[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 71 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D569-D571]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 12 Through June 23, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 4576, Defense 
Appropriations.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate will continue consideration 
of H.R. 4576, Defense Appropriations, and any other cleared legislative 
and executive business, including appropriations bills, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: June 13, Subcommittee on 
Transportation, business meeting to markup proposed legislation 
making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, 10 
a.m., SD-116.
  June 13, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the government of 
the District of Columbia, 11 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 13, 
Subcommittee on Securities, with the Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions, to hold joint hearings to examine the Merchant Banking 
Regulations pursuant to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, 9:30 
a.m., SD-538.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, with the 
Subcommittee on Securities, to hold joint hearings to examine the 
Merchant Banking Regulations pursuant to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act 
of 1999, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 13, to 
hold hearings to examine the practices of Internet network 
advertises and steps that can be taken to improve consumers' privacy 
online, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings on S. 
2454, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize low-power 
television stations to provide digital data services to subscribers, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  June 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Delmond J.H. Won, of Hawaii, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner; 
to be followed by a business meeting to consider pending calendar 
business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 14, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings on certain provisions of 
S.2557, to protect the energy security of the United States and 
decrease America's dependency on foreign oil sources to 50 percent 
by the Year 2010 by enhancing the use of renewable energy resources, 
conserving energy resources, improving energy efficiencies, and 
increasing domestic energy supplies, mitigating the effect of 
increases in energy prices on the American consumer, including the 
poor and the elderly, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 15, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings on the United States General 
Accounting Office March 2000 report entitled ``Need to Address 
Management Problems that Plague the Concessions Program'', 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 13, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of James V. Aidala, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances of the Environmental 
Protection Agency; the nomination of Arthur C. Campbell, of 
Tennessee, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic 
Development; and the nomination of Ella Wong-Rusinko, of Virginia, 
to be Alternate Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional 
Commission, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, 
and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings on the environmental benefits 
and impacts of ethanol under the Clean Air Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, 
and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings on the Environmental Protection 
Agency's proposed highway diesel fuel sulfur regulations, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 13, Subcommittee on East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine issues 
dealing with East Timor, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to 
hold hearings to examine the future of Lebanon, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  June 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
International Criminal Court, focusing on protecting American 
servicemen and officials from the threat of international 
prosecution, 3:30 p.m., SD-419.
  June 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues 
dealing with terrorism, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  June 15, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine NATO enlargement, 2 p.m., SD-419.

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  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 14, business meeting to 
markup pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 13, to 
hold hearings to examine drug safety and pricing, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 14, to hold hearings on S.2282, 
to encourage the efficient use of existing resources and assets 
related to Indian agricultural research, development and exports 
within the United States Department of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SR-
485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 13, to hold hearings to examine 
post-conviction DNA testing, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, 
to resume oversight hearings to examine the 1996 campaign finance 
investigations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and 
Competition, to hold hearings to examine the United Airways and U.S. 
Airways airline merger, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 14, Subcommittee on Risk 
Management, Research, and Specialty Crops, hearing on H.R. 4541, 
Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 12, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2001, 
5:30 p.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  June 13, full Committee, to mark up Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary appropriations for fiscal year 2001, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 14, hearing on 
H.R. 4585, Medical Financial Privacy Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, to continue hearings on improving 
regulation of housing Government Sponsored Enterprises, Housing, 
focusing on H.R. 3703, Housing Finance Regulatory Improvement Act, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 14, Education Task Force, hearing on 
Smothering Education Reform, How Washington Stifles Innovation, 2 
p.m., 210 Cannon.
