[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 141 (Monday, October 20, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1103-D1107]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of October 20 through 25, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1173, Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will continue consideration of 
S. 1173, Intermodal Surface Transportation Act, consider proposed 
further continuing appropriations legislation, may resume consideration 
of S. 1156, D.C. Appropriations, 1998, and consider conference reports, 
when available, and any cleared legislative and executive business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, October 21, 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 Appropriations: October 21, 22 and 23, to hold 
hearings to examine the costs of enlarging NATO membership to 
include Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  October 21, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine competition in the airline industry as a result 
of airline deregulation, 2 p.m., SD-124.
  October 21, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings to examine issues involving the payments 
at teaching hospital audits of the Inspector General of the 
Department of Health and Human Services and a legislative proposal 
to enhance funding for medical research, 3:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: October 23, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Lt. Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, USA, to be Commander-
in-Chief, United States Special Operations Command and for 
appointment to the grade of general, and Lt. Gen. John A. Gordon, 
USAF, to be Deputy Director of Central Intelligence and for 
appointment to the grade of general, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  October 23, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
nominations, 4:15 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 21, 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief, to 
hold oversight hearings on the condition of the banking and thrift 
industries, including the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings 
Association Insurance Fund, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  October 22, Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology, to 
hold hearings to examine Year 2000 liability and disclosure issues, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  October 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 318, to require 
automatic cancellation and notice of cancellation rights with 
respect to private mortgage insurance which is required by a 
creditor as a condition for entering into a residential mortgage 
transaction, and S. 1228, to provide for a 10-year circulating 
commemorative coin program to commemorate each of the 50 States, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: October 21, to hold hearings to examine 
Europe's monetary union and its potential impact on the United 
States economy, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  October 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine public 
pension programs in Europe, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 21, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold 
hearings on S. 803, to permit the transportation of passengers 
between United States ports by certain foreign-flag vessels and to 
encourage United States-flag vessels to participate in such 
transportation, and S. 668, to increase economic benefits to the 
United States from the activities of cruise ships visiting Alaska, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  October 22, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings on S. 943 
and H.R. 2005, bills to revise Federal aviation law to declare that 
nothing in such law or in the Death on the High Seas Act shall 
affect any remedy existing at common law or under State law with 
respect to any injury or death arising out of any aviation incident 
occurring on or after January 1, 1995, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 22, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  October 23, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the 
issue of peaceful nuclear cooperation with China, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  October 23, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 633, to adjust the boundary 
of the Petroglyph National Monument, and S. 1132, to modify the 
boundaries of the Bandelier National Monument, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 22, 
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property,

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and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings on S. 1084, to establish a 
research and monitoring program for the national ambient air quality 
standards for ozone and particulate matter and to reinstate the 
original standards under the Clean Air Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  October 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Army 
Corps of Engineers flood control project at Devils Lake, North 
Dakota, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 21, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Steven J. Green, of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Singapore, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  October 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Lange Schermerhorn, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Djibouti, Brenda Schoonover, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Togo, and William H. Twaddell, of Rhode Island, to be 
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  October 22, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine the situation in Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  October 22, Full Committee, to resume hearings on certain issues 
with regard to the proposal to grant NATO membership to Poland, 
Hungary, and the Czech Republic, focusing on their qualifications, 2 
p.m., SD-419.
  October 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Daniel Fried, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Poland, Peter Francis Tufo, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary, Alexander R. Vershbow, of the 
District of Columbia, to be United States Permanent Representative 
on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the 
rank and status of Ambassador, Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia, for 
the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special 
Coordinator for Cyprus, David Timothy Johnson, of Georgia, for the 
rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Head of the 
United States Delegation to the organization for Security and 
Cooperation in Europe, and Kathryn Walt Hall, of Texas, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, 2 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  October 23, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export 
and Trade Promotion, to hold hearings to examine United States 
economic and strategic interests in the Caspian Sea region, 2 p.m., 
SD-419.
  October 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Carolyn Curiel, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to Belize, and Victor 
Marrero, of New York, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States to the 51st Session of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations, 9 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: October 21, Subcommittee on 
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold 
hearings to examine the extent of North Korea's efforts to export 
both ballistic missile systems and production technology, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-342.
  October 22 and 23, 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.
