[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 68 (Tuesday, June 6, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D542-D544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 5 through June 10, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of S. 2549, National 
Defense Authorization.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate may consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business, including appropriations 
bills when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 8, 
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine multilateral development institutions, 9:30 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 7, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold hearings on S. 2300, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to 
increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases for coal that may be 
held by an entity in any 1 State; S. 2069, to permit the conveyance 
of certain land in Powell, Wyoming; and S. 1331, to give Lincoln 
County, Nevada, the right to purchase at fair market value certain 
public land in the county, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Water and Power, with the Committee on 
Indian Affairs, to hold joint hearings on S. 2508, to amend the 
Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988 to provide 
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of the claims of the Colorado Ute Indian Tribes, 2:30 p.m., SR-485.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold hearings on H.R. 359, to clarify the intent of Congress in 
Public Law 93-632 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
continue to provide for the maintenance and operation of 18 concrete 
dams and weirs that were located in the Emigrant Wilderness at the 
time the wilderness area was designated in that Public Law; H.R. 
468, to establish the Saint Helena Island National Scenic Area; H.R. 
1680, to provide for the conveyance of Forest Service property in 
Kern County, California, in exchange for county lands suitable for 
inclusion in Sequoia National Forest; S. 1817, to validate a 
conveyance of certain lands located in Carlton County, Minnesota, 
and to provide for the compensation of certain original heirs; S. 
1972, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the town 
of Dolores, Colorado, the current site of the Joe Rowell Park; and 
S. 2111, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey for fair 
market value 1.06 acres of land in the San Bernardino National 
Forest, California, to KATY 101.3 FM, a California corporation, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  June 8, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, to hold oversight hearings to review the final rules and 
regulations issued by the National Park Service relating to Title IV 
of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998, 2:30 p.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 7, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  June 7, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and 
Trade Promotion, to hold oversight hearings to examine satellite 
export controls, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  June 8, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine Kosovo one year after the bombing, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 8, to 
hold hearings to examine gender-based wage discrimination, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 7, with the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold 
joint hearings on S. 2508, to amend the Colorado Ute Indian Water 
Rights Settlement Act of 1988 to provide for a final settlement of 
the claims of the Colorado Ute Indian Tribes, 2:30 p.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 7, Subcommittee on Antitrust, 
Business Rights, and Competition, to hold hearings on competition 
and safety in the delivery of anesthesia services, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  June 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2448, to 
enhance the protections of the Internet and the critical 
infrastructure of the United States; S. 353, to provide for class 
action reform; and S. 2406, to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to provide permanent authority for entry into the United States 
of certain religious workers, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  Wednesday and the Balance of the Week:
  Subject to rules being granted, consideration of H.R. 3605, San 
Rafael Western Legacy District and National Conservation Act;. H.R. 
4576, DOD Appropriations; H.R. 4577, Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education Appropriations; H.R. 4461, Agriculture, Rural 
Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations; H.R. 4516, 
Legislative Branch Appropriations; and H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination 
Act.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, June 7, to mark up the VA, HUD and 
Independent Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 2001, 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, to mark up fiscal year 2001 appropriations, 9:30 a.m., 
B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 7, Subcommittee 
on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, 
hearing on Capital Markets and the New Economy, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  June 8, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3886, 
International Counter-Money Laundering Act of 2000; and H.R. 4419, 
Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act, 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 8, hearing on the ``Corporate 
Welfare Reform Commission Act, Unjustified Business Subsidies and 
Legislation aimed at Addressing Them,'' 12 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  June 9, Housing and Infrastructure Task Force, hearing on 
Government's Failure in Disposing of Obsolete Ships, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, June 8, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, 
hearing entitled: ``National Energy Policy: The Future of Nuclear 
and Coal Power in the United States,'' 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Counterfeit Bulk Drugs, 11 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, June 7 and 8, hearings on Cancer 
Care for the New Millennium-Integrative Oncology, 1 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human 
Resources, hearing on Counterdrug Implications of the U.S. Leaving 
Panama, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, oversight hearing on the Implementation of the Debt 
Collection Improvement Act, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 8, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 534, Fairness and Voluntary 
Arbitration Act, 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 3295, CT-43A Federal Employee Settlement Act; 
and H.R. 1371, to amend the Federal tort claims provisions of title 
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States Code, to repeal the exception for claims arising outside the 
United States, 10:45 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 7, to mark up the following bills: S. 
439, to amend the National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada 
Enhancement Act of 1988, to adjust the boundary of the Toiyabe 
National Forest, Nevada; H. R. 946, Graton Rancheria Restoration 
Act; S. 1374, Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 1999; H.R. 2773, 
Wekiva Wild and Scenic River Act of 1999; H.R. 2778, Taunton River 
Wild and Scenic River Study 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. 3084, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to contribute funds for the establishment of an 
interpretative center on the life and contributions of President 
Abraham Lincoln; H.R. 3236, 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; 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. 3657, to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel 
of public domain land in the San Bernardino National Forest in the 
State of California; H.R. 3661, General Aviation Access Act; H.R. 
3817, to redesignate the Big South Trail in the Comanche Peak 
Wilderness Area of Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado as the 
``Jaryd Atadero Legacy Trail;'' 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. 4115, to authorize appropriations for the United 
States Holocaust Memorial Museum; and H.R. 4408, to reauthorize the 
Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health and the 
Subcommittee on National Oaks and Public Lands, joint oversight 
hearing on Fire Management on Federal Lands, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on the following measures: H.R. 4286, to provide for 
the establishment of the Cahaba River National Refuge in Bibb 
County, Alabama; and H.Res. 415, expressing the sense of the House 
of Representatives that there should be established a National Ocean 
Day to recognize the significant role the ocean plays in the lives 
of the Nation's people and the important role the Nation's people 
must play in the continued life of the ocean, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  June 8, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 3520, White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System Act; H.R. 3745, Effigy Mounds National Monument 
Additions Act; and H.R. 4404, to permit the payment of medical 
expenses incurred by the United States Park Police in the 
performance of duty to be made directly by the National Park 
Service, to allow for waiver and indemnification in mutual law 
enforcement agreements between the National Park Service and a State 
or political subdivision when required by State law, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 7, to consider H.R. 8, Death Tax 
Elimination Act, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, June 7, hearing on Regulatory Reform 
Initiatives and Their Impact on Small Business, 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, Business Opportunities 
and Special Small Business Problems, hearing on the Future of Round 
II Empowerment Zones, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Government Programs and Oversight, hearing 
on Women in Business, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Paperwork Reduction, 
hearing on the Quality of Regulatory Analyses, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 7, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on 
Coast Guard Fiscal Year 2000 Operational Cuts, 2:30 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Ground Transportation, hearing on H.R. 
4441, Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency 
Management, hearing on Requirements Governing EPA Grants, 1:30 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 8, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs 
services for women veterans, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 8, to mark up the following 
measures: H.J. Res. 90, withdrawing the approval of the United 
States from the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization; 
and the Debt Reduction and Reconciliation Act of 2000, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: June 8, to hold 
hearings on the human rights situation of the Romani minority in the 
OSCE region where Roma face widespread discrimination in public 
places, education, housing, and employment, as well as other human 
rights violations, 2 p.m., SR-485.
  Joint Economic Committee: June 7, to continue hearings on the 
High-Technology National Summit, focusing on removing barriers to 
the new economy, 10 a.m., SH-216.