[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 33 (Friday, March 14, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D246-D251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of March 17 through 22, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S.J. Res. 22, relating 
to the appointment of an independent counsel.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S.J. Res. 18, 
proposed Constitutional amendment allowing Congress and the States to 
regulate contributions and expenditures in elections, with a vote to 
occur thereon, following which Senate will resume consideration of S.J. 
Res. 22, relating to the appointment of an independent counsel.
  During the balance of the week Senate may consider any cleared 
executive and legislative business, including the nomination of Merrick 
B. Garland to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia 
Circuit.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, March 18, 1997 from 12:30 p.m. until 
2:15 p.m. for respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: March 18 and 
20, to resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
agricultural research, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: March 18, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, 
and Independent Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  March 18 and 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998, 
Tuesday, for energy research programs of the Department of Energy, 
9:30 a.m.; Thursday, for atomic energy defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m.; SD-124.
  March 18, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1998 for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold closed hearings to 
review proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the 
intelligence community, 10 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  March 19 and 20, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1998, Wednesday, for the Securities and Exchange Commission, 2 
p.m.; Thursday, for the United Nations, 2 p.m.; S-146, Capitol.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1998 for the Department of Education, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of 
Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for international 
narcotics, crime and law enforcement, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 18, to resume hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Department of Defense 
and the future years defense program, focusing on the unified 
commands military strategies and operational requirements, 10 a.m., 
SR-222.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to resume hearings in 
open and closed session on proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Defense and the future 
years defense program, focusing on Department of Energy weapons 
programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology, to hold 
hearings to review the status of acquisition reform in the 
Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Seapower, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal

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year 1998 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense 
program, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Readiness, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
on military readiness accounts, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 20, Full Committee, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
on Department of Energy national security programs and to review 
environmental management activities, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 18, 
business meeting, to mark up S. 318, to require automatic 
cancellation and notice of cancellation rights with respect to 
private mortgage insurance which is required by a creditor as a 
condition for entering into a residential mortgage transaction, and 
to consider the nominations of Yolanda Townsend Wheat, of Missouri, 
to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, 
Jeffrey A. Frankel, of California, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers, Charles A. Gueli, of Maryland, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building 
Sciences, and Susan R. Baron, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
National Corporation for Housing Partnerships, 3 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: March 19, to hold a meeting to discuss 
various budget proposals for fiscal year 1998, 9:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 18, 
Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the United 
States Coast Guard, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to 
examine the Federal Communications Commission implementation of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, focusing on efforts to implement 
universal telephone service reform and FCC proposals to assess new 
per-minute fees on Internet service providers, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  March 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 377, to promote 
electronic commerce by facilitating the use of strong encryption, 2 
p.m., SR-253.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine, to hold hearings on S. 414, to amend the Shipping Act of 
1984 to encourage competition in international shipping and growth 
of United States imports and exports, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 20, to resume 
hearings to examine issues with regard to competitive change in the 
electric power industry, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  March 20, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to resume hearings to examine the future of the 
National Park System and to identify and discuss the needs, 
requirements, and innovative programs that will insure the Park 
Service will continue to meet its responsibilities well into the 
next century, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 18, to hold 
hearings on proposals to authorize state and local governments to 
enact flow control laws and to regulate the interstate 
transportation of solid waste, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to 
resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
programs of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, 
focusing on environmental programs and statewide and metropolitan 
planning, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 19 and 20, to hold hearings on 
improving Medicare choices, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 18, Subcommittee on East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings on issues facing China 
in the post Deng era, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: March 20, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management and The District of Columbia, to 
hold hearings to examine the role of the Department of Commerce in 
United States trade policy, promotion and regulation, and 
opportunities for reform and consolidation, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 18, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold hearings to examine Internet crimes affecting 
consumers, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  March 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine efforts by 
private individuals, community organizations, and religious groups 
to prevent juvenile crime, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: March 18, to resume mark 
up of S. 4, to provide private sector employees the same 
opportunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time off, biweekly 
work programs, and flexible credit hour programs to help balance the 
needs of work and family, and to clarify the provisions relating to 
exemptions of certain professionals from the minimum wage and 
overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and 
to consider pending nominations, 9 a.m., SD-430.
