[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 87 (Friday, June 20, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D648-D651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of June 23 through 28, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will begin consideration of S. 947, Budget 
Reconciliation.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 936, DOD 
Authorizations, and continue consideration of S. 947, Budget 
Reconciliation.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to complete 
consideration of S. 947, Budget Reconciliation, and consider any 
cleared executive and legislative business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, June 24, 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 Appropriations: June 24, to hold hearings with the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs on the implementation of the 
Government Performance and Results Act, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  June 24, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for foreign assistance programs 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  June 25, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the District of 
Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 25, 
Subcommittee on Securities, to resume oversight hearings to examine 
Social Security investment in the securities markets, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 24, to 
hold hearings on the nomination of Jane Garvey, of Massachusetts, to 
be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 24, to meet to 
further discuss proposals to advance the goals of deregulation and 
competition in the electric power industry, 10:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold hearings on S. 783, to increase the accessibility of the 
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 26, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 308, to require the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a study concerning grazing use of certain 
land within and adjacent to Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, and 
to extend temporarily certain grazing privileges, and S. 360, to 
require adoption of a management plan for the Hells Canyon National 
Recreation Area that allows appropriate use of motorized and 
nonmotorized river craft in the recreation area, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 26, Subcommittee 
on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, to 
hold oversight hearings on recent administrative changes and 
judicial decisions relating to Section 404 of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 25, to hold hearings on 
pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 24, to hold hearings with 
the Committee on Appropriations on the implementation of the 
Government Performance and Results Act, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  June 25, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine emerging fraud in the Medicare program, 9:30 
a.m., SD-342.

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  Committee on the Judiciary: June 24, to hold hearings to examine 
the Rand report relating to punitive damages in financial injury 
cases, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine encryption, 
key recovery, and privacy protection in the information age, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  June 26, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold hearings to examine the threat of domestic 
terrorism, focusing on allegations from the recent trial of Timothy 
McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings on 
proposals to extend the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, including S. 290, 
to establish a visa waiver pilot program for nationals of Korea who 
are traveling in tour groups to the United States, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 25, to hold hearings 
to examine campaign financing, focusing on whether political 
contributions are voluntary, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business: June 26, business meeting, to mark up 
S. 208, to provide Federal contracting opportunities for small 
business concerns located in historically underutilized business 
zones, and proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Small 
Business Administration, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: June 25, to hold hearings to review 
a recent General Accounting Office (GAO) report on Persian Gulf War 
illnesses, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 25, to hold oversight hearings 
on the Administration's proposal to restructure Indian gaming fee 
assessments, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of 2 Suspensions:
  1. Veterans' Cemetery Protection Act; and
  2. H. Con. Res.    regarding the Cost of Government Day; and
  Continue consideration of amendments to H.R. 1119, Defense 
Authorization Act for FY 1998 and 1999 (structured rule).
  Tuesday, Consideration of 1 Corrections Day measure, H.R. 1316, 
Federal Beneficiary Clarification Act;
  Consideration of H.J. Res. 79, disapprove Most-Favored-Nation 
treatment to products of the People's Republic of China;
  Complete consideration of H.R. 1119, Defense Authorization Act for FY 
1998 and 1999 (structured rule).
  Wednesday, Consideration of H. Res.   , rule for Budget 
Reconciliation; and
  Consideration of H.R.   , Budget Reconciliation Spending Component.
  Thursday, Consideration of H.R.   , Budget Reconciliation Tax Cut 
Component.
