[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 15, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E325-E327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, March 16, 2000 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                MARCH 21
     9:30 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings on regulating Internet pharmacies.
                                                            SD-430
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine issues dealing with 
           Alzheimers Disease.
                                                            SH-216
       Small Business
         Business meeting to consider certain legislation 
           regarding the Small Business Administration and Small 
           Business Innovation Research Program reauthorization.
                                                           SR-428A
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Federal Communications Commission and 
           the Securities and Exchange Commission.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
       Environment and Public Works
       Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on General Services Association's fiscal 
           year 2001 Capital Investment and Leasing Program, 
           including the courthouse construction program.
                                                            SD-406
       United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics 
           Control
         To hold hearings to review the annual certification 
           process.
                                                            SD-215
       Appropriations
       Legislative Branch Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Secretary of the Senate, and the 
           Sergeant at Arms.
                                                            SD-116
     10:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S.2102, to provide to the Timbisha 
           Shoshone Tribe a permanent land base within its 
           aboriginal homeland.
                                                            SR-485
     2 p.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the current status of cleanup 
           activities under the Superfund program.
                                                            SD-406
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine nonproliferation threats and 
           U.S. policy formulation.
                                                            SD-419
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings on the state of democratization and 
           human rights in Turkmenistan.
                                                          334-CHOB
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Housing and Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on HUD's Public Housing 
           Assesment System (PHAS).
                                                            SD-628

                                MARCH 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           request for fiscal year 2001 for the Forest Service, 
           Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-124
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Susan Ness, of 
           Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Communications 
           Commission.
                                                            SR-253
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by hearings on the nomination of Thomas 
           N. Slonaker, of Arizona, to be Special Trustee, Office 
           of Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of 
           the Interior.
                                                            SR-485
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs on the Legislative recommendation of 
           the Vietnam Veterans of America, the Retired Officers 
           Association, American Ex-Prisoners of War, AMVETS, and 
           the National Association of State Directors of Veterans 
           Affairs.
                                               345 Cannon Building
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings on Department of Energy's management of 
           health and safety issues surrounding the DOE's gaseous 
           diffusion plants at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Piketon, 
           Ohio.
                                                            SD-342
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine Department of 
           Energy's management of health and safety issues 
           surrounding DOE's gaseous diffusion plants in Tennessee 
           and Ohio.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on certain antitrust issues.
                                                            SD-226
       Budget
         Business meeting to discuss the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2001.
                                                            SD-608
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine recent program and management 
           issues at NASA.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on H.R. 862, to authorize the Secretary 
           of the Interior to implement the provisions of the 
           Agreement conveying title to a Distribution System from 
           the United States to the Clear Creek Community Services 
           District; H.R. 992, to convey the Sly Park Dam and 
           Reservoir to the El Dorado Irrigation District; H.R. 
           1235, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
           enter into contracts with the Solano County Water 
           Agency, California, to use Solano Project facilities 
           for impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject 
           water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other 
           beneficial purposes; H.R. 3077, to amend the Act that 
           authorized construction of the San Luis Unit of the 
           Central Valley Project, California, to facilitate water 
           transfers in the Central Valley Project; S. 1659, to 
           convey the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, the 
           Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, 
           and the Intake Irrigation Project to the appurtenant 
           irrigation districts; and S. 1836, to extend the 
           deadline for commencement of construction of a 
           hyroelectric project in the State of Alabama.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Environmental Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-138
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Thomas A. Fry, III, 
           of Texas, to be Director of the Bureau of Land 
           Management, Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-366
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Public Health Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on safety net providers.
                                                            SD-430
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
           Administration of the Department of Commerce, and the 
           Securities and Exchange Commission.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings on the Monetary Policy Report 
           to Congress pursuant to the Full Employment and 
           Balanced Growth Act of 1978.
                                                            SH-216
       Environment and Public Works
       Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine the Environmental 
           Protection Agency's proposed rules regarding changes in 
           the

