[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 91 (Friday, July 14, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D749-D753]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 17 through July 22, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 4578, Interior 
Appropriations. Also, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 4810, 
Marriage Tax Penalty Reconciliation Act, with votes on certain pending 
amendments and final passage of the bill, to occur beginning at 6:15 
p.m.
  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 4578, Interior 
Appropriations, with votes on certain pending amendments to occur at 
9:45 a.m.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate expects to consider any 
other cleared legislative and executive business, including 
appropriation bills and conference reports, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: July 17, to hold hearings to examine 
end-of-life issues, focusing on improving care, easing pain, and 
helping families, 1:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 18, 
Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness, to hold 
hearings to examine the future of United States agricultural export 
program, 2:30 p.m., SR-328A.
  July 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine implications 
of high energy prices on Unites States agriculture, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 18, business meeting to mark up 
H.R. 4733, making appropriations for energy and water development 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001; and H.R. 4690, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 
the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 20, to hold closed hearings on 
the situation in Iraq and U.S. military operations in and around 
Iraq, 9:30 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 18, 
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings on S. 
2733, to provide for the preservation of assisted housing for low 
income elderly persons, disabled persons, and other families, 2 
p.m., SD-538.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Securities, to hold hearings on adapting 
a 1930's financial reporting model to the 21st century, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  July 20, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the conduct 
of monetary policy by the Federal Reserve, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 18, to 
hold hearings to examine the impact of climate change on the United 
States, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Norman Y. Mineta, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.

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  July 19, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
2001 for the National Science Foundation, focusing on current 
research activities, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  July 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings on purchasing tickets 
through the Internet, and whether or not it benefits the consumer, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 18, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold oversight 
hearings on the status of the Biological Opinions of the National 
Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on 
the operations of the Federal hydropower system of the Columbia 
River, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  July 20, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the United 
States General Accounting Office's investigation of the Cerro Grande 
Fire in the State of New Mexico, and from Federal agencies on the 
Cerro Grande Fire and their fire policies in general, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold hearings on S. 2757, to provide for the transfer or other 
disposition of certain lands at Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico, 
and Yakima Training Center, Washington; S. 2691, to provide further 
protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of 
the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon; S. 2754, to provide 
for the exchange of certain land in the State of Utah; S. 2834, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau 
of Reclamation, to convey property to the Greater Yuma Port 
Authority of Yuma County, Arizona, for use as an international port 
of entry; H.R. 3023, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey property to the 
Greater Yuma Port Authority of Yuma County, Arizona, for use as an 
international port of entry; and H.R. 4579, to provide for the 
exchange of certain lands within the State of Utah, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold oversight hearings on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
implementing the October 1999 announcement by the President to 
review approximately 40 million acres of national forest for 
increased protection, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 19, Subcommittee 
on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water, to hold oversight 
hearings on the Fish and Wildlife Services's administration of the 
Federal Aid Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 18, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS 
Oversight, to hold hearings on federal income tax issues relating to 
proposals to lower U.S. dependency on foreign oil used in 
transportation fuels, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 18, to hold hearings to 
examine national security implications of granting Permanent Normal 
Trade Relations status to communist China, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  July 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine giving 
permanent normal trade relations status to Communist China, focusing 
on human rights, labor, trade and economic implications, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to 
hold hearings on issues relating to the government of Afghanistan, 
focusing on the conduct of the Taliban (Militia that rules 
Afghanistan), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  July 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings on inter-American 
Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles, with 
Annexes, done at Caracas, December 1, 1996, (the ``Convention''), 
which was signed by the United States, subject to ratification, on 
December 13, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-48); International Plant 
Protection Convention (IPPC), adopted at the Conference of the Food 
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations at Rome on 
November 17, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 106-23); Food Aid Convention 1999, 
which was opened for signature at the United Nations Headquarters, 
New York, from May 1 through June 30, 1999. Convention was signed by 
the United States June 16, 1999 (Treaty Doc. 106-14); and convention 
(No. 176) Concerning Safety and Health in Mines, adopted by the 
International Labor Conference at its 82nd Session in Geneva on June 
22, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 106-08), 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 19, to hold hearings on 
certain legislative proposals and issues relevant to the operations 
of Inspectors General, including S. 870, to amend the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to increase the efficiency and 
accountability of Offices of Inspector General within Federal 
departments, and an Administrative proposal to grant statutory law 
enforcement authority to 23 Inspectors General, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 18, to 
hold hearings on increases in prescription drug costs, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-430.
