[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 63 (Friday, May 19, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D500-D503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 22 through May 27, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will be in a period of morning business. Also, 
Senate expects to consider certain judicial nominations.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate may consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business, including appropriations 
bills when available.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 23, 
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings to 
examine the consolidation of HUD's homeless assistance programs, 
9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 25, to 
hold hearings to examine a Federal Trade Commission survey of 
Internet privacy policies, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 23, Subcommittee on 
Water and Power, to hold hearings on S. 740, to amend the Federal 
Power Act to improve the hydroelectric licensing process by granting 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission statutory authority to 
better coordinate participation by other agencies and entities, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  May 24, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings on S. 
2163, to provide for a study of the engineering feasibility of a 
water exchange in lieu of electrification of the Chandler Pumping 
Plant at Prosser Diversion Dam, Washington; S. 2396, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with the Weber 
Basin Water Conservancy District, Utah, to use Weber Basin Project 
facilities for the impounding , storage, and carriage of nonproject 
water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial 
purposes; S. 2248, to assist in the development and implementation 
of projects to provide for the control of drainage water, storm 
water, flood water, and other water as part of water-related 
integrated resource management, environmental infrastructure, and 
resource protection and development projects in the Colusa Basin 
Watershed, California; S. 2410, to increase the authorization of 
appropriations for the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978; and 
S. 2425, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in 
the planning, design, and construction of the Bend Feed Canal 
Pipeline Project, Oregon, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  May 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the outlook 
for America's natural gas demand, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 25, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, to hold oversight hearings on the potential ban on 
snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the 
recent decision by the Department of the Interior to prohibit 
snowmobile activities in other units of the National Park System, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 23, Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration's Water Resources Development Act proposal, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  May 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 25, to provide 
Coastal Impact Assistance to State and local governments, to amend 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978, the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the Urban Park and 
Recreation Recovery Act, and the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration 
Act (commonly referred to as the Pittman-Robertson Act) to establish 
a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the 
American people; S. 2123, to provide Outer Continental Shelf Impact 
assistance to State and local governments, to amend the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the Urban Park and Recreation 
Recovery Act of 1978, and the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration 
Act (commonly referred to as the Pittman-Robertson Act) to establish 
a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the 
American people; and S. 2181, to amend the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act to provide full funding for the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund, and to provide dedicated funding for other 
conservation programs, including coastal stewardship, wildlife 
habitat protection, State and local park and open space 
preservation, historic preservation, forestry conservation programs, 
and youth conservation corps; and for other purposes, 9:30 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 23, to hold hearings on the 
Meltzer Commission, focusing on the future of the International 
Monetary Fund and world, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  May 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Marc 
Grossman, of Virginia, to be Director General of the Foreign 
Service, Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 25, Subcommittee on 
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold 
hearings to examine the issuance of semipostal stamps by the U.S. 
Postal Service, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  May 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine export control 
implementation issues with respect to high performance computers, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 25, 
Subcommittee on Public Health, to hold hearings to examine gene 
therapy issues, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 24, to hold hearings on S. 611, 
to provide for administrative procedures to extend Federal 
recognition to certain Indian groups, 2:30 p.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 24, Subcommittee on Administrative 
Oversight and the Courts, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
1996 campaign finance investigations, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  May 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business: May 23, to hold hearings on Internal 
Revenue Service restructuring, focusing on small businesses, 10 
a.m., SR-428A.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, May 23, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and 
Independent Agencies, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 
2001, 3:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.

