[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 121 (Friday, September 12, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D941-D943]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of September 15 through 20, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will continue consideration H.R. 2107, Interior 
Appropriations, 1998.
  On Tuesday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on a 
substitute amendment to S. 830, Food and Drug Administration 
Modernization and Accountability Act, and resume consideration of H.R. 
2107, Interior Appropriations, 1998.
  During the week, Senate may also consider S. 1156, D.C. 
Appropriations, 1998, conference reports, when available, and consider 
any cleared legislative and executive business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, September 16, 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 18, 
to resume hearings to examine the implications for farmers of the 
recently proposed tobacco settlement, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 16, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of General Michael E. Ryan, USAF, to be Chief of Staff, 
United States Air Force, Adm. Harold W. Gehman, Jr., USN, to be 
Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Command, and Lt. Gen. 
Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC, to be Commander-in-Chief, United States 
Southern Command and for appointment to the grade of general, 10 
a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 16, 
Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology, to hold hearings 
to examine the widespread growth of fraud using financial 
institutions, focusing on national security implications and 
organized crime involvement, and the types of counterfeit financial 
instruments being circulated, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 16, 
to hold hearings to examine tobacco advertising and its impact on 
youth, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine, to hold hearings on S. 1115, to improve one-call 
notification process, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  September 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the transition 
to digital television, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 17, to hold 
hearings on S. 1158, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act regarding the Huna Totem Corporation public interest land 
exchange, and S. 1159, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act regarding the Kake Tribal Corporation public interest land 
exchange, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  September 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Ernest J. Moniz, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary, Michael 
Telson, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Mary Anne Sullivan, of the District of Columbia, to be General 
Counsel, Dan Reicher, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary for 
Energy, Efficiency, and Renewable Energy, Robert Wayne Gee, of 
Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Program 
Evaluation, and John C. Angell, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, 
all of the Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 17, to hold 
hearings on S. 1173, to authorize funds for

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construction of highway safety programs, and for mass transit 
programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 17, to hold hearings on 
the International Telecommunication Union Constitution and 
Convention (Treaty Doc. 104-34), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  September 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Wyche Fowler Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia, and Martin S. Indyk, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 15, Subcommittee on 
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold 
hearings to examine proliferation in the information age, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  September 16, 17 and 18, 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: September 17, Subcommittee on 
Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition, to hold hearings to 
examine antitrust and competition issues in the telecommunications 
industry, Wednesday at 2 p.m., SD-226.
  September 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings with the Committee 
on Indian Affairs to examine incidences of criminal gang activity 
within Indian country, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  September 19, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the 
Courts, to hold hearings to review the Judicial Conference's request 
for additional bankruptcy judges, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: September 16, to resume 
hearings to examine the implications of the recent Global Tobacco 
settlement, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  September 17, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up the 
proposed Workforce Investment Partnership Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: September 18, to resume 
hearings concerning petitions filed in connection with a contested 
U.S. Senate election held in Louisiana in November 1996, 2 p.m., SR-
301.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 17, to hold hearings with 
the Committee on the Judiciary to examine incidences of criminal 
gang activity within Indian country, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 18, to hold hearings 
to examine intelligence issues with regard to China, 10 a.m., SD-
G50.
  September 18, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business.
  Tuesday, Consideration of H.R. 2264, Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education Appropriations Act for FY 1998 (open rule);
  Consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2106, 
Military Construction Appropriations Conference Report (rule waiving 
points of order against consideration);
  Motion to go to conference on H.R. 2159, Foreign Assistance 
Appropriations Act for 1998; and
  Consideration of H.R. 2267, Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary Appropriations Act for FY 1998 (subject to a rule).
  Wednesday and Thursday, Consideration of H.R. 2378, Treasury, Postal 
Service Appropriations Act for FY 1998 (subject to a rule); and
  Consideration of H. Res.  , Ethics Reform Task Force Recommendations 
(subject to a rule).
