Volume 145, No. 27 covering the 1st Session of the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D147-D151 on Feb. 22, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of February 23 through February 27, 1999
Senate Chamber
On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of S. 4, Soldiers', Sailors', Airmen's and Marines' Bill of Rights Act.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared legislative and executive business.
(On Tuesday, Senate will recess from 12 Noon until 2:15 p.m. for their respective party conferences.)
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 24, to hold oversight hearings on activities of the Department of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SR-332.
Committee on Appropriations: February 23, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Health and Human Services, including the National Institutes of Health, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
February 25, Subcommittee on Treasury, General Government and Civil Service, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-116.
February 25, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on Department of Transportation management issues, 10 a.m., SD-124.
Committee on Armed Services: February 24, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings on the national security ramifications of the Year 2000 computer problems, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
February 24, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense and for the future years defense program, focusing on recruiting and retention policies within DOD and the Military Services, 2 p.m., SR-222.
February 24, Subcommittee on Strategic, to hold hearings on national missile defense programs and policies, in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2000 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on U.S. policy regarding Kosovo, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 23, to hold oversight hearings on the Monetary Policy Report to Congress, 10 a.m., SD-106.
February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation to enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, 10 a.m., SD-106.
February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation to enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on the Budget: February 23, to hold hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for Social Security and Medicare, 9:30 a.m., SD-608.
February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on national defense budget issues, 2 p.m., SD-608.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 23, to hold hearings on S. 303, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to enhance the ability of direct broadcast satellite and other multichannel video providers to compete effectively with cable television systems, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
February 24, Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries, to hold hearings on the proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for the United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 24, with the Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold joint hearings to examine United States policy toward Iraq, focusing on proposals to expand oil for food, 10 a.m., SD-419.
February 24, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold oversight hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for National Park Service programs and operations, 2 p.m., SD-366.
February 25, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 9 a.m., SD-366.
February 25, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, 2 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 24, to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 9 a.m., SD-406.
February 24, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings on potential year 2000 issues relative to the nuclear industry and chemical safety, 2:15 p.m., SH-216.
Committee on Finance: February 23, to hold hearings to examine international dispute settlement and domestic enforcement measures relating to United States trade agreements compliance, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the current status, availability and effectiveness of tax-favored retirement savings vehicles, including IRA's, 401(k)s, 403(b)s and 457 plans, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: February 24, with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold joint hearings to examine United States policy toward Iraq, focusing on proposals to expand oil for food, 10 a.m., SD-419.
February 24, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings on anti-semitism in Russia, 2 p.m., SD-419.
February 25, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine Asian trade barriers to United States soda ash exports, 10 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Governmental Affairs: February 24, to hold hearings on the future of the Independent Counsel Act, 10 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 23, to hold hearings on education reform proposals, 8:30 a.m., SD-430.
February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on balancing the needs of medical research and confidentiality, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
February 25, Subcommittee on Public Health, to hold hearings on antimicrobial resistance, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Indian Affairs: February 24, to hold hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for Indian programs, 9 a.m., SR-485.
Committee on the Judiciary: February 25, business Meeting to consider the committee's rules of procedure for the 106th Congress and subcommittee membership, and to markup S. 247, to amend title 17, United States Code, to reform the copyright law with respect to satellite retransmissions of broadcast signals, 10 a.m., SD-226.
February 25, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition, to hold hearings to review competition and antitrust issues relating to the Telecommunications Act, 2 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Rules and Administration: February 25, business meeting to consider committee business matters, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: February 24, to hold hearings to examine United States-Mexican counter narcotics efforts, 9 a.m., SD-628.
Committee on Veterans Affairs: February 25, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to review the legislative recommendations of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Fleet Reserve, the Retired Enlisted Association, the Gold Star Wives of America, and the Air Force Sergeants Association, 9:30 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.
