[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 102 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D782-D785]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of July 21 through 26, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider S. 1034/H.R. 2158, VA/HUD 
Appropriations, and resume consideration of S. 1023, Treasury/Postal 
Service Appropriations, with a vote on final passage to occur thereon.
  During the week, Senate expects to consider the following 
appropriations bills:
  H.R. 2016, Military Construction Appropriations;
  S. 1033, Agriculture Appropriations; and
  S. 1022, Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations; and may consider S. 
39, International Dolphin Conservation Program Act, and S. 830, FDA 
Modernization and Accountability Act.
  Senate will also consider any cleared legislative and executive 
business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, July 22, 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: July 22, to 
hold hearings to examine certain clean air issues with regard to 
agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SR-332.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Catherine E. Woteki, of the District of Columbia, to be Under 
Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety, and Shirley Robinson 
Watkins, of Arkansas, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, 
Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 22, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, business meeting, to mark 
up proposed legislation making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 9 a.m., SD-
192.
  July 22 and 24, Full Committee, Tuesday, business meeting, to mark 
up proposed legislation making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1998, and H.R. 2107, making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1998, 2:30 p.m.; Thursday, business meeting, to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 9:30 a.m.; SD-106.
  July 23, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to resume hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the government 
of the District of Columbia, focusing on the Departments of Health, 
Human Services, and Public Works, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 24, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of John J. Hamre, of South Dakota, to be Deputy Secretary 
of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 24, to 
hold hearings to review a General Accounting Office report relating 
to program efficiencies at the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 22, to hold 
hearings to review the Department of the Interior's handling of the 
Ward Valley land conveyance, S. 964, proposed Ward Valley Land 
Transfer Act, and related matters, 9 a.m., SD-366.
  July 23, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business; to be followed by hearings to examine natural gas 
issues, focusing on the world energy supply and demand to the year 
2015, the role of government in large scale gas projects in foreign 
countries, and emerging technologies in gas field development that 
are making natural gas more economical to market, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold hearings on S. 1028 and H.R. 858, bills to direct the Secretary 
of Agriculture to conduct a pilot project on designated lands within 
Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests in California to 
demonstrate the effectiveness of the resource management activities 
proposed by the Quincy Library Group and to amend current land and 
resource management plans for these national forests to consider the 
incorporation of these resource management activities, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  July 24, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings to review the process by which the 
National Park Service determines the suitability and feasibility of 
new areas to be added to the National Park System, and to examine 
the criteria used to determine national significance, 2 p.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 24, business 
meeting, to consider the nomination of Jamie Rappaport Clark, of 
Maryland, to be Director of the

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United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, 
and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine ozone and 
particulate matter standards promulgated by the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 9:45 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 22, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Stanley O. Roth, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  July 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine U.S. foreign 
policy in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
George Munoz, of Illinois, to be President of the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation, United States International Development 
Cooperation Agency, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 21, Subcommittee on 
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold 
hearings to examine the Department of Defense compliance review 
process to determine whether theater missile defense and systems 
comply with treaty obligations, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  July 23, 24 and 25, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine 
certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation 
on campaign financing, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 21, to hold hearings to review 
the FBI crime laboratory, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine federal 
antitrust policy in the healthcare marketplace, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending judicial 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
to authorize funds for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 23, Full Committee, business meeting, to resume markup of S. 
10, to reduce violent juvenile crime, promote accountability by 
juvenile criminals, and punish and deter violent gang crime, and to 
mark up S. 53, to require the general application of the antitrust 
laws to major league baseball, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  July 24, Full Committee, business meeting, to resume markup of S. 
10, to reduce violent juvenile crime, promote accountability by 
juvenile criminals, and punish and deter violent gang crime, and to 
mark up S. 53, to require the general application of the antitrust 
laws to major league baseball, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and 
Competition, to hold hearings to examine proposals on defense 
consolidation, focusing on antitrust and competitions issues, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: July 22, to hold hearings 
to examine women's health issues, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  July 23, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 1020, 
proposed Arts and Humanities Amendments of 1997, proposed National 
Science Foundation Authorization of 1997, proposed Workforce 
Improvement Partnership Act, and to consider pending nominations, 
9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for programs of the Higher Education Act, focusing 
on title IV, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National 
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 2 
p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: July 23, to hold hearings on 
pending legislation, 9 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 24, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business
  Tuesday, Consideration of certain measures under Suspension of the 
Rules;
  Complete consideration of H.R. 1853, Carl D. Perkins Vocational-
Technical Education Act (open rule); and
  Complete consideration of H.R. 2160, Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 1998.
  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: Consideration of H.R. 2159, Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations for 
Fiscal Year 1998 (Modified open rule, 1 hour of debate);
  H.R. 2003, Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 (subject to a rule);
  H.R. 2169, Transportation Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
(subject to a rule);
  H.R.   , Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
(subject to a rule);
  H.R.   , Energy and Water Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
(subject to a rule);
  H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act of 1997 Conference Report (subject to 
a rule); and
  H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 Conference Report (subject to 
a rule).


