[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 76 (Friday, June 16, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D612-D615]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 19 through June 24, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 2549, 
Defense Authorization. Also on Tuesday, Senate will begin consideration 
of S. 2522, Foreign Operations Appropriations.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate will consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business, including appropriations 
bills, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 20, 
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9 a.m., SR-
328A.
  June 21, Full Committee, with the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, to hold joint hearings on S. 2697, to reauthorize 
and amend the Commodity Exchange Act to promote legal certainty, 
enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures 
and over-the-counter derivatives, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 21, to hold hearings to examine 
security failures at Los Alamos National Laboratory; to be followed 
by a closed hearing (SH-219), 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 20, 
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings to 
examine proposals to promote affordable housing, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  June 21, Full Committee, with the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold joint hearings on S. 2697, to 
reauthorize and amend the Commodity Exchange Act to promote legal 
certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets 
for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 21, to 
hold hearings to examine the proposed United-US Airways merger, 
focusing on its effect on competition in the industry, and the 
likelihood it would trigger further industry consolidation, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 20, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.
  June 21, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings on S. 
1848, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planing, and construction of the Denver 
Water Reuse project; S. 1761, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conserve and enhance 
the water supplies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley; S. 2301, to amend 
the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
design, planning, and construction of the Lakehaven water 
reclamation project for the reclamation and reuse of water; S. 2400, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain water 
distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy 
District; S. 2499, to extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of 
Pennsylvania; and S. 2594, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to contract with the Mancos Water Conservancy District to 
use the Mancos Project facilities for impounding, storage, 
diverting, and carriage of nonproject water for the purpose of

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irrigation, domestic, municipal, industrial, and any other 
beneficial purposes, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  June 22, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 1643, to authorize the 
addition of certain parcels to the Effigy Mounds National Monument, 
Iowa; and S. 2547, to provide for the establishment of the Great 
Sand Dunes National Park and the Great Sand Dunes National Preserve 
in the State of Colorado, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 21, Subcommittee 
on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water, to hold hearings on S. 
1787, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve 
water quality on abandoned or inactive mined land, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 20, Subcommittee on International 
Trade, to hold hearings on to examine issues dealing with the World 
Trade Organization, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 20, Subcommittee on East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine issues 
dealing with the Philippines, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  June 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Owen James Sheaks, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior 
Executive Service, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, 3 p.m., 
SD-419.
  June 21, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  June 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 
4:30 p.m., SD-419.
  June 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Rust Macpherson Deming, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Tunisia; Mary Ann Peters, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh; Janet A. 
Sanderson, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Democratic and 
Popular Republic of Algeria; and E. Ashley Wills, of Georgia, to be 
Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
to the Republic of Maldives, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  June 22, Subcommittee on International Operations, to hold 
hearings to examine the role of security in the Department of State 
foreign service promotion process, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 20, to 
hold hearings on the overview of Federal service programs, 9:30 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 21, business meeting to consider 
S. 1148, to provide for the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux 
Tribe of Nebraska certain benefits of the Missouri River Basin Pick-
Sloan project; and S. 1658, to authorize the construction of a 
Reconciliation Place in Fort Pierre, South Dakota; to be followed by 
a hearing on Indian Trust Resolution Corporation, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 20, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to resume hearings on 
issues relating to the 1996 campaign finance investigation, 2 p.m., 
SD-226.
  June 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings on improving the 
National Instant Criminal Background Check System, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, 
to resume oversight hearings to examine the 1996 campaign finance 
investigations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  June 22, Full Committee, business meeting to markup 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 the proposed Violence Against Women Act, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight, to hold 
hearings on the threat of fugitives to safety, law, and order, 2 
p.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 21, hearing to review the USDA's 
export and market promotion programs, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research, and Specialty 
Crops, to consider H.R. 4521, Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 
2000, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 20, to mark up the Energy and 
Water Development appropriations for fiscal year 2001, 9:30 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2001, 
following full Committee meeting, H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 21, hearing on the strategic 
intentions and goals of China, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on the 
adequacy of the U.S. Navy submarine force structure and 
modernization plans, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, 
hearing on the technical status of the National Missile Defense 
program, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 20, hearing on 
Internet Gambling and H.R. 4419, Internet Gambling Funding 
Prohibition Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, to continue hearings on improving 
regulation of housing Government Sponsored Enterprises, focusing on 
H.R. 3703, Housing Finance Regulatory Improvement Act, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, hearing on Monetary Stability in Latin America: Is 
Dollarization the Answer? 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 22, Defense and International 
Relations Task Force, hearing on TRICARE

