[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 23, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D516-D517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on the nomination of 
General John A. Gordon, United States Air Force, to be Under 
Secretary for Nuclear Security, Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SR-
222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to mark up S. 2107, to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to reduce securities fees in excess 
of those required to fund the operations of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, to adjust compensation provisions for employees 
of the Commission; S. 2266, to provide for the minting of 
commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter 
Games and the programs of the United States Olympic Committee; S. 
2453, to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of 
Congress to Pope John Paul II in recognition of his outstanding and 
enduring contributions to humanity; 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, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366. 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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: to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Marc Grossman, of Virginia, to be Director General of the Foreign 
Service, Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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: Subcommittee on Administrative 
Oversight and the Courts, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
1996 campaign finance investigations, 9 a.m., SD-226.

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                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education appropriations for fiscal year 2001, 
9:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on Predatory 
Lending Practices, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Education Task Force, hearing on 
``Education Department Fails Accounting101: The Department of 
Education's Unreliable Financial Records,'' 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  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.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing 
on National Energy Policy: Ensuring Adequate Supply of Natural Gas 
and Crude Oil, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the U.S. 
Commission on International Religious Freedom: First Annual Report, 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Committee on Resources, 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 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.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1304, Quality Health-Care 
Coalition Act of 1999, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on U.S. Bilateral Space Launch Trade Agreements, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on the Disposal of 
Obsolete Maritime Administration Vessels, 10 a.m., 21267 Rayburn.