[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17829-17831]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



     LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION BICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT

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                               speech of

                           HON. BARON P. HILL

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 19, 1999

  Mr. HILL of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I want to offer my support for H.R. 
1033, the Lewis and Clark Expedition Bicentennial Commemorative Coin 
Act.
  This bill will authorize the Department of the Treasury to mint 
500,000 one-dollar coins to commemorate the bicentennial of the Lewis 
and Clark Expedition.
  Mr. Speaker, many people don't realize it, but the expedition of 
these historic partners began at the Falls of the Ohio, in southern 
Indiana.
  In October of 1803, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark joined with 
other explorers at the Falls of the Ohio to set off on their journey to 
explore the Louisiana Purchase. The crew departed on October 26, 1803, 
thus marking Clarksville, Indiana as the actual point of origin for the 
Lewis and Clark Expedition. From there, the Explorers' remarkable 
adventures spanned over 8,000 miles of unknown land.
  Mr. Speaker, the residents of southern Indiana are proud of this 
heritage. Currently the three communities of Jeffersonville, 
Clarksville and New Albany are working together to build the Ohio River 
Greenway--an extensive project to revitalize the southern Indiana 
riverfront. The intended completion date for this project is set for 
2003, just in time for these three communities to come together in 
celebration of the 200 year anniversary of the beginning of the Lewis 
and Clark Expedition.
  This bill will help highlight the extraordinary expedition by Lewis 
and Clark and will provide support for the National Lewis and Clark 
Bicentennial Council and the National Park Service in efforts to plan 
and organize events to commemorate the bicentennial of this historic 
expedition.
  And no commemoration would be complete without noting southern 
Indiana's part in the Lewis and Clark story. I encourage all Americans 
wishing to retrace the steps of the explorers or to learn more about 
the importance of the expedition to our nation, to visit the Falls of 
the Ohio and surrounding area.
  I am proud that Congress is taking the initiative to promote and 
support the commemoration of such a remarkable piece of our American 
history.

                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July 27, 1999 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 979, to amend the Indian Self-
           Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide 
           for further self-governance by Indian tribes.
                                                            SR-485
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. Con. Res. 28, urging the 
           Congress and the President to increase funding for the 
           Pell Grant Program and existing Campus-Based Aid 
           Programs; S. 976, to amend title V of the Public Health 
           Service Act to focus the authority of the Substance 
           Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on 
           community-based services children and adolescents, to 
           enhance flexibility and accountability, to establish 
           programs for youth treatment, and to respond to crises, 
           especially those related to children and violence; and 
           S. 632, to provide assistance for poison prevention and 
           to stabilize the funding of regional poison control 
           centers, and pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to markup S. 25, to provide Coastal 
           Impact Assistance to State and local governments, to 
           amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments 
           of 1978, the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
           1965, the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act, and 
           the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (commonly 
           referred to as the Pittman-Robertson Act) to establish 
           a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation 
           needs of the American people; S. 244, to authorize the 
           construction of the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System 
           and to authorize assistance to the Lewis and Clark 
           Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for 
           the planning and construction of the water supply 
           system; S. 1330, to give the city of Mesquite, Nevada, 
           the right to purchase at fair market value certain 
           parcels of public land in the city; and S. 1329, to 
           direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
           land to Nye County, Nevada.
                                                            SD-366
       Rules and Administration
         To hold oversight hearings on the operations of the 
           Smithsonian Institution.
                                                            SR-301

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     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings on the Monetary Policy Report 
           to Congress pursuant to the Full Employment and 
           Balanced Growth Act of 1978.
                                                            SH-216
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings on how to combat methamphetamine 
           proliferation in America.
                                                            SD-628
     11 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to markup S. 720, to promote the 
           development of a government in the Federal Republic of 
           Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) based on democratic 
           principles and the rule of law, and that respects 
           internationally recognized human rights, to assist the 
           victims of Serbian oppression, to apply measures 
           against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and 
           proposed legislation to prevent the further 
           proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological 
           weapons; and to authorize appropriations for the 
           provision of security assistance to certain foreign 
           countries.
                                                            SD-419
     2 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the activites of the Agency for 
           International Development and United States climate 
           change policy.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 624, to authorize construction of 
           the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System in the 
           State of Montana; S. 1211, to amend the Colorado River 
           Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize additional 
           measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream 
           of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner; S. 1275, to 
           authorize the Secretary of the Interior to produce and 
           sell products and to sell publications relating to the 
           Hoover Dam, and to deposit revenues generated from the 
           sales into the Colorado River Dam fund; S. 1236, to 
           extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for 
           commencement of the construction of the Arrowrock Dam 
           Hydroelectric Project in the State of Idaho; S. 1377, 
           to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act 
           regarding the use of funds for water development for 
           the Bonneville Unit; and S. 986, to direct the 
           Secretary of the Interior to convey the Griffith 
           Project to the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
                                                            SD-366

