[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 8, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D182-D183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 9, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine issues 
dealing with Medicare, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on the Department 
of Transportation Program oversight, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  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 active and reserve military and civilian personnel programs, 2:30 
p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: To hold hearings 
on the final report of the International Financial Institute 
Advisory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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: To continue hearings to examine penalty and 
interest provisions in the Internal Revenue Code, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs, 
to hold hearings on NATO and the European Defense Program, 2 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Business 
meeting to continue markup of S. 2, to extend programs and 
activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: To hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Business meeting to mark up H.R. 1658, 
to provide a more just and uniform procedure for Federal civil 
forfeitures; S. 2045, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
with respect to H-1B nonimmigrant aliens; S. 1796, to modify the 
enforcement of certain anti-terrorism judgments; and S.J. Res. 39, 
recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Korean War and the service 
by members of the Armed Forces during such war, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2000, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies, on Farm and Foreign 
Agricultural Services, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on 
Department of State Administration of Foreign Affairs, 10 a.m., H-
309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Forest Service, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Secretary of Education, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Air Force Construction, 
9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 9:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  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, 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.
  Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the Subcommittee on 
Military Research and Development, joint hearing on Army programs 
and transformation, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  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, hearing on Money 
Laundering, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing 
on price fluctuations in oil markets, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  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.
  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, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearings on ``A More Secure Retirement 
for Workers: Proposals for ERISA Reform,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the following: a draft 
report entitled ``The Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine 
Immunization Program: Unproven

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Force Protection''; H.R. 3699, designating that the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 3409 Lee Highway in 
Merrifield, Virginia, be known as the ``Joel T. Broyhill Postal 
Building''; H.R. 3701, designating the United States Postal Service 
located at 3118 Washington Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, be 
known as the ``Joseph L. Fisher Post Office Building''; H.R. 3030, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 757 Warren Road in Ithaca, New York, as the ``Matthew F. 
McHugh Post Office''; and H.R. 3488, to designate the United States 
Post Office located at 60 Third Avenue in Long Branch, New Jersey, 
as the ``Pat King Post Office Building'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on ``Computer Security: Are We Prepared for 
Cyberwar?'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Postal Service, hearing on International Postal 
Policy, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on U.S. Assistance 
Commitments in Southeast Europe; to be followed by a markup of the 
following: H. Res. 429, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives concerning the participation of the extremist FPO in 
the government of Austria; and a measure expressing support for 
humanitarian assistance to the Republic of Mozambique, 10 a.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup 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, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, oversight 
hearing on the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 3 p.m., B-
352 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 3125, Internet Gambling 
Prohibition Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to mark up H.R. 238, to 
amend section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose 
mandatory minimum sentences, and increase certain sentences, for 
bringing in and harboring certain aliens and to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to provide enhanced penalties for persons 
committing such offenses while armed, 9:30 a.m., 2148 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife, and Oceans, oversight hearing on the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation Act, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 2647, Ak-Chin Water Use Amendments Act of 1999; H.R. 3236, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with 
the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, Utah., to use Weber 
Basin Project facilities for the impounding, storage, and carriage 
of nonproject water for domestic, municipal, industrial and other 
beneficial purposes; and H.R. 3577, to increase the amount 
authorized to be appropriated for the north side pumping division of 
the Minidoka reclamation project, Idaho, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2001 Climate Change Budget Authorization 
Request, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  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 Small Business, to mark up programs of the SBA, 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits and the 
Subcommittee on Health, joint hearing on homeless veterans' issues, 
10 a.m., 345 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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, executive, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2001-DCI Budget Overview, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: To hold hearings 
to examine certain issues in Belarus, 10 a.m., 334, Cannon Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: 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.