[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 41 (Wednesday, April 5, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D320-D321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 6, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings on interstate shipments of state inspected meat, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Energy, 9 a.m., SD-116.
  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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for 
the Federal Trade Commission, 9:30 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
  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: to hold hearings to examine 
procedures and standards for the granting of security clearances at 
the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine issues dealing with 
aviation security, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine China's 
accession to the World Trade Organization, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, with the Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, to hold joint hearings on China 
in the World Trade Organization, focusing on United States high 
technology sector, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade 
Promotion, with the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings on China in the World Trade Organization, 
focusing on United States high technology sector, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 2:15 p.m., SH-219.

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  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of John Antoon II, of Florida, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Florida; the nomination of 
Richard C. Tallman, of Washington, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Ninth Circuit; the nomination of Marianne O. Battani, of 
Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Michigan vice Anna Diggs Taylor, retired; the nomination 
of David M. Lawson, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Michigan vice Avern Cohn, retired; H.R. 
2260, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to promote pain 
management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide 
and euthanasia; S. 1854, to reform the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust 
Improvements Act of 1976; H.J. Res. 86, recognizing the 50th 
anniversary of the Korean War and the service by members of the 
Armed Forces during such war; and S. 2058, to extend filing 
deadlines for applications for adjustment of status of certain 
Cuban, Nicaraguan, and Haitian nationals, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine the Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2:30 p.m., SD-
226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and Judiciary, on Bureau of the Census, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn, and on NOAA, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 9:30 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on public witnesses--Natural Resources, 
Energy, and other programs, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Armed Forces Retirement Home, and National on Disability, 10 
a.m., on Elementary and Secondary Education, and Bilingual Education 
and Minority Language Affairs, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, 9:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol, and on NASA, 
1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Third Party Billing Company Fraud: 
Assessing the Threat Posed to Medicare, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing to receive the report of the Advisory Commission 
on Electronic Commerce; to be followed by a hearing on H.R. 3489, 
Wireless Telecommunications Sourcing and Privacy Act, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to continue markup of 
H.R. 4141, Education Opportunities To Protect and Invest In Our 
Nation's Students (Education OPTIONS) Act, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on Autism: Present 
Challenges, Future Needs--Why the Increased Rates? 10:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the Status of 
Negotiations Between China and Tibet, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, to mark 
up H.R. 3680, to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1998 with respect to the adjustment of composite 
theoretical performance levels of high performance computers, 2 
p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of H.R. 3125, 
Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 1999, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on the Fourth 
Amendment and the Internet, 2:30 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 4051, Project Exile: The 
Safe Streets and Neighborhoods Act of 2000, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up the following: H.R. 3176, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine ways 
of restoring the natural wetlands conditions in the Kealia Pond 
National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii; and H.R. 3292, to provide for the 
establishment of the Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge in West 
Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, followed by an oversight hearing on 
Section 118 of the Marine Mammal Protection, 10 a.m., and an 
oversight hearing on Section 119 of the Marine Mammal Protection 
Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  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.
  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; and oversight hearing on Bonneville Power 
Administrations' Subscription process, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 
hearing on the Human Genome Project, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing on the 2000 Social Security Trustees Annual Report, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.