                                JULY 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the 
           District of Columbia
       Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on total quality management, focusing on 
           state success stories as a model for the Federal 
           Government.
                                                            SD-342
       Environment and Public Works
       Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the Environmental Protection Agency's 
           proposed sulfur standard for gasoline as contained in 
           the proposed Tier Two standards for automobiles.
                                                            SD-406
       Year 2000 Technology Problem
         To hold hearings on year 2000 Information Cordination 
           Center.
                                                            SD-192
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans and Fisheries Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on authorizing funds for programs of the 
           Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
           Act.
                                                            SR-253
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Employment, Safety and Training Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on certain implications of the Fair Act 
           on small businesses.
                                                            SD-430
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1255, to protect 
           consumers and promote electronic commerce by amending 
           certain trademark infringement, dilution, and 
           counterfeiting laws; S. 486, to provide for the 
           punishment of methoamphetamine laboratory operators, 
           provide additional resources to combat methamphetamine 
           production, trafficking, and abuse in the United 
           States; the nomination of Richard A. Paez, of 
           California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
           Ninth Circuit; and the nomination of Alejandro N. 
           Mayorkas, of California, to be United States Attorney 
           for the Central District of California.
                                                            SD-628
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Securities Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on accounting for loan loss reserves.
                                                            SD-538
     2 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings on pending intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219
     2:15 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 710, to authorize the feasibility 
           study on the preservation of certain Civil War 
           battlefields along the Vicksburg Campaign Trail; S. 
           905, to establish the Lackawanna Valley American 
           Heritage Area; S. 1093, to establish the Galisteo Basin 
           Archaeological Protection Sites, to provide for the 
           protection of archaeological sites in the Galisteo 
           Basin of New Mexico; S. 1117, to establish the Corinth 
           Unit of Shiloh National Military Park, in the vicinity 
           of the city of Corinth, Mississippi, and in the State 
           of Tennessee; S. 1324, to expand the boundaries of the 
           Gettysburg National Military Park to include Wills 
           House; and S. 1349, to direct the Secretary of the 
           Interior to conduct special resource studies to 
           determine the national significance of specific sites 
           as well as the suitability and feasibility of their 
           inclusion as units of the National Park System.
                                                            SD-366
     3 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       European Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on prospects for democracy in 
           Yugoslavia.
                                                            SD-419

                                JULY 30
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
       International Operations Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on United States policy toward victims 
           of torture.
                                                            SD-419

                                AUGUST 3
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on S. 1052, to implement further the Act 
           (Public Law 94-241) approving the Covenant to Establish 
           a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 
           Political Union with the United States of America.
                                                            SD-366
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Charles A. 
           Blanchard, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the 
           Department of the Army; and the nomination of Carol 
           DiBattiste, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of the 
           Air Force.
                                                            SR-222
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation to provide 
           equitable compensation to the Cheyenne River Sioux 
           Tribe.
                                                            SR-485
     10:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the 
           District of Columbia
       Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on overlap and duplication in the 
           Federal Food Safety System.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 692, to prohibit Internet 
           gambling.
                                                            SR-485

                                AUGUST 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 299, to elevate the position of 
           Director of the Indian Health Service within the 
           Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant 
           Secretary for Indian Health; and S. 406, to amend the 
           Indian Health Care Improvement Act to make permanent 
           the demonstration program that allows for direct 
           billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third party 
           payors, and to expand the eligibility under such 
           program to other tribes and tribal organizations; 
           followed by a business meeting to consider pending 
           calendar business.
                                                            SR-485
     2:15 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation 
           Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to review the performance 
           management process under the requirements of the 
           Government Performance and Results Act, by the National 
           Park Service.
                                                            SD-366

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       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine fraud against seniors.
                                                            SR-253

                              SEPTEMBER 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans Affairs to review the legislative 
           recommendations of the American Legion.
                                               345 Cannon Building

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                JULY 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine telecommunication mergers and 
           consolidation.
                                                            SR-253