[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 22, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D247-D249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 23, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, to hold hearings on

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proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to hold hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Internal 
Revenue Service, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings to examine 
the Administration's program in Haiti, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on S.1712, to 
provide authority to control exports, 9:45 a.m., SR-222.
  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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold hearings on 
Surface Transportation Board's 15 month merger moratorium policy on 
railroad mergers, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on 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, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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: to hold hearings to examine trade with the 
Peoples' Republic of China and its implications for United States 
national interests, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine India, 
Pakistan, and North Korea, focusing on nonproliferation policy, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to markup the proposed Technical 
Assistance, Trade Promotion and Anti-Corruption Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: business meeting to mark up S. 
1993, to reform Government information security by strengthening 
information security practices throughout the Federal Government; S. 
1964, to designate the United States Post Office located at 14071 
Peyton Drive in Chino Hills, California, as the Joseph Ileto Post 
Office; H.R. 1374, to designate the United States Post Office 
building located at 680 State Highway 130 in Hamilton, New Jersey, 
as the ``John K. Rafferty Hamilton Post Office Building''; and H.R. 
3189, to designate the United States post office located at 14071 
Peyton Drive in Chino Hills, California, as the ``Joseph Ileto Post 
Office'', 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Public Health, to hold hearings on health care for the uninsured, 
focusing on safety net providers, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of David M. 
Lawson, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Michigan vice Avern Cohn, retired; and the 
nomination of Richard C. Tallman, of Washington, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, 3 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and Judiciary, on Drug Enforcement, 10 a.m., on Members of 
Congress, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Army budget overview, 9:30 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn, and, executive, on Army acquisitions, 1:30 p.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on Corrections and 
Related Activities, 2 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, executive, on 
Department of Energy--Atomic Energy Defense Activities, 10 a.m., 
2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on National Endowment for the 
Humanities, 10 a.m., on National Endowment for the Arts, 11 a.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Employment and Training Administration/Veterans Employment; and 
Employment Standards Administration, 10 a.m., on Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration; and Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on U.S. policy towards 
Colombia, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on 
International Financial Architecture, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, 
hearing on Patient Access to Self-injectable Prescription Drugs in 
the Medicare Program, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3615, Rural Local 
Broadcast Signal Act; H.R. 3113, Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act of 
1999; and H.R. 3439, Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., 21123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on ``Missing White House 
E-Mails: Mismanagement of Subpoenaed Records'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: H. Con. Res. 292, congratulating President-elect Chen 
Shui-bian and Vice President-elect Annette Lu of Taiwan and 
reaffirming United States policy toward Taiwan and the People's 
Republic of China; and H.R. 3707, American Institute in Taiwan 
Facilities Enhancement Act; followed by a hearing on U.S. Policy 
Toward Iraq, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 4034, United States and Trademark Office 
Reauthorization Act; and H.R. 2100, Antitampering Act of 1999, 2 
p.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  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, 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.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on H.R. 3327, 
Cabin User Fee Fairness Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  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, Public Hearing 
Standardization Act of 1999; 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 Science, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: H.R. 3069, Southeast Federal Center Public-Private 
Development Act of 2000; H.R. 3171, National Health Museum Site 
Selection Act; H.R. 1359, to designate the Federal building and 
United States courthouse to be constructed at 10 East Commerce 
Street in Youngstown, Ohio, as the ``Frank J. Battisti and Nathaniel 
R. Jones Federal Building and United States Courthouse''; S. 1567, 
to designate the United States courthouse located at 223 Broad 
Street in Albany, Georgia, as the ``C.B. King United States 
Courthouse''; reinstatement of selected reports required from 
Federal agencies; and other pending business, 9:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous 
Materials and Pipeline Transportation, hearing on GSA's Fiscal Year 
2001 Capital Investment Programs, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on Child Protection Issues, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on Work Incentives for 
Blind and Disabled Social Security Beneficiaries, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
National Security Agency Legal Authorities, 1 p.m., followed by, 
executive, hearing on Consolidated Cryptologic Program, 2 p.m., H-
405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
on the impact of organized crime and corruption on democratic and 
economic reform, 2:30 p.m., SR-485.