[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 81 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D654-D657]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 26 through July 1, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 4577, 
Labor/HHS/Education.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate may resume consideration of 
S. 2549, Defense Authorization, and any other cleared legislative and 
executive business, including appropriation bills, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: June 26, to hold hearings on the 
hardships that dialysis patients endure and the options for 
improving the government's oversight, 1:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 27, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Lt. Gen. Tommy R. Franks, United States Army, to be 
General; and Lt. Gen. William

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F. Kernan, United States Army, to be General, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 28, to 
hold hearings to examine airline customer service, 9:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 27, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production 
and Regulation, to hold hearings on the April 2000 GAO report 
entitled ``Nuclear Waste Cleanup--DOE's Paducah Plan Faces 
Uncertainties and Excludes Costly Cleanup Activities'', 2:30 p.m., 
SD-366.
  June 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold oversight hearings on the United States Forest Service's Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan 
amendment, and Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Plan, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  June 29, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 134, to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to study whether the Apostle Islands National 
Lakeshore should be protected as a wilderness area; S. 2051, to 
revise the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area; 
S. 2279, to authorize the addition if land to Sequoia National Park; 
and S. 2512, to convey certain Federal properties on Governors 
Island, New York, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 28, business 
meeting to mark up S. 2437, to provide for the conservation and 
development of water and related resources, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements 
to rivers and harbors of the United States; and other pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water, 
to hold hearings on pending issues in the implementation of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk 
Assessment, to hold hearings on S. 2700, to amend the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to 
promote the cleanup and reuse of brownfields, to provide financial 
assistance for brownfields revitalization, to enhance State response 
programs, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 28, business meeting to mark up 
proposed legislation relating to the marriage tax penalty, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 27, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Karl William Hofmann, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
the Togolese Republic; Howard Franklin Jeter, of South Carolina, to 
be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria; John W. Limbert, 
of Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania; 
Roger A. Meece, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Malawi; Donald Y. Yamamoto, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Djibouti; and Sharon P. Wilkinson, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to 
hold hearings to examine the liberation of Iraq, 9 a.m., SD-419.
  June 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  June 28, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine the treatment of U.S. business in Central and Eastern 
Europe, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 29, Permanent Subcommittee 
on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the nationwide crisis 
of mortgage fraud, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  June 29, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
rising oil prices and the efficiency and effectiveness of the 
Executive Branch Response, 1 p.m., SD-342.
  June 30, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to continue 
hearings to examine the nationwide crisis of mortgage fraud, 9:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 27, to 
hold hearings to examine reprocessing of single-use medical devices, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 28, to hold hearings on S. 2283, 
to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to make 
certain amendments with respect to Indian tribes, 2:30 p.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 27, business meeting to consider 
the nomination of John W. Darrah, of Illinois, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; the nomination 
of Paul C. Huck, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Florida; the nomination of Joan Humphrey 
Lefkow, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Illinois; the nomination of George Z. Singal, 
of Maine, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Maine; S. 2448, to enhance the protections of the Internet and the 
critical infrastructure of the United States; and S. 353, to provide 
for class action reform, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to examine 
the border crisis in Arizona, and the impact on the state and local 
communities, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  June 27, Full Committee, to resume oversight hearings to examine 
the 1996 campaign finance investigations, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the struggle for 
justice for former U.S. World War II POW's, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold hearings on countering the changing threat of 
international terrorism, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  June 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 27, to hold hearings 
on the operations of the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian 
Institution, 8:30 a.m., SR-301.

