[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 136 (Friday, October 3, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1058-D1061]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of October 6 through 11, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 25, Campaign 
Reform.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1156, D.C. 
Appropriations, 1998.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will continue consideration of 
S. 25, Campaign Reform, and consider conference reports, when 
available, and any cleared legislative and executive business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, October 7, 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: October 7, to 
hold hearings on the nomination of Sally Thompson, of Kansas, to be 
Chief Financial Officer, Department of Agriculture, and on other 
pending nominations, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  October 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation relating to food safety, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 7, 
Subcommittee on Securities, to hold joint hearings with the 
Committee on Finance's Subcommittee on Social Security and Family 
Policy and Subcommittee on Health Care to examine investment based 
alternatives to the current pay-as-you-go method of financing Social 
Security and Medicare, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  October 8, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider the 
nominations of Laura S. Unger, of New York, and Paul R. Carey, of 
New York, each to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Dennis Dollar, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the 
National Credit Union Administration Board, Edward M. Gramlich, of 
Virginia, and Roger Walton Ferguson, of Massachusetts, each to be a 
Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and 
Ellen Seidman, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the 
Office of Thrift Supervision, Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  October 9, Subcommittee on Securities, to hold oversight hearings 
on the Financial Accounting Standards Board and its proposed 
derivatives accounting standard, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 7, to 
hold hearings on the nominations of Terry D. Garcia, of California, 
to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, and Raymond G. 
Kammer, of Maryland, to be Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, both of the Department of Commerce, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  October 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
John Arthur Hammerschmidt, of Arkansas, James E. Hall, of Tennessee, 
and George W. Black Jr., of Georgia, each to be a Member of the 
National Transportation Safety Board, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  October 8, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 7, Subcommittee 
on Water and Power, to hold hearings on S. 725, to convey the 
Collbran Reclamation Project to the Ute Water Conservancy District 
and the Collbran Conservancy District, S. 777, to authorize the 
construction of the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System and to 
authorize assistance to the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, 
Inc., H.R. 848, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
applicable to the construction of the AuSable Hydroelectric Project 
in New York, H.R. 1184, to extend the deadline under the Federal 
Power Act for the construction of the Bear Creek Hydroelectric 
Project in the State of Washington, H.R. 1217, to extend the 
deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of a 
hydroelectric project in the State of Washington, S. 1230, to 
provide for Federal cooperation in non-Federal reclamation projects, 
and S. 841, to authorize construction of the Fort Peck Reservation 
Rural Water System in the State of Montana, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  October 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
M. John Berry, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior for Policy, Management, and Budget, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  October 9, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold oversight hearings on the feasibility of 
using bonding techniques to finance large-scale capital projects in 
the National Park System, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: October 7, Subcommittee on Social Security 
and Family Policy and the Subcommittee on Health Care, to hold joint 
hearings with the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs' 
Subcommittee on Securities to examine investment based alternatives 
to the current pay-as-you-go method of financing Social Security and 
Medicare, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  October 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1195, to promote 
the adoption of children in foster care, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 7, to hold hearings to 
examine the strategic rationale for NATO enlargement, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  October 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the Taxation 
Convention with Austria (Treaty Doc. 104-31), Tax Convention with 
Ireland (Treaty Doc. 105-31), Taxation Convention with Luxembourg 
(Treaty Doc. 104-33), Tax Convention with South Africa (Treaty Doc. 
105-9), Tax Convention with Swiss Confederation (Treaty Doc. 105-8), 
Taxation Convention with Thailand (Treaty Doc. 105-2), Taxation 
Agreement with Turkey (Treaty Doc. 104-30), and Protocol Amending 
Tax Convention with Canada (Treaty Doc. 105-29), 2 p.m., SD-419.
  October 8, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider the 
International Telecommunication Union Constitution and Convention 
(Treaty Doc. 104-34), Protocol Amending the 1916 Convention with 
Canada for the Protection of Migratory Birds (Treaty Doc. 104-28), 
Protocol Amending the Convention with Mexico for the Protection of 
Migratory Birds and Game Mammals (Treaty Doc. 105-26), Maritime 
Boundaries Treaty with Mexico

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(Ex. F, 96-1), and pending nominations, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  October 9, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export 
and Trade Promotion, to hold hearings to examine the outlook and 
consequences of a new United Nations climate change treaty as the 
United States prepares for the December convention in Kyoto, Japan, 
9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  October 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the pros 
and cons of NATO enlargement, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: October 7, 8 and 9, 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: October 7, to hold hearings on 
improving citzens' access to justice, focusing on vindication of 
property rights, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and 
Competition, to hold hearings to examine issues with regard to 
competition in the cable and video markets, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: October 7, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Charles N. Jeffress, of North 
Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, 9:45 a.m., SD-430.