House Committees
Committee on Agriculture, February 24, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review Forest Service forest health maps, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
February 25, full committee, hearing on approval of the Committee budget views and estimates letter, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Appropriations, February 23, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on FDA, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
February 23, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on Health Resources and Services Administration, 10 a.m., and on Administration for Children and Families; and on Administration on Aging, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
February 23, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Surface Transportation Safety, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
February 23, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, on Treasury Law Enforcement, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
February 23, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on Consumer Product Commission, 10 a.m., on Consumer Information Center, 11 a.m., and on Office of Inspector General, FDIC, 12 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
February 24, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Natural Resources and Environment, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on Embassy Security, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn, and on Bureau of Prisons, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
February 24, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on fiscal year 2000 Intelligence Budget, 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
February 24, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, on Hurricane Mitch Supplemental, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of Energy, 11 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Labor, Heath and Human Services, and Education, on Director, NIH, 10 a.m., and on National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, on IRS, 10 a.m., on Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and on U.S. Mint and Financial Management Service, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, Independent Agencies, on Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, 9:30 a.m., on Council on Environmental Quality, 10:30 a.m., and on American Battle Monuments Commission, 11:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
February 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on Secretary of Commerce, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on U.S. Southern Command, 9:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
February 25, Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of the Interior, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on National Human Genome Research Institute, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and on National Library of Medicine, 10 a.m., on National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, and on Fogarty International Center, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Deputy Secretary of Defense, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, on Secretary of the Treasury, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Neighbor Reinvestment Corporation, 9:30 a.m., on National Credit Union Association, 10:30 a.m., and on the Community Development Financial Institute, 11:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
Committee on Armed Services, February 23, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, joint hearing on Defense Information Superiority and Information Assurance, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
February 24, full Committee, to continue hearings on the fiscal year 2000 National Defense authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on aging military equipment, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on the adequacy of the fiscal year 2000 budget request to meet critical readiness needs, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
February 25, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 4, to declare it to be the policy of the United States to deploy a national missile defense, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee in Military Installations and Facilities, hearing on the fiscal year 2000 budget request for military construction and military family housing of the Department of Defense, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on pay and retirement reform proposals, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on logistics capabilities and/or shortfalls, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, hearing on ballistic missile defense programs, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Banking and Financial Services, February 24, hearing on Conduct of Monetary Policy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
February 25, to consider the Committee's views and estimates on the Administration's Fiscal Year 2000 budget proposal, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Commerce, February 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, oversight hearing on the Department of Energy's Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2000, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Supporting Welfare Reform: Cracking Down on Deadbeat Parents, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing on Reauthorization of the Satellite Home Viewer Act, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, hearing on The Market Impact of the President's Social Security Proposal, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on Medicare+Choice: An Examination of the Risk Adjustor, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 23, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on Impact of the Fair Labor Standards Act on Volunteer Firefighters, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on ERISA: A Quarter Century of Providing Workers Health Insurance, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to mark up the following: ``Report on the Financial, Operating, and Political Affairs of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters'', 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Putting Performance First: Ed-Flex and Its Role in Improving Student Performance and Reducing Bureaucracy, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform, February 23, Subcommittee on the Postal Service, the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, and the Subcommittee on Technology of the Committee on Science, joint hearing on ``Y2K Technology Challenge: Will the Postal Service Deliver?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
February 24, full committee, hearing on Opening the Mainstream to Complementary and Alternative Medicine. How much Integration is Really Taking Place?, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, hearing on ``New York Mayor Rudolph Guiliani: Winning the War on Drugs and Crime'', 9 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on Federal Reserve Board Retirement Portability; followed by a markup regarding the Federal Reserve Board Retirement Portability Act, 9 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, hearing on Oversight of the 1999 National Drug Control Strategy, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, hearing on Vulnerabilities to Waste, Fraud and Abuse: Inspector General and GAO Views on the Departments of Defense, State and Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