  July 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  July 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings on genetic information 
in the workplace, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 19, to hold oversight hearings 
on activities of the National Indian Gaming Commission, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-485.
  July 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 2688, to amend the 
Native American Languages Act to provide for the support of Native 
American Language Survival Schools, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 18, to hold closed hearings 
on pending intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
  July 20, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on pending 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on Small Business: July 20, to hold hearings to examine 
the General Accounting Office's performance and accountability 
review, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.

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  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 20, to hold hearings to 
consider the Department of Veterans' Affairs adjudication, and 
pending legislation including S. 1810, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate 
procedures, and S. 2544, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide compensation and benefits to children of female Vietnam 
veterans who were born with certain birth defects, 9:30 a.m., SR-
418.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 19, to continue hearings to review 
federal farm policy, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 19, hearing on military 
capabilities of the People's Republic of China, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, July 19, hearing on 
H.R. 4541, Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 4096, Bureau of 
Engraving and Printing Security Printing Amendments Act of 2000; and 
H.R. 4818, International Monetary Stability Act of 2000, 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  July 20, 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.
  Committee on the Budget, July 19, Natural Resources and the 
Environment Task Force, hearing on Fire Safety Failures of the Park 
Service; Caretaker of the Nation's Treasurers Ineffective in 
Addressing Hazards, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  July 19, Task Force on Welfare, hearing on Food Stamp Fraud: Why 
Trafficking Persists and What Can Be Done About It, 1 p.m., 210 
Cannon.
  July 20, Task Force on Defense and International Relations, 
hearing on Pentagon Financial Management, What's Broken, How to Fix 
It, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, July 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on ``Medical Provider Enrollment: Assessing 
State Efforts to Prevent Fraud,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on ``BBA 
`97: A Look at the Current Impact on Providers and Patients,'' 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on a review of the FCC's Spectrum Policies for 
the 21st Century, including H.R. 4758, Spectrum Resource Assurance 
Act, 10 a.m. 2322 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, hearing 
on Improving Insurance for Consumers--Increasing Uniformity and 
Efficiency in Insurance Regulation, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on H.R. 3850, Independent Telecommunications 
Consumer Enhancement Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 19, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations to mark up H.R. 4747, Retirement 
Security Advice Act of 2000, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on OSHA's 
Recordkeeping Standard: Stakeholder: Views on the 1996 proposal, 
10:30 a.m. 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, July 18, hearing on ``Mercury in 
Medicine--Are We Taking Unnecessary Risks?'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and 
Technology, oversight hearing on ``The U.S. General Accounting 
Office,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and 
International Relations, hearing on ``Oversight of the State 
Department: Is Management Getting Results?'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 20, full Committee, hearing on ``Has the Department of 
Justice Given Preferential Treatment to the President and Vice 
President?'' 1 p.m. 2154 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Census, hearing on ``The American 
Community Survey (A.C.S.)--A Replacement for the Census Long Form?'' 
9:30 a.m. 2247 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on ``Seven Years of GPRA: Has the Results Act 
Provided Results?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human 
Resources, hearing on ``The Privacy Act and the White House,'' 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, July 19, hearing on Crime 
and Corruption in Bosnia, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, 
hearing on the Costs of Internet Piracy for the Music and Software 
Industries, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 18, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 1686, Internet Freedom Act; and H.R. 1685, Internet 
Growth and Development Act of 1999, Part 2, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on H.R. 1293, Transportation Employee Fair Taxation Act of 
1999; and a hearing and markup of H.R. 4700, to grant the consent of 
the Congress to the Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture 
District Compact, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  July 19, full Committee, to mark up the following measures: H.J. 
Res. 72, granting the consent of the Congress to the Red River 
Boundary Compact: H.R. 2987, Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act 
of 1999; H.R. 1349. Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act of 
1999; H.R. 4640, DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000; H.R. 
2883, Adopted Orphans Citizenship Act; H.R. 238, to amend section 
274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose mandatory 
minimum sentences, and increase certain sentences, for bringing in 
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harboring certain aliens act to amend title 18, United States Code, 
to provide enhanced penalties for persons committing such offenses 
while armed; and H.R. 2258. Prison Industries Reform Act of 1999, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 20, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4826, Lobbying With 
Appropriated Funds Reform Act of 2000; and H.R. 4845, Federal 
Property Campaign Fundraising Reform Act of 2000, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 4292, 
Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 2337 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on H.R. 
