[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 10, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D452-D453]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 11, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
on the nomination of Richard Court Houseworth, of Arizona, to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation for the remainder of the term expiring December 25, 
2001; and the nomination of Nuria I. Fernandez, of Illinois, to be 
Federal Transit Administrator, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings on S. 2438, to provide for enhanced safety, public 
awareness, and environmental protection in pipeline transportation, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold 
hearings on S. 1367, to amend the Act which established the Saint-
Gaudens Historic Site, in the State of New Hampshire, by modifying 
the boundary and for other purposes; S. 1617, to promote 
preservation and public awareness of the history of the Underground 
Railroad by providing financial assistance, to the Freedom Center in 
Cincinnati, Ohio; S. 1670, to revise the boundary of Fort Matanzas 
National Monument; S. 2020, to adjust the boundary of the Natchez 
Trace Parkway, Mississippi; S. 2478, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a theme study on the peopling of America; and S. 
2485, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance 
in planning and constructing a regional heritage center in Calais, 
Maine, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings on the 
Administration's legislative proposal on the Comprehensive 
Everglades Restoration Plan, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Full Committee, to continue hearings on the Administration's 
legislative proposal on the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration 
Plan, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the nomination 
of John R. Dinger, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Mongolia; the 
nomination of Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be 
Ambassador to Australia; the nomination of Douglas Alan Hartwick, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic 
Republic; the nomination of Susan S. Jacobs, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to Solomon Islands, 
and as Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu; and the nomination of 
Michael J. Senko, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of 
Kiribati, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to mark up pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, 
to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2001, 9 a.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on Permanent 
Normal Relations for China: Impact on U.S. Financial Community, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous 
Materials, to continue hearings on Competition in the New Electronic 
Market: Part II, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on H.R. 3250, 
Health Care Fairness Act of 1999, 11:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Authorization of the 
National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of 
Educational Progress, and National Assessment Governing Board, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on the Census, 
oversight hearing of the 2000 Census: Non-Response Follow-up and 
Other Key Operations, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human 
Resources, hearing on Drug Sentencing Policies and Practices, 10:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Current 
Challenges to State Department Security, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3489, 
Wireless Telecommunications Sourcing and Privacy Act; and H.R. 4391, 
Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 11 a.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3380, 
Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 1999; and H.R. 1248, 
Violence Against Women Act, 10:15 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 894, 
No Second Chances for Murderers, Rapists, or Child Molesters Act of 
1999; H.R. 4045, Matthew's Law; H.R. 4047, Two Strikes and You're 
Out Child Protection Act; and H.R. 4147, Stop Material Unsuitable 
for Teens Act, 1:30 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, hearing on H.R. 3288, Valles Caldera 
Preservation Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3118, to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to issue regulations under the Migratory Bird Treaty 
Act that authorize States to establish hunting seasons for double-
crested cormorants; H.R. 4070, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to correct a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources 
System Unit P31, located near the city of Mexico Beach, Florida; and 
H.R. 4318, Red River National Wildlife Refuge Act, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 3388, Lake Tahoe Restoration Act; and S. 1288, 
Community Forest Restoration Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 3023, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey property to the Greater 
Yuma Port Authority of Yuma County, Arizona, for use as an 
international port of entry; H.R. 4132, to reauthorize grants for 
water resources research and technology institutes established under 
the Water Resources Research Act of 1984; and S. 1211, to amend the 
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize additional 
measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial 
Dam in a cost-effective manner; followed by a hearing on H.R. 3112, 
Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 1999, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, to continue hearings on NASA's Mars Program 
after the Young Report, Part II, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up H.R. 4268, Veterans and 
Dependents Millennium Education Act, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology (IT) program, 
11 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, to 
continue hearings to examine the increasing use and misuse of Social 
Security numbers, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the Administration's 
prescription drug proposal, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.