[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 106 (Tuesday, September 12, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D896-D897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                      WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing on H.R. 1275, to amend the 
Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the interstate movement of live birds 
for the purpose of having the birds participate in animal fighting, 
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation, 
and Credit, hearing on H.R. 4013, Upper Mississippi River Basin 
Conservation Act of 2000, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on H.R. 4311, 
Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2000, and related financial fraud 
issues, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Task Force on Natural Resources and the 
Environment, hearing on Controlling Wildfires In the Future: What 
Strategies and Resources Are Needed? 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing entitled: ``Organized Crime on Wall Street,'' 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on Securing the 
Health of the American People: focusing on the following measures: 
H.R. 2399, National Commission for the New National Goal: The 
Advancement of Global Health Act; H.R. 4242, Orphan Drug Innovation 
Act; H.R. 762, Lupus Research and Care Amendments of 1999; H.R. 
3677, Thomas Navarro FDA Patient Rights Act; H.R. 1795, National 
Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering Establishment Act; 
and a resolution

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recognizing the importance of researching childhood cancers, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3011, Truth in 
Telephone Billing Act of 1999; and H.R. 4445, Reciprocal 
Compensation Adjustment Act of 2000, 3 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education, Training, and Life-Long Learning, hearing 
on Recruitment and Retention of Quality Teachers, 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Economic 
Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on 
Lessons From the Laboratories of Democracy: Environmental Innovation 
in the States, 2:30 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, and 
International Relations, hearing on Biological Weapons Convention: 
Status and Implications, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
hearing on U.N. Referendum for Western Sahara: 9 Years and Counting, 
2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up the following 
measures: H.Con.Res. 328, expressing the sense of the Congress in 
recognition of the 10th anniversary of the free and fair elections 
in Burma and the urgent need to improve the democratic and human 
rights of the people of Burma; and a resolution voicing concern 
about serious violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in 
most states of Central Asia, including substantial noncompliance 
with their Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 
(OSCE) commitments on democratization and the holding of free and 
fair elections, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing 
on Cooperate and Industrial Espionage and Their Effects on American 
Competitiveness, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3575, Student Athlete Protection Act; H.R. 534, Fairness and 
Voluntary Arbitration Act; H.R. 4548, Agricultural Opportunities 
Act; H.R. 5106, Copyright Technical Corrections Act of 2000; and 
H.R. 5107, Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000, 
10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to mark up the following: 
H.R. 4068, Religious Workers Act of 2000; and a private relief bill, 
3 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to consider the following measures: S. 
426, Huna Totem Corporation Public Interest Land Exchange Act; S. 
964, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act; S. 1117, 
Corinth Battlefield Preservation Act of 1999, H.R. 1500, America's 
Wilderness Protection Act; S. 1653, National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation Establishment Act Amendments of 1999; S. 1778, to provide 
for equal exchanges of land around the Cascade Reservoir; H.R. 2941, 
Las Cienegas National Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1999; 
H.R. 3067, Nampa and Meridian Conveyance Act; H.R. 3118, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations under the 
Migratory Bird Treaty Act that authorize States to establish hunting 
seasons for double-crested cormorants; H.R. 3986, to provide for a 
study of the engineering feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of 
electrification of the Chandler Pumping Plant at Prosser Diversion 
Dam, Washington; H.R. 4020, Dillonwood Giant Sequoia Grove Park 
Expansion Act; H.R. 4503, Historically Women's Public Colleges or 
Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act; 
H.R. 4613, National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000; 
H.R. 4656, to authorize the Forest Service to convey certain lands 
in the Lake Tahoe Basin to the Washoe County School District for use 
as an elementary school site; H.R. 4721, to provide for all right, 
title, and interest in and to certain property in Washington County, 
Utah, to be vested in the United States; H.R. 4800, Ronald Reagan 
Recognition Act of 2000; H.R. 4828, Steens Mountain Wilderness Act 
of 2000; H.R. 5130, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide cost sharing for the CALFED water enhancement programs in 
California; and a measure 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, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, hearing to receive Member testimony on 
proposed changes to House Rules, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Technology, 
hearing on the State of NASA's Space Science Enterprise, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on the Role of Technical 
Standards in Today's Society and in the Future, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Ground Transportation, hearing on the Department of Transportation's 
Proposed NEPA and Planning Rules, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency 
Management, hearing on Federal Agency Shuttles, 3 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up H.R. 5109, Department 
of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of 2000, 10:30 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 4857, Privacy and 
Identity Protection Act of 2000, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on trade in African diamonds, 9:30 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.