3083, Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 4292, 
Born Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on H.R. 
3083, Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 18, Subcommittee on National Parks 
and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2317, Lower 
Delaware Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; and H.R. 4828, Steens Mountain 
Wilderness Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 19, full Committee, to mark up the following: a resolution 
and report containing statements of fact (1) reporting to the House 
of Representatives Contempt of Congress by the Project on Government 
Oversight, Ms. Danielle Brian Stockton, Mr. Keith Rutter, Mr. Henry 
M. Banta, and Mr. Robert A. Berman arising from refusals to comply 
with subpoenas duces tecum issued by the Committee on Resources and 
(2) reporting to the House of Representatives Contempt of Congress 
by Mr. Robert A. Berman, Mr. Keith Rutter, Ms. Danielle Brian 
Stockton, and Mr. Henry M. Banta arising from refusals to answer 
pertinent questions while testifying under subpoena before the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources; H.R. 1124, Fort Peck 
Reservation Rural Water System Act of 1999; S. 1288, Community 
Forest Restoration Act; H.R. 1814, to provide incentives for Indian 
tribes to collect and pay lawfully imposed State sales taxes on 
goods sold on tribal lands and to provide for penalties against 
Indian tribes that do not collect and pay such State sales taxes; S. 
1937, to amend the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and 
Conservation Act to provide for sales of electricity by the 
Bonneville Power Administration to joint operating entities; H.R. 
2674, Palmetto Bend Conveyance 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. 
3112, Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 1999; 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. 
3388, Lake Tahoe Restoration Act; H.R. 3745, Effigy Mounds National 
Monument Additions 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 
Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000; H.R. 4320, Great Ape 
Conservation Act of 2000; H.R. 4340, Mineral Revenue Payments 
Clarification Act of 2000; 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; 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, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on 
H.R. 4297, Powder River Basin Resource Development Act of 2000, 2:30 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to mark up pending business; followed by a hearing on H.R. 
4790, Hunting Heritage Protection Act, 10:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 20, Subcommittee on National Parks, and Public Lands, 
oversight hearing on general issues dealing with Access to our 
National Parks, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 17, to consider the following: a 
resolution providing for a motion to resolve differences with the 
Senate on H.R. 4810, Marriage Penalty Tax Elimination Reconciliation 
Act of 2000; and H.J. Res. 103, disapproving the extension of the 
waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 
1974 with respect to the People's Republic of China, 5 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  July 18, to consider the following: a measure making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal 
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001; 
H.R. 4118, Russian-American Trust and Cooperation Act of 2000; and 
H.R. 4843, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act 
of 2000, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 18, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environmental, hearing on Reexamining the Scientific Basis for the 
Linear No-Threshold Model of Low-Dose Radiation, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on 
Financing Commercial Space Ventures, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 19, full Committee, hearing on Encouraging Science, Math, 
Engineering and Technology Education in Kindergarten Through 12th 
Grade and H.R. 4273, National Science Education Incentive Act, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 20, Subcommittee on Tax, Finance 
and Imports, hearing on H.R. 1303, Dry Cleaning Environmental Tax 
Credit Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 18, 
Subcommittee on Ground Transportation, hearing on the Implementation 
of the Federal Railroad Administration Grade-Crossing Whistle Ban 
Law, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

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  July 19, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
4441, Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 2000; and H.R. 4844, 
Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Ground Transportation, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 4441, Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 
2000; and H.R. 4844, Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement 
Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Portable Electronic 
Devices: Do they really pose a safety hazard on aircraft, 9:30 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency 
Management, hearing on Cost Effectiveness of Hazard Mitigation 
Spending, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 18, Subcommittee on Benefits, 
to mark up the following: H.R. 4765, 21st Century Veterans 
Employment and Training Act; and a measure on well-grounded claims, 
10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 20, full Committee, to mark up pending business, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 17, Subcommittee on Trade, to 
mark up the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 
2000, 7 p.m., H-137 Capitol.
  July 19, full Committee, to mark up the following: the 
Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2000; H.R. 
4678, Child Support Distribution Act of 2000; H.R. 4844, Railroad 
Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000; and the Social 
Security Benefits Tax Relief Act, 1:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Increasing 
State Flexibility in Use of Federal Child Protection Funds, 1 p.m., 
B-318 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Social Security, to mark up H.R. 4857, 
Privacy and Identity Protection Act of 2000, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.