[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 79 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D640-D641]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JUNE 22, 2000

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, 2:30 
p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to continue 
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, 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

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Dunes National Preserve in the State of Colorado, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on the nominations 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.
  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 Indian Affairs, business meeting to consider S. 1658, to 
authorize the construction of a Reconciliation Place in Fort Pierre, 
South Dakota; 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. 2719, to provide for business 
development and trade promotion for Native Americans; to be followed by a 
hearing on Indian Trust Resolution Corporation, 11 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting to mark up 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.
  Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight, to hold hearings on the 
threat of fugitives to safety, law, and order, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Thomas L. Garthwaite, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Health 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and Robert M. Walker, of West 
Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs, 
9:30 a.m., SR-412.


                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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 Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Research and 
Development, hearing on the technical status of the National Missile 
Defense program, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, 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, Defense and International Relations Task 
Force, hearing on TRICARE Claims Processing: Why Does It Cost So Much? 10 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, 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.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, 
hearing on H.R. 4445, Reciprocal Compensation Adjustment Act of 2000, 11 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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, Subcommittee on the Census, oversight 
hearing of the 2000 Census: Status of Non-Response Followup and Close 
Out,'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  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;'' followed by markup of H.R. 4181, Debt Pay Incentive 
Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to continue oversight hearings on 
the State Department, Part IV: Technology Modernization and Computer 
Security, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, 
oversight hearing on an update on Forest Service Rulemakings and Regional 
Plans, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark up the 
following bills: 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; H.R. 3520, White Clay Creek and Scenic Rivers 
System Act; H.R. 4125, to provide a grant under the urban park and 
recreation recovery program to assist in the development of a Millennium 
Cultural Cooperative Park in Youngstown, Ohio; H.R. 4275, Colorado 
Canyons National Conservation Area and the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness 
Act of 2000; 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; H.R. 4579, Utah West Desert Land Exchange Act of 2000; and H.R. 
3693, Castle Rock Ranch Acquisition Act of 2000, 10:30 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on E-
Commerce: A Review of Standards and Technology to Support 
Interoperability, 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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, to mark up the Full and Fair Political 
Activities Disclosure Act of 2000, 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.