[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 15, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D213-D215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  No meetings/hearings scheduled.

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                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Chief Information Officer, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on Small 
Business Administration, 10 a.m., and on FBI, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Ballistic Missile Defense, 
9:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Department of 
Energy--Energy Resources and Science, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Geological Survey, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Family Housing 
Privatization outside witnesses, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on EPA, 9:30 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the Subcommittee on 
Military Research and Development, joint hearing on Air Force 
programs, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, 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, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Assessing the Operation of the National 
Practitioner Data Bank, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  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, 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, Subcommittee on Government 
Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on ``Federal 
Acquisition: Why are Billions Being Wasted?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on North Korea: 
Leveraging Uncertainty? 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Africa's Energy Potential, 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, 10:30 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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, 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.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 2941, Las Cienegas National Conservation Area 
Establishment Act of 1999; H.R. 3676, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto 
Mountains National Mountains National Monument Act of 2000; 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.
  Committee on Rules, to continue hearings on Biennial Budgeting: A 
Tool for Improving Government Fiscal Management and Oversight, 9:30 
a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, 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.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on NASA Fiscal Year 
2001 Budget Request for Human Spaceflight, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: H.R. 3903, to deem the vessel M/V Mist Cove to be less 
than 100 gross tons, as measured under chapter 145 of title 46, 
United States Code; H.R. 910, San Gabriel Basin Water Quality 
Initiative; H.R. 1775, Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act 
of 1999; H.R. 2328, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
to reauthorize the Clean Lakes Program; H.R. 3039, Chesapeake Bay 
Restoration Act of 1999; Corps of Engineers Survey Resolutions; H.R. 
938, to designate the Federal building located at 290 Broadway in 
New York, New York, as the ``Ronald H. Brown Federal Building''; 
H.R. 1279, to designate the Federal building and United

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States post office located at 223 Sharkey Street in Clarksdale, 
Mississippi, as the ``Aaron E. Henry Federal Building and United 
States Post Office''; H.R. 1605, to designate the United States 
courthouse building located at 402 North Walnut Street and Prospect 
Avenue in Harrison, Arkansas, as the ``J. Smith Henley Federal 
Building''; H.R. 2412, to designate the Federal building and United 
States courthouse located at 1300 South Harrison Street in Fort 
Wayne, Indiana, as the ``E. Ross Adair Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse''; H. Con. Res. 279, authorizing the use of the 
Capitol Grounds for the 200th birthday celebration of the Library of 
Congress; H. Con. Res. 280, authorizing the District of Columbia 
Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run to be run through the 
Capitol Grounds; H. Con. Res. 281, a concurrent resolution 
authorizing the use of the East Front of the Capitol Grounds for 
performances by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; 
H. Con. Res. 277, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 
Greater Washington Soap Box Derby; H. Con. Res. 278, authorizing the 
use of the Capitol Grounds for the 19th annual National Peace 
Officers' Memorial Service; and other pending business, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Aviation Security, focusing 
on Training and Retention of Screeners, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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, 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.
  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.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2001 Central Intelligence Program Budget, 1 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.