[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 93 (Tuesday, July 18, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D772-D773]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              JULY 19, 2000

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, to hold hearings on adapting a 1930's financial reporting 
model to the 21st century, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to continue 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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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 Foreign Relations: 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.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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: business meeting 
to consider pending calendar business, 5 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings on activities 
of the National Indian Gaming Commission, 2:30 p.m., SR-485.


                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, to continue hearings to review federal farm 
policy, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on military capabilities of the 
People's Republic of China, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on H.R. 4541, 
Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on the Budget, Natural Resources and the Environment Task 
Force, hearing on Fire Safety Failures of the Park Service: Caretaker of 
the Nation's Treasures Ineffective in Addressing Hazards, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Task Force on Welfare, hearing on Food Stamp Fraud: Why Trafficking 
Persists and What Can Be Done About It, 1 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing 
on ``BBA '97: A Look at the Current Impact on Providers and Patients,'' 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Employer-
Employee Relations, to mark up H.R. 4747,

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Retirement Security Advice Act of 2000, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Crime and Corruption 
in Bosnia, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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, to mark up the following measures: H.J.Res. 
72, granting the consent of the Congress to the Red River Boundary 
Compact; H.R. 4700, to grant the consent of the Congress to the Kansas 
and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District 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 and 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. 2558, Prison Industries 
Reform Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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; motion regarding Transfer of Committee Records; S. 624, 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. 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.
  Committee on Science, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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.