[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 107 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D830-D833]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 28 through August 2, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider S. 1048, Transportation 
Appropriations, 1998, and may consider S. 830, Food and Drug 
Administration Modernization and Accountability Act.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1022, Commerce, 
Justice, State Appropriations, with a vote on final passage to occur 
thereon.
  Also during the week, Senate expects to consider S. 39, International 
Dolphin Conservation Program Act, Conference reports, when available, 
and any cleared legislative and executive business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, July 29, 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 29, to 
hold hearings to examine the effect of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act (P.L. 104-127) on price and income 
volatility, and the proper role of the Federal government to manage 
volatility and protect the integrity of agricultural markets, 9 
a.m., SR-332.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine how trade 
opportunities and international agricultural research can stimulate 
economic growth in Africa, thereby enhancing African food security 
and increasing U.S. exports, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 29, to hold 
hearings to examine automatic teller machine (ATM) surcharges and 
fees, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology, to 
hold hearings to examine how financial institutions' regulators are 
managing problems leading into the year 2000, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  July 31, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 1026, 
authorizing funds for the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 29, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation relating to the Global Tobacco 
settlement litigation, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings on the 
regulation of international satellites, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 268, to regulate 
flights over national parks, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 29, to hold 
hearings on S. 967, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to benefit 
Alaska natives and rural residents, and S. 1015, to provide for the 
exchange of lands within Admiralty Island National Monument, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  July 30, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 30, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings to review the management and 
operations of concession programs within the National Park System, 2 
p.m., SD-366.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
organizational structure, staffing, and budget of the Forest Service 
for the Alaska region, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.

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  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 30, to hold 
hearings on S. 1059, to amend the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Administration Act of 1066 to improve the management of the National 
Wildlife Refuge System, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 29, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Richard Dale Kauzlarich, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, James W. 
Pardew, Jr., of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his 
tenure of service as U.S. Special Representative for Military 
Stabilization in the Balkans, Anne Marie Sigmund, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, Keith C. Smith, 
of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, and 
Daniel V. Speckhard, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Belarus, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  July 30, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider the 
Agreement between the Government of the United States and the 
Government of Hong Kong for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders 
signed at Hong Kong on December 20, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-3), S. 
Con. Res. 39, expressing the sense of the Congress that the German 
Government should expand and simplify its reparations system, 
provide reparations to Holocaust survivors in Eastern and Central 
Europe, and set up a fund to help cover the medical expenses of 
Holocaust survivors, and pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 28, to hold hearings on 
the nominations of George A. Omas, of Mississippi, to be a 
Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission, and Janice R. Lachance, 
of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  July 28, Full Committee, closed business meeting, to discuss 
certain issues relating to the special investigation on campaign 
financing, 4:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  July 29, 30 and 31, 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 28, Subcommittee on Technology, 
Terrorism, and Government Information, to hold hearings on the 1996 
bombing at the Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and the FBI's 
interrogation of Richard Jewell in connection with the bombing, 9:30 
a.m., SD-226.
  July 28, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold hearings on S. 474, to prohibit gambling on the 
Internet, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  July 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the copyright 
infringement liability of on-line and Internet service providers, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property 
Rights, to resume hearings to examine issues with regard to the 
constitutional role of federal judges to decide cases and 
controversies, focusing on the problem and impact of judicial 
activism, whereby federal judges' decisions are based on policy 
preferences, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  July 30, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the terms 
and parameters of the proposed Global Tobacco Settlement which will 
mandate a total reformation and restructuring of how tobacco 
products are manufactured, marketed and distributed in America, 10 
a.m., SD-G50.
  July 31, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to review 
annual refugee admissions, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: July 29, to hold hearings 
to examine the status of educational opportunities for low-income 
children, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: July 30 and 31, business 
meeting, to consider the status of the investigation into the 
contested Senate election in Louisiana, 2:30 p.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 30, business meeting, to mark up 
S. 569, to amend the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 to provide for 
retention by an Indian tribe of exclusive jurisdiction over child 
custody proceedings involving Indian children and other related 
requirements; to be followed by an oversight hearing on the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs Special Trustee's strategic plan to reform the 
management of Indian trust funds, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 29 and 30, closed briefing 
on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 28, to hold hearings to examine 
the amount of fraud in the home health care system and ways to 
identify and deter fraud, waste and abuse in health care, 1 p.m., 
SD-562.


                             House Chamber

  Monday: Consideration of 11 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 1855, Establishing a Moratorium on Large Fishing Vessels in 
Atlantic Herring and Mackerel Fisheries;
  2. H. Con. Res. 124, Sense of Congress Regarding Acts of Illegal 
Aggression by Canadian Fishermen with Respect to Pacific Salmon 
Fishery;
  3. H. Con. Res. 98, Authorizing the use of the Capitol for the Safe 
Kids Buckle Up Car Seat Safety Check;
  4. H.R. 2005, Death on the High Seas Act;
  5. H.R. 1596, Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1997;
  6. H.R. 1953, To Clarify State Authority to Tax Compensation Paid to 
Certain Employees;
  7. H. Con. Res. 75, Sense of Congress that States Should Work More 
Aggressively to Attack the Problem of Repeat Criminals;
  8. H.R. 103, Private Security Officer Quality Assurance Act of 1997;
  9. H.R. 1109, To Eliminate the Special Transition Rule for Issuance 
of a Certificate of Citizenship for Children of a U.S. Citizen Born 
Abroad;

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  10. H.R. 1348, Expanded War Crimes Act of 1997; and
  11. Concur in Senate Amendment to H.R. 1866, Charitable Donation 
Antitrust Immunity Act; and
  Consideration of H.R. 2209, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for 
FY 1998 (modified closed rule).
  The House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for Morning Hour Debate. No 
recorded votes are expected before 5:00 p.m.
  Tuesday and the balance of the week: Consideration of H.R. 2159, 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs 
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1998 (unanimous consent agreement);
  Consideration of H.R. 2266, Department of Defense Appropriations Act 
for FY 1998 (subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2267, Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations 
Act for FY 1998 (subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2264, Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations 
Act for FY 1998 (subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act of 1997 Conference 
Report (subject to a rule); and
  Consideration of H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 Conference 
Report (subject to a rule).