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                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 27, to consider H.R. 4541, 
Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  June 28, hearing on the following: H.R. 4502 Water Pollution 
Program Improvement Act of 2000; and EPA's proposed Total Maximum 
Daily Load rules on agriculture and silviculture, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  June 29, hearing to review factors affecting domestic and 
international agricultural input prices, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 30, Subcommittee on the District 
of Columbia, hearing on Management Reform in the District 
Government, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 27, Subcommittee on Military 
Procurement, hearing on Navy submarine force structure and 
modernization plans, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on Defense 
Logistics Reengineering Initiatives, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  June 28, full Committee, hearing on the National Missile Defense 
Program, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 29, Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism, hearing on 
terrorism and threats to U.S. interests in Latin America, 2 p.m., 
2216 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, 
hearing on the Navy's radar development program, including fleet 
requirements and ballistic missile defense, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 27, hearing on 
H.R. 4490, First Accounts Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 28, to mark up H.R. 4419, Internet Gambling Funding 
Prohibition Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 29, to mark up H.R. 4585, Medical Financial Privacy 
Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, June 27, Subcommittee on Health and 
Environment, hearing on Medicare's Management: Is HCFA's Complexity 
Threatening Patient Access to Quality Care? 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 28, full Committee, hearing on Summer Energy Concerns for the 
American Consumer, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Weaknesses in Classified Information Security Controls at DOE's 
Nuclear Weapon Laboratories, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 27, Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Examining the 
National Environmental Education Act, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Employment Standards Administration Under GPRA, 2 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and 
Life Long Learning: and the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the 
Committee on Ways and Means, joint hearing on Welfare Reform: 
Assessing the Progress of Work-Related Provisions, 2 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, June 27, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information and Technology, hearing on 
Implementation of the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  June 28, full Committee, hearing on Rising Fuel Prices and the 
Appropriate Federal Response, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on the Postal Service, to mark up pending 
business, 12 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human 
Resources, hearing on Protecting the Southwest Border, 9 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on 
Beyond Community Standards and a Constitutional Level of Care? A 
Review of Services, Costs, and Staffing Levels at the Corrections 
Medical Receiver for the District of Columbia Jail, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, June 28, to consider pending 
business, 3 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, June 27, hearing on OPEC's 
Policies: A Threat to the U.S. Economy, 10:45 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S. 
Assistance to Micronesia and the Marshall Islands: A Question of 
Accountability, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
Development, Growth and Poverty Reduction in Latin America: 
Assessing the Effectiveness of Assistance, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  June 29, full Committee, hearing on Infectious Diseases: A Growing 
Threat to America's Health and Security, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 27, to continue mark up of H.R. 
1248, Violence Against Women Act; and to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 3380, Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 
1999; H.R. 1349, Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act of 1999; 
H.R. 3918, Immigration Reorganization and Improvement Act of 1999; 
H.R. 4194, Small Business Merger Fee Reduction Act of 2000; and H.R. 
2558, Prison Industries Reform Act of 1999, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 28, to continue oversight hearings on Solutions to 
Competitive Problems in the Oil Industry: Part 3, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4267, Internet Tax Reform and 
Reduction Act of 2000; H.R. 4460, Internet Tax Simplification Act of 
2000; and H.R. 4462, Fair and Equitable Interstate Tax Compact 
Simplification Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on The Internet and Federal Courts: Issues and 
Obstacles, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on the U.S. 
Marshals Service, 9:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.

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  June 29, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing 
on Evaluating the Religious Worker Visa Programs, 10 a.m., B-352 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 27, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
and Public Lands, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3632, Golden 
Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act of 2000; H.R. 
3745, Effigy Mounds National Monument Additions Act; and H.R. 4583, 
to extend the authorization for the Air Force Memorial Foundation to 
establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs; 
followed by hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3190, Oil Region 
National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 4187, to assist in the 
establishment of an interpretive center and museum in the vicinity 
of the Diamond Valley Lake in southern California to ensure the 
protection and interpretation of the paleontology discoveries made 
at the lake and to develop a trail system for the lake for use by 
pedestrians and nonmotorized vehicles; and H.R. 4521, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to authorize and provide funding for 
rehabilitation of the Going-to-the Sun Road in Glacier National 
Park, to authorize funds for maintenance of utilities related to the 
Park, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 28, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 755, 
Guam War Restitution Act; 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; S. 1288, Community Forest Restoration Act; S. 1508, Indian 
Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 1999; H.R. 
2296, to amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to 
provide that the number of members on the legislature of the Virgin 
Islands and the number of such members constituting a quorum shall 
be determined by the laws of the Virgin Islands; H.R. 2462, Guam 
Omnibus Opportunities Act; H.R. 2671, Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee 
Sioux Tribe of Nebraska Development Trust Fund Act; 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. 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. 3693, Castle Rock Ranch Acquisition Act of 2000; H.R. 
4148, Tribal Contract Support Cost Technical Amendments of 2000; 
H.R. 4275, Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area and Black 
Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000; H.R. 4286, to provide for the 
establishment of the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge in Bibb 
County, Alabama; H.R. 4340, Mineral Revenue Payments Clarification 
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. 4442, National Wildlife 
Refuge System Centennial Act; and H.R. 4579, Utah West Desert Land 
Exchange Act of 2000, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to mark up H.R. 4320, Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on Forest Service Performance Measures, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on the 
CALFED program, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 26, to consider the following: H.R. 4680, 
Medicare RX 2000 Act; and H.R. 4733, making appropriations for 
energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2001, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 29, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on Financing Commercial Space Ventures, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 29, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Cost Overruns and Delays in the 
FAA's Wide Area Augmentation System and Related Radio Spectrum 
Issues, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 27, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, to mark up H.R. 4678, Child Support Distribution Act of 
2000, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on the Social 
Security Government Pension Offset, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  June 28, full Committee, to mark up H.J. Res. 99, disapproving the 
extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam, 10:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Complexity in 
Administration of Federal Tax Laws, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: June 27, meeting of conferees on H.R.1554, to amend 
the provisions of title 17, United States Code, and the 
Communications Act of 1934, relating to copyright licensing and 
carriage of broadcast signals by satellite, 4:15 p.m., SC-5, 
Capitol.