[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 120 (Monday, October 2, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1013-D1014]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 3, 2000

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Robert B. Pirie, Jr., of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of the 
Navy, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings on proposals to improve Internet privacy, including S. 
2928, to protect the privacy of consumers who use the Internet, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold oversight 
hearings on the use of comparative risk assessment in setting 
priorities and on the Science Advisory Board's Residual Risk Report, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings to examine the District of Columbia's progress in 
achieving its performance goals for FY 2000, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the impact of high fuel cost on low-income 
families, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative 
Oversight and the Courts, to continue oversight hearings on the Wen 
Ho Lee case, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Youth Violence, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine Office of Justice programs, focusing on drug courts, 9:30 
a.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal 
Service and General Government, on IRS-Electronic Tax 
Administration, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on the Farm 
Credit Administration's National Charter Initiative, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous 
Materials and the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, joint 
hearing on the Role of the EPA Ombudsman in Addressing Concerns of 
Local Communities, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
counterfeit bulk drugs and related concerns, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing on Injured Federal Workers on Hold: 
Customer Communications at DOL's Office of Workers' Compensation 
Programs, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on the Anthrax Vaccine 
Immunization Program--What Have We Learned? 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to continue markup of H. 
Res. 596, calling upon the President to ensure that the foreign 
policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and 
sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic 
cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record 
relating to the Armenian Genocide; and to mark up the following 
measures: H. Res. 577, to honor the United Nations High Commissioner 
for Refugees (UNHCR) for its role as a protector of the world's 
refugees, to celebrate UNHCR's 50th anniversary, and to praise the 
High Commissioner Sadako Ogata for her work with UNHCR for the past 
ten years; H. Con. Res. 397, voicing concern about serious 
violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in most

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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; S. 2682, to authorize the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
to make available to the Institute for Media Development certain 
materials of the Voice of America; H. Con. Res. 404, calling for the 
immediate release of Mr. Edmond Pope from prison in the Russian 
Federation of Humanitarian reasons; S. 1453, Sudan Peace Act; H. 
Res. 588, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with 
respect to violations in Western Europe of provisions of the 
Helsinki Final Act and other international agreements relating to 
the freedom of individuals to profess and practice religion or 
belief; H. Con. Res. 414, relating to the reestablishment of 
representative government in Afghanistan; H. Con. Res. 410, 
condemning the assassination of Father John Kaiser and others who 
worked to promote human rights and justice in the Republic of Kenya; 
H. Con. Res. 361, commending the Republic of Benin; and H. Con. Res. 
382, calling on the government of Azerbaijan to hold free and fair 
parliamentary elections in November, 2000, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and 
Claims, to mark up the following: H.R. 5285; Serious Human Rights 
Abusers Accountability Act of 2000; proposals to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act; and requests for INS reports on 
private relief bills, 10:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Chiropractic Services in the VA, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up 
the Medicare Refinement and Benefit Improvement Act of 2000, 12 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on H.R. 5292, Flexible 
Funding for Child Protection Act of 2000, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Global Hot Spots, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 3244, to combat 
trafficking of persons, especially into the sex trade, slavery, and 
slavery-like conditions in the United States and countries around 
the world through prevention, through prosecution and enforcement 
against traffickers, and through protection and assistance to 
victims of trafficking, 3 p.m., H-139 Capitol.
  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 4461, making 
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, 4 p.m., SC-5 Capitol.