[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 22 (Thursday, March 2, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D157-D161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 6 through March 11, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate may begin consideration of S. 1712, Export 
Administration Act, H.R. 5, Social Security Earnings Test 
Elimination, or the conference report on H.R. 1000, FAA 
Authorization.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate may consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: March 6, to hold hearings to examine 
colon cancer issues, focusing on greater use of screening as 
prevention, 1 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Appropriations: March 6, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for 
the Department of Defense, 3 p.m., SD-192.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Military Construction, to hold hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Army and 
Air Force, 9 a.m., SD-116.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Secretary of 
the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2001 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement 
Administration, and Immigration and Naturalization Service, all of 
the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2001 for the Food and Drug Administration, 10 a.m., SD-
138.
  March 8, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for 
the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Defense, 
focusing on medical programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on the 
Department of Transportation Program oversight, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 6, Subcommittee on Emerging 
Threats and Capabilities, to hold open and closed hearings on the 
Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and the 
Department of Energy Nonproliferation programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  March 7, 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; to be followed by a closed hearing 
(SR-232A), 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Airland, 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 Army transformation, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Strategic, 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 National Security Space programs, policies, and operations, 2 
p.m., SR-222.
  March 9, 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 the Atomic Energy 
Defense Activities of the Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, 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 Service's infrastructure accounts and Real 
Property Maintenance Programs and the National Defense Construction 
Request, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 8, 
business meeting to consider S. 2097, to authorize loan guarantees 
in order to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals 
in unserved and underserved areas; S. 1452, to modernize the 
requirements under the National Manufactured Housing Construction 
and Safety Standards of 1974 and to establish a balanced consensus 
process for the development, revision, and interpretation of Federal 
construction and safety standards for manufactured homes; the 
nomination of Kathryn Shaw, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
Council of Economic Advisers; and the nomination of Jay Johnson, of 
Wisconsin, to be Director of the Mint, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 7, 
Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings on S. 1755, to 
amend the Communications Act of 1934 to regulate interstate commerce 
in the use of mobile telephones, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to 
examine recent hacker attacks on popular websites, and examine the 
coordination of federal and industry efforts to heighten Internet 
security, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 7, Subcommittee 
on Water and Power, to hold hearings on the President's proposed 
budget request for fiscal year 2001 for the Bureau of Reclamation of 
the Department of the Interior, and the Bonneville Power 
Administration, the Southeastern Power Administration, the 
Southwestern Power Administration, and the Western Area Power 
Administration, all of the Department of Energy, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  March 8, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
energy supply and demand issues, focusing on the rise in price of 
crude oil, heating oil, and transportation fuels, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  March 8, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 1705, to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to enter into land exchanges to acquire from the 
private owner and to convey to the State of Idaho approximately 
1,240 acres of land near the City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho; 
S. 972, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to improve the 
administration of the Lamprey River in the

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State of New Hampshire; S. 1727, to authorize for the expansion 
annex of the historic Palace of the Governors, a public history 
museum located, and relating to the history of Hispanic and Native 
American culture, in the Southwest and for other purposes; S. 1849, 
to designate segments and tributaries of White Clay Creek, Delaware 
and Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System; S. 1910, to amend the Act establishing Women's Rights 
National Historical Park to permit the Secretary of the Interior to 
acquire title in fee simple to the Hunt House located in Waterloo, 
New York; and H.R. 1615, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
extend the designation of a portion of the Lamprey River in New 
Hampshire as a recreational river to include an additional river 
segment, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold hearings on S. 1892, to authorize the acquisition of the Valles 
Caldera, to provide for an effective land and wildlife management 
program for this resource within the Department of Agriculture, 9 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 7, Subcommittee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Department of Transportation, focusing on the Federal Highway 
Administration, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, 
and Nuclear Safety, to hold oversight hearings on the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 7, Subcommittee on International 
Trade, to hold hearings to examine agriculture negotiations in the 
World Trade Organization after Seattle, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 8, Subcommittee on 
International Operations, to hold hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2001 for foreign aid, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  March 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  March 9, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings on 
NATO and the European Defense Program, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: March 9, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District 
of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine managing human capital in 
the 21st century, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 8, to hold hearing on the 
reauthorization of the Health Care Improvement Act, 9:30 a.m., SR-
485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 7, to hold closed hearings 
on pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 8, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  March 9, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 9:30 a.m., SH-219.
  March 9, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 7, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings on the 
Counterintelligence Reform Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-216.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold hearings on Internet identity preservation, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, 
to hold hearings on S. 2089, to amend the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 to modify procedures relating to orders for 
surveillance and searches for foreign intelligence purposes, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  March 9, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: March 8, to hold hearings 
on the nomination of Danny Lee McDonald, of Oklahoma, to be a Member 
of the Federal Election Commission; and Bradley A. Smith, of Ohio, 
to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission; hearing to be 
followed by a business meeting, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 7, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the legislative 
recommendations of the Retired Enlisted Association, Gold Star Wives 
of America, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Air Force Sergeants 
Association, and the Fleet Reserve Association, 9:30 a.m., 345 
Cannon Building.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, March 7, Subcommittee on the District 
of Columbia, on Public Schools (Including Charter Schools), 2 p.m., 
2362-A Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Research, Education 
and Extension, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Attorney General, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn, and on INS, 2:30 p.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Defense, on Fiscal Year 2001 Air Force 
Budget Overview, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn, and, executive, on Fiscal 
Year 2001 Air Force Acquisition Program, executive, 1:30 p.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Interior, oversight hearing on Bureau of 
Indian Affairs Reorganization/National Academy of Public 
Administration Report, 10 a.m., and on Bureau of Indian Affairs, 11 
a.m., and on Smithsonian, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.