February 26, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on Oversight of the Year 2000 Problem: The Y2K Status of the Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on House Administration, February 24, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
Committee on International Relations, February 24, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on Relief Efforts in Central America in the Aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
February 25, full committee, hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2000 International Affairs Budget Request, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up the following: the United States-Macau Policy Act of 1999 and H. Res. 32, expressing support for, and calling for actions in support for, free, fair, and transparent elections in Indonesia, 4 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing on Brazil's Economic Crisis: Implications for International Trade, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
February 26, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1998, 12 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, February 25, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on the Copyright Compulsory License Improvement Act, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing on recent INS decisions impacting the Agency's ability to control criminal and illegal aliens; and to meet to discuss and approve the Rules of Procedure for private immigration bills and private claims bills, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, February 23, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight hearing on Mining, the American Economy and National Security--The Role of Public Lands in Maintaining a National Asset, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
February 23, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on the Forest Service Budget for Fiscal Year 2000; followed by a hearing on H.R. 359, Emigrant Wilderness Preservation Act of 1999, 1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
February 24, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 45, to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982; followed by an oversight hearing on Contract Support Costs within Indian Health Service Budget, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
February 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year Budget request of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Office of Surface Mining, the Minerals Management Service and the energy and minerals programs of the Bureau of Land Management, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
February 25, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up H.R. 39, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act; followed by an oversight hearing on Coastal Zone Management Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
February 25, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark up the following: H.R. 15, Otay Wilderness Act of 1999; H.R. 54, to extend the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council; H.R. 150, Education Land Grant Act; H.R. 154, to provide for the collection of fees for the making of motion pictures, television productions, and sound tracks in National Park System and National Wildlife Refuge System units; H.R. 449, Gateway Visitor Center Authorization Act of 1999; H.R. 509, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the personal representative of the estate of Fred Steffens of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land comprising the Steffens family property; and H.R. 510, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to John R. and Margaret J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land so as to correct an error in the patent issued to their predecessors in interest, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Rules, February 23, to consider the following: H.R. 438, Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999; H.R. 514, Wireless Privacy Enhancement Act of 1999; and H.R. 409, Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
February 24, to consider H.R. 669, to amend the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 through 2003 to carry out that Act, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, February 23, Subcommittee on Basic Research, oversight hearing on National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program reauthorization, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, oversight hearing on Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Authorization Request: NOAA, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, oversight hearing on Fiscal Year 2000: NASA Posture, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, oversight hearing on fiscal year 2000 Budget: Human Space Flight, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
February 25, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Unscrewing the Fastener Quality Act, 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business, February 24, hearing on the SBA's Fiscal Year 2000 Budget request, 10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 23, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Governors' Perspectives on the Clean Water Act, 1:30 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, to mark up the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
February 24, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management, to mark up H.R. 707, Disaster Mitigation and Cost Reduction Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2253 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 23, hearing to receive the Report of the Congressional Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance, 11 a.m., 334 Cannon.
February 24, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing on the budget for the Department of Labor Veterans' Employment and Training Service, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
February 24, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on VA Medical Care Budget for Fiscal Year 2000, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
Committee on Ways and Means, February 23, hearing on the President's Social Security Framework, 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
February 24, hearing on the Year 2000 Conversion Efforts and Implications for Beneficiaries and Taxpayers, 9 a.m., and to mark up Views and Estimates Letter, 4:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
February 25, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Incentives for Domestic Oil and Gas Production and Status of the Industry, 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
February 25, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on Steel Trade Issues, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 23, executive, briefing on Russian Developments: An Intelligence Update, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
February 24, executive, to meet for organizational purposes, 2:30 p.m., and, executive, to receive an Informal Demonstration: FBI Investigative Techniques and Activities, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
February 25, executive, briefing on Iraqi Developments: An Intelligence Update, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
Joint Meetings
Joint Meetings: February 25, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to review the legislative recommendations of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Fleet Reserve, the Retired Enlisted Association, the Gold Star Wives of America, and the Air Force Sergeants Association, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
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