[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 18 (Thursday, February 24, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D119-D123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of February 28 through March 4, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1134, Affordable 
Education Act.
  On Tuesday, Senate will vote on the motion to close further debate on 
S. 1134, Affordable Education Act at 2:30 p.m.
  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)
  Committee on Appropriations: February 29, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of 
Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of 
Education, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for the fiscal year 2001 for the 
Architect of the Capitol, General Accounting Office, and Office of 
Compliance, 9:30 a.m., SD-116.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2001 for the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2001 for the assistance to producers and the farm 
economy, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  March 1, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Chemical Safety Board, 
9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, 9:30 
a.m., SD-124.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Defense, 
focusing on Navy and Marine Corps programs, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2001 for the Department of State, 10 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings to 
examine the implementation of the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, 
focusing on the positive notification requirement, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 28, Subcommittee on 
Strategic Forces, 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 Ballistic Missile 
Defense programs, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  February 29, Full Committee, 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 military strategy and operational requirements, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, 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 the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of 
Energy, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  March 2, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year

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2001 for the Department of Defense, focusing on shipbuilding 
procurement and research and development programs and the Future 
Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold 
hearings to examine the management of Air Force depot maintenance, 
9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 2, to hold 
hearings to examine the Financial Accounting Standards Board's 
pooling accounting regulation, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Budget: February 29, Committee on the Budget, to 
hold hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2001 for nuclear non-proliferation, stockpile stewardship, and 
other energy programs, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 1, to 
hold hearings on the nomination of John Goglia, of Massachusetts, to 
be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board; and Carol 
Jones Carmody, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings to examine certain internet issues for the next generation, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to 
examine certain issues relating to the America Online/Time Warner 
merger, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 29, 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
estimate for fiscal year 2001 for the operation of the National Park 
Service system, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  February 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the President's 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001, focusing on the U.S. 
Forest Service, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the President's 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001, focusing on the 
Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the President's 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001, focusing on the 
Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold oversight hearings on the United States Forest Service's 
proposed revisions to the regulation governing National Forest 
Planning, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 1, Subcommittee 
on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water, to hold hearings to 
examine the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rules 
regarding changes in the total maximum daily load and NPDES permit 
programs pursuant to the Clean Water Act, 1 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 29, to hold hearings on 
the future of the International Monetary Fund and International 
Financial Institutions, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the war in 
Chechnya, focusing on Russia's conduct, the humanitarian crisis and 
United States policy, 10:45 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: March 2, to hold hearings to 
examine cyber attacks, focusing on the safety of the government, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 1, 
business meeting to markup S. 2, to extend programs and activities 
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and to 
consider pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Ryan 
White Care Act, focusing on the challenges of an evolving HIV/AIDS 
epidemic, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 29, business meeting to 
consider pending committee business, 2:30 p.m., SR-485.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the 
National Association of Public Administrators' Report on Bureau of 
Indian Affairs Management Reform, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 29, to hold closed 
hearings on pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 9:30 a.m., SH-219.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 29, to hold hearings to 
examine the AOL/Time Warner merger, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Committee on the Judiciary's 
Subcommittee on Crime to examine internet denial of service attacks 
and the federal response, 2 p.m., 2141, Rayburn Building.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold hearings to examine the threats of cyber 
attacks, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Cuba's 
oppressive government, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, 
to hold hearings to examine contractual mandatory binding 
arbitration, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  March 2, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 1, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the legislative 
recommendation of the Disabled American Veterans, 10 a.m., 345, 
Cannon Building.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs on legislative recommendations of the 
Jewish War Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Blinded Veterans 
Association, and the Non Commissioned Officers Association, 9:30 
a.m., 345, Cannon Building.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.