  October 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on H.R. 1953, to 
clarify State authority to tax compensation paid to certain 
employees, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 21, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine 
certain recommendations to reform the federal bankruptcy code, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  October 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Bill Lann Lee, of California, to be Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 22, Subcommittee on Youth Violence, to hold hearings to 
examine Federal efforts to prevent juvenile crime, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  October 23, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: October 21, to hold 
hearings on S. 1124, to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodation 
in employment, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  October 22, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider S. 1294, 
to allow for the consolidation of student loans under the Federal 
Family Loan Program and the Direct Loan Program, S. 1237, to further 
improve the safety and health of working environments, and pending 
nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  October 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 869, to 
prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual 
orientation, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business: October 22, to hold hearings to 
examine small business and fundamental tax law reform issues, 9:30 
a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: October 21, to hold hearings on H.R. 
976, to provide for the disposition of certain funds appropriated to 
pay judgment in favor of the Mississippi Sioux Indians, 10 a.m., SR-
485.
  October 23, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 22, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E2013-14 in today's Record.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, The House was not in session.
  Tuesday, Consideration of 17 Suspensions:
  (1) H.R. 2535, Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997;
  (2) H.R. 681, Designating the Carlos J. Moorhead U.S. Post Office 
Building;
  (3) H.R. 282, Designating the Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office 
Building;
  (4) H.R. 2013, Designating the David B. Champagne Post Office 
Building;
  (5) H.R. 2129, Designating the Douglas Applegate Post Office;

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  (6) H.R. 2564, Designating the Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility;
  (7) H.Con.Res. 151, Sense of Congress Regarding Management of Forests 
to Reduce Greenhouse Gases;
  (8) H.R. 1787, Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997;
  (9) H.R. 708, Grazing at Grand Teton National Park;
  (10) H.R. 134, Olivenhain Municipal Water District;
  (11) Concur in Senate Amendment to H.Con.Res. 8, Regarding Coral Reef 
Ecosystems;
  (12) H.R. 1779, To Make Minor Adjustment in the Devils Backbone 
Wilderness in the Mark Twain National Forest;
  (13) H.R. 1789, To Reauthorize the Dairy Indemnity Program;
  (14) H.R. 2366, Census of Agriculture Act of 1997;
  (15) H.R. 2464, To Amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
Exempt Internationally Adopted Children Under Age 10 from the 
Immunization Requirement;
  (16) H.R. 1962, Presidential and Executive Office Financial 
Accountability Act of 1997; and
  (17) H.R. 2610, National Narcotics Leadership Act Amendments of 1997.
  Consideration of H.R. 2204, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1997 
(Open Rule, 1 hour of general debate).
  Note: On Tuesday, the House meets at 10:30 a.m. for morning hour 
debate and 12:00 noon for legislative business. No recorded votes are 
expected before 5:00 p.m.
  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Consideration of H.J. Res.       , 
Making Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1998 (Subject to a 
Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2247, Amtrak Reform and Privatization Act of 
1997 (Subject to a Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 1534, Private Property Rights Implementation 
Act of 1997 (Subject to a Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2646, Education Savings Act for Public and 
Private Schools (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. 2616, Charter Schools Amendments Act of 1997 
(Subject to a Rule); and
  Consideration of H.R. 1270, Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997 (Subject 
to a Rule).


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 22, Subcommittee on Risk 
Management and Specialty Crops, hearing to review the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission's Government Performance Results Act 
Report, 3 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  October 23, full Committee, hearing to review H.R. 2185, USDA 
Accountability and Equity Act of 1997, and other civil rights 
measures, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, October 21, 
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing 
on H.R. 2637, United States $1 Coin Act of 1997, 1 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  October 22, Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing to review law enforcement efforts to combat international 
money laundering occurring through ``black-market peso brokering'', 
9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, October 23, hearing on Securing America's 
Future: Preparing the Nation for the 21st Century, 9:30 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, October 21 and 22, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, hearings on H.R. 655, Electric Consumers' Power to Choose 
Act of 1997, and also the following bills: H.R. 338, Ratepayer 
Protection Act; H.R. 1230, Consumers Electric Power Act of 1997; 
H.R. 1359, to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978 to establish a means to support programs for electric energy 
conservation and energy efficiency, renewable energy, and universal 
and affordable service for electric consumers; and H.R. 1960, 
Electric Power Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 1997, 1:30 
p.m., 2322 Rayburn on October 21 and 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn on 
October 22.
