[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D905-D907]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of September 8 through 13, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 830, Food and Drug Administration 
Modernization and Accountability Act, and resume consideration of S. 
1061, Labor/HHS Appropriations, 1998.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1061, Labor/HHS 
Appropriations, 1998, and begin consideration of S. 830, Food and Drug 
Administration Modernization and Accountability Act.
  During the week, Senate also expects to consider H.R. 2107, Interior 
Appropriations, 1998, S.    , D.C. Appropriations, 1998, conference 
reports when available, and consider any cleared legislative and 
executive business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, September 9, 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: September 11, 
to hold hearings to examine the implications for farmers of the 
recently proposed Global Tobacco settlement, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Appropriations: September 9, business meeting, to 
mark up an original bill making appropriations for the government of 
the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1998, 4 p.m., SD-106.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, to hold hearings to examine the health risks of 
1950's atomic tests, 9 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 9, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, to be Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 10, 
to hold hearings on the nominations of Heidi H. Schulman, of 
California, and Katherine Milner Anderson, of Virginia, each to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors for the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting, Robert L. Mallett, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary, 
and W. Scott Gould, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, both of the Department of Commerce, and Sheila Foster 
Anthony, of Arkansas, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 10, to hold 
oversight hearings to review Forest Service organizational 
structure, staffing, and budget for the Alaska region, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  September 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 660, to 
provide for the continuation of higher education through the 
conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Alaska to the 
University of Alaska, and S. 1092, to provide for a transfer of land 
interests in order to facilitate surface transportation between the 
cities of Cold Bay, Alaska, and King Cove, Alaska, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  September 11, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic 
Preservation, and Recreation, to hold hearings to review the 
implementation of the Commemorative Works Act (P.L. 99-652, as 
amended) and the administrative and public process involved in the 
site selection of the World War II Memorial and the recently 
announced Air Force Memorial, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: September 10, to hear and consider pending 
nominations, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 10, to hold hearings on 
the nominations of Thomas J. Dodd, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, Donna Jean Hrinak, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bolivia, and Curtis 
Warren Kamman, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Colombia, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  September 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for African Affairs, Brian Dean Curran, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to

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the Republic of Mozambique, Timberlake Foster, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Amelia Ellen 
Shippy, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi, 
and Nancy Jo Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Uganda, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 8, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District 
of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine the progress of proposed 
reforms of the District of Columbia school system, 9:30 a.m., SD-
342.
  September 8, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings on S. 
222, to establish an advisory commission to provide advice and 
recommendations on the creation of an integrated, coordinated 
Federal policy designed to prepare for and respond to serious 
drought emergencies, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  September 9, 10 and 11, 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.
  September 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues 
regarding regulatory reform, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 9, Subcommittee on 
Immigration, to hold hearings to examine the economic and fiscal 
impact of immigration, focusing on the report of the National 
Academy of Sciences, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  September 9, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and 
Competition, to hold hearings to examine the operation of the 
antitrust division of the Department of Justice, focusing on the 
Hart-Scott-Rodino process which requires companies to notify the 
Government of perspective mergers, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to 
examine proposals to permanently extend the expiring provision of 
immigration law which allows religious workers to be sponsored by 
religious organizations in the United States, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: September 11, to hold 
hearings to examine the confidentiality of medical information, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 10, to hold a closed 
briefing on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of 3 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 876, Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment Fund Distribution Act 
of 1997;
  2. H.R. 700, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians; and
  3. Concur in Senate amendment to H.R. 1866, Need-Based Educational 
Aid Antitrust Protection Act of 1997; and
  Consideration of H.R. 2264, Labor, Health and Human Services 
Appropriations Act for FY 1998.
  No recorded votes are expected before 7:00 p.m.
  Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Consideration of H.R. 2267, 
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Appropriations Act for FY 
1998 (subject to a rule); and
  Consideration of H.R. 2378, Treasury, Postal Service Appropriations 
Act for FY 1998; and
  H.R. 2264, Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Act for FY 
1998 (subject to a rule).