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           total maximum daily load and NPDES permit programs 
           pursuant to the Clean Water Act.
                                                            SD-406
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine racial profiling within law 
           enforcement agencies.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to markup the proposed Technical 
           Assistance, Trade Promotion and Anti-Corruption Act.
                                                            SD-419
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         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 Navy and Marine Corps' seapower operational 
           capability requirements.
                                                            SR-222
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation 
           Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the status of 
           monuments and memorials in and around Washinton, D.C.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Communications Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the current state of 
           deployment of hi-speed Internet technologies, focusing 
           on rural areas.
                                                            SR-253
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Children and Families Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on child safety on the Internet.
                                                            SD-430
       Small Business
         To hold hearings to examine the extent of office supply 
           scams, including toner-phoner schemes.
                                                            SD-562
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine issues dealing with mind body 
           and alternative medicines.
                                                            SD-192
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the implementation of the 
           Driver's Privacy Protection Act, focusing on the 
           positive notification requirement.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation 
           Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on the incinerator component 
           at the proposed Advanced Waste Treatment Facility at 
           the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental 
           Laboratory and its potential impact on the adjacent 
           Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-430
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-124
     10 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings on how to structure government to meet 
           the challenges of the millennium.
                                                            SD-342
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings on meeting the challenges of the 
           millennium, focusing on proposals to increase the 
           efficiency and effectiveness of the Federal Government.
                                                            SD-342
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           Air Force programs.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by hearings on S. 1967, to make 
           technical corrections to the status of certain land 
           held in trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw 
           Indians, to take certain land into trust for that Band.
                                                            SR-485
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 1778, to provide for equal 
           exchanges of land around the Cascade Reservoir, S. 
           1894, to provide for the conveyance of certain land to 
           Park County, Wyoming, and S. 1969, to provide for 
           improved management of, and increases accountability 
           for, outfitted activities by which the public gains 
           access to and occupancy and use of Federal land.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 30
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Housing and Urban 
           Development.
                                                            SD-138
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on S. 882, to strengthen provisions in 
           the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and the Federal 
           Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 
           with respect to potential Climate Change; and S. 1776, 
           to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to revise the 
           energy policies of the United States in order to reduce 
           greenhouse gas emissions, advance global climate 
           science, promote technology development, and increase 
           citizen awareness.
                                                            SD-366
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the National Institutes of Health, 
           Department of Health and Human Services.
                                                            SD-124
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings on medical records privacy.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on the President's October 
           1999 announcement to review approximately 40 million 
           acres of national forest lands for increased 
           protection.
                                                            SD-366

                                APRIL 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office 
           of the Special Trustee, Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 612, to provide for periodic 
           Indian needs assessments, to require Federal Indian 
           program evaluations.
                                                            SR-485
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           Army programs.
                                                            SD-192

                                APRIL 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 8
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           medical programs.
                                                            SD-192

                                APRIL 11
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-138

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     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on S. 282, to provide that no electric 
           utility shall be required to enter into a new contract 
           or obligation to purchase or to sell electricity or 
           capacity under section 210 of the Public Utility 
           Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; S. 516, to benefit 
           consumers by promoting competition in the electric 
           power industry; S. 1047, to provide for a more 
           competitive electric power industry; S. 1284, to amend 
           the Federal Power Act to ensure that no State may 
           establish, maintain, or enforce on behalf of any 
           electric utility an exclusive right to sell electric 
           energy or otherwise unduly discriminate against any 
           consumer who seeks to purchase electric energy in 
           interstate commerce from any supplier; S. 1273, to 
           amend the Federal Power Act, to facilitate the 
           transition to more competitive and efficient electric 
           power markets; S. 1369, to enhance the benefits of the 
           national electric system by encouraging and supporting 
           State programs for renewable energy sources, universal 
           electric service, affordable electric service, and 
           energy conservation and efficiency; S. 2071, to benefit 
           electricity consumers by promoting the reliability of 
           the bulk-power system; and S. 2098, to facilitate the 
           transition to more competitive and efficient electric 
           power markets, and to ensure electric reliability.
                                                            SH-216

                                APRIL 12
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by hearings on S. 611, to provide for 
           administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition 
           to certain Indian groups, and will be followed by a 
           business meeting to consider pending committee 
           business.
                                                            SR-485
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Corporation for National and 
           Community Service, Community Development Financial 
           Institutions, and Chemical Safety Board.
                                                            SD-138
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           missile defense programs.
                                                            SD-192

                                APRIL 13
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the National Aeronautics and Space 
           Administration.
                                                            SD-138
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on S. 282, to provide that no electric 
           utility shall be required to enter into a new contract 
           or obligation to purchase or to sell electricity or 
           capacity under section 210 of the Public Utility 
           Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; S. 516, to benefit 
           consumers by promoting competition in the electric 
           power industry; S. 1047, to provide for a more 
           competitive electric power industry; S. 1284, to amend 
           the Federal Power Act to ensure that no State may 
           establish, maintain, or enforce on behalf of any 
           electric utility an exclusive right to sell electric 
           energy or otherwise unduly discriminate against any 
           consumer who seeks to purchase electric energy in 
           interstate commerce from any supplier; S. 1273, to 
           amend the Federal Power Act, to facilitate the 
           transition to more competitive and efficient electric 
           power markets; S. 1369, to enhance the benefits of the 
           national electric system by encouraging and supporting 
           State programs for renewable energy sources, universal 
           electric service, affordable electric service, and 
           energy conservation and efficiency; S. 2071, to benefit 
           electricity consumers by promoting the reliability of 
           the bulk-power system; and S. 2098, to facilitate the 
           transition to more competitive and efficient electric 
           power markets, and to ensure electric reliability.
                                                            SH-216
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 2034, to establish the Canyons of 
           the Ancients National Conservation Area.
                                                            SD-366

                                APRIL 26
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-192

                              SEPTEMBER 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs on the Legislative recommendation of 
           the American Legion.
                                               345 Cannon Building

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                APRIL 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by hearings on S. 611, to provide for 
           administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition 
           to certain Indian groups.
                                                            SR-485