[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 44 (Monday, April 10, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D344-D345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             APRIL 11, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Special Committee on Aging: to continue hearings to examine 
funerals and burials, focusing on protecting consumers from bad 
practices, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Christopher A. McLean, of Nebraska, to 
be Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of 
Agriculture; to be followed by hearings to examine the Methyl 
Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) crisis and the future of renewable 
fuels, 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-124.
  Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Energy, 9:30 
a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for foreign health assistance, 
10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Bernard Daniel Rostker, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
Defense for Personnel and Readiness; Gregory Robert Dahlberg, of 
Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Army; and Madelyn R. Creedon, 
of Indiana, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, 
National Nuclear Security Administration, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the effects of permanent, normalized trade 
relations with China on the U.S. economy, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on 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, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Carey Cavanaugh, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador 
during his tenure of service as Special Negotiator for Nagorno-
Karabakh and New Independent States Regional Conflicts; the 
nomination of Christopher Robert Hill, of Rhode Island, a Career 
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, 
to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
States of America to the Republic of Poland; and the nomination of 
Thomas G. Weston, of Michigan, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador 
during his tenure of service as Special Coordinator for Cyprus, 9 
a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on United States policy towards 
China, focusing on permanent normal trade status, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine early 
childhood programs for low-income families, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State and Judiciary, on U.N. Peacekeeping, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on AID Administrator, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Native American issues, 10 a.m., B-
308 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Members of Congress, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on U.S. Mint, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on the 
recommendations of the President's Working Group on Financial 
Markets concerning Financial Contract Netting, Hedge Fund 
Disclosure, and Over-the-Counter Derivatives, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, oversight hearing on the status of 
deployment of broadband technologies, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to continue mark up of 
H.R. 4141, Education Opportunities To Protect and Invest In Our 
Nation's Students (Education OPTIONS) Act; and to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 4055, IDEA Full Funding Act of 2000; and H.R. 
3629, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the 
program for American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities under 
part A of title III, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Recent 
Developments in Kosovo and Related Issues, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on the limit on regulatory 
powers under the Bankruptcy Code, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, 
oversight hearing on Integration of Eco-region Assessments in Forest 
Service Plans, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.J. Res. 94, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with 
respect to tax limitations; a resolution providing for consideration 
of motions to suspend the Rules; H.R. 2328, to amend the Federal 
Water Pollution Act to reauthorize the Clean Lakes Programs; and 
H.R. 3039, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 1999, 1 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on NASA's Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Request: Aero-Space 
Technology Enterprise, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Government Programs 
and Oversight, oversight hearing to examine the federal government's 
use of e-commerce to facilitate procurement in comparison to the 
private sector, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: Corps of Engineers Survey Resolutions; H.R. 673, Florida 
Keys Water Quality Improvements Act of 1999; H.R. 855, Long Island 
Sound Preservation and Protection Act; H.R. 1106, Alternative Water 
Sources Act of 1999; H.R. 1237, to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to permit grants for the national estuary program to be 
used for the development and implementation of a comprehensive 
conservation and management plan, to reauthorize appropriations to 
carry out the program; H.R. 2957, Lake Pontchartrain Basin 
Protection Act of 1999 and H.R. 3313, Long Island Sound Restoration 
Act; 11(b) Public Buildings Resolutions; H.R. 1405, to designate the 
Federal building located at 143 West Liberty Street, Medina, Ohio, 
as the ``Donald J. Pease Federal Building''; H.R. 1571, to designate 
the Federal building under construction at 600 State Street in New 
Haven, Connecticut, as the ``Merrill S. Parks, Jr., Federal 
Building''; H.R. 1729, to designate the Federal facility located at 
1301 Emmet Street in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the ``Pamela B. 
Gwin Hall''; H.R. 1901, to designate the United States border 
station located in Pharr, Texas, as the ``Kika de la Garza United 
States Border Station''; and other pending business, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Issues Arising out of the 
Egypt Air Crash, 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 Program, 3 p.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on fundamental tax reform, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on efforts to inform the 
public about Social Security, 3 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.