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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2000-05-23” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D506-D507 on May 22, 2000.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,
MAY 23, 2000
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on United States strategic nuclear force requirements.
(Closed Hearing will follow in S-407), 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings to examine the consolidation of HUD's homeless assistance programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-
538.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings on S. 740, to amend the Federal Power Act to improve the hydroelectric licensing process by granting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission statutory authority to better coordinate participation by other agencies and entities, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine the Administration's Water Resources Development Act proposal, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the Meltzer Commission, focusing on the future of the International Monetary Fund and world, 3 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Small Business: to hold hearings on Internal Revenue Service restructuring, focusing on small businesses, 10 a.m., SR-
428A.
House
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2001, 3:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
Committee on Armed Services, Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism, hearing on terrorist threats to the United States, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled: ``PNTR: Opening the World's Biggest Potential Market to American Financial Services Competition,'' 2:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled:
``Whistleblowers at Department of Energy Facilities: Is There Really
`Zero Tolerance' for Contractor Retaliation?'' 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing on Obscene Material Available via the Internet, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, to mark up H.R. 3462, Wealth Through The Workplace Act of 2000, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on H.R. 2121, Secret Evidence Repeal Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, oversight hearing on Funding of Environmental Initiatives and their Influence on Federal Public Lands Policies, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 3033, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make certain adjustments to the boundaries of Biscayne National Park in the State of Florida, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on H.R. 4389, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain water distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 4444, to authorize extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China; and H.R. 3916, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communication services, 11 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Technology Transfer Challenges and Partnerships: A Review of the Department of Commerce's Biennial Report on Technology Transfer, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Joint Meetings
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings to examine human rights abuses in Russia, 10:30 a.m., 2200, Rayburn Building.