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  May 24, full Committee, to mark up the Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education appropriations for fiscal year 2001, 9:30 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 23, Special Oversight Panel on 
Terrorism, hearing on terrorist threats to the United States, 2 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, May 24, hearing on 
Predatory Lending Practices, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, hearing on Nigeria in Transition, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, May 24, Education Task Force, hearing on 
``Education Department Fails Accounting 101: The Department of 
Education's Unreliable Financial Records,'' 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  May 24, Natural Resources and the Environment Task Force, hearing 
on ``Management Failures at the National Parks, Oversight Weaknesses 
with Concession Contracts,'' 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  May 25, Housing and Infrastructure Task Force, hearing on ``Lack 
of Income Verification in HUD Assisted Housing'', the Need to 
Eliminate Overpayments, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, May 23, Subcommittee on Finance and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled: ``PNTR: Opening the World's 
Biggest Potential Market to American Financial Services 
Competition,'' 2:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 23, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled: ``Whistleblowers at Department of Energy Facilities: Is 
There Really `Zero Tolerance' for Contractor Retaliation?'' 9:30 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 23, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on Obscene Material Available via the Internet, 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on National 
Energy Policy: Ensuring Adequate Supply of Natural Gas and Crude 
Oil, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled: ``Enforcing the Laws on Internet Pharmaceutical Sales: 
Where are the Feds?'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, oversight hearing on the deployment of broadband 
technologies, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 23, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, to mark up H.R. 3462, Wealth Through 
The Workplace Act of 2000, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 25, full Committee, to mark up the following: the Higher 
Education Technical Amendments of 2000; and H.R. 4079, to require 
the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
comprehensive fraud audit of the Department of Education, 9:30 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, May 24, Subcommittee on National 
Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, hearing on 
``DoD Chemical and Biological Defense Program: Management and 
Oversight,'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  May 25, hearing on the ``Department of Justice and the Campaign 
Finance Investigation,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human 
Resources, hearing on ``Drugs in the Mail: How Can It Be Stopped?'' 
9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, May 24, hearing on the U.S. 
Commission on International Religious Freedom: First Annual Report, 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 23, hearing on H.R. 2121, Secret 
Evidence Repeal Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 24, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2987, Methamphetamine 
Anti-Proliferation Act of 1999; H.R. 3048, Presidential Threat 
Protection Act of 1999; H.R. 4108, Secure Our Schools Act; H.R. 
4391, Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act; H.R. 3489, Wireless 
Telecommunications Sourcing and Privacy Act; and S. 1515, Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on ``The United States Copyright Office and Sound 
Recordings as Work for Hire,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on ``Breaches of 
Security at Federal Agencies and Airports,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing 
on ``The Status of Regulations Implementing the American 
Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998,'' 9:30 a.m., 
2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 23, oversight hearing on Funding of 
Environmental Initiatives and their Influence on Federal Public 
Lands Policies, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 23, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on H.R. 3033, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make 
certain adjustments to the boundaries of Biscayne National Park in 
the State of Florida, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  May 23, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on H.R. 4389, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain water 
distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy 
District; followed by a markup of the following bills: H.R. 1113, 
Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management Act; and S. 
986, Griffith Project Prepayment and Conveyance Act, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  May 24, full committee, to consider the following bills: 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; S. 1629, Oregon Exchange 
Act of 2000; H.R. 1775, Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act 
of 1999; S. 1892, to authorize the acquisition of the Valles 
Caldera, to provide for an effective land and wildlife management 
program for this resource within the Department of Agriculture; H.R. 
3023, to authorize the

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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. 
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; 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; H.R. 3291, Shivwits Band 
of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act; H.R. 
3292, to provide for the establishment of the Cat Island National 
Wildlife Refuge in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; H.R. 3468, 
Duchesne City Water Rights Conveyance Act; H.R. 3535, Shark Finning 
Prohibition Act; H.R. 3999, Virgin Islands and Guam Constitutional 
Self-Government Act of 2000; 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; H.R. 4132, to reauthorize grants for water resources 
research and technology institutes established under the Water 
Resources Research Act of 1984; and H.R. 4435, to clarify certain 
boundaries on the map relating to Unit NCO1 of the Coastal Barrier 
Resources System, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans and the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development of 
the Committee on Armed Services, joint oversight hearing on the 
Ocean Research Advisory Panel report, An Integrated Ocean Observing 
System: A Strategy for Implementing the First Steps of a U.S. Plan, 
10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  May 25, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, oversight 
hearing on Snowmobile Recreation in National Parks, particularly 
Yellowstone National Park, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, May 22, to consider the conference report to 
accompany S. 761, Millennium Digital Commerce Act, 6:30 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  May 23, to consider the following: H.R. 4444, to authorize 
extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
treatment) to the People's Republic of China; and H.R. 3916, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on 
telephone and other communication services, 11 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, May 23, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing 
on Technology Transfer Challenges and Partnerships: A Review of the 
Department of Commerce's Biennial Report on Technology Transfer, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on U.S. 
Bilateral Space Launch Trade Agreements, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 24, hearing on ``Online Music: 
Will Small Music Labels and Entrepreneurs Prosper in the Internet 
Age?'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 24, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on 
the Disposal of Obsolete Maritime Administration Vessels, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on the Future of the 
Small Community Essential Air Service Program, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 25, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs 
and the Department of Defense joint pharmacy procurement, 10 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 25, to mark up H.R. 8, Death Tax 
Elimination Act, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 25, executive, 
briefing on Global Developments, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.

Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: May 23, to hold 
hearings to examine human rights abuses in Russia, 10:30 a.m., 2200 
Rayburn Building.