  March 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Alexis M. Herman, of Alabama, to be Secretary of Labor, 2 p.m., SD-
430.
  March 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine proposals to 
reform the operation of the Food and Drug Administration, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-430.
  March 20, Full Committee, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Higher Education 
Act, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: March 20, to hold oversight 
hearings to review the operations and budget of the Congressional 
Research Service and the Library of Congress, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 19, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the legislative 
recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans, 9:30 a.m., 345 
Cannon Building.

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  March 20, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the legislative recommendations of 
AMVETS, the American Ex-Prisoners of War, the Veterans of World War 
I, and the Vietnam Veterans of America, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon 
Building.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 18, to resume hearings on 
the nomination of Anthony Lake, of Massachusetts, to be Director of 
Central Intelligence, 10 a.m., SH-216.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business.
  Tuesday, Consideration of 5 suspensions:
  1. H.R. 924, Victim Allocation Clarification Act of 1997;
  2. H.R. 927, U.S. Marshals Improvement Act;
  3. H.R. 672, Technical Amendments to Copyright Act;
  4. H.R. 908, Establishing a Commission on Structural Alternatives for 
the Federal Courts of Appeals;
  5. H.R. 514, District of Columbia Inspector General Improvement Act 
of 1997; and
  Consideration of H.R. 412, Oroville-Tonasket Claim Settlement Act 
(open rule, 1 hour of debate).
  Note--No votes are expected on Tuesday before 5:00 p.m.
  Wednesday and Thursday, Consideration of H.R. 1, Working Families 
Flexibility Act of 1997 (subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 929, Partial Birth Abortion Ban (subject to a 
rule); and
  Consideration of H. Res. 91, Providing Amounts for the Expenses of 
Certain Committees of the House of Representatives (subject to a rule).
  Friday, The House will not be in session.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 18, hearing to review Agriculture 
Trade into the 21st century, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and 
Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review treatment of minority and 
limited resource producers by the United States Department of 
Agriculture, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 18, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Federal Drug Administration and 
Related Agencies, on Departmental Administration; Office of the 
Chief financial Officer, 1 p.m., and on Congressional and public 
witnesses, 4 p.m., 236A Rayburn.
  March 18, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, 
on Department of Commerce; International Trade Administration/
International Trade Commission, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 18, Subcommittee on Interior, on Geological Survey, 1 p.m., 
and on Secretary of Energy, 2 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 18, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on National Institute of Mental Health and National 
Institute of Aging, 10 a.m., and on National Institute of 
Neurological Disorders and Stroke and on National Institute of 
General Medical Sciences, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 18, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Aviation 
Administration, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 18, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on National Archives, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 18, 19 and 20, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies, on Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1 p.m., 
2360 Rayburn on March 18 and 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol on 
March 19 and 20.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Federal 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Congressional 
witnesses, 10 a.m., and on Natural Resources Conservation Service, 1 
p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, 
on Drug Enforcement, 10 a.m., room to be announced, and on 
International Organizations and Peacekeeping, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs, on AID Administrator, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Interior, on Smithsonian Institute, 10 
a.m., and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Railroad Retirement Board; U.S. Institute of Peace, 10 
a.m., and on Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and National Labor 
Relations Board, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on National Security, on Military Quality 
of Life, 10 a.m., and on Department of Defense Medical Programs, 
1:30 p.m., H-160 Capitol.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Transit 
Administration; Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2 p.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Federal 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Congressional and 
public witnesses, 10:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, 
on Department of Commerce, Science and Technology Programs, 10 a.m., 
and on Department of State's Administration of Foreign Affairs, 2 
p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of Agriculture, 
10 a.m., and on Forest Service Chief, 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Health and Human 