  Friday, No votes are expected.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 11, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review 
food banks and the participation of the private sector in the 
delivery of food assistance, 8:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, September 9, hearing 
and markup of H.R. 2343, Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board 
Abolishment Act; and to consider pending Committee business, 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, to markup the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act, 
10:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 9, 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood and Families, hearing on School 
Choice legislative proposals, 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing to 
examine OSHA's Reinvention Project, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 10, 
Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on Employment Discrimination 
in the Federal Workplace, Part I, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 10, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Affairs, and Criminal Justice, to continue hearings on 
Reauthorization of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Part 
II, 1 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Human Resources, to continue 
oversight hearings on the Need for Better Focus in the Rural Health 
Clinic Program (RHC) Part II, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, 
and Technology, oversight hearing on Defense Surplus Property, 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 10, hearing on 
Freedom from Religious Persecution Act of 1997, 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  September 10, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and 
Trade, hearing on the Transatlantic Initiative: Opportunities and 
Prospects, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 8, Subcommittee on 
Immigration and Claims, to markup the following: H.R. 2412, to amend 
the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the religious worker 
visa programs and to extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to 
amend the

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Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
to modify the effective date for certain paperwork changes in the 
employer sanctions program; H.R. 2413, Immigration Technical 
Corrections Act of 1997; a private claims bill and a private 
immigration bill, 7 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  September 9, full Committee, to markup the following: H.R. 1683, 
Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent 
Offenders Registration Improvements Act of 1997; H.R. 424, to 
provide for increased mandatory minimum sentences for criminals 
possessing firearms; 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; H.R. 2412, to amend the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to modify the religious worker visa programs and to 
extend the visa waiver pilot programs, and to amend the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to 
modify the effective date for certain paperwork changes in the 
employer sanctions program; H.R. 2413, Immigration Technical 
Corrections Act of 1997; and a private claims bill, 2:30 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on 
H.R. 992, Tucker Act Shuffle Relief Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on H.R. 2265, No Electronic Theft (NET) Act, and also on 
electronic copyright piracy, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing regarding cellular 
telephone fraud, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, September 9, to markup H.R. 695, 
Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 9, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1739, BWCAW 
Accessibility and Fairness Act of 1997; and H.R. 2149, BWCA 
Wilderness Legacy Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 9, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 1849, Oklahoma City National Memorial Act of 1997, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 10, full Committee, hearing on the following: H.R. 2259, 
King Cove Health and Safety Act of 1997; and a measure to provide 
the University of Alaska with a Federal land grant, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to markup the following measures: H.R. 1787, Asia Elephant 
Conservation Act of 1997; and H. Con. Res. 131, expressing the sense 
of Congress regarding the ocean; and to hold an oversight hearing to 
review the management of our Nation's fisheries by the National 
Marine Fisheries Service, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on the affect of international forestry agreements on U.S. 
Forest Service decision-making, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing and markup 
of the following measures: Bureau of Reclamation Technical 
Corrections Act of 1997; and Small Reclamation Water Resources 
Project Act; and to markup H.R. 1400, Tumalo Irrigation District 
Water Conservation Project Authorization Act, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 8, to consider H.R. 2267, making 
appropriations for the Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, 
the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1998, 7:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, September 10, hearing on Next Generation 
Internet Initiative, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on 
Preparing for El Nino, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Technology, to markup the Small 
Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 1997, 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 11, Subcommittee on 
Regulatory Reform and Paperwork Reduction and the Subcommittee on 
Government Programs and Oversight, joint hearing on H.R. 96, Small 
Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 1997, 10:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 9, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on H.R. 991, to amend the Railway 
Labor Act concerning the applicability of requirements of that Act 
to U.S. air carriers and flight deck crews engaged in flight 
operations outside the United States, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 10 and 11, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to 
markup H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and 
Equity Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 11, to markup pending 
business, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 9, Subcommittee on 
Oversight, to continue hearings on the Recommendations of the 
National Commission on Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service to 
expand Electronic Filing of Tax Systems Improvements, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Child 
Support System Improvements, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the 
Administration's comprehensive review of the North American Free 
Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 9, 
executive, hearing on Encryption legislation, 10 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  September 11, executive, to markup Encryption legislation, 10 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.