[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 110 (Monday, September 18, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D926-D928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                      TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on United States 
policy towards Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, to hold hearings on H.R. 3577, to increase the amount 
authorized to be appropriated for the north side pumping division of 
the Minidoka reclamation project, Idaho; S. 2906, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with the city of 
Loveland, Colorado, to use Colorado-Big Thompson Project facilities 
for the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject

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water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial 
purposes; S. 2942, to extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of certain hydroelectric projects in the State of West 
Virginia; S. 2951, to authorize the Commissioner of Reclamation to 
conduct a study to investigate opportunities to better manage the 
water resources in the Salmon Creek watershed of the upper Columbia 
River; and S. 3022, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain irrigation facilities to the Nampa and Meridian 
Irrigation District, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to mark up H.R. 4986, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the provisions 
relating to foreign sales corporations (FSCs) and to exclude 
extraterritorial income from gross income; and H.R. 4868, to amend 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify 
temporarily certain rates of duty, to make other technical 
amendments to the trade laws, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings on the 
nomination of George A. Omas, of Mississippi, to be a Commissioner 
of the Postal Rate Commission, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal 
Services, to resume hearings on the state of foreign language 
capabilities in national security and the Federal Government, 10 
a.m., SD-342.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing on H.R. 4646, to 
designate certain National Forest System lands within the boundaries 
of the State of Virginia as wilderness areas, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on the Future of 
Electronic Payments: Roadblocks and Emerging Practices, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous 
Materials, to continue hearings on Improving Insurance for 
Consumers--Increasing Uniformity and Efficiency in Insurance 
Regulation, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on the 
Implementation of the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments and 
Funding of State Drinking Water Programs, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on the National Labor Relations 
Board: Recent Trends and Their Implications, 10:30 a.m., 2261 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Financial 
Management Issues at the Department of Education, 9:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, to mark up H.R. 5178, 
Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, 
Drug Policy, and Human Resources, hearing on Is Drug Use Up or Down? 
10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Postal Service, hearing on General Oversight of 
the U.S. Postal Service, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on GAO Assessment of 
U.S. Judicial and Police Reform Assistance in Haiti, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and the Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade, joint hearing on Prelude to 
New Directions in U.S. Vietnam Relations: The 2000 Bilateral Trade 
Agreement, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
4548, Agricultural Opportunities Act; H.R. 604, to amend the charter 
of the AMVETS organization; H.R. 5136, to make permanent the 
authority of the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court 
Police to provide security beyond the Supreme Court building and 
grounds; H.R. 4827, Enhanced Federal Security Act of 2000; H.R. 
3484, Child Sex Crimes Wiretapping Act of 1999; H.R. 3312, Merit 
Systems Protection Board Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 
1999; H.R. 1924, Federal Agency Compliance Act; H.R. 1293, 
Transportation Employee Fair Taxation Act of 1999; H.R. 5018, 
Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 2000; and private bills, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4945, Small Business 
Competition Preservation Act of 2000, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.


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                       Next Meeting of the SENATE
                    9:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 19
                               __________
                               
                             Senate Chamber
Program for Tuesday: Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 4444, 
PNTR for China, with a vote on final passage to occur at 2:15 p.m.; 
following which, Senate will vote on the motion to close further debate 
on the motion to proceed to the consideration of S. 2045, H-1B Non-
immigrant Visa.
  (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their 
respective party conferences.)

              Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                     9 a.m., Tuesday, September 19
                               __________
                               
                             House Chamber
Program for Tuesday: Consideration of 23 Suspensions:
  (1) H.R. 5193, FHA Down Payment Simplification Extension;
  (2) H.R. 3834, Homeowners Financing Protection;
  (3) H.R. 3986, Feasibility Study Relating to Water Exchange of the 
Chandler Pumping Plant at Prosser Diversion Dam, Washington;
  (4) H. Con. Res. 345, Cataloging and Maintaining Public Memorials 
Commemorating Military Conflicts of the United States and the Service 
of Individuals in the Armed Forces;
  (5) H.R. 4673, Support for Overseas Cooperative Development;
  (6) H. Con. Res. 257, Concerning the emancipation of the Iranian 
Baha'i community;
  (7) S. 2460, Rewards to Individuals Furnishing Information on 
Violations of Humanitarian Law in Rwanda;
  (8) H.R. 4975, Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, 
Newark, New Jersey;
  (9) H.R. 4625, Gertrude A. Barber Post Office Building, Erie, 
Pennsylvania;
  (10) H.R. 4786, Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building, Carrollton, 
Georgia;
  (11) H.R. 4450, Judge Harry Augustus Cole Post Office Building 
Baltimore, Maryland;
  (12) H.R. 2842, Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity 
Act;
  (13) H.R. 4642, General Accounting Office Personnel Flexibilities;
  (14) H.R. 3679, 2002 Winter Olympic Commemorative Coin Act;
  (15) H.R. 5062, Eligibility of Certain Aliens Lawfully Admitted for 
Permanent Residence;
  (16) H.R. 4999, Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Act;
  (17) H.R. 1349, Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act;
  (18) S. 1638, retroactive Eligibility Dates for Financial Assistance 
for Higher Education for Certain Spouses and Children;
  (19) H.R. 2883, Adopted Orphans Citizenship;
  (20) H.R. 4068, Religious Workers Act;
  (21) H.R. 4870, Intellectual Property Technical Amendments Act;
  (22) H.R. 5106, Copyright Technical Corrections; and
  (23) H.R. 5107, Work Made For Hire and Copyright Corrections Act.
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            Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

                   HOUSE
       
     Archer, Bill, Tex., E1516
     Ballenger, Cass, N.C., E1512
     Bliley, Tom, Va., E1515
     Callahan, Sonny, Ala., E1507
     Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr., Ala., E1509
     Cunningham, Randy ``Duke'', Calif., E1499, E1500, E1501, 
     E1503, E1505, E1507, E1508, E1510, E1513
     DeMint, Jim, S.C., E1508
     Duncan, John J., Jr., Tenn., E1518
     Emerson, Jo Ann, Mo., E1499, E1500, E1501
     English, Phil, Pa., E1515
     Eshoo, Anna G., Calif., E1499, E1502, E1502
     Foley, Mark, Fla., E1506
     Gilman, Benjamin A., N.Y., E1514
     Green, Mark, Wisc., E1507
     Kildee, Dale E., Mich., E1503, E1506
     Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E1518
     McInnis, Scott, Colo., E1515, E1516, E1516
     Menendez, Robert, N.J., E1499, E1500, E1501, E1502, E1504, 
     E1506
     Miller, Dan, Fla., E1504
     Miller, George, Calif., E1505
     Moore, Dennis, Kans., E1506, E1517
     Moran, Jerry, Kans., E1509
     Owens, Major R., N.Y., E1511
     Pastor, Ed, Ariz., E1510
     Reynolds, Thomas M., N.Y., E1509
     Sanders, Bernard, Vt., E1517
     Smith, Nick, Mich., E1508
     Underwood, Robert A., Guam, E1504
     Watts, J.C., Jr., Okla., E1504
     Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., E1502, E1516