[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 17 (Wednesday, February 23, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D112-D113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 24, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for 
the Department of Defense, focusing on safety initiatives, 10 a.m., 
SD-124.
  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.
  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.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine national 
security implications of export controls, and on

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S. 1712, to provide authority to control exports, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  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: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation, to hold oversight hearings on HUD's 
Community Builders' Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Kathryn 
Shaw, of Pennsylvania, to be a 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 Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  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: 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: to hold hearings to examine Medicare reform, 
focusing on prescription drug costs for seniors, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
AIDS crisis in Africa, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the day trading industry 
and its practices, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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: 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

  No committee meetings are scheduled.