[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 38 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D295-D297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of April 3 through April 8, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will be in a period for morning business.
  On Tuesday, Senate expects to begin consideration of the 
Congressional Budget Resolution.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate expects to continue 
consideration of the Congressional Budget Resolution, and may consider 
any other cleared legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: April 3, to hold hearings to examine 
the rising demand for older workers, 1 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: April 6, to 
hold hearings on interstate shipments of state inspected meat, 9:30 
a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: April 4, Subcommittee on Interior, 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings to 
examine the implementation of the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, 
focusing on the positive notification requirement, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
Chechnya, Russia and U.S. Policy and aid programs, 10:30 a.m., SR-
301.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Department of the Treasury, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of the 
Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Defense, 
focusing on Army programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  April 6, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget

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estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Federal Trade Commission, 
9:30 a.m., S-146 Capitol.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Office of Drug Control Policy, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the International 
Financial Institutions, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 4, Subcommittee on Emerging 
Threats and Capabilities, 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 joint 
requirements, capabilities, and experimentation, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 4, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs 
of the Export Administration Act, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine 
issues dealing with aviation security, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 5, Subcommittee 
on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold oversight hearings on 
the proposed five-year strategic plan of the U.S. Forest Service in 
compliance with Government Results and Performance Act. (Immediately 
following Full Committee Business Meeting), Time to be announced, 
SD-366.
  April 5, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  April 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the energy 
potential of the 1002 area of the Arctic Coastal Plain; the role 
this energy could play in National security; the role this energy 
could play in reducing U.S. dependency on imported oil; and the 
legislative provisions of S. 2214, to establish and implement a 
competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an 
environmentally sound and job creating program for the exploration, 
development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the 
Coastal Plain, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: April 5, to hold hearings on the pattern of 
improper payments in the school Medicaid program, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 4, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Donald Arthur Mahley, of Virginia, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Negotiator for 
Chemical and Biological Arms Control Issues; and Gregory G. Govan, 
of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service 
as Chief U.S. Delegate to the Joint Consultative Group, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to 
hold hearings to examine the international trafficking of women and 
children, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  April 5, Subcommittee on International Operations, to hold 
hearings on United Nations peace keeping missions and their 
proliferation, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  April 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings on legacies of the 
Holocaust, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 5, to hold hearings on S. 612, 
to provide for periodic Indian needs assessments, to require Federal 
Indian program evaluations, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 4, to hold closed hearings 
on pending intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
  April 6, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 2:15 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 5, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to resume oversight 
hearings on the handling of the investigation of Peter Lee, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: April 5, to hold hearings 
to examine political parties in America, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.


                             House Chamber

  To Be Announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 6, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing on H.R. 
3453, Emergency Food Assistance Enhancement Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 4, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, on Children and 
Environmental Health, 10 a.m., and on public witnesses, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Customs--Oversight Automated Commercial Environment, 
10 a.m., and on U.S. Postal Service, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
National Science Foundation, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on U.S. Trade Representative, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Interior, oversight on Everglades, 10 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on public witnesses, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Bureau of the Census, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, on Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 9:30 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Interior, on public witnesses--Natural 
Resources, Energy, and other programs, 10 a.m., B-308.

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  April 6, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, 9:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, April 6, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 2764, America's Private Investment Companies Act; 
and H.R. 2848, New Markets Initiative Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, April 5, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, 
hearing on H.R. 2641, to make technical corrections to title X of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992; to be followed by a hearing on H.R. 380, 
National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Third 
Party Billing Company Fraud: Assessing the Threat Posed to Medicare, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 4, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on Modernizing ERISA to Promote 
Security, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 1999 Audit of the Corporation for National Service, 2 p.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  April 5, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 4141, Education Opportunities 
To Protect and Invest In Our Nation's Students (Education OPTIONS) Act, 1 
p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Rulemaking at the U.S. Department of Labor: OSHA's Employee Work at Home 
Policy, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, April 4, Subcommittee on Criminal 
Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, hearing on Drug Treatment 
Options within the Criminal Justice System, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on the Census, oversight hearing of the 2000 
Census: Mail-back Response Rates and Status of Key Operations, 2 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  April 6, full Committee, hearing on Autism: Present Challenges, Future 
Needs--Why the Increased Rates? 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, April 4, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade, to continue hearings on the 
Future of the Export Administration Act, Part 2, 3 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 5, full Committee, hearing on Haiti: Prospects for Free and Fair 
Elections, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 6, to hold a hearing on Tibet, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 4 and 5, to continue markup of H.R. 
3767, Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act; and to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 3244, Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 1999; and H.R. 
3125, Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 6. Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on the 
Fourth Amendment and the Internet, 2:30 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 4051, Project Exile: 
The Safe Streets and Neighborhoods Act of 2000, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 7, full Committee, to continue oversight hearings on Solutions to 
Competitive Problems in the Oil Industry: Part 2, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, April 4, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
3291, Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights 
Settlement Act; and H.R. 3468, Duchesne City Water Rights Conveyance Act, 
2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing 
on the Effect of the New Forest Rules on National Recreation, 2 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  April 4, Subcommittee on National Parks, and Public Lands, hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 2249, Corinth Battlefield Preservation Act of 
1999; H.R. 2773, Wekiva Wild and Scenic River Act of 1999; and H.R. 2833, 
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  April 5, full Committee, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on Section 118 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 10 
a.m., and to hold an oversight hearing on Section 119 of the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  April 6, Subcommittee on National Parks, and Public Lands, the 
Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health and the Subcommittee on 
Aviation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, joint 
hearing on H.R. 3661, General Aviation Access Act, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 1787, Deschutes Resources Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 
1999; and H.R. 1113, Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources 
Management Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, April 3, to consider the following: H.R. 3671, 
Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000; and 
H.R. 2418, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Amendments of 
1999, 6:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, April 6, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 
hearing on the Human Genome Project, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 5, hearing on Cash versus Accrual: 
The Policy Implications of the Growing Inability of Small Businesses to 
Use Simple Tax Accounting, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 6, Subcommittee 
on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management, hearing on 
Preparedness Against Terrorist Attacks Involving Weapons of Mass 
Destruction, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 5, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on VA Capital Asset Planning, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 6, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing on the 2000 Social Security Trustees Annual Report, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 4, to hold 
hearings on the deteriorating freedom of media and speech in Organization 
for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon Building.