Services, and Education, on Office of AIDS

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Research; Office of the Director; and Building and Facilities, 10 
a.m., and on National Commission on Libraries; National Council on 
Disability; Physician Payment Review Commission; and on Prospective 
Payment Assessment Commission, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on 
readiness, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Railroad 
Administration, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 10 a.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on GSA, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, March 18, hearing and 
markup of H.R. 607, Homeowners Insurance Protection Act, 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, to continue hearings on Financial 
Services Modernization, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on Regulatory efforts by the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
(``FinCEN''), 10 a.m., 2222 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, hearing on International Monetary Fund, 11 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, March 18, Subcommittee on Health and 
Environment, hearing on reauthorization of the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Act (SAMSHA), 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on 
Medicare Provider Service Networks, 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on WTO Telecom Agreement: Results and Next 
Steps, 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, hearing 
and mark up of H.R. 688, Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
Amendments Act of 1997, 11 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 18, Subcommittee 
on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on mandatory union dues, 
9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, March 18, 
Subcommittee on Human Resources, to continue oversight hearings on 
the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of 
Veterans' Affairs: Mission, Management, and Performance, 10 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on the Postal Service, oversight hearing of 
the United States Postal Service: Inspector General U.S. Postal 
Service Governors of the U.S. Postal Service, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on Unfunded 
Liability in the DC Retirement System: Does It Really Matter? 10:30 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations to continue oversight hearings on the Department of 
Education: Mission, Management, and Performance, 10 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Affairs, and Criminal Justice, hearing on Improving Defense 
Inventory Management, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, March 19, oversight hearing on 
Office of Compliance, 3 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, March 18, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing to review the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Authorize, Privatize, 
Reform, or Terminate? 2:30 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  March 18, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on Foreign Relations Authorization for FY 1998-99: 
International Organizations and Conferences, 1:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, 
hearing on Interfering with U.S. National Security Interests: The 
World Trade Organization and the European Union Challenge to the 
Helms-Burton bill, 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  March 20, full committee, hearing on the Administration's Security 
Assistance Request for fiscal year 1998, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 18, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, hearing on H.J. Res. 62, proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitation, 
10:00 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  March 19, full committee, oversight hearing on the implementation 
of the Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-155), 9 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 20, oversight hearing on Product Liability Reform, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on H.R. 695, Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) 
Act, 9:30 a.m., Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on reforming juvenile 
justice in America and related legislative proposals, 9:30 a.m., 
2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, March 18, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations and Facilities, hearing on current implementation 
issues in the base realignment and closure process, 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  March 18, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on the New 
Attack Submarine Program, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 18, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on depot-
level maintenance issues, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 19, full committee, continued hearings on the 
Administration's fiscal year 1998 Department of Defense 
authorization, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 19, Merchant Marine Panel, hearing on fiscal year 1998 
Maritime Administration authorization request and related matters, 
and the fiscal year 1998 Panama Canal Commission authorization 
request and related matters, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and Subcommittee on 
Military Research and Development, joint hearing on fiscal year 1998 
Department of Defense authorization request--Ballistic Missile 
Defense, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.

