[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 128 (Friday, October 13, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 16 through October 21, 2000

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will not be in session.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the Conference Report 
on H.R. 4461, Agriculture Appropriations.
  On Wednesday, Senate will resume consideration of the Conference 
Report on H.R. 4461, Agriculture Appropriations, with a vote to occur 
thereon at 11:30 a.m.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate 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 Energy and Natural Resources: October 19, to hold 
oversight hearings on the Department of Energy's decision to release 
30 million barrels of crude oil from the strategic petroleum reserve 
and the bid process used to award contracts regarding the same, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  October 19, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on 
potential timber sale contract liability incurred by the government 
as a result of timber sale contract cancellations, 3 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 18, business meeting to markup 
S. 1020, to amend chapter 1 of title 9, United States Code, to 
provide for greater fairness in the arbitration process relating to 
motor vehicle franchise contracts; and to consider a committee 
resolution for personal appearance subpoena pursuant to Rule 26 to 
the Department of Energy regarding Secretary Richardson, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  To Be Announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Commerce, October 19, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing on Strategic Petroleum Reserve: A Closer Look at the 
Drawdown, 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, October 20, hearing on 
``Waste, Fraud and Program Implementation at the U.S. Department of 
Education,'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, October 17, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on the 
``Freedmen's Bureau Records Preservation Act: Are These 
Reconstruction Era Records Being Protected?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 18, full Committee, to consider the following draft 
reports entitled: ``The Tragedy at Waco: New Evidence Examined;'' 
``Janet Reno's Stewardship of the Justice Department: A Failure to 
Serve the Ends of Justice;'' and ``Management Practices at the 
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of 
Labor,'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, October 18, hearing on 
Developments in Western Europe, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.