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  March 8, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on public witnesses, 10 a.m., and on National Institute 
of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Director, NIH 
and Office of Director Panel, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Transit 
Capital Project, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 10:30 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Farm and Foreign 
Agricultural Services, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Department of State Administration of Foreign Affairs, 10 a.m., 
H-309 Capitol.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Defense, on Fiscal Year 2001 Army Budget 
Overview, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn, and, executive, on Fiscal Year 
2001 Army Acquisition Program, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Interior, on Forest Service, 10 a.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Secretary of Education, 10 a.m., and on Elementary and 
Secondary Education, Bilingual Education and Minority Language 
Affairs, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Air Force 
Construction, 9:30 a.m., and on Defense Agencies' Construction, 1:30 
p.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 9:30 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn, and on Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, 1:30 
p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, HUD and Independent 
Agencies, on Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, and Community 
Development Financial Institutions, 10 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 8, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing on Sustaining the All Volunteer Force and Reserve 
Component Issues, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Military Readiness and the Subcommittee 
on Research and Development, joint hearing on information 
superiority and information assurance, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, 
hearing on the Fiscal Year 2001 budget request for the military 
construction and military family housing programs of the Department 
of Defense, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the Subcommittee 
on Military Research and Development, joint hearing on Army programs 
and transformation, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Military Readiness and the Subcommittee 
on Civil Service of the Committee on Government Reform, joint 
hearing on Civilian Personnel Readiness, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, March 8, hearing on 
the Global AIDS crisis and pandemic in Africa, including H.R. 3519, 
World Bank AIDS Prevention Trust Fund Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 9, hearing on Money Laundering, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, March 9, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, 
hearing on price fluctuations in oil markets, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on Fetal 
Tissue: Is It Being Bought and Sold in Violation of Federal Law? 2 
p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3011, Truth in 
Billing Act of 1999; and H.R. 3022, Rest of the Truth in Telephone 
Billing Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 8, Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Technology in 
Education, 1 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  March 9 and 10, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, 
hearings on ``A More Secure Retirement for Workers: Proposals for 
ERISA Reform,'' 10:30 a.m., 2261 Rayburn on March 9 and 2175 Rayburn 
on March 10.
  Committee on Government Reform, March 8, Subcommittee on the 
Census, oversight hearing of the 2000 Census: Status of Bureau 
Census Operations and Activities, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on the ``The 
Failure of the FEHBP Demonstration Project: Another Broken 
Promise?'' 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs and 
International Relations, hearing on Combating Terrorism: Management 
of Medical Stockpiles, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on ``Computer Security: Are We Prepared for 
Cyberwar?'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Postal Service, hearing on International 
Postal Policy, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, March 8, to consider pending 
business, 4 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, March 8, hearing on U.S. 
Assistance Commitments in Southeast Europe, 2 p.m., room to be 
announced.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S. 
Security Concerns in Asia, 12:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 9, full Committee, hearing on the Situation in Tibet, 1 
p.m., room to be announced.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 8, to continue mark up of H.R. 
2372, Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 1999, and to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 1283, Fairness in Asbestos 
Compensation Act of 1999; H.R. 1304, Quality Health-Care Coalition 
Act of 1999; and H.R. 3660, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2000, 
2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  March 9, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 
2 p.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 3125, Internet 
Gambling Prohibition Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, March 8, to consider pending business, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation Act, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, March 9, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Fiscal Year 2001 Climate Change Budget 
Authorization Request, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing to review the Fiscal 
Year 2001 Budget Request for the Technology Administration/National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, including Computer Security 
and E-Commerce Initiatives, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 8, 
Subcommittee on Ground Transportation, hearing on Implementation of 
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century by the Department 
of Transportation, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to mark 
up the following: H.R. 910, San Gabriel Basis Water Quality 
Initiative; H.R. 2328, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act to reauthorize the Clean Lakes Program; and other pending 
business; followed by a hearing on proposals for a Water Resources 
Development Act of 2000, 11:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 9, Subcommittee on Benefits 
and the Subcommittee on Health, joint hearing on homeless veterans' 
issues, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 9, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing on Unemployment Compensation and the Family and 
Medical Leave Act, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 8, executive, 
hearing on Kosovo, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 9, executive, hearing on Fiscal Year 2001 DCI Budget 
Overview, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, 
executive, hearing on Support to Military Operations, 10 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: March 7, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on 
the legislative recommendations of the Retired Enlisted Association, 
Gold Star Wives of America, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Air 
Force Sergeants Association, and the Fleet Reserve Association, 9:30 
a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 9, to hold 
hearings to examine certain issues in Belarus, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon 
Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: March 9, to hold hearings to examine the 
impact of supply-side economics on the United States economy over 
the past twenty years, 9 a.m., SD-562.