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  March 20, Morale Welfare and Recreational Panel, hearing on 
military resale system, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and Subcommittee on 
Military Research and Development, joint hearing on fiscal year 1998 
Department of Defense authorization request--Information Warfare, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, March 18, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, oversight hearing on Management of our Nation's 
forest and criteria for determining healthy forests, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  March 19, full committee, hearing on H.R. 856, United States-
Puerto Rico Political Status Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 39, to reauthorize 
the African Elephant Conservation Act, and H. Con. Res. 8, 
expressing the sense of Congress with respect of the significance of 
maintaining the health and stability of coral reef ecosystems, and 
to hold an oversight hearing on the budget request for the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Services for Fiscal Year 1998, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on Bureau of Land Management final rulemaking on bonding of 
hardrock mining operations: Why was there no meaningful public 
comment solicited?, 12:30 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 799, to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of 
the Hells Canyon Wilderness in the States of Oregon and Idaho to 
exclude an established Forest Service road inadvertently included in 
the wilderness, and H.R. 838, to require adoption of a management 
plan for Hells Canyon National Recreation Area that allows 
appropriate use of motorized and nonmotorized river craft in the 
recreation area, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on 
Central Valley Project Operations and Administration Reform Process, 
2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, March 18, to consider H.R. 1, Working Families 
Flexibility Act of 1997, and the Committee Budget Views and 
Estimates for Fiscal Year 1998 for transmission to the Committee on 
the Budget, 1:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, March 18, Subcommittee on Basic Research, 
hearing on fiscal year 1998 Authorization of the United States Fire 
Administration, 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on 
fiscal year 1998 Budget Authorization Request: Department of Energy, 
Fossil Energy R&D, Clean Coal Technology Program, and Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and H.R. 363, to amend section 2118 
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to extend the Electric and Magnetic 
Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program, 1 
p.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on fiscal 
year 1998 NASA Authorization: Mission to Planet Earth, 10 a.m., 2325 
Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on funding needs for 
the Technology Administration and the National Institutes of 
Standards and Technology, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on 
fiscal year 1998 Budget Authorization Request: Department of Energy, 
Nuclear Energy; Environment, Safety and Health; and Environmental 
Restoration and Waste Management (Non-Defense), 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Technology and the Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology of the Committee 
on Government Reform and Oversight, joint hearing on Year 2000: 
Implications for the Commercial Sector, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 18, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on ISTEA Rail Infrastructure 
Programs, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing on the Administration's fiscal year 1998 budget request for 
the U.S. Coast Guard and the Federal Maritime Commission, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic 
Development, hearing on the consolidation of the FCC, 11:30 a.m., 
2253 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on recent flooding in California, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on review of Coopers 
and Lybrand Independent Financial Assessment of the FAA, 9:30 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 20, to consider the 
Committee Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 1998 for 
transmission to the Committee on the Budget; and to mark up the 
following: a measure to allow revision of veterans benefits 
decisions based on clear and unmistakable error; and a measure to 
authorize VA's authority to enter into enhanced-use leases, 2:30 
p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 18, Subcommittee on Health, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 1001, to extend the term of 
appointment of certain members of the Prospective Payment Assessment 
Commission and the Physician Payment Review Commission; and H.R. 
1003, a bill to clarify Federal Law with respect to restricting the 
use of Federal funds in support of assisted suicide, 5 p.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  March 18, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on IRS Budget for 
fiscal year 1998 and the 1997 Tax Return Filing Season, 11 a.m., B-
318 Rayburn.
  March 18, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on U.S. Trade Policy 
Objectives and Initiatives, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  March 19, full committee, to consider Committee Budget Views and 
Estimates for Fiscal Year 1998 for transmission to the Committee on 
the Budget; and to mark up a measure to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the Customs Service, the Office of 
the United States Trade Representative, and the International Trade 
Commission, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

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  March 19, full committee, hearing on savings and investment 
provisions in the Administration's fiscal year 1998 budget proposal, 
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Human Resources, to mark up H.R. 1048, 
Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act of 1997, 4 p.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on recommendations 
regarding Medicare Hospital and Physician Payment Policies, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on the 
Administration's Child support Enforcement Incentive Payment 
Proposal, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 18, executive, 
hearing on the Budget-Technical Intelligence: Requirements, 
Collection, Processing and Exploitation, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 19, executive, to receive a briefing on DEA Regarding 
Mexico, 12:30 p.m., and executive, to hold a hearing on the Budget--
overhead collection, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: March 19, to hold hearings to examine 
the problems of the current automobile insurance system and how 
American motorists could benefit from reform of the industry, 10 
a.m., 2226 Rayburn Building.
  March 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the current 
economic outlook and monetary policy, 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  Joint hearing: March 19, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on 
the legislative recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans, 
9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Joint hearing: March 20, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on 
the legislative recommendations of AMVETS, the American Ex-Prisoners 
of War, the Veterans of World War I, and the Vietnam Veterans of 
America, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 21, to 
hold a briefing on prospects for elections, reintegration, and 
democratization in Croatia, 11 a.m., 2200 Rayburn Building.