[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 1618-1621]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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             CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 

                United States
                 of America



February 28, 2000





                          EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

                       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, February 29, 2000 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                MARCH 1
     9 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the agriculture trade 
           agreement with China.
                                                            SD-192
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           estimates for fiscal year 2001, focusing on the 
           Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-366
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
           and Chemical Safety Board.
                                                            SD-138
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to markup S. 2, to extend programs and 
           activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education 
           Act of 1965, and to consider pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 2001 for the Deparment of Defense 
           and the Future Years Defense Program.
                                                            SH-216
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2001 for the Indian Health Service, 
           Department of Health and Human Services.
                                                            SD-124
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings on pending intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs on the legislative recommendation of 
           the Disabled American Veterans.
                                               345 Cannon Building
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine Cuba's oppressive government.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on the nomination of John Goglia, of 
           Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National 
           Transportation Safety Board; and Carol Jones Carmody, 
           of Louisiana, to be a Member of the National 
           Transportation Safety Board.
                                                            SR-253
     10:45 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the war in Chechnya, focusing 
           on Russia's conduct, the humanitarian crisis and United 
           States policy.
                                                            SD-419
     1 p.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Environmental Protection 
           Agency's proposed rules regarding changes in the total 
           maximum daily load and NPDES permit programs pursuant 
           to the Clean Water Act.
                                                            SD-406
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           Navy and Marine Corps programs.
                                                            SD-192
       Judiciary
       Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine contractual mandatory binding 
           arbitration.
                                                            SD-226
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings on the nominations of N. Cinnamon 
           Dornsife, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
           States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the 
           rank of Ambassador, and Earl Anthony Wayne, of 
           Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State Economic 
           and Business Affairs.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine certain internet issues for 
           the next generation.
                                                            SR-253
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings on the National Association of 
           Public Administrators' Report on Bureau of Indian 
           Affairs Management Reform.
                                                            SR-485

                                MARCH 2
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs on legislative recommendations of the 
           Jewish War Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 
           Blinded Veterans Association, and the Non Commissioned 
           Officers Association.
                                               345 Cannon Building
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           estimates for fiscal year 2001, focusing on the 
           Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of State.
                                                     S-146 Capitol
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the implementation of the 
           Driver's Privacy Protection Act, focusing on the 
           positive notification requirement.
                                                            SD-192
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine cyber attacks, focusing on 
           the safety of the government.
                                                            SD-342
       Foreign Relations
       Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine international trafficking in 
           women and children.
                                                            SD-419
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                           SR-328A
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the Ryan White Care Act, 
           focusing on the challenges of an evolving HIV/AIDS 
           epidemic.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the Financial Accounting 
           Standards Board's pooling accounting regulation.
                                                            SD-628

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     10:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Communications Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examnine certain issues relating to 
           the America Online/Time Warner merger.
                                                            SR-253
     2 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings on pending intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on the United States Forest 
           Service's proposed revisions to the regulation 
           governing National Forest Planning.
                                                            SD-366
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of 
           Defense, focusing on shipbuilding procurement and 
           research and development programs and the Future Years 
           Defense Program.
                                                            SR-222

                                MARCH 3
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the management of Air Force 
           depot maintenance.
                                                            SR-222
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the current United States 
           employment situation.
                                           1334 Longworth Building
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 2097, to authorize loan 
           guarantees in order to facilitate access to local 
           television broadcast signals in unserved and 
           underserved areas; S. 1452, to modernize the 
           requirements under the National Manufactured Housing 
           Construction and Safety Standards of 1974 and to 
           establish a balanced consensus process for the 
           development, revision, and interpretation of Federal 
           construction and safety standards for manufactured 
           homes; the nomination of Kathryn Shaw, of Pennsylvania, 
           to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers; and 
           the nomination of Jay Johnson, of Wisconsin, to be 
           Director of the Mint.
                                                            SD-628

