[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 21, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D236-D237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization, to hold hearings 
on issues relating to cabin fees, 3 p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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.
  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to mark up a proposed 
concurrent resolution setting forth the fiscal year 2001 budget for 
the Federal Government, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings 
to examine recent program and management issues at NASA, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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; S. 1836, to extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Alabama; and 
S. 2091, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: 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: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and 
South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine issues dealing with 
Iraq, focusing on sanctions and U.S. policy, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on 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, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on 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, 
9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business 
Rights, and Competition, to hold oversight hearings on certain 
antitrust issues, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings on the 
Constitution and campaign reform, 9 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the legislative 
recommendations of the Vietnam Veterans of America, the Retired 
Officers Association, American Ex-Prisoners of War, AMVETS, and the 
National Association

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of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 345, Cannon 
Building.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Rural Development, 10:00 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on 
Federal Judiciary, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol, and on Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Fiscal Year 2001 
Intelligence Budget, 9:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Presidio Trust, 10 a.m., on 
Department of Energy--Energy Information Administration, 11 a.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Pension Agencies; Bureau of Labor Statistics, 10 a.m., and on 
Secretary of Labor, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Aviation, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on Federal Election Commission, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, to continue hearings on the fiscal 
year 2001 National Defense authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on Commerce, 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.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Service, to 
mark up the following: the Long-Term Care Security Act; and H.R. 
2842, Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity Act of 
1999, 2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on ``Results of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development's Fiscal Year 1999 Financial Statements Audit'', 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up H.R. 2909, 
Intercountry Adoption Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing 
on the Future of the Export Administration Act-Part 1, 1 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on H.R. 3138, Free Market 
Antitrust Immunity Reform (FAIR) Act of 1999, 10 a.m.; and to 
continue mark up of H.R. 1304, Quality Health-Care Coalition Act of 
1999, and to mark up the following: H.R. 3660 Partial-Birth Abortion 
Ban Act of 2000; H.R. 3125, Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 
1999; and private bills, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to mark up H.R. 3918, to 
establish the Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of 
Immigration Enforcement within the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 
2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H. Con. Res. 290, concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001, 1:30 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  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, hearing on EPA's Sludge Rule: Closed Minds 
or Open Debate, 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's Fiscal 
Year 2001 Budget Request: Life and Microgravity Research, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials, and 
Pipeline Transportation, to mark up the following: H.R. 3171, 
National Health Museum Site Selection Act; H.R. 3069, Southeast 
Federal Center Public-Private Development Act of 2000; and other 
pending business, 1 p.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency 
Management, hearing on Program Data Quality, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  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.


                             Joint Meetings

  Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold joint hearings with 
the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the legislative 
recommendations 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.