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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” published by Congressional Record on Sept. 29, 1999

Volume 145, No. 129 covering the 1st Session of the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1993-E1994 on Sept. 29, 1999.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

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 Thursday, September 30, 1999 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED

OCTOBER 59:30 a.m.

Environment and Public Works

Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety

Subcommittee

To hold hearings on the Environmental Protection Agency's

Blue Ribbon Panel findings on methyl tertiary-butyl ether.

SD-406

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Housing and Transportation Subcommittee

To hold hearings on 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.

SD-53810 a.m.

Judiciary

Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee

To hold hearings on S.758, to establish legal standards and procedures for the fair,prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos exposure.

SD-2262:30 p.m.

Energy and Natural Resources

Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee

To hold hearings on S.1608, to provide annual payments to the States and counties from National Forest System lands managed by the Forest Service, and the revested

Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay

Wagon Road grant lands managed predominately by the

Bureau of Land Management, for use by the counties in which the lands are situated for the benefit of the public schools, roads, emergency and other public purposes; to encourage and provide new mechanism for cooperation between counties and the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to make necessary investments in federal lands, and reaffirm the positive connection between Federal Lands counties and Federal

Lands; and for other purposes.

SD-366

Foreign Relations

African Affairs Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine development assistance to

Africa and the implementation of United States foreign policy.

SD-419

OCTOBER 69 a.m.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

To hold hearings to review public policy related to biotechnology, focusing on domestic approval process, benefits of biotechnology and an emphasis on challenges facing farmers to segregation of product.

SR-328A10 a.m.

Judiciary

Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information

Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine fiber terrorism on computer infrastructure.

SD-226

Environment and Public Works

To hold hearings on the nomination of Skila Harris, of

Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the remainder of the term expiring May 18, 2005; the nomination of Glenn L.

McCullough, Jr., of Mississippi, to be a Member of the

Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority; and the nomination of Gerald V. Poje, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard

Investigation Board.

SD-4063 p.m.

Indian Affairs

Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.

SR-485

OCTOBER 79 a.m.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

To hold hearings to review public policy related to biotechnology, focusing on domestic approval process, benefits of biotechnology and an emphasis on challenges facing farmers to segregation of product.

SR-328A10 a.m.

Judiciary

To resume hearings to examine certain clemency issues for members of the Armed Forces of National Liberation.

SD-2262:30 p.m.

Energy and Natural Resources

Energy Research, Development, Production and Regulation

Subcommittee

To hold hearings on S.1183, to direct the Secretary of

Energy to convey to the city of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the former site of the NIPER facility of the Department of Energy; and S.397, to authorize the Secretary of

Energy to establish a multiagency program in support of the Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative to promote energy efficient, environmentally sound economic development along the border with Mexico through the research, development, and use of new materials.

SD-366

OCTOBER 122:30 p.m.

Energy and Natural Resources

National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation

Subcommittee

To hold hearings on S.167, to extend the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council and to authorize construction and operation of a visitor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational

River, New York and Pennsylvania; S.311, to authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs; S.497, to designate Great Kills Park in the

Gateway National Recreation Area as ``World War II

Veterans Park at Great Kills''; H.R.592, to redesignate

Great Kills Park in the Gateway National Recreation

Area as ``World War II Veterans Park at Great Kills'';

S.919, to amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers

Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to expand the boundaries of the Corridor; H.R.1619, to amend the

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage

Corridor Act of 1994 to expand the boundaries of the

Corridor; S.1296, to designate portions of the lower

Delaware River and associated tributaries as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers

System; S.1366, to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior to construct and operate a visitor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreation River on land owned by the New York State; and S.1569, to amend the

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the

Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for study for potential addition to the National Wild and

Scenic Rivers System.

SD-366

OCTOBER 139:30 a.m.

Armed Services

SeaPower Subcommittee

To hold hearings on the force structure impacts on fleet and strategic lift operations.

SR-222

Indian Affairs

To hold hearings on S.1507, to authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance programs and services provided by Indian tribal governments.

SR-4852:30 p.m.

Foreign Relations

To hold hearings on numerous tax treaties and protocols.

SD-419

OCTOBER 192:30 p.m.

Energy and Natural Resources

National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation

Subcommittee

To hold hearings on S.1365, to amend the National

Preservation Act of 1966 to extend the authorization for the Historic Preservation Fund and the Advisory

Council on Historic Preservation; S.1434, to amend the

National Historic Preservation Act to reauthorize that

Act; and H.R.834, to extend the authorization for the

National Historic Preservation Fund.

SD-366

OCTOBER 209:30 a.m.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

To hold hearings to examine the use of performance enhancing drugs in Olympic competition.

SR-253

Indian Affairs

To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for elementary and secondary education assistance, focusing on Indian educational programs.

SR-285

OCTOBER 279:30 a.m.

Indian Affairs

To hold oversight hearings on the implementation of the

Transportation Equity Act in the 21st Century, focusing on Indian reservation roads.

SR-485

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 145, No. 129