                                MARCH 7
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs on the legislative recommendations of 
           the Retired Enlisted Association, Gold Star Wives of 
           America, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Air Force 
           Sergeants Association, and the Fleet Reserve 
           Association.
                                               345 Cannon Building
       Appropriations
       Legislative Branch Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Secretary of the Senate, and the 
           Sergeant at Arms.
                                                            SD-124
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Communications Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 1755, to amend the Communications 
           Act of 1934 to regulate interstate commerce in the use 
           of mobile telephones.
                                                            SR-253
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug 
           Enforcement Administration, and Immigration and 
           Naturalization Service, all of the Department of 
           Justice.
                                                            SD-192
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Food and Drug Administration.
                                                            SD-138
       Environment and Public Works
       Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of 
           Transportation, focusing on the Federal Highway 
           Administration.
                                                            SD-406
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           request for fiscal year 2001 for the Bureau of 
           Reclamation of the Department of the Interior, and the 
           Bonneville Power Administration, the Southeastern Power 
           Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, 
           and the Western Area Power Administration, all of the 
           Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 8
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the National Science Foundation, and the 
           Office of Science and Technology Policy.
                                                            SD-138
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending committee business, 
           and will be followed by an open hearing on the 
           reauthorization of the Health Care Improvement Act.
                                                            SR-485
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           medical programs.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 972, to amend the Wild and Scenic 
           Rivers Act to improve the administration of the Lamprey 
           River in the State of New Hampshire; S. 1705, to direct 
           the Secretary of the Interior to enter into land 
           exchanges to acquire from the private owner and to 
           convey to the State of Idaho approximately 1,240 acres 
           of land near the City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho; 
           S. 1727, to authorize for the expansion annex of the 
           historic Palace of the Governors, a public history 
           museum located, and relating to the history of Hispanic 
           and Native American culture, in the Southwest and for 
           other purposes; S. 1849, to designate segments and 
           tributaries of White Clay Creek, Delaware and 
           Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers System; and S. 1910, to amend the Act 
           establishing Women's Rights National Historical Park to 
           permit the Secretary of the Interior to acquire title 
           in fee simple to the Hunt House located in Waterloo, 
           New York.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 9
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the Department of Transportation 
           Program oversight.
                                                            SD-124
       Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the 
           District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine managing human capital in the 
           21st century.
                                                            SD-342

                                MARCH 10
     9 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 1892, to authorize the acquisition 
           of the Valles Caldera, to provide for an effective land 
           and wildlife management program for this resource 
           within the Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-366
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of 
           Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing 
           on the Service's infrastructure accounts and Real 
           Property Maintenance Programs and the National Defense 
           Construction Request.
                                                            SR-222

                                MARCH 15
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs on the Legislative recommendation of 
           the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
                                               345 Cannon Building


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                                MARCH 21
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Federal Communications Commission and 
           the Securities and Exchange Commission.
                                                     S-146 Capitol
     10:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 2102, to provide to the Timbisha 
           Shoshone Tribe a permanent land base within its 
           aboriginal homeland.
                                                            SR-485

                                MARCH 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           request for fiscal year 2001 for the Forest Service, 
           Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-124
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Thomas N. Slonaker, 
           of Arizona, to be Special Trustee, Office of Special 
           Trustee for American Indians, Department of the 
           Interior.
                                                            SR-485
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Susan Ness, of 
           Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Communications 
           Commission.
                                                            SR-253
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs on the Legislative recommendation of 
           the Vietnam Veterans of America, the Retired Officers 
           Association, American Ex-Prisoners of War, AMVETS, and 
           the National Association of State Directors of Veterans 
           Affairs.
                                               345 Cannon Building
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine recent program and management 
           issues at NASA.
                                                            SR-253

                                MARCH 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Environmental Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-138
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
           Administration of the Department of Commerce, and the 
           Securities and Exchange Commission.
                                                     S-146 Capitol
       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

                                MARCH 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Communications Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the current state of 
           deployment of hi-speed Internet technologies, focusing 
           on rural areas.
                                                            SR-253

                                MARCH 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by hearings on S. 1967, to make 
           technical corrections to the status of certain land 
           held in trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw 
           Indians, to take certain land into trust for that Band.
                                                            SR-485
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           request for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of the 
           Interior.
                                                            SD-124
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           Air Force programs.
                                                            SD-192

                                MARCH 30
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Housing and Urban 
           Development.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           request for fiscal year 2001 for the Bureau of Indian 
           Affairs and Office of the Special Trustee, Department 
           of the Interior.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 612, to provide for periodic 
           Indian needs assessments, to require Federal Indian 
           program evaluations.
                                                            SR-485
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           Army programs.
                                                            SD-192

                                APRIL 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 11
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           request for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of 
           Energy.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 12
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 611, to provide for administrative 
           procedures to extend Federal recognition to certain 
           Indian groups, and will be followed by a business 
           meeting to consider pending committee business.
                                                            SR-485
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           missile defense programs.
                                                            SD-192

                                APRIL 13
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the National Aeronautics and Space 
           Administration.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 26
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-192


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                              SEPTEMBER 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs on the Legislative recommendation of 
           the American Legion.
                                               345 Cannon Building

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                MARCH 15
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by hearings on the proposed Indian 
           Health Care Improvement Act.
                                                            SR-485

                                APRIL 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by hearings on S. 611, to provide for 
           administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition 
           to certain Indian groups.
                                                            SR-485