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                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, February 29, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies, on FDA, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, on Fiscal Year 
2000 Emergency Supplemental Request for Assistance to Plan Colombia 
and Related Counter-Narcotics Program, 3 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of the 
Interior, 10 a.m., and on Secretary of Energy, 1:30 p.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on National Institute of General Medical Sciences, and 
the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 10 
a.m., and on National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney 
Diseases, and on the National Library of Medicine, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Corporation for National and Community Service, 9:30 a.m., H-143 
Capitol.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Agriculture, on Food, Nutrition and 
Consumer Services, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, on Secretary of State, 10:30 a.m. and Secretary of 
Commerce, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Defense, on Fiscal Year 2001 Department 
of Defense Budget Overview, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Interior, on Bureau of Land Management, 
10 a.m., H-308 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, 
and the Fogarty International Center, 10 a.m., on Human Genome 
Research Institute, and the National Eye Institute, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Transportation, on the Coast Guard, 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Council on 
Environmental Quality, and Cemeterial Expenses of the Army, 9:30 
a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on the Bureau of Prisons, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, on Fiscal Year 2000 
Emergency Supplemental Request for Assistance to Plan Colombia and 
Related Counter-Narcotics Program, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Interior, on Fish and Wildlife Service, 
10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on National Institute of Mental Health, and the National 
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 10 a.m., and on 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the 
National Institute of Nursing Research, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Navy 
Construction, 9:30 a.m., and on Army Construction, 1:30 p.m., B-300 
Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Truck Safety, 10 a.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
American Battle Monuments Commission and the Chemical Safety and 
Health Investigation Board, 10 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on U.S. Customs Service, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 29, Special Oversight Panel 
on the Merchant Marine, hearing on the Fiscal year 2001 Maritime 
Administration authorization request and related matters, 1 p.m., 
2216 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on Navy 
shipbuilding programs, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on the 
adequacy of the Fiscal Year 2001 budget request to meet readiness 
needs, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on Real 
Property Maintenance and Infrastructure funding, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, 
hearing on defense-wide research and development programs, 1 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  March 2, full Committee, hearing on implementation of Department 
of Energy reorganization and reforms contained in Title XXXII of the 
Fiscal Year 2000 National Defense Authorization Act, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  March 2, Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy 
Reorganization, hearing on the National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy, 10 a.m., 2216 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, 
hearing on the Fiscal Year 2001 budget request for military 
construction and military family housing of the Department of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on sustaining 
the All Volunteer Force, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, March 2, Members Day, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, March 1, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Public Access to the National 
Practitioner Data Bank: What Consumers Should Know About Their 
Doctors, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on the 
Department of Energy's Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2001, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on the 
national implementation of the reformulated gasoline program, 11 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Cyber Insecurity at EPA: GAO Reports

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Agency Systems Vulnerable to Attack, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 1, Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Building a Nation: 
The Role of Character Education in America's Schools, 10:30 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Financial Management at the Department of Education, 10:30 a.m., 
2261 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on the 
Treatment of Stock Options and Employee Investment Opportunities 
under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Charter Schools: Successes and Challenges, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, February 29, Subcommittee on 
Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, hearing on U.S./
Mexico Counternarcotics Efforts, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, 
and Technology, hearing on the Results of the Internal Revenue 
Service's Fiscal Year 1999 Financial Statement Audit, 10 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  March 1, 2 and 3, full Committee, hearings on ``The Role of Yah 
Lin `Charlie' Trie in Illegal Political Fundraising,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, March 1, hearing on U.S. 
Policy Toward OPEC, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 2, to continue hearings on the Administration's Fiscal Year 
2001 Foreign Assistance Budget Request, emphasis on the Agency for 
International Development, 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 29, Subcommittee on 
Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 3312, Merit 
Systems Protection Board Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 
1999, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  March 1, full Committee, to consider the 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. 2372, Private Property 
Rights Implementation Act of 1999; and H.R. 1283, Fairness in 
Asbestos compensation Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, hearing on H.R. 3160, Common Sense 
Protections for Endangered Species Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on Forest Service Planning Rule Revision, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  March 2, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on H.R. 3605, San Rafael Western Legacy District and National 
Conservation Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, March 2, Subcommittee on Rules and 
Organization, hearing on the Government Performance and Results and 
the Legislative Process of House Committees, 9:30 a.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, February 29, Subcommittee on Basic Research, 
to continue hearings on the National Science Foundation Fiscal Year 
2001 Budget Authorization request, Part II: Education and Human 
Resources, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 1 and 2, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearings on 
Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Authorization Request: Department of Energy, 
1 p.m., on March 1 and 1:30 p.m., on March 2, 2318 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on FAA Research and 
Development Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Review, 10:30 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  March 2, full Committee, hearing on EPA's Sludge Rule: Closed 
Minds or Open Debate, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 1, hearing on Small Business 
Administration Reauthorization and Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Request, 
10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 29 and 
March 1, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearings on the FAA's Budget 
request and funding needs, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, hearing on the Coast Guard and Federal Maritime 
Commission Fiscal Year 2001 budget requests, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3313, Long Island South 
Restoration Act; and H.R. 2957, Lake Pontchartrain Basis Restoration 
Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on restoration of the Everglades and South Florida Ecosystem, 1 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 29, to mark up H.R. 5, 
Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 2000, 4 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on 
unemployment compensation reform, 1:30 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing to review last 
year's repeal of the installment method of accounting for accrual 
basis taxpayers, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 29, 
executive, hearing on the NSA, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 1, executive, to consider pending business, 1 p.m., and, 
executive, hearing on the FBI, 1:15 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 2, hearing on Columbia, 12 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: February 29, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 
Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Crime to 
examine internet denial of service attacks and the federal response, 
2 p.m., 2141, Rayburn Building.
  Joint Meetings: March 1, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee

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on Veterans' Affairs on the legislative recommendation of the 
Disabled American Veterans, 10 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.
  Joint Meetings: March 2, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on 
legislative recommendations of the Jewish War Veterans, Paralyzed 
Veterans of America, Blinded Veterans Association, and the Non 
Commissioned Officers Association, 9:30 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: February 28, to 
hold hearings to examine Kosovo's displaced and imprisoned, 2 p.m., 
B-318, Rayburn Building.