  October 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
David Satcher, of Tennessee, to be Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and Medical Director and Surgeon General of the 
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  October 9, Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety, to hold 
hearings to examine the National Institutes of Health clinical 
research, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: October 7, business meeting, to 
mark up miscellaneous veterans health and benefits bills, including 
S. 987, S. 714, S. 986, S. 309, S. 464, S. 623, S. 730, S. 801, S. 
813, and S. 999, 3 p.m., SR-418.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: October 6, to hold hearings on S. 
1079, to permit the leasing of mineral rights within the Fort 
Berthold Reservation, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  October 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the proposed 
settlement between State Attorneys General and tobacco companies, 
focusing on the proposed Indian provision, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, October 6: Consideration of 3 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 2206, Veterans' Health Programs Improvement Act of 1997;
  2. H.R. 2571, Veterans' Major Medical Facility Construction;
  3. H.R. 1703, Department of Veterans' Affairs Employment 
Discrimination Resolution and Adjudication Act; and
  Consideration of H.R. 1127, National Monument Fairness Act of 1997 
(Complete Consideration);
  Consideration of H.R. 1370, Reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States (Complete Consideration);
  Consideration of H.R. 2160, Agriculture Appropriations Act for Fiscal 
Year 1998 Conference Report (Subject to a Rule);
  Motion to go to Conference on H.R. 2267, Commerce, Justice, State and 
the Judiciary Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1998.
  Tuesday, October 7, Wednesday, October 8, and Thursday, October 9: 
Consideration of H.R. 901, American Land Sovereignty Protection Act 
(Subject to a Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 629, Texas, Vermont, Maine Low-Level Waste 
Compact Consent Act (Subject to a Rule);
  Recede to Senate Amendment to H.R. 1122, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban 
Act of 1997 (Subject to a Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2204, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1997 
(Subject to a Rule);
  Consideration of H.R.     , District of Columbia Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 1998 (Subject to a Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2107, Interior Appropriations Act for Fiscal 
Year 1998 Conference Report (Subject to a Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2169, Transportation Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal Year 1998 Conference Report (Subject to a Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2158, VA, HUD Appropriations Act for Fiscal 
Year 1998 Conference Report (Subject to a Rule);
  Friday, October 10: No votes are expected.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 7, hearing on the Review of the 
Forest Recovery and Protection Act of 1997, 10:00 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  October 9, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, hearing on 
the review of the Agricultural economic outlook, 9:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, October 8, 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing 
on Current and Future Bank Examinations and Supervision Systems, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, October 8, hearing on long-term budget 
problems relating to the retirement of the baby boomers; and to 
consider pending Committee business, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, October 9, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Assessing the Department of Energy's 
Management of the National Laboratory System, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, October 8, to mark up 
H.R. 1625, Worker Paycheck Fairness Act, 11:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  October 9, to mark up the following: Reading Excellence Act; and a 
measure to amend the Charter Schools Program, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  October 9, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
H.R. 758, Truth in Employment Act of 1997, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, October 6, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, 
hearing on Oversight of OMB's GPRA Strategic Plan, 10:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  October 8, full Committee, hearing regarding campaign finance 
improprieties and possible violation of law, 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on ``FEHB Rate 
Hikes--What's Behind Them?'' 8:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  October 9, full Committee, hearing on ``Conduit Payments to the 
Democratic National Committee'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, October 7, hearing on 
Implementation of the U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: 
Whose Interests Are Served? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on an 
Overview of U.S. Policy toward South America and the President's 
Upcoming Trip to the Region, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  October 9, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 2431, Freedom From 
Religious Persecution Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 6, Subcommittee on Immigration 
and Claims, to mark up H.R. 992, Tucker Act Shuffle Relief Act of 
1997, 5:30 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  October 7, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1085, to revise, 
codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and 
permanent laws, related to patriotic and national observances, 
ceremonies, and organizations, as title 36, United States Code, 
``Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and 
Organizations''; H.R. 2578, to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to provide for the 
collection of data with respect to the number of non-immigrants who 