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 30, to review the U.S. Forest 
Service's Government Performance and Results Act Strategic Plan, 
10:00 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 28, to consider the Treasury, 
Postal Service, and General Government appropriations for fiscal 
year 1998, 3:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, July 29, hearing on 
Government Performance And Results Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing to review the Department of the Treasury's Proposed 
Regulations for Money Service Businesses, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, July 28 and 29, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearings on the Department of Energy's 
Implementation of Contract Reform: Problems with the Fixed-Price 
Contract to Clean Up Pit 9, 1:00 p.m., 2123 Rayburn on July 28 and 
10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn on July 29.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, to 
continue hearings on H.R. 10, Financial Services Competitiveness Act 
of 1997, 10:00 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on Title 
VI of the Clean Air Act and the Ninth Meeting of the Parties to the 
Montreal Protocol, 10:00 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  August 1, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, hearing 
on the Operation of the Superfund Program, 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 29, Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning, to 
continue hearings on H.R. 6, the Higher Education Amendments of 
1998, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing to 
review the Davis-Bacon Act, 10:00 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 31, full Committee, hearing on ``Literacy: A Review of 
Current Federal Programs'', 10:00 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, July 29, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, 
oversight hearing of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 9:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, oversight hearing of Statistical Proposals, 2:00 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on ``Agency 
Mistakes in Federal Retirement: Who Pays the Price?'', 9:00 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing on 
``FDA Oversight: Blood Safety and the Implications of Pool Sizes in 
the Manufacture of Plasma Derivatives'', 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, July 30, hearing on the 
Threat to the United States from Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10:00 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 29, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, oversight hearing on the EPA's rulemaking on 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particular Matter and 
Ozone, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Crime, to continue oversight hearings on 
the activities of the FBI, focusing on the Olympic Park bombing and 
the investigation of Richard Jewell, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to consider a 
motion to request a report by the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service on a private bill, time to be announced, Rayburn Room, 
Capitol.
  Committee on National Security, July 29, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing on Reserve Component issues resulting from the 
Quardrennial Defense Review, 2:00 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 30, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 695, Security and Freedom 
Through Encryption Act, and its impact on U.S. national security, 
10:00 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 29, Subcommittee on Water and Power, 
hearing on H.R. 2007, to amend the Act that authorized the Canadian 
River reclamation project, Texas, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to allow use of the project distribution system to 
transport water from sources other than the project; followed by a 
markup of the following bills: H.R. 2007, and H.R. 134, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to provide a loan guarantee to the 
Olivenhain Water Storage Project, and for other purposes, 2:00 p.m., 
1324 Longworth.

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  July 30, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1948, the Hood Bay Land 
Exchange Act of 1997, 11:00 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on Royalty-In-Kind for Federal oil and gas production, 2:00 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans hearing on H.R. 1787, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 
1997; to be followed by a markup of pending business, 10:00 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on Forest Service Strategic Plan under the Government 
Performance and Results Act, 10:00 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 31, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to 
markup the following bills: S. 430, to amend the Act of June 20, 
1910, to protect the permanent trust funds of the State of New 
Mexico from erosion due to inflation and modify the basis on which 
distributions are made from those funds; H.R. 1567, to provide for 
the designation of additional wilderness lands in the eastern United 
States; H.R. 136, to amend the National Parks and Recreation Act of 
1978 to designate the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and to 
amend the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 
1989 to designate the Ernest F. Coe Vistor Center; and H.R. 708 to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study concerning 
grazing use of certain lands within and adjacent to Grand Teton 
National Park, WY, and to extend temporarily certain grazing 
privileges, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 28, to consider the following: H.R. 2266, 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1998; and H.R. 2264, making appropriations 
for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1998, 7 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 28, Subcommittee on Technology, to 
markup H.R. 1903, Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1997, 4 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  July 29, full Committee, to markup the following bills: H.R. 1903, 
Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1997: H.R. 922, Human Cloning 
Research Prohibition Act of 1997; and H.R. 2249, to reauthorize 
appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 
of 1997 for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 30, hearing on Demanding Results: Implementing the Government 
Performance and Results Act, 10 a.m, 2318 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on S. 
417, to extend energy conservation programs under the Energy Policy 
and the Conservation Act through September 30, 2002, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 30, to markup 
the ``AMTRAK Reform and Privatization Act of 1997'', 10:00 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Aviation Relations 
between the U. S. and France, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 30, Subcommittee 
on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive hearing on Defense 
Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO), 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 31, full Committee, executive, to consider pending business; 
to be followed by an executive briefing on Encryption, 9:30 a.m., H-
405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: August 1, to hold hearings to examine 
the employment-unemployment situation for July, 9:30 a.m., 1334 
Longworth Building.
  Conferees: July 29, on H.R. 1757, to consolidate international 
affairs agencies and to authorize appropriations for the Department 
of State and related agencies for the fiscal years 1998 and 1999, 10 
a.m., room to be announced.