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Claims Processing: Why Does It Cost So Much? 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, June 22, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled: ``DOE's Fixed-Price Cleanup 
Contracts: Why are Costs Still Out of Control?'' 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on H.R. 4445, Reciprocal Compensation Adjustment 
Act of 2000, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing to examine the 
status of the Department of Energy program to develop a permanent 
geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada for spent nuclear fuel 
and high-level radioactive waste, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 21, to mark up H.R. 
3462, Wealth Through the Workplace Act of 1999, 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on OSHA's 
Compliance Directive on Bloodborne Pathogens and the Prevention of 
Needlestick Injuries, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, June 21, Subcommittee on National 
Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, hearing on 
Force Protection: Current Individual Protective Equipment, 10 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on the Census, oversight hearing of the 
``2000 Census: Status of Non-Response Followup and Close Out,'' 10 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing entitled: ``H.R. 4246, Cyber Security 
Information Act of 2000: An Examination of Issues Involving Public-
Private Partnerships for Critical Infrastructures,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human 
Resources, hearing on Combating Money Laundering Worldwide, 10 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, June 21, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing on International 
Trade and the Environment, 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  June 22, full Committee, to continue oversight hearings on the 
State Department, Part IV: Technology Modernization and Computer 
Security, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 20, Subcommittee on Crime, 
hearing on H.R. 4167, Innocence Protection Act of 2000, 1:30 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  June 21, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3380, Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 1999; H.R. 3485, 
Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act; H.R. 1349, Federal Prisoner 
Health Care Copayment Act of 1999; H.R. 1248, Violence Against Women 
Act; H.R. 3918, Immigration Reorganization and Improvement Act of 
1999; and H.R. 4194, Small Business Merger Fee Reduction Act of 
2000, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 23, to continue oversight hearings on ``The State of 
Competition in the Airline Industry: Part 2, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 20, to mark up the following 
measures: 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; S. 986, Griffith 
Project Prepayment and Conveyance Act; H.R. 1113, Colusa Basin 
Watershed Integrate Resources Management Act; H.R. 1142, Landowners 
Equal Treatment Act of 1999; S. 1275, Hoover Dam Miscellaneous Sales 
Act; H.R. 1787, Deschutes Resources Conservancy Reauthorization Act 
of 1999; H.R. 2348, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to 
provide cost sharing for the endangered fish recovery implementation 
programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins; H.R. 
2919, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Act; H.R. 2984, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, to convey to the Loup Basin Reclamation District, the 
Sargent River Irrigation District, and the Farwell Irrigation 
District, Nebraska, property comprising the assets of the Middle 
Loup Division of the Missouri River Basin Project, Nebraska; H.R. 
3160, Common Sense Protections for Endangered Species Act; 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. 3595, to increase the authorization of appropriations 
for the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978; H.R. 3661, General 
Aviation Access Act; H.R. 3676, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 
National Monument Act of 2000; H.R. 3919, Coral Reef Conservation 
and Restoration Partnership Act of 2000; H.R. 4063, Rosie the 
Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park 
Establishment of 2000; H.R. 4148, Tribal Contract Support Cost 
Technical Amendments of 2000; and H.R. 4389, to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to convey certain water distribution facilities to 
the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to mark up the following measures: 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; H.R. 4286, to provide for the establishment of the 
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge in Bibb County, Alabama; and 
H.R. 4442, National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Act; followed 
by a hearing on H.R. 3407, Keystone Species Conservation Act and 
H.R. 4320, Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000, 9 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on an update on Forest Service Rulemakings and Regional 
Plans, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 22, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to 
consider pending business, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

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  Committee on Rules, June 19, to consider H.R. 4201, Noncommercial 
Broadcasting Freedom of Expression Act of 2000, 5 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 20, to continue hearings on the Young 
Report, Part II, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on E-Commerce: A 
Review of Standards and Technology to Support Interoperability, 
10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 21, hearing on Improving SBA's 
Office of Advocacy, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 20, 
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.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Ground Transportation, oversight hearing 
on the Department of Transportation's Proposed Hours of Service 
regulations for Motor Carriers, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 20, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on proposals for enhanced public disclosure relating to 
political activities of tax-exempt organizations, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 21, executive, to 
consider pending business, 12 p.m., H-405 Capitol.