  June 14, Health Task Force, hearing on Medicare's Regulatory 
Burden on Providers, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, June 13, Subcommittee on Finance and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled ``Decimals 2000--Will the 
Exchanges Convert?'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled: ``Computer Insecurities at DOE Headquarters: DOE's Failure 
to Get Its Own Cyber House in Order,'' 9 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3100, Know Your 
Caller Act of 1999; and H.R. 3180, Telemarketing Victims Protection 
Act, 11 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing entitled: 
``Prescription Drugs: Modernizing Medicare for the 21st Century,'' 
10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on H.R. 3125, Internet Gambling Prohibition Act 
of 1999, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, June 13, Subcommittee on Civil 
Service, hearing on FEHBP: OPM's Policy Guidance for 2001, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  June 14, full Committee, hearing entitled: ``FACA: Conflicts of 
Interest and Vaccine Development--Preserving the Integrity of the 
Process,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing entitled: ``Agency Response to the Electronic 
Freedom of Information Act,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, to mark up H.R. 4049, Privacy Commission Act, 4 p.m., 
Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on ``Does Congress 
Delegate Too Much Power to Agencies and What Should be Done About 
It?'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and 
International Relations, hearing on ``F-22 Cost Controls: Will 
Production Cost Savings Materialize?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, June 13, Subcommittee on 
Africa, hearing on Zimbabwe: Democracy on the Line, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  June 14, full Committee, hearing on the Treatment of Religious 
Minorities in Western Europe, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on Challenges 
to Hemispheric Democracy: Elections, Coups, and Instability, 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  June 15, full Committee, hearing on Implementing Overseas Presence 
Advisory Panel Recommendations, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 13, hearing on H.R. 3575, Student 
Athlete Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 2929, Captive 
Elephant Accident Prevention Act of 1999, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 14, full Committee, oversight hearing on the State of 
Competition in the Airline Industry, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on Copyrighted Webcast Programming on the 
Internet, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on ``The Threat 
Posed by the Illegal Importation, Trafficking, and Use of Ecstasy 
and Other `Club' Drugs,'' 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.

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  June 15, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on H.R. 
4548, Agricultural Opportunities Act, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 13, Subcommittee on National Parks 
and Public Lands, hearing on the following measures: H.R. 3693, 
Castle Rock Ranch Acquisition Act of 2000; H.R. 4420, to reauthorize 
the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission; and 
the Utah School Trust Lands Exchange, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 14, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 4345, Alaska Native 
Claims Technical Amendments Act of 2000, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on 
the following bills: S. 1030, to provide that the conveyance by the 
Bureau of Land Management of the surface estate to certain land in 
the State of Wyoming in exchange for certain private land will not 
result in the removal of the land from operation of the mining laws; 
and H.R. 4340, Mineral Revenue Payments Clarification Act of 2000, 2 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on H.R. 4442, National Wildlife Refuge System 
Centennial Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to mark up pending 
business, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 12, to consider the following: H.R. 4578, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001; and the 
Conference Report to accompany S. 761, Millennium Digital Commerce 
Act, 5 p. m., H-313 Capitol.
  June 13, to consider a measure making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2001, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 13, hearing to review Science, Math, 
Engineering and Technology Education in Kindergarten Through 12th 
Grade and H.R. 4272, National Science Education Enhancement Act, 2 
p.m., 2328 Rayburn.
  June 14, hearing on Computer Security Lapses: Should FAA be 
Grounded? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 14, hearing on Rural Health Care 
Services: Has Medicare Reform Killed Small Business Providers? 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Paperwork 
Reduction, hearing on the Small Business Ombudsman and the 
Regulatory Fairness Program, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 13 and 15, 
hearings on the Proposed United-US Airways Merger, 2 p.m., on June 
13 and 10 a.m., on June 15, 2167 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on FAA Implementation 
of the Aviation Medical Assistance Act of 1998 (Should 
Defibrillators be Required on Aircraft and at Airports), 9:30 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 13, hearing on legislation to 
cover prescription drugs under Medicare, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on the 
processing of attorney fees by the SSA, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on United States-Vietnam 
Relations, including the renewal of Vietnam's waiver under the 
Jackson-Vanik amendment to the Trade Act of 1974, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: June 13, to hold 
hearings to examine the situation five years after the Dayton 
Agreement which ended the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2 p.m., B318, 
Rayburn Building.