  Friday, the House is not in session.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 25, Subcommittee on Livestock, 
Dairy, and Poultry, hearing to review the current status and future 
prospects of livestock, dairy, and poultry trade between the United 
States and Asia, 10:00 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, hearing 
and markup of H.R. 1789, to reauthorize the dairy indemnity program, 
2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 24, to mark up Military 
Construction appropriations for fiscal year 1998, 9:30 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Legislative, to mark up appropriations 
for fiscal year 1998, immediately following full Committee, H-144 
Capitol.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to mark up appropriations 
for fiscal year 1998, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 1998, 3 
p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  June 25, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, to mark 
up appropriations for fiscal year 1998, 12:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 24, Subcommittee 
on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing on The Adequacy of 
Available Homeowners' Insurance in Disaster Prone Areas--The 
Problem, 10:00 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, June 24, Subcommittee on Finance and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing on Financial Services Reform, 10:00 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on H.R. 1839, National Salvage Motor Vehicle 
Consumer Protection Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 24, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Education at a Crossroads, 
What Works, What's Wasted in Federal Drug and Violence Prevention 
Programs, 11:00 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration's reinvention project, 
10:00 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 25, full Committee, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 
1853, Carl D. Perkins Vocation and Applied Technology Act Amendments 
of 1997 Act, and H. Res. 139, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the Department of Education, States, and local 
education agencies should spend a greater percentage of Federal 
education tax dollars in our children's classrooms, 10:00 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, 
hearing on Charter Schools, 10:00 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and 
Life-Long Learning, to continue hearings on H.R. 6, Higher Education 
Act Amendments of 1998, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, June 24, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, 
oversight hearing on Investigative Practices of Inspectors General, 
9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 24 and 26, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearings on 
Status of Efforts to Identify Gulf War Syndrome, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, 
and Criminal Justice, hearing on Effectiveness of Counterdrug 
Technology Coordination at ONDCP, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 404, to amend 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to 
authorize the transfer to State and local governments of certain 
surplus property for use for law enforcement or public safety 
purposes; H.R. 1962, to provide for the appointment of a Chief 
Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer in the 
Executive Office of the President; and the Special Government 
Employee Act, 10:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, June 24, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on Human Rights 
in Northern Ireland, 10:00 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 25, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Lebanon, 
10:00 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing to review 
issues in Central America, 1:30 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  June 26, full Committee, hearing on United States Enterprise Funds 
in Eastern Europe and the States of the Former Soviet Union, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 25, hearing on proposals to 
provide rights to Victims of Crime, including the following 
measures: H.J. Res. 71, proposing an amendment to the Constitution 
of the United States to protect the rights of crime victims; and 
H.R. 1322, Victims' Rights Constitutional Amendment Implementation 
Act of 1997, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommitee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 7, Citizenship Reform Act of 1997; and H.R. 
1428, Voter Eligibility Verification Act, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommitttee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 1909, 
Civil Rights Act of 1997, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on the 
following measures: H.R. 371, Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 
1997; H.R. 967, to prohibit the use of United States funds to 
provide for the participation of certain Chinese officials in 
international conferences, programs, and activities and to provide 
that certain Chinese officials shall be ineligible to receive visas 
and be excluded from admission to the United States; and a measure 
to provide for a change with respect to the requirements for a 
Canadian border boat landing permit pursuant to section 235 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, 9:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 24, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 700, to remove the restriction on the distribution of certain 
revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the 
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians; H.R. 948, Burt Lake Band of 
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Act; H.R. 976, Mississippi Sioux Tribes 
Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 1997; and H.R. 1604, to provide 
for the division, use, and distribution of judgment funds of the 
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan pursuant to dockets numbered 
18-E, 58, 364, and 18-R before the Indian Claims Commission, 10:00 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on Resident Exotic Plants and Pests threatening the health 
of the National Forests, 2:00 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 24, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following measures: H.R. 1952, Utah Wilderness and School 
Trust Lands Protection Act of 1997; and H.R. 1500, to designate 
certain Federal lands in the State of Utah as wilderness, 10:00 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 134, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide a loan guarantee to the Olivenhain Water Storage Project and 
H.R. 1400, Tumalo Irrigation District Water Conservation Project 
Authorization Act, 2:00 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 25, full Committee, to mark up the following measures: S.J. 
Res. 29, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to design and 
construct a permanent addition to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt 
Memorial in Washington, D.C.; H.R. 765, Shackleford Banks Wild 
Horses Protection Act; 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; H.R. 822, to facilitate a land exchange involving 
private land within the exterior boundaries of Wenatchee National 
Forest in Chelan County, WA; H.R. 838, to require adoption of a 
management plan for the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area that 
allows appropriate use of motorized and nonmotorized river craft in 
the recreation area; H.R. 901, American Land Sovereignty Protection 
Act; H.R. 951, to require the Secretary of the Interior to exchange 
certain lands located in Hinsdale, Colorado; H.R. 960, to validate 
certain conveyances in the city of Tulare, Tulare County, 
California; H.R. 1127, National Monument Fairness Act of 1997; H.R. 
1198, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey land to the 
City of Grants Pass, Oregon; and H.R. 1658, Atlantic Striped Bass 
Conservation Act Amendments of 1997, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on H.R. 1855, to impose a moratorium on large 
fishing vessels in the Atlantic herring and mackerel fisheries, 
10:00 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 24, to consider the Budget Reconciliation 
Spending Component, 11 a.m., H-313 Capitol.

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  Committee on Science, June 24, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing 
on The Role of R&D in Improving Civilian Air Traffic Management, 
2:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 26, hearing on OSHA's 
Contemplated Safety and Health Program Standards, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 25, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on market-based solutions to air 
service problems for medium-sized communities, 9:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 25, Subcommittee on Benefits, 
hearing on pending proposals in the areas of education, training, 
employment, and housing, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
efforts to achieve computer compliance with Year 2000 requirements, 
9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 24, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, to continue hearings on The Future of Social Security for 
this Generation and the Next, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 24, executive, 
briefing on NATO Enlargement, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.