[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 26, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D834-D835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JULY 27, 2000

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine staff shortages 
for nursing home residents, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold hearings to 
review proposals to establish an international school lunch program, 9 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to 
examine antitrust issues in the airline industry, focusing on trends in 
the industry, the impact that a reduction of competitors might have on 
competition and concentration levels at hubs, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, 
to hold hearings on S. 1734, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to contribute funds for the establishment of an interpretative center on 
the life and contributions of President Abraham Lincoln; H.R. 3084, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to

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contribute funds for the establishment of an interpretative center on the 
life and contributions of President Abraham Lincoln; S. 2345, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study 
concerning the preservation and public use of sites associated with 
Harriet Tubman located in Auburn, New York; S. 2638, to adjust the 
boundaries of the Gulf Islands National Seashore to include Cat Island, 
Mississippi; H.R. 2541, to adjust the boundaries of the Gulf Islands 
National Seashore to include Cat Island, Mississippi; and S. 2848, to 
provide for a land exchange to benefit the Pecos National Historical Park 
in New Mexico, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on the 
nomination of John E. McLaughlin, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director 
of Central Intelligence, 3:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, 
and Competition, business meeting to mark up S. 2778, to amend the 
Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal, 9:30 
a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 
11:30 a.m., Room to be announced.
  Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight, to hold hearings to examine 
the lack of standardization and training in protecting Executive Branch 
officials, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to mark up pending 
legislation, and the nomination of Robert M. Walker, of West Virginia, to 
be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs; and Thomas 
L. Garthwaite, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Health of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., SR-418.


                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture, 
hearing to review illegal activities at the Hunts Point Marketing 
Terminal, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 1161, Financial Contract Netting Improvement Act of 1999; 
H.R. 4541, Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000; and H.R. 4096, 
Bureau of Engraving and Printing Security Printing Amendments Act of 
2000, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Understanding Intergenerational 
Economic Issues, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing on H.R. 2420, Internet Freedom and Broadband 
Deployment Act of 1999, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on ``Felonies and Favors: A 
Friend of the Attorney General Gathers Information from the Justice 
Department,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, to mark 
up H.R. 2906, Sudan Peace Act, 2:30 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 4105, Fair Justice Act of 2000, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on Constitutional 
Rights and the Grand Jury, 1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on 
State Sovereign Immunity and Protection of Intellectual Property, 9 a.m., 
B-352 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to mark up the following: H.R. 
4548, Agricultural Opportunities Act; and private immigration bills, 10 
a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on implementation of the 
Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, 9:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following measures: 
H.R. 2820, to provide for the ownership and operation of the irrigation 
works on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community's reservation in 
Maricopa County, Arizona, by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 
Community; H.R. 2988, Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources 
Conservation and Improvement Act of 1999; H.R. 4013, Upper Mississippi 
River Basin Conservation Act of 2000; S. 1778, to provide for equal 
exchanges of land around the Cascade Reservoir; and the Bureau of 
Reclamation Law Enforcement, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research and the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, joint hearing on The State of 
Ocean and Marine Science, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, to mark up the following: H.R. 4890, Small 
Business Contract Equity Act of 2000; H.R. 4897, Equity in Contracting 
for Women Act of 2000; the Small Business Competition Act of 2000; and 
other pending business, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on the Trend Towards Criminalization of Aircraft 
Accidents, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management, 
hearing on Oversight of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Initiatives, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on patient safety and quality management in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the Foreign Sales Corporation 
Replacement Act of 2000, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Department of Energy/Los Alamos Update, 1 p.m., and, executive, briefing 
on Intelligence Collection Issues, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees continues on H.R. 4577, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2001, 2 p.m., Room to be announced.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings to 
examine Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's recent efforts to 
perpetuate his power by forcing through changes to the Yugoslav 
constitution and cracking down on opposition and independent forces in 
Serbia, 9:30 a.m., 2255, Rayburn Building.