remain in the United States after the expiration of the period of 
stay authorized by the Attorney General; H.R. 1534, Private Property 
Rights Implementation Act of 1997; H.R. 992, Tucker Act Shuffle 
Relief Act of 1997; H.R. 1967, to amend title 17, United States 
Code, to provide that the distribution before January 1, 1978, of a 
phonorecord shall not for any purpose constitute a publication of 
the musical work embodied therein; and H.R. 2265, No Electronic 
Theft (NET) Act, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 9, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on the following: H.R. 2592, Private Trustee Reform Act; and 
the Executive Office of U.S. Trustee's assessment of post-
confirmation fees in Chapter 11 cases, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  October 9, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2603, Private Trustee Reform 
Act of 1997; and H.R. 2294, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1997; 
and to hold an oversight hearing on the need for additional Federal 
District Court judges, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, October 7, Subcommittee on Forest and 
Forest Health, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1739, BWCAW 
Accessibility and Fairness Act of 1997; H.R. 1309, to provide for an 
exchange of lands with the city of Greeley, Co., and The Water 
Supply and Storage Company to eliminate private inholdings in 
wilderness areas; and H.R. 434, to provide for the conveyance of 
small parcels of land in the Carson National Forest and the Santa Fe 
National Forest, New Mexico, to the village of El Rito and the town 
of Jemez Springs, New Mexico, 10:00 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  October 7, Subcommittee on National Parks and public Lands, to 
hold a hearing on the following bills; H.R. 2313, to prohibit the 
construction of any monument, memorial, or other structure at the 
site of the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, VA,; S. 731, to extend 
the legislative authority for construction of the National Peace 
Garden memorial; and S. 423, to extend the legislative authority for 
the Board of Regents of Gunston Hall to establish a memorial to 
honor George Mason; followed by a markup of the following bills: 
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; 
H.R. 1714, to provide for the acquisition of the Plains Railroad 
Depot at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site; H.R. 2283 Arches 
National Park Expansion Act of 1997; 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; and H.R. 1635, 
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1997, 10:00 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 8, full Committee, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
1270, to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982; and H.R. 2493, 
Forage Improvement Act of 1997, 11:00 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 9, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on Eco-royalty relief modeled on the Green River Basin 
Advisory Committee recommendations, 1:00 p.m., room to be announced.
  October 9, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on Pfiesteria and Its Impact on our 
Fishery Resources, 10:00 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  October 9, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills; H.R. 2186, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the National 
Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, WY; H.R. 1811, 
Columbia River Habitat Protection and Recreational Access Act of 
1997; and H.R. 1477, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate a portion of the Columbia River as a recreational river, 
10:00 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

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  Committee on Rules, October 6, to consider H.R. 629, Texas Low-
Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Act, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  October 7, to consider the following: Conference Report to 
accompany H.R. 2107, making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1998; Conference Report to accompany H.R. 2158, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1998; and Senate amendments to H.R. 1122, Partial 
Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, October 7, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Countdown to Kyoto Part I: The Science of 
the Global Climate Change Agreement, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 8, full Committee, hearing on Science, Math, Engineering 
and Technology-Third International Math and Science Study, 1 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  October 9, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, to continue 
hearings on Countdown to Kyoto Part II: The Economics of the Global 
Climate Change Agreement, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, October 8, Subcommittee on Government 
Programs and Oversight, hearing with Focus on Women Business 
Enterprises, 10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 9, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on H.R. 145, to terminate the 
effectiveness of certain amendments to the foreign repair station 
rules of the Federal Aviation Administration, 9:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 8, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on the prevention of adverse events in the provision of VA 
medical care, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, October 8, to mark up the Reciprocal 
Trade Agreements Authorities Act of 1997, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  October 9, to mark up the following: Tax Corrections Act of 1997; 
and the Parents and Students Savings Account Plus Act, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  October 9, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Health Care Waste, 
Fraud and Abuse, 10:00 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, October 7, 
Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis, and 
Counterintelligence, executive, to hold a briefing on the Caspian 
Sea Oil Field/Pipeline, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.