruiting and retention within DOD and the Military Services, 
2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 23, to 
hold oversight hearings on the Monetary Policy Report to Congress 
pursuant to the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold 
oversight hearings on HUD's Community Builders' Program, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-628.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Kathryn Shaw, of Pennsylvania, to be a

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Member of the Council of Economic Advisers; and Jay Johnson, of 
Wisconsin, to be Director of the Mint, 2 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 23, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold 
oversight hearings on activities of the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation (AMTRAK), 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 23, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 23, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, 
to hold oversight hearings on the White River National Forest Plan, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the high 
cost and low supply of home heating oil, crude oil, and 
transportation fuels, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, 
to hold hearings on S. 1722, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to 
increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases for sodium that may 
be held by an entity in any 1 State; H.R. 3063, to amend the Mineral 
Leasing Act to increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases for 
sodium that may be held by an entity in any one State; and S. 1950, 
to amend the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to ensure the orderly 
development of coal, coalbed methane, natural gas, and oil in the 
Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 23, to hold 
oversight hearings on the President's proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2001 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 10:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal 
year 2001 for the Army Corps of Engineers, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 23, to hold hearings on the U.S.-
China Bilateral Trade Agreement on China's accession to the World 
Trade Organization, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Medicare 
reform, focusing on prescription drug costs for seniors, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 24, to hold hearings to 
examine the AIDS crisis in Africa, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, 
Narcotics and Terrorism, to hold hearings on the proposed emergency 
anti-drug assistance to Colombia, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: February 24, Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the day 
trading industry and its practices, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  February 25, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to continue 
hearings to examine the day trading industry and its practices, 9:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 23, to hold oversight 
hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2001 for Indian programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 23, to hold closed 
hearings on pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 23, to hold hearings on 
S.1673, to amend titles 10 and 18, United States Code, to protect 
unborn victims of violence, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 24, Full Committee, business meeting to consider H.R. 
1658, to provide a more just and uniform procedure for Federal civil 
forfeitures; S. 2042, to reform the process by which the Office of 
the Pardon Attorney investigates and reviews potential exercises of 
executive clemency; S. 577, to provide for injunctive relief in 
Federal district court to enforce State laws relating to the 
interstate transportation of intoxicating liquor; and other pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business: February 24, to hold hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Small Business Administration, 9 a.m., SR-428A.


                             House Chamber

  The House was not in session today.


                            House Committees

  No committee meetings are scheduled.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: February 23, to hold hearings to examine 
cyber-threats to the U.S. economy, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.