[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 30 (Thursday, March 16, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D222-D225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of March 20 through March 25, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will be in a period of morning business.
  On Tuesday, Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 5, to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the earnings test for 
individuals who have attained retirement age.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate may consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: March 22, 
Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization, to 
hold hearings on issues relating to cabin fees, 3 p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: March 21, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to 
examine issues dealing with Alzheimer's Disease, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2001 for the Federal Communications Commission and the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 10 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
  March 21, 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, 10 a.m., SD-116.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  March 23, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, 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, 10 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 21, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  March 22, 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 tactical aviation, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  March 23, Subcommittee on SeaPower, 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, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 21, 
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold oversight 
hearings on HUD's Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS), 2 p.m., 
SD-628.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Securities, to hold hearings to examine 
electronic communications networks and brokerage firms efforts to 
meet investors' needs in the financial marketplace of the future, 10 
a.m., SD-628.
  March 23, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the 
Monetary Policy Report to Congress pursuant to the Full Employment 
and Balanced Growth Act of 1978, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: March 22, Committee on the Budget, 
business meeting to discuss the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2001, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 21, to 
hold hearings to examine the impact of interactive violence on 
children, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  March 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Susan Ness, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings to examine recent program and management issues at NASA, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine 
issues relating to aviation security, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 22, Subcommittee 
on Water and Power, 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 hydroelectric project in the State 
of Alabama, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  March 23, Full Committee, 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  March 23, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold oversight hearings to examine the status of 
monuments and memorials in and around Washington, D.C., 2:30 p.m., 
SD-366.

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  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 21, Subcommittee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings on General 
Services Association's fiscal year 2001 Capital Investment and 
Leasing Program, including the courthouse construction program, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk 
Assessment, to hold hearings to examine the current status of 
cleanup activities under the Superfund program, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water, 
to resume hearings to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's 
proposed rules regarding changes in the total maximum daily load and 
NPDES permit programs pursuant to the Clean Water Act, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Finance: March 22, to hold hearings to examine the 
inclusion of a prescription drug benefit in the Medicare program, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 21, Subcommittee on East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine North Korea, 
focusing on progress after Perry, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  March 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
nonproliferation threats and U.S. policy formulation, 2 p.m., SD-
419.
  March 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine India, 
Pakistan, and North Korea, focusing on nonproliferation policy, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  March 23, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up the proposed 
Technical Assistance, Trade Promotion and Anti-Corruption Act, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: March 22, 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, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  March 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 21, to 
hold hearings on regulating Internet pharmacies, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Public Health, to hold hearings on 
health care for the uninsured, focusing on safety net providers, 
9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 21, to hold hearings on S. 
2102, to provide to the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe a permanent land 
base within its aboriginal homeland, 10:30 a.m., SR-485.
  March 22, Full Committee, 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, 
9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 22, to hold closed 
hearings on pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  March 23, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 22, Subcommittee on Antitrust, 
Business Rights, and Competition, to hold oversight hearings on 
certain antitrust issues, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  March 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property 
Rights, to hold hearings to examine racial profiling within law 
enforcement agencies, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: March 22, to hold hearings 
on the Constitution and campaign reform, 9 a.m., SR-301.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
March 21, to hold hearings to review the annual certification 
process, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Small Business: March 21, business meeting to 
consider certain legislation regarding the Small Business 
Administration and Small Business Innovation Research Program 
reauthorization, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 22, 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, 10 
a.m., 345, Cannon Building.


                             House Chamber

  To Be Announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 22, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities, Resource Conservation, and Credit, hearing to review 
the reauthorization of the United States Grain Standards Act, 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, 
Nutrition, and Forestry, to consider H.R. 852, Freedom to E-File 
Act, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 21, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies, on Food Safety and Inspection Service, 10 a.m., 
2362-A Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on DC Public 
Schools (including Charter Schools), 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Department of Energy--Nuclear Waste Management and Disposal, 10 
a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Interior, on Indian Health Service, 10 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Public Witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 9:30 a.m., on Consumer 
Information Center, 10:30 a.m., on Office of Inspector General--
FDIC, 11:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related

