[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 35 (Monday, March 27, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E421-E423]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       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.

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  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, March 28, 2000 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                MARCH 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold closed hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Defense, 
           focusing on Air Force programs, (to be followed by an 
           open session in SD-192).
                                                            SH-219
       Judiciary
       Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on the handling of the 
           investigation of Peter Lee.
                                                            SD-226
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on S. 2267, to direct the National 
           Institute of Standards and Technology to establish a 
           program to support research and training in methods of 
           detecting the use of performance-enhancing substances 
           by athletes (pending on Senate calendar).
                                                            SR-253
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine Presidential primaries and 
           campaign finance.
                                                            SR-301
     10 a.m.
       Finance
         To resume hearings to examine the inclusion of a 
           prescription drug benefit in the Medicare program.
                                                            SD-215
       Budget
         Business meeting to continue markup a proposed concurrent 
           resolution setting forth the fiscal year 2001 budget 
           for the Federal Government.
                                                            SD-608
     10:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings on how to structure government to meet 
           the challenges of the millennium.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings on pending intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219
     2:30 p.m.
       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
       Indian Affairs
         To hold 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; S. 1507, to 
           authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol 
           and substance programs and services provided by Indian 
           tribal governments; and S. 1509, to amend the Indian 
           Employment, Training, and Related Services 
           Demonstration Act of 1992, to emphasize the need for 
           job creation on Indian reservations.
                                                            SR-485

                                MARCH 30
     9 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Treasury and General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for Treasury Law Enforcement Bureaus.
                                                            SD-192
     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
       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
       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
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the need for nonproliferation 
           policy innovations.
                                                            SD-430
       Rules and Administration
         To hold oversight hearings on the operations of the 
           Architect of the Capitol.
                                                            SR-301
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to markup H.R. 2260, to amend the 
           Controlled Substances Act to promote pain management 
           and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide 
           and euthanasia; and S. 1854, to reform the Hart-Scott-
           Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.
                                                            SD-226
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Alan Craig 
           Kessler, of Pennsylvania, to be a Governor of the 
           United States Postal Service; and Carol Waller Pope, of 
           the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal 
           Labor Relations Authority.
                                                            SD-342
       Finance
         Business meeting to markup H.R. 6, to amend the Internal 
           Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the marriage penalty 
           by providing that the income tax rate bracket amounts, 
           and the amount of the standard deduction, for joint 
           returns shall be twice the amounts applicable to 
           unmarried individuals.
                                                            SD-215
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on S. 1361, to amend the Earthquake 
           Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to provide for an 
           expanded Federal program of hazard mitigation, relief, 
           and insurance against the risk of catastrophic natural 
           disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and 
           volcanic eruptions.
                                                            SR-253
     10:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the Administration's fiscal year 2001 
           budget for programs with the Environmental Protection 
           Agency's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
                                                            SD-406
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine racial profiling within law 
           enforcement agencies.
                                                            SD-226
       Foreign Relations
       Meeting to discuss crusial issues before the United 
           Nations.
                                                            SD-419
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings on pending intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219
     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

                                MARCH 31
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Energy Research, Development, Production and Regulation 
           Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Department of 
           Energy's findings at the Gaseous Diffusion Plant in 
           Paducah, Kentucky, and plans for cleanup at the site.
                                                            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
     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

                                APRIL 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-124
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 612, to provide for periodic 
           Indian needs assessments, to require Federal Indian 
           program evaluations.
                                                            SR-485

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     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
     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

                                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
     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.
       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
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings on the report of the Academy 
           for Public Administration on Bureau of Indian Affairs 
           management reform.
                                                            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 
           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

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                MARCH 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                MARCH 30
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-430
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings on medical records privacy.
                                                            SD-430

                                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