[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 150 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1190-D1193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of November 3 through 8, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider the nomination of Charles Rossotti, 
of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 
Department of the Treasury, with a vote to occur thereon, and may 
consider the motion to proceed to S. 1269, Reciprocal Trade Agreement 
Act.
  On Tuesday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on 
H.R. 2646, Education Savings Act For Public and Private Schools, and 
vote on a motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to S. 
1269, Fast Track/Trade Agreements.
  On Thursday, Senate will resume consideration of the conference 
report on H.R. 1119, National Defense Authorization Act, with a vote to 
occur thereon. Also, during the week, Senate may resume consideration 
of S. 1156, D.C. Appropriations, 1998, S.J. Res. 37, Amtrak Strike 
Prohibition, consider the conference reports on S. 830, FDA 
Modernization and Accountability Act, S. 858, Intelligence 
Authorization, H.R. 2264, Labor/HHS, and further conference reports, 
when available, and any cleared legislative and executive business.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, November 4, 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 4, 
Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology, to hold hearings 
on mandating year 2000 disclosure by publicly-traded companies; to 
be followed by a full committee business meeting to consider certain 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: November 4, to hold hearings to examine 
options for funding social security benefits in the 21st century, 2 
p.m., SD-608.
  November 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Federal 
pre-kindergarten through grade twelve education programs, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 4, 
business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  November 4, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to 
hold hearings to examine the necessity of Federal involvement in the 
Next Generation Internet, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  November 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
environmental consequences of global warming scenarios, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 4, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of Curt Herbert Jr., of Mississippi, and 
Linda Key Breathitt, of Kentucky, each to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 4, 
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings 
to examine the status of Federal transportation programs in the 
absence of a multi-year reauthorization, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  November 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 627, 
authorizing funds for programs of the African Elephant Conservation 
Act, and S. 1287, to assist in the conservation of Asian elephants 
by supporting and providing financial resources for the conservation 
programs of nations within the range of Asian elephants and projects 
of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of Asian 
elephants, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to 
hold hearings to examine the General Services Administration 
proposal to construct or otherwise acquire a facility to house the 
headquarters of the Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: November 5, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation to restructure the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and 
to examine the recommendations of the IRS Restructuring Commission, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 4, business meeting, to 
mark up S. 759, to provide for an annual report to Congress 
concerning diplomatic immunity, S. Con. Res. 48, expressing the 
sense of the Congress regarding proliferation of missile technology 
from Russia to Iran, and S.Con.Res. 58, expressing the concern of 
Congress over Russia's newly passed religion law, and to consider 
pending nominations, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  November 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine how the 
American public views NATO enlargement, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  November 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine commercial 
activities of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), 10 a.m., SD-
419.

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  Committee on Governmental Affairs: November 3, Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to resume oversight hearings on the 
Treasury Department's Office of Inspector General, 9:30 a.m., SD-
342.
  November 3, Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation 
and Federal Services, to hold hearings to review the annual report 
of the Postmaster General, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  November 6, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine the social impact of music violence, 12 Noon, SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 3, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings on 
oversight of the administrative procedures and examination of anti-
slamming laws, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  November 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
competition, innovation, and public policy in the digital age, 10 
a.m., SD-G50.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation on the impact of section 110 of the 1996 
Immigration Act on land borders of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-
562.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Youth Violence, to hold hearings to 
examine Federal efforts to prevent juvenile crime, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Seth Waxman, of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of 
the United States, Department of Justice, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, closed briefing on the ``eligible receiver'' exercise, 
2 p.m., SH-217.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold hearings to examine the report of the 
President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, 3 
p.m., SD-226.
  November 6, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider the 
nomination of Bill Lann Lee, of California, to be Assistant Attorney 
General for the Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  November 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Robert S. Warshaw, of New York, to be Associate Director, and Thomas 
J. Umberg, of California, to be Deputy Director for Supply 
Reduction, both of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: November 5, business 
meeting, to consider pending administrative matters, 9:30 a.m., SR-
301.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 3, to hold hearings on H.R. 
1604, to provide for the division, use, and distribution of judgment 
funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan, 10 a.m., SR-
485.
