[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 46 (Wednesday, April 12, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D366-D367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 13, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2001 for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
to hold hearings to examine the National Reading Panel report, 10 
a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for Foreign Operations, 10:30 
a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to hold hearings 
to examine certain Internal Revenue Service reform issues, 2:30 
p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Defense anthrax vaccine immunization program, 10 a.m., 
SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
on the structure of securities markets, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, 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, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to resume 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, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Edward McGaffigan, Jr., of Virginia, to 
be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; S. 522, to amend 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve the quality of 
beaches and coastal recreation water; H.R. 999, to amend the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act to improve the quality of coastal 
recreation waters; S. 2370, to designate the Federal Building 
located at 500 Pearl Street in New York City, New York, as the 
``Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse''; H.R. 2412, to 
designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located 
at 1300 South Harrison Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as the ``E. 
Ross Adair Federal Building and United States Courthouse''; and S. 
2297, to reauthorize the Water Resources Research Act of 1984, 9:15 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine issues dealing with protecting pension assets, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider 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; S. 2058, to extend filing deadlines for 
applications for adjustment of status of certain Cuban, Nicaraguan, 
and Haitian nationals; and S. 2367, to amend the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to make improvements to, and permanently authorize, 
the visa waiver pilot program under the Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings on the proposed 
Mother Teresa Religious Worker Act, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock and 
Horticulture, hearing and markup of H.R. 2962, Hass Avocado 
Promotion, Research, and Information Act; and to mark up H.R. 1275, 
to amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the interstate movement 
of live birds for the purpose of having the birds participate in 
animal fighting, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs, on Secretary of the 
Treasury, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on SSA, and U.S. Institute of Peace, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on public 
witnesses, 9 a.m., and 1 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Special Oversight Panel on Merchant 
Marine, to consider recommendations to the committee on H.R. 4205, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, 1 p.m., 
2216 Rayburn.
  Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation, to 
consider recommendations to the committee on H.R. 4205, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Housing and Infrastructure Task Force, 
hearing on Abuse of the NTSB Rapidraft Payment System, 10 a.m., 
Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, to 
mark up H.R. 3301, Children's Health Research and Prevention 
Amendments of 1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing to review 
U.S. Enrichment Corporation privatization and its impact on the 
domestic uranium industry, 2:30 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3525, Religious 
Broadcasting Freedom Act; and H.R. 4201, Noncommercial Broadcasting 
Freedom of Expression Act of 2000, 12:45 p.m., 2322 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, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: H. Res. 464, expressing the sense of Congress on 
international recognition of Israel's Magen David Adom Society and 
its symbol the Red Shield of David; H. Res. 449, congratulating the 
people of Senegal on the success of the multi-party electoral 
process; H.R. 4228, Congressional Oversight of Nuclear Transfers to 
North Korea Act; H. Con. Res. 230, expressing the strong opposition 
of Congress to the continued egregious violations of human rights 
and the lack of progress toward the establishment of democracy and 
the rule of law in Belarus and calling on President Alexander 
Lukashenka to engage in negotiations with the representatives of the 
opposition and to restore the constitutional rights of the 
Belarusian people; H.R. 4022, Russian Anti-Ship Missile 
Nonproliferation Act; H.R. 3879, Sierra Leone Peace Support Act; 
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; H. 
Con. Res. 295, relating to continuing human rights violations and 
political oppression in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 25 years 
after the fall of South Vietnam to Communist forces; H. Con. Res. 
251, commending the Republic of Croatia for the conduct of its 
parliamentary and presidential elections; H.R. 4053, United States-
Southeastern Europe Democratization and Burdensharing Act; and the 
Cross-Border Cooperation and Environmental Safety in Northern Europe 
Act, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, hearing 
on Children's Rights in Cuba, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to 
consider authorizing the issuance of a Subpoena Duces Tecum to the 
Attorney General, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on H.R. 3485, 
Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act; 1:30 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 755, 
Guam War Restitution Act; and H.R. 2462, Guam Omnibus Opportunities 
Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
hearing on H.R. 3535, Shark Finning Prohibition Act, 11 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 2773, Wekiva Wild and Scenic River Act; H.R. 
2950, Oregon Land Exchange Act; H.R. 2778, Taunton River Wild and 
Scenic River Study Act of 1999; H.R. 3084, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to contribute funds for the establishment 
of an interpretive center on the life and contributions of President 
Abraham Lincoln; H.R. 3241, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to recalculate the franchise fee owed by Fort Sumter Tours Inc., a 
concessioner providing service to Fort Sumter National Monument in 
South Carolina; and H.R. 3676, Santa Rosa and San Jacino Mountains 
National Monument Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on 
Wireless Internet Technology, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Paperwork Reduction, hearing on OSHA's Proposed Ergonomics Standard 
and its Impact on Small Business, 10:15 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on VA adjudication of Hepatitis C claims, and the following bills: 
H.R. 1020, Veterans' Hepatitis C Benefits Act; H.R. 3816, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide that a stroke or heart 
attack that is incurred or aggravated by a member of a reserve 
component in the performance of duty while performing inactive duty 
training shall be considered to be service-connected for purposes of 
benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs; H.R. 3998, Veterans' Special Monthly Compensation Gender 
Equity Act; and H.R. 4131, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living 
Adjustment Act, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on fundamental 
tax reform, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: executive, hearing on 
Building Capabilities: The Challenges of Managing Intelligence 
Community Personnel Resources, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.