  Friday, No votes are expected.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 16, hearing to review EPA's 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards and the potential effects on 
U.S. agriculture, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, 
hearing to review forage improvement legislation, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, September 16, 
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing 
on the Federal Reserve's payment system, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing on Tax Consequences of FHA Multifamily Restructuring, 2 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing on financial privacy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, September 16, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing on a measure to extend the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act, 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 16, 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on 
Charter Schools, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training 
and Life-Long Learning, hearing on the Shutdown of the Consolidation 
Loan Process in the William D. Ford Direct Student Loan Program, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 17 and 18, 
hearings on ``Conduit Payments to the Democratic National 
Committee,'' 11 a.m., on September 17 and 10 a.m., on September 18, 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 17, Subcommittee 
on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S. Democracy Program 
Promotions in Asia, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on an 
Overview of U.S. Policy toward Mexico and Canada, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  September 18, full Committee, hearing on Recent Developments in 
Europe, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Nigeria: How Real 
is the Transition Process? 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, September 16 and 17, Subcommittee on 
Courts and Intellectual Property, hearings on the following bills: 
H.R. 2281, WIPO Copyright Treaties Implementation Act; and H.R. 
2180, On-Line Copyright Liability Limitation Act, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing regarding 
the First Amendment and Restrictions on Issue Advocacy, 10 a.m., 
2226 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the Criminal Asset 
Forfeiture Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight 
hearing on matters related to a border shooting of a resident of 
Redford, Texas, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 16, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, oversight hearing on the implications to public 
domain national forests should a measure require appointment of the 
Chief of the Forest Service by the Administration, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  September 16, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following: H.R. 351, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to make appropriate improvements to a county road 
located in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, and to prohibit 
construction of a scenic shoreline drive in that national lakeshore; 
H.R. 1714, to provide for the acquisition of the Plains Railroad 
Depot at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site; H.R. 2186, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the 
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming; 
H.R. 2136, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey, at 
fair market value, certain properties in Clark County, Nevada, to 
persons who purchased adjacent properties in good faith reliance on 
land surveys that were subsequently determined to be inaccurate; and 
H.R. 2283, Arches National Park Expansion Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  September 17, full Committee, to consider pending business, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, to 
continue oversight hearings on Royalty-In-Kind for Federal oil and 
gas production, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on U.S.-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty 
negotiations, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing 
on a resolution to maximize management of public domain forests to 
achieve the greatest greenhouse gas reductions, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 16, to consider H. Res 168, to 
implement the recommendations of the bipartisan House Ethics Reform 
Task Force, 5:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, September 17, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 2429, to reauthorize the Small Business Technology 
Transfer Program through fiscal year 2000; H.R. 860, Surface 
Transportation Research and Development Act of 1997; and H.R. 112, 
to provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United 
States to Stanislaus County, CA., 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 18, to hold a hearing on MIR Safety, 9:30 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 17, hearing on OSHA's 
proposed revision on occupational injury and illness recording and 
reporting requirements, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 17, to 
mark up H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and 
Equity Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 18, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the Department of Veterans 
Affairs strategic plan required by the Government Performance and 
Results Act, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 16 and 17, hearings to 
examine the recommendations of the National Commission on 
Restructuring the IRS with regard to Executive Branch governance and 
Congressional oversight of IRS, 1 p.m., on September 16, and 10 
a.m., on September 17, 1100 Longworth.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Human Resources, to mark up Child 
Support Incentives legislation, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue 
hearings on the Future of Social Security for this Generation and 
the Next, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees: September 16, on S. 858, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 1998 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
activities of the United States government, the Community Management 
Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System, 4 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Conferees: September 17, on H.R. 2209, making appropriations for 
the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1998, 10:30 a.m., S-128, Capitol.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 18, to 
hold hearings to examine religious intolerance in Europe, 10 a.m., 
SD-G50.