[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 26 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D195-D197]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of March 13 through March 18, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  Senate will not be in session.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 15, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the Legislative 
recommendation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon 
Building.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, March 14, Subcommittee on Interior, 
on Department of Energy--Fossil Energy, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Public Witnesses, 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Customs Service, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn, and on 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, 2 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Marketing and 
Regulatory Programs, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Supreme Court, 10 a.m., and on State and Local Law Enforcement, 2 
p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Defense, on Fiscal Year 2001 Navy/Marine 
Corps Budget Overview, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn; and, executive, on 
Fiscal Year 2001 Navy/Marine Corps Acquisition Program, 1:30 p.m., 
H-140 Capitol.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, export Financing and 
Related Programs, on Secretary of State, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Interior, on Woodrow Wilson Center, 10 
a.m., on Holocaust Museum, 11 a.m., on Kennedy Center, 11:30 a.m., 
and on Secretary of Energy, 2 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Vocational and Adult Education and Educational 
Research and Improvement, 10 a.m., and on Office of Higher 
Education/Office of Student Financial Aid, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Family Housing 
Privatization, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Transportation, on National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Secret Service, 10 a.m., and on Financial Crimes 
Enforcement Network, 2 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
NASA, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Chief Information 
Officer, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Small Business Administration, 10 a.m., and on FBI, 2 p.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Ballistic Missile 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Department of Energy--Energy Resources and Science, 10 a.m., 2362-B 
Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Interior, on Geological Survey, 10 a.m., 
B-308 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Howard University and Gallaudet University, 10 a.m., 
and on Special Institutions for the Disabled; and Special Education 
and Rehabilitative Services, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Family Housing 
Privatization outside witnesses, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on IRS, 9:30 a.m., and on Secretary of the Treasury, 2 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
EPA, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 14, Subcommittee on Military 
Procurement and the Subcommittee on Military Research and 
Development, joint hearing on Navy and Marine Corps programs, 1 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 15, full Committee, to continue hearings on the Fiscal Year 
2001 National Defense authorization budget request, with emphasis on 
the regional commanders, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 15, Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and 
Recreation, hearing on morale, welfare and recreation resale systems 
and programs, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on removing 
the barriers to TRICARE, 1:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.

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  March 16, Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy 
Reorganization, hearing on the National Nuclear Security 
Administration and implementation of the provisions of Title XXXII, 
10 a.m., 2216 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, 
hearing on the implementation of the Military Housing Privatization 
Initiative, utilities infrastructure privatization, and asset 
management practices of the military departments, 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the 
Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, joint hearing on 
Air Force programs, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 17, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on 
sustaining the All Volunteer Force, 8:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, March 14, to mark up 
H.R. 1776, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 
2000, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 15, to mark up H.R. 3519, World Bank AIDS Prevention Trust 
Fund Act, 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, hearing on The Reagan Legacy, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Capital Markets Securities and 
Government-Sponsored Enterprises, hearing and markup of H.R. 2924, 
Hedge Fund Disclosure Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, March 14, Subcommittee on Energy and Power 
and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing 
on safety and security of the new National Nuclear Security 
Administration, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on the Telecommunications Merger Act of 2000, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 15, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1089, Mutual Fund Tax Awareness Act of 1999; H.R. 887, to amend the 
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to require improved disclosure 
of corporate charitable contributions; and H.R. 1954, Rental 
Fairness Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Assessing the Operation of the National Practitioner Data Bank, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on H.R. 3615, Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act, 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 16, Subcommittee 
on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on H.R. 3462, Wealth Through 
the Workplace Act of 1999, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, March 14, Subcommittee on the 
Census, oversight hearing on the 2000 Census: Status of Key 
Operations, 2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human 
Resources, to continue hearings on HHS Drug Treatment Support: Is 
SAMHSA Optimizing Resources? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs and 
International Relations, hearing on Agent Orange: Status of the Air 
Force's Ranch Hand Study, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, March 15, hearing on the 
Administration's Fiscal Year 2001 Foreign Assistance Request, 10 
a.m., room to be announced.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on the U.S. 
and Latin America in the New Millennium: Outlook and Priorities, 
1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  March 16, full Committee, hearing on North Korea: Leveraging 
Uncertainty? 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Africa's Energy 
Potential, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 14, 15 and 16, to continue 
markup of H.R. 1283, Fairness in Asbestos Compensation Act of 1999; 
and to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1304, Quality Health-Care 
Coalition Act of 1999; and H.R. 3660, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act 
of 2000, 2 p.m., on March 14, 10:15 a.m., on March 15 and 10:30 
a.m., on March 16, 2141 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on 
Private Property Rights and Telecommunications Policy, 2 p.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Crime, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 1349, Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act of 1999; and 
H.R. 3048, Presidential Threat Protection Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, March 14, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, oversight hearing on Forest Service Road Management 
Policy, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  March 14, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on H.R. 2557, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
feasibility study on the inclusion in Biscayne National Park, 
Florida, of the archaeological site known as the Miami Circle; H.R. 
3084, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contribute funds 
for the establishment of an interpretative center on the life and 
contributions of President Abraham Lincoln; and H.R. 3293, to amend 
the law that authorized the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to authorize 
the placement within the site of the memorial of a plaque to honor 
those Vietnam veterans who died after their service in the Vietnam 
war, but as a direct result of that service, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  March 15, full committee, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2001 Budget requests for the following 
Department of the Interior Agencies: Office of Surface Mining, 
Reclamation and Enforcement; Minerals Management Service; energy and 
minerals programs of the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. 
Geological Survey, except water resources programs, 1:30 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  March 16, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 2941, Las Cienegas National 
Conservation Area Establishment Act

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of 1999; and H.R. 3676, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 
National Mountains National Monument Act of 2000, 1:30 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, March 15, Subcommittee on Basic Research, to 
continue hearings on National Science Foundation Fiscal 2001 Budget 
Authorization Request, Part III: A View from Outside NSF, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Standards 
Conformity and the Federal Government: A Review of Section 12 of 
Public Law 104-113, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, to continue 
hearings on Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Authorization Request: 
Department of Energy--Offices of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy; Fossil Energy; and Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on NASA 
Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Request for Human Spaceflight, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 14, Subcommittee on Government 
Programs and Oversight and the Subcommittee on Benefits of the 
Committee on Veterans Affairs, joint hearing with respect to Public 
Law 106-50, Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development 
Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 15, full Committee, hearing on Helping Agricultural 
Producers ``Re-Grow'' Rural America'': Providing the Tools, 2 p.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 15, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on 
the United States Coast Guard Fiscal Year 2001 budget request, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Aviation Security, 
focusing on Training and Retention of Screeners, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 16, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Loan Guaranty Service, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 16, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing on H.R. 1488, Compassion for Children and Child 
Support Enforcement Act of 1999, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings to 
examine Social Security's readiness for the impending wave of Baby 
Boomer beneficiaries, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: March 15, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
on the Legislative recommendation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 
10 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.