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Agencies, on Rural Development, 10:00 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Federal Judiciary, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol, and on International 
Organizations, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Fiscal Year 2001 
Intelligence Budget, 9:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, on AID Administrator, 2 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Interior, on Presidio Trust, 10 a.m., on 
Department of Energy--Energy Information Administration, 11 a.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Secretary of Labor, 10 a.m., on OSHA and Mine Safety 
and Health Administration, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Aviation, 10 a.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Federal Election Commission, 10 a.m., H-144 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Drug Enforcement, 10 a.m., on Members of Congress, 2 p.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  March 23, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on Corrections 
and Related Activities, 2 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, executive, 
on Department of Energy--Atomic Energy Defense Activities, 10 a.m., 
2362-B Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Interior, on National Endowment for the 
Humanities, 10 a.m., on National Endowment for the Arts, 11 a.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Employment Standards Administration and Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, 10 a.m., on Employment and Training 
Administration/Veterans Employment, and Pension Agencies, 2 p.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Office of National Drug Control Policy, 10 a.m., on 
Executive Office of the President, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
HUD, 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 21, Subcommittee on Military 
Procurement, hearing on the Department of Energy Fiscal Year 2001 
Budget request (defense programs) and related matters, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  March 22, full Committee, to continue hearings on the Fiscal year 
2001 National Defense authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  March 23, hearing on U.S. policy towards Colombia, 9:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, March 21, 
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing 
on Margin Lending, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on improving the 
regulation of the housing Government Sponsored Enterprises, focusing 
on H.R. 3703, Housing Finance Regulatory Improvement Act, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  March 23, full Committee, hearing on International Financial 
Architecture, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, March 22. Subcommittee on Energy and Power, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3383, to amend the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 to remove separate treatment or exemption for 
nuclear safety violations by nonprofit institutions; H.R. 3906, to 
ensure that the Department of Energy has appropriate mechanisms to 
independently assess the effectiveness of its policy and site 
performance in the areas of safeguards and security and cyber 
security; and H.R. 3907, External Regulation of the Department of 
Energy Act, 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, to mark up H.R. 
3301, to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to 
children's health, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on 
Patient Access to Self-injectable Prescription Drugs in the Medicare 
Program, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, oversight hearing to receive the report of the Advisory 
Commission on Electronic Commerce, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, March 22, Subcommittee on National 
Security, Veterans' Affairs and International Relations, hearing on 
Combating Terrorism: Coordination of Nonmedical Research and 
Development Programs, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  March 23, full Committee, hearing on ``Missing White House E-
Mails: Mismanagement of Subpoenaed Records'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on the Civil Service, hearing on the 
Failure of the FEHBP Demonstration Project: Another Broken Promise? 
10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, March 23, hearing on U.S. 
Policy Toward Iraq, 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 21, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, oversight hearing on Private Property Rights and 
Telecommunications Policy, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  March 22, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 3138, Free Market 
Antitrust Immunity Reform (FAIR) Act of 1999, 10 a.m.; and to 
continue markup of H.R. 1304, Quality Health-Care Coalition Act of 
1999, and to mark up H.R. 3660 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 
2000, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
oversight hearing on the Advisory Commission on Internet Commerce, 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  March 23, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.J. Res. 
9, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
to allow an item veto of appropriation bills, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to 
mark up the following: United States and Trademark Office 
Reauthorization Act; and H.R. 2100, Antitampering Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 2810, Violent Offender DNA Identification Act; H.R. 3087, DNA 
Backlog Elimination Act; and H.R. 3375, Convicted Offender DNA Index 
System Support Act, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, March 22, to consider pending business, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2090, Exploration of 
the Seas Act; and H.R. 3919, Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration 
Partnership Act of 2000; followed by an oversight hearing on the 
Fiscal Year 2001 budget recommendations for the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on 
H.R. 3327, Cabin User Fee Fairness Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  March 23, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark 
up the following bills: H.R. 1500, Americas' Wilderness Protection 
Act; H.R. 1509, to authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial 
Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or 
its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in 
the Armed Forces of the United States; H.R. 1864, to standardize the 
process for conducting public hearings for Federal agencies within 
the Department of the Interior; H.R. 2932, Golden Spike/Crossroads 
of the West National Heritage Area Act of 1999; 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; and H.R. 3605, San 
Rafael Western Legacy District and National Conservation Act, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, March 22, Subcommittee on Rules and 
Organization, hearing on the Government Performance and Results Act 
and the Legislative Process of House Committees, 9:30 a.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, March 22, hearing on EPA's Sludge Rule: 
Closed Minds or Open Debate, 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's 
Fiscal Year 2001 Budge Request: Life and Microgravity Research, 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Authorization Request: Environmental 
Protection Agency Science and Technology Budget, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 22, hearing on aspects of the 
New Markets Initiative, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 21, 
Subcommittee on Ground Transportation, hearing on the Impact on 
Transportation Programs of Reducing the Federal Fuel Tax, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency 
Management, hearing on Program Data Quality, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on the Administration's proposals for a Water Resources Development 
Act of 2000, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, 
Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation, hearing on GSA's 
Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Investment Programs, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 23, Subcommittee on 
Benefits, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs obligation 
to assist veterans in filing claims for benefits, and H.R. 3193, 
Duty to Assist Veterans Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 21, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on Tax Incentives to assist distressed communities, 2 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on Work 
Incentives for Blind and Disabled Social Security Beneficiaries, 10 
a.m., B-318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: March 22, Senate Committee on 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, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 21, to 
hold hearings on the state of democratization and human rights in 
Turkmenistan, 2 p.m., 334 CHOB.