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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 1999-08-03” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D911-D912 on Aug. 2, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,
AUGUST 3, 1999
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold hearings on farm crisis issues, 9 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on 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, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
Committee on Governmental Affairs: business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings on proposed legislation to provide equitable compensation to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, 10 a.m., SR-485.
House
Committee on Agriculture, to continue consideration of H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 1999, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review the effects of the implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act on public health, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on Federal Oversight of Internet Banking, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Drug Abuse Prevention: Protecting Our Students, 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform, hearing on Vaccines: Finding the Balance Between Public Safety and Personal Choice, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations, hearing on U.S. Trade with Asia: Preparations for the APEC Summit, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Africa, Nigeria: On the Democratic Path? 10 a.m., 2170 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of H.R. 1875, Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1990; and to mark up the following measures: H.R. 2260, Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999; H.J. Res. 54, granting the consent of Congress to the Missouri-
Nebraska Boundary Compact; and H.J. Res 62, to grant the consent of Congress to the boundary change between Georgia and South Carolina, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, oversight hearing on Contract Support Costs within the Indian Health Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Part II), 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight hearing on Mining Regulatory Issues and Improving the General Mining laws, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the following: S. 416, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the city of Sisters, Oregon, a certain parcel of land for use in connection with a sewage treatment facility; H.R. 1749, to designate Wilson Creek in Avery and Caldwell Counties, North Carolina, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; and a measure to designate certain Federal lands in the Talladega National Forest in the State of Alabama as the Dugger Mountain Wilderness, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
Committee on Rules, to consider the Department of Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary, and Related Agencies appropriations for Fiscal Year 2000, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research, hearing on Plant Genome Science: From the Lab to the Field to the Market, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Pilot Fatigue, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation, to mark up the following: 1 lease resolution; 1 repair and alteration resolution; and other pending business, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
Joint Meetings
Conference: meeting of conferees on S. 507, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, 4 p.m., SD-406.
