[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 10 (Wednesday, February 11, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D85-D87]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 12, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 10 a.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget, to hold hearings on unfunded private 
sector mandates, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Winter D. Horton Jr., of Utah, to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1422, to promote 
competition in the market for delivery of multichannel video 
programming, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings on financing the 
Airport Improvement Program, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold 
hearings on S. 62, to prohibit further extension or establishment of 
any national monument in Idaho without full public participation, S. 
477, to require an Act of Congress and the consultation with State 
legislature prior to the establishment by the President of national 
monuments, S. 691, to ensure that the public and the Congress have 
the right and opportunity to participate in decisions that affect 
the use and management of all public lands, H.R. 901, to preserve 
the sovereignty of the U.S. over public lands, and H.R. 1127, to 
amend the Antiquities Act regarding the establishment by the 
President of certain national monuments, 2 p.m., SD-366.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to examine the 
International Monetary Fund's role in the Asian financial crisis, 2 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings to examine adoption and foster care reform measures 
in the District of Columbia, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Education of the Deaf 
Act of 1986, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings on proposals to 
reform the Internal Revenue Service, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold hearings on the Indian 
provisions contained in S. 1414, S. 1415, and S. 1530, bills to 
reform and restructure the processes by which tobacco products are 
manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of 
tobacco products by minors and to redress the adverse health effects 
of tobacco use, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E155-58 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
the Secretary of Agriculture, 10:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on the Secretary of Labor, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative, on the Joint Committee on Printing 
and on Congressional and public witnesses, 9 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Overview, 11 a.m., B-300 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, on Medical Programs, 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on the Office of Inspector 
General, 10 a.m., and the GAO, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, 9 a.m., on DOD-Civil, 
Cemeterial Expenses, Army, 10 a.m., and on the Council on 
Environmental Quality, 11 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to consider pending 
Committee business; and to hold a hearing on the restitution of art 
objects seized by the Nazi from Holocaust victims and on insurance 
claims of certain Holocaust victims and their heirs, 9:30 a.m., and 
1:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, 
hearing on Cloning: Legal, Medical, Ethical, and Social Issues, 11 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the 
Department of Energy's funding of Molten Metal Technology, 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to consider Contract 
Agreements with those providing services to the Committee in 
relation to the oversight investigation of the International 
Brotherhood of Teamsters election, 11:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to continue hearings 
on Patient Access to Alternative Treatments: Beyond the FDA, 1 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, to continue hearings on H.R. 2982, Quality Child Care 
for Federal Employees, 9:30 a.m., hearing and markup of H.R. 2883, 
Government Performance and Results Act Technical Amendments of 1997; 
and to mark up H.R. 2982, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing on Pension 
Security: DOL Erisa Enforcement and the Limited Scope Audit 
Exemption, 9:30 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the 
Administration's Fiscal Year 1999 International Affairs Budget 
request, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up H. Res. 350, 
Congratulating the people of Sri Lanka on the Occasion of the 
fiftieth anniversary of their nation's independence; to be followed 
by a hearing on U.S. Interests in the Central Asian Republics, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, to mark 
up the following measures: H.R. 2678, International Child Labor 
Elimination Act of 1997; and S. Con. Res. 37, expressing the sense 
of Congress that Little League Baseball Inc. was established to 
support and develop Little League baseball worldwide and should be 
entitled to all of the benefits and privileges available to non-
governmental international organizations, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2604, 
Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act of 1997; 
and H.R. 2611, Religious Fairness in Bankruptcy Act of 1997, 10 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 2652, Collections of Information Antipiracy 
Act; and H.R. 3163, Trade Dress Protection Act; and to hold an 
oversight hearing regarding Internet domain name trademark 
protection, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, hearing on Threats to United 
States National Security, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2807, 
Rhino and Tiger Product Labeling Act; H.R. 3113, Rhinoceros and 
Tiger Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998; and H.R. 3164, 
Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.

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  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on 
Tucson Rod and Gun Club, Arizona, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth
  Committee on Science, to continue hearings on the Road from Kyoto 
Part 2: Kyoto and the Administration's Fiscal Year 1999 Budget 
request, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on Aeronautics and 
Space Transportation Technology, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing to examine Federal Agency 
compliance with section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on the Department of 
Veterans Affairs budget request for FY 1999, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on ways to 
reduce the Federal tax burden on the American public, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on U.S. efforts to reduce barriers 
to trade in agriculture, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.