  October 21, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, 
oversight hearing on Implementation of the Private Securities 
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PL 104-67), 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on the Department of Energy's Implementation of Contract Reform: 
Mismanagement of Performance-Based Contracting, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing on Reauthorization of the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission and GAO report CPSC: Better Data Needed to 
Help Identify and Analyze Potential Hazards, 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, October 21, hearing to 
review the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing 
on H.R. 1415, Patient Access to Responsible Care Act of 1997, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, October 22, 
Subcommittee on Civil Service, to mark up the following measures: 
H.R. 1836, Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act of 1997; and 
the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Improvement, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on ``Job 
Corps Oversight: Recruitment and Placement Standards'', 10 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, October 22, hearing on 
Bosnia: The U.S. Role, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  October 22, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on the 
Administration's Policy Toward South Asia, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  October 22, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and 
Trade and the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, joint hearing on the Impact of Child Labor on Free Trade, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 22, oversight hearing on the 
Application of the Antitrust Laws to the Tennessee Valley Authority 
and the Federal Power Marketing Administrations, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing and markup of the following: H.J. Res. 91, granting the 
consent of Congress to the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River 
Basin Compact; H.J. Res. 92, granting the consent of Congress to the 
Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact; H.J. Res. 95, granting 
the consent of Congress to the Chickasaw Trail Economic Development 
Compact; and H.J. Res. 96, granting the consent and approval of 
Congress for the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, 
and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Regulation Compact, 10 a.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on the following measures: H.R. 2652, to amend title 17, 
United States Code, to prevent the misappropriation of collections 
of information; and the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act, 9:30 
a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the implementation 
of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 
9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, October 22, hearing on the 
President's line item veto action on the fiscal year 1998 Defense 
and Military Construction Appropriations, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, October 21, Subcommittee on National Parks 
and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 1522, to extend the authorization 
for the National Historic Preservation Fund, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  October 22, full Committee, to consider the following: S. 423, to 
extend the legislative authority for the Board of Regents of Gunston 
Hall to establish a memorial to honor George Mason; 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; S. 
459, to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to extend 
certain authorizations; H.R. 755, to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1966 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. 1309, to provide 
for an exchange of lands with the city of Greeley, CO, and the Water 
Supply and Storage Co. to eliminate private inholdings in wilderness 
areas; H.R. 1567, Eastern Wilderness Act; H.R. 1739, BWCAW 
Accessibility and Fairness Act of 1997; H.R. 1842, to terminate 
further development and implementation of the American Heritage 
Rivers Initiative; and H.R. 2283, Arches National Park Expansion Act 
of 1997, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to mark up H.R. 2376, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
Establishment Act Amendments of 1997; and hold a hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 2304, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to make technical corrections to a map relating to the Coastal 
Barrier Resource System; H.R. 2401, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to make technical corrections to a map relating to the 
Coastal Barrier Resources System; and H.R. 2556, Wetlands and 
Wildlife Enhancement Act of 1997, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, October 21, to consider the following: H.R. 
2247, Amtrak Reform and Privatization Act of 1997; H.R. 1534, 
Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 1997; and a Continuing 
Appropriations Extension for fiscal year 1998, 5 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  October 22, 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; H.R. 2646, Educational Savings Accounts for Public and 
Private Schools Act of 1997; and H.R. 2616, Charter Schools 
Amendments Act of 1997, 11:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, October 21, Subcommittee on Technology, 
hearing on Technology to Reduce Aircraft Noise, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  October 24, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on 
Indemnification and Crosswaiver Authority, 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, October 22, hearing on the SBA's 7(a) 
and 504 loan programs and their effectiveness in serving 
economically distressed and disadvantaged areas, 9:30 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 23, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Allegations of Sexual 
Harassment at the FAA, 10:15 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Aviation, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 2626, to make clarifications to the Pilot Records 
Improvement Act of 1996; H.R. 1454, Community Flight Safety Act of 
1997; H.R. 2476, to amend title 49, United States Code, to require 
the National Transportation Safety Board and individual foreign air 
carriers to address the needs of families of passengers involved in 
aircraft accidents involving foreign air carriers, 3 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic 
Development, hearing on H.R. 2118, Ban on Smoking in Federal 
Buildings Act, 10:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 23, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on VA Inspector General 
Reports on Alleged Mismanagement at the Charleston, South Carolina 
and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania VA Medical Centers, and on related 
matters, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.

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  Committee on Ways and Means, October 22, to mark up the Internal 
Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1997, 1 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings 
on the Future of Social Security for this Generation and the Next, 
10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Trade, to markup H.R. 1432, African 
Growth and Opportunity Act; and to hold a hearing on the use and 
effect of unilateral trade sanctions, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, October 21, executive, 
briefing on Chinese Nuclear Proliferation, 2:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: October 21, to hold hearings to examine 
Israel's economic future and its impact on United States relations, 
10 a.m., SD-124.