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 22, Subcommittee on Forestry, 
Resource Conservation, and Research, hearing on reauthorization 
proposals in agricultural research, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, 
hearing on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposal to 
lift the prohibition on agricultural trade options, 1:30 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 22, to markup the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 1998: Defense; Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education; and Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, July 22, Subcommittee 
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Policy, hearing on the Conduct of Monetary Policy, 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  July 23, full Committee, hearing on the Conduct of Monetary 
Policy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, hearing on the GAO 
Report on the Merger of OFHEO and the Federal Housing Finance Board, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, July 25, Subcommittee on Finance and 
Hazardous Materials, to continue hearings on H.R. 10, Financial 
Services Competitiveness Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 22, Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning, to 
continue hearings on H.R. 6, Higher Education Amendments of 1998, 
9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing to examine 
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's reinvention 
project, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, 
hearing on Focus on Fatherhood, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
the Accounting and Management Practices of the Corporation for 
National Service, 9:30 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, July 24, 
Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing on issues 
concerning the National Labor Relations Board, including its 
mission, management and performance results, 11 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and 
Technology, hearing on Oversight of OMB Directive 15, 9:30 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, July 22, to markup H.R. 695, 
Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 3 p.m., 2127 
Rayburn.
  July 23, hearing on Iran Libya Sanctions Act--One Year Later, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 24, hearing on Global Climate Negotiations, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 22, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, hearing on H.J.Res. 78, proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States restoring religious freedom, 9 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Crime, to markup the following: the Law 
Enforcement and Community Protection Act of 1997; H.R. 218, 
Community Protection Act of 1997; and H.R. 339, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance 
with which nonresidents of a State may carry certain concealed 
firearms in the State, and to exempt qualified current and former 
law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of 
concealed handguns, 1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the nature and extent 
of domestic and international money laundering, its role in the 
international drug trade, and methods of combating the problem, 9:30 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on the 
following bills: 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; 
H.R. 1543, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit 
certain nonimmigrant aliens to study in publicly funded adult 
education programs if the alien provides reimbursement for such 
study; H.R. 2172, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
make the restrictions on foreign student study at a public 
elementary or secondary school inapplicable in cases where the 
school evidences a desire for such result, and to prohibit the use 
of Federal funds to pay the cost of such study; and H.R. 1493, to 
require the Attorney General to establish a program in local prisons 
to identify, prior to arraignment, criminal aliens and aliens who 
are unlawfully present in the United States, 9:30 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, July 22, Subcommittee on Military 
Readiness, hearing on the operation and maintenance financial 
management, 2:00 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 22, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1309 to provide 
for an exchange of lands with the city of Geeley, CO and the Water 
Supply and Storage Company to eliminate private inholdings in 
wilderness areas; and H.R. 1843 to amend title 31, United States 
Code, to address the failure to appropriate sufficient funds to make 
full payments in lieu of taxes under chapter 69 of such title by 
exempting certain users of the National Forest System from fees 
imposed in connection with such use, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 22, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 1635, to establish within the United 
States National Park Service the National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom Program; H.R. 755, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate any portion of their 
income tax overpayments, and to make other contributions for the 
benefit of units of the National Park System; H.R. 1718, to provide 
for the conveyance of certain lands in Wyoming to the County of 
Park, WY; and H.R. 708, 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, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 23, full Committee, to consider business pending, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, to consider 
pending business, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife & 
Oceans, to mark up pending business; followed by an oversight 
hearing on review of the authority and decision making processes of 
the National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Region, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.

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  Committee on Science, July 22, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing 
on the Prohibition of Federal Funding for Human Cloning Research, 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 23, full Committee, hearing on Science, Math Engineering and 
Technology Education, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Technology, mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 1903 Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1997; and H.R. 92, 
Human Cloning Research Prohibition Act, 11 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 24, Subcommittee on Empowerment, 
hearing on the impact proposed tax changes will have on minority 
owned businesses, 10:00 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 23, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Merger of Boeing and McDonnell-
Douglas, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 24, Subcommittee on Health 
and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing 
to review the process by which VA is consolidating VA medical 
facility managements and their clinical and support services, and 
the results of such initiatives, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 22, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing on Free Trade Area of the Americas, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 23 and 24, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearings on 
Barriers Preventing Social Security Disability Recipients from 
Returning to Work, 10:00 a.m., 1100 Longworth on July 23, and 1 
p.m., B-318 Rayburn on July 24.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the New Transatlantic 
Agenda, 2:00 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the Report of the 
National Commission on Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service, 
10:00 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 22, executive, 
briefing on information operations, 2:00 p.m., H-405 U.S. Capitol.