  November 4, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up H.R. 976, 
to provide for the disposition of certain funds appropriated to pay 
judgment in favor of the Mississippi Sioux Indians, and to consider 
the nomination of Kevin Gover, of New Mexico, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 9:15 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 6, to hold hearings to 
examine proliferation issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  November 6, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, The House is not in session.
  Tuesday, Consideration of 19 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 2644, United States-Caribbean Trade Partnership Act;
  2. H.R. 1967, to provide that the distribution before January 1, 
1978, of a phonorecord shall not for any purpose constitute a 
publication of the musical work;
  3. H.R. 2265, No Electronic Theft Act;
  4. 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;
  5. H.J. Res. 91, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flat River Basin Compact;
  6. H.J. Res. 92, Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa river basin Compact;
  7. H.R. 1702, Commercial Space Act; and
  8. H.R. 1839, National Salvage Motor Vehicle Consumer protection Act 
of 1997;
  9. H.R. 1836, Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act of 1997;
  10. H.R. 2675, Federal employees Life Insurance Improvement Act;
  11. Volunteers for Wildlife Act of 1997;
  12. Carson national Forest and the Santa Fe national Forest Land 
Conveyance;
  13. S. 587, Hinsdale County, Colorado Land Exchange;
  14. S. 588, providing for the expansion of the Eagles Nest 
Wilderness;
  15. S. 589, providing for a Boundary Adjustment and Land Conveyance 
Involving the Raggeds Wilderness;
  16. S. 591, Transferring the Dillon Ranger District in the Arapaho 
National Forest to the White River National Forest;
  17. H.R. 1604, Providing for the Division, Use, and Distribution of 
Judgment Funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians;
  18. H.R. 948, Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Act; and
  19. S. 931, Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and Ernest F. Coe 
Visitor Center Designation Act; and
  Consideration of H.R. 2746, HELP Scholarships Act (closed rule, 2 
hours of general debate); and
  Consideration of H.R. 2616, Charter Schools Amendments Act (open 
rule, 1 hour of general debate).

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  Note: No recorded votes are expected before 5:00 p.m.
  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Consideration of H.R. 2676, IRS 
Restructuring Act (subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2195, Laogai Slave Labor Products Act of 1997 
(subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 967, Prohibition of U.S. Funds to Certain 
Chinese Officials (subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2570, Forced Abortion Condemnation Act (subject 
to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2358, Political Freedom in China Act of 1997 
(subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2232, Radio Free Asia Act of 1997 (subject to a 
rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2605, Communist China Subsidy Reduction Act of 
1997 (subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2647, to ensure that commercial activities of 
the People's Liberation Army of China or any Communist Chinese military 
company in the U.S. are monitored and are subject to the authorities 
under the International Emergency Economics Powers Act;
  Consideration of H. Res. 188, urging the executive branch to take 
action regarding the acquisition by Iran of C-802 cruise missiles;
  Consideration of H.R. 2386, United States-Taiwan Anti-Ballistic 
Missile Defense Cooperation Act (subject to a rule); and
  Consideration of H.R. 2621, Reciprocal Trade Agreement Authorities 
Act of 1997 (subject to a rule).


