[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 17, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D486-D487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 18, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on Amyotrophic 
Lateral Sclerosis Research (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's 
Disease, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, and proposed legislation making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on United States 
strategic nuclear force requirements. (Closed hearing will follow in 
S-407), 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions, to hold hearings to examine the attack of 
the ``I Love You'' virus and its impact on United States financial 
services industry, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings on S. 
2439, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the construction 
of the Southeastern Alaska Intertie system; and the nomination of 
Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the 
Office of Energy Research, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 1584, to establish the Schuylkill 
River Valley National Heritage Area in the State of Pennsylvania; S. 
1685, to authorize the Golden Spike/Crossroads of the West National 
Heritage Area; H.R. 2932, to authorize the Golden Spike Crossroads 
of the West National Heritage Area; S. 1998, to establish the Yuma 
Crossing National Heritage Area; S. 2247, to establish the Wheeling 
National Heritage Area in the State of West Virginia; S. 2421, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the 
suitability and feasibility of establishing an Upper Housatonic 
Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut and Massachusetts; and 
S. 2511, to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National 
Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water, to hold hearings on S. 
2417, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase 
funding for State nonpoint source pollution control programs, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings on issues relating to training Federal employees, 
focusing on Federal agency's programs to train and educate employees 
throughout their careers to maintain their skills and productivity, 
10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine mental health parity, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on the Budget, Health Task Force, hearing on 
``Medicare's Regulatory Burden on Providers'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, 
hearing on Biomedical Research: Protecting Surplus Chimpanzees, 11 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government 
Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on H.R. 220, 
Freedom and Privacy Restoration Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Looming Famine in 
Ethiopia, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
hearing in H.R. 3590, ADA Notification Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, oversight 
hearing on Privacy and Electronic Communications, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 3410, Volunteer 
Organization Safety Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Resources,, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, to continue oversight hearings to examine the laws, 
policies, practices, and operations of the Department of the 
Interior, Department of Energy, and other agencies pertaining to 
payments to their employees, including payments relative to mineral 
royalty programs and policies from public lands and Indian lands, 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 3535, Shark Finning Prohibition 
Act; H.R. 4408, to reauthorize the Atlantic Striped Bass 
Conservation Act; and H.R. 4435, to clarify certain boundaries on 
the map relating to Unit NCO of the Coastal Barrier Resources 
System; followed by a hearing on H.R. 2798, Pacific Salmon Recovery 
Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 2267, Willing Seller Amendments of 1999 to the 
National Trails System Act; H.R. 2409, El Camino Real de los Tejas 
National Historic Trail Act of 1999; H.R. 2833,Yuma Crossing 
National Heritage Area Act of 1999; H.R. 2919, National Underground 
Railroad Freedom Center Act; H.R. 3661, General Aviation Access Act; 
and H.R. 4115, to authorize appropriations for the United States 
Holocaust Memorial Museum; followed by a hearing on H.R. 4275, 
Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area and the Black Ridge 
Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 4392, 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001; and H.R. 4475, 
making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, 11 
a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on VA disability claims processing, 10 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on Child Support Enforcement, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.