[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 101 (Tuesday, September 5, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D853-D855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of September 6 through September 9, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  During the remainder of the week, Senate will continue to consider 
the motion to proceed to H.R. 4444, PNTR for China, and H.R. 4733, 
Energy/Water Development Appropriations, and 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)
  Committee on Appropriations: September 6, Subcommittee on 
Transportation, to hold oversight hearings on the Firestone ATX and 
Wilderness AT tire recall, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  September 7, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings to examine stem cell research, 9:30 
a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 6, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of the following named officer for appointment in the 
United States Marine Corps to the grade indicated while assigned to 
a position of importance and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., 
section 601: Elizabeth A. Ashburn, to be Lieutenant General; the

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nomination of the following named officer for appointment in the 
United States Air Force to the grade indicated while assigned to a 
position of importance and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., 
section 601: Lt. Gen. Charles R. Holland, to be General; and the 
nomination of the following named officer for appointment as the 
Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and appointment to the grade 
indicated while assigned to a position of importance and 
responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., section 601 and 3036: Maj. 
Gen. Robert B. Flowers, to be Lieutenant General, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 7, business 
meeting to mark up S. 2962, to amend the Clean Air Act to address 
problems concerning methyl tertiary butyl ether, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: September 6, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine federal Medicaid spending for non-Medicaid purposes, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  September 7, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 6, to hold hearings on 
Taiwan's accession to the World Trade Organization, 10:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  September 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine religious 
persecution in the world, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 7, Subcommittee on 
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold 
hearings to examine e-commerce activities of the United States 
Postal Service, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 6, to hold hearings on S. 
2580, to provide for the issuance of bonds to provide funding for 
the construction of schools of the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the 
Department of the Interior; to be followed by a business meeting to 
mark up S. 611, to provide for administrative procedures to extend 
Federal recognition to certain Indian groups, and S. 2282, to 
encourage the efficient use of existing resources and assets related 
to Indian agricultural research, development and exports within the 
United States Department of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 6, to hold hearings to 
examine electronic surveillance and privacy in the digital age, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  September 6, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the 
Courts, to hold hearings to examine allowing cameras and electronic 
media in the courtroom, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, House is not in session.
  Tuesday, House is not in session.
  Wednesday, the House will meet at 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. 
No recorded votes are expected before 6:00 p.m. Consideration of 
Suspensions:
  (1) H.R. 4884, ``William S. Broomfield Post Office Building'';
  (2) H.R. 4534, ``James T. Broyhill Post Office Building'';
  (3) H.R. 4615, ``Reverend J.C. Wade Post Office'';
  (4) H.R. 3454, ``Henry McNeal Turner Post Office'';
  (5) H.R. 4484, ``Everett Alvarez, Jr. Post Office Building'';
  (6) H.R. 2302, ``James W. McCabe, Sr. Post Office Building'';
  (7) H.R. 4448, ``Judge Robert Bernard Watts, Sr. Post Office 
Building''; and
  Consideration of H.R. 4678, Child Support Distribution Act of 2000 
(Subject to a Rule).
  Thursday and Friday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday 
and 9 a.m. on Friday for legislative business. No votes are expected 
past 2:00 p.m. on Friday.
  Complete consideration of H.R. 4942, District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001;
  Consideration of the Conference Report on H.R. 4516, Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001; and
  Consideration of the veto override on H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination 
Act of 2000.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 7, to consider H.R. 1592, 
Regulatory Fairness and Openness Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, September 7, 
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Policy, hearing and mark 
up of H.R. 5010, District of Columbia and United States Territories 
Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act and to mark up H.R. 3679, 
2002 Winter Olympic Commemorative Coin Act, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 7, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, to mark up H.R. 3408, Fair Credit Reporting Amendments Act 
of 1999, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, September 6, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing on the 
recent Firestone tire recall action, focusing on the action as it 
pertains to relevant Ford vehicles, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 7, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing 
entitled: ``Telehealth: A Cutting Edge Medical Tool for the 21st 
Century,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 7, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing entitled: ``Foreign Government 
Ownership of American Telecommunications Companies,'' 11 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  September 8, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3011, 
Truth in Telephone Billing Act of 1999; H.R. 3100, Know Your Caller 
Act of 1999; H.R. 2592, to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to 
provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer

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products subject to such Act; H.R. 3850, Independent 
Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of 2000; and H.R. 2346, 
to authorize the enforcement by state and local governments of 
certain Federal Communications Commission regulations regarding use 
of citizens band radio equipment, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, September 6, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on 
Innovations in American Government: Are There Lessons to be Learned? 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 8, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and 
Human Resources, hearing on The Privacy Act and the Presidency, 9 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 8, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, 
and International Relations, hearing on National Missile Defense: 
Test Failures and Technology Development, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 7, to mark up the 
following measures: H.R. 3378, Tijuana River Valley Estuary and 
Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 1999; H.R. 4673, Support for Overseas 
Cooperative Development Act; S. 484, Bring Them Home Alive Act of 
2000; H. Res. 547, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives with respect to the peace process in Northern 
Ireland; H. Con. Res. 242, to urge the Nobel Commission to award the 
year 2000 Nobel Prize for Peace to former United States Senator 
George J. Mitchell for his dedication to fostering peace in Northern 
Ireland; H.J. Res. 100, calling upon the President to issue a 
proclamation recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Helsinki Final 
Act; H.R. 1064, Serbia and Montenegro Democracy Act of 1999; and H. 
Res. 451, calling for lasting peace, stability and justice in 
Kosova, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 7, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on the State Department Annual Report on 
International Religious Freedom for 2000, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 6, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 5018, Electronic 
Communications Privacy Act of 2000; H.R. 4987, Digital Privacy Act 
of 2000; and H.R. 4908, Notice of Electronic Monitoring Act, 2 p.m., 
2237 Rayburn.
  September 7, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight 
hearing on Justice Department Inspector General's Report, ``An 
Investigation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service's 
Citizenship USA Initiative,'' 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 7, Subcommittee on National 
Parks and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4503, 
Historically Women's Public Colleges or Universities Historic 
Building Restoration and Preservation Act; and H. R. 5036, Dayton 
Aviation Heritage Preservation Amendments Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, September 7, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on the Technical Feasibility of Space Solar 
Power, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 7, Subcommittee on Tax, 
Finance, and Exports, hearing on the complexity of the tax code as 
it impacts small business, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 7, Subcommittee on 
Health, to mark up the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care 
Personnel Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 7, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing on Unemployment Compensation, 10 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.