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, November 4, Subcommittee on Forestry, 
Resource Conservation and Research, hearing on the review on the 
implementation of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, 9:30 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation, and 
Research, hearing on H.R. 2515, Forest Recovery and Protection Act 
of 1997, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, 
hearing to review the Federal Crop Insurance Program, 1 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  November 6, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, hearing on 
review of agricultural transportation issue, with a focus on the 
current rail grain situation, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, November 6, Subcommittee on Treasury, 
Postal Service, hearing on GAO investigation of White House, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, November 4, hearing 
on the Millennium Bug: Banking and the Year 2000 computer problem, 2 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  November 5, to markup H.R. 217, Homeless Housing Programs 
Consolidation and Flexibility Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, November 4, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Federal-State Relationship: A Look 
into EPA Regulatory Reinvention Efforts, 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on the 
upcoming global climate change agreement negotiations in Kyoto, 
Japan, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  November 5 and 7, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearings on the Department of Energy's Funding of Molten Metal 
Technology, 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn on November 5 and 9:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn on November 7.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, November 4, 
Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing on Privatization 
of Child Support Enforcement Services, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  November 4, Subcommittee on The Postal Service, hearing on 
Improving Labor Management Relations in the Postal Service, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on ``CSRS-FERS 
OPEN SEASON--What Are the Merits?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, 
and Technology, oversight hearing on the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  November 6 and 7, full Committee, hearings on the ``White House 
Compliance with Committee Subpoenas,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, November 6 and 7, to continue 
hearings on Campaign Finance Reform, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, November 5, hearing on 
``Soldiers Without Borders: Crisis in Central Africa'', 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  November 6, hearing on the current status of negotiations between 
the Tibetan Government in Exile and the People's Republic of China, 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  November 6, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and the 
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, joint 
hearing on the Fifth Summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 
Forum, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 5, oversight hearing on The 
Antitrust Enforcement Agencies: The Antitrust Division of the 
Department of Justice and the Bureau of Competition of the Federal 
Trade Commission, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on the Internet Domain Name Trademark Protection, 
10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on the 
Health Professional Shortage Area Nursing Relief Act of 1997, 10 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  November 6, full Committee, to markup H.R. 1909, Civil Rights Act 
of 1997, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  November 7, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on combating crimes 
against children facilitated by the internet, 9:30 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.

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  November 7, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight 
hearing on the Final Report of the Commission on Immigration Reform, 
9:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, November 4, Subcommittee on 
Military Research and Development, hearing on Federal response to 
domestic terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction--status of 
Department of Defense support program, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, 
hearing on ballistic missile threat posed by Iran, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  November 6, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on 
Department of Defense equipment modernization, 9:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, November 4, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, to markup the following bills: H.R. 1659, Mount St. 
Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion Act; H.R. 2416, provide 
for the transfer of certain rights and property to the United States 
Forest Service in exchange for a payment to the occupant of such 
property; and H.R. 2574, to consolidate certain mineral interest in 
the National grasslands in Billings County, ND, through the exchange 
of Federal and private mineral interest to enhance land management 
capabilities and environmental and wildlife protection, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  November 5, full Committee, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  November 6, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on the review of NOAA's plan for The 
Management of Monitor National Maine Sanctuary, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  November 6, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to 
continue hearings on H.R. 1995, Point Reyes National Seashore 
Farmland Protection Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, November 4, to consider the following: H.R. 
2676, Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1997; 
H. Res. 188, urging the executive branch to take action regarding 
the acquisition by Iran of C-802 Cruise missiles; H.R. 967, to 
prohibit the use of United States funds to provide for the 
participation of certain Chinese officials in international 
conferences, programs, and activities and to provide that certain 
Chinese officials shall be ineligible to receive visas and be 
excluded from admission to the United States; H.R. 2195, Laogai 
Slave Labor Products Act of 1997; H.R. 2232, Radio Free Asia Act of 
1997; H.R. 2358, Political Freedom in China Act of 1997; H.R. 2386, 
U.S.-Taiwan Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense Cooperation Act; H.R. 
2570, Forced Abortion Condemnation Act; H.R. 2605, Communist China 
Subsidy Reduction Act of 1997; and H.R. 2647, to ensure that 
commercial activities of the People's Liberation Army of China or 
any Communist Chinese military company in the United States are 
monitored and are subject to the authorities under the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  November 4, hearing on H. Res. 298, amending the Rules of the 
House of Representatives to repeal the rule allowing subpoenaed 
witnesses to choose not to be photographed at committee hearings, 6 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, November 4, Subcommittee on Technology, 
hearing on The Global Dimensions of the Millennium Bug, 9:30 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on 
International Space Station Status and Cost Overruns, 1 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  November 6, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, to continue 
hearings on the Countdown to Kyoto Part III: The Administration's 
Global Climate Change Proposal, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  November 6, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on the Role of 
Computer Security in Protecting the U.S. Infrastructure, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November, 6, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, hearing on the 
Reauthorization of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Program, 
9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, November 4, Subcommittee on Trade, 
oversight hearing on the Future of United States-China Trade 
Relations and the possible Accession of China to the World Trade 
Organization, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 5, executive, 
hearing on Nonproliferation, 2:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.