[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 13 (Monday, February 23, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D100-D105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of February 24 through 28, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1663, regarding 
campaign finance reform.
  On Wednesday, Senate will consider the veto message to accompany H.R. 
2631, disapproving the cancellations transmitted by the President on 
October 6, 1997, regarding Public Law 105-45, Military Construction 
Appropriations, 1998, with a vote on the message to occur thereon.
  During the balance of the week Senate expects to continue 
consideration of S. 1663, regarding campaign finance reform, and may 
consider any executive or legislative business cleared for action.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, February 24, 1998, 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: February 24 and 26, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999, Tuesday, 
for the Agricultural Research Service, Cooperative State Research, 
Education and Extension Service, Economic Research Service, and the 
National Agricultural Statistics Service, all of the Department of 
Agriculture, 10 a.m.; Thursday, for the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m.; SD-138.

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  February 24 and 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and 
the Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1999, Tuesday, for the Department of Justice, 10 a.m.; 
Thursday, for the Department of State, 10 a.m.; SD-192.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Secretary 
of the Senate, the Capitol Police Board, and the Congressional 
Budget Office, 10 a.m., SD-116.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1999 for the Treasury Department, focusing on law enforcement 
programs, 1 p.m., SD-124.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense, 
2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 24 and 25, Subcommittee on 
Readiness, to hold hearings on the status of the operational 
readiness of the U.S. military forces including the availability of 
resources and training opportunities necessary to meet our national 
security requirements, Tuesday at 3 p.m. in SR-301 and Wednesday at 
10 a.m. in SH-216.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine NATO 
expansion, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 25, to 
hold oversight hearings on monetary policy of the United States, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 24, to hold hearings to examine 
what a budget surplus means to social security, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine long term 
budget projections and issues, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
success of the national trade strategy from the perspective of 
international affairs funding, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 24 
and 26, to resume hearings to examine the scope and depth of the 
proposed settlement between States Attorneys Generals and tobacco 
companies to mandate a total reformation and restructuring of how 
tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed in 
America, Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. and Thursday at 9:45 a.m., SR-253.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to 
examine universal service administration issues and the General 
Accounting Office's (GAO) report from February 11, 1998 that 
declared the schools and libraries and rural health care 
corporations illegal, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine, to hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for programs of the Rail Safety Act, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine 
the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) efforts to upgrade the 
infrastructure that supports air transportation in the United 
States, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 24, 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, to hold hearings to examine the status of the visitor 
center and museum facilities project at Gettysburg National Military 
Park in Pennsylvania, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, 
to hold oversight hearings on the use of speciality forest projects 
from the National Forests, 10:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: February 25, to resume hearings on proposals 
and recommendations to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue 
Service, including a related measure H.R. 2676, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine private 
contracting in Medicare, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 24, to hold hearings on 
the Administration views on the protocols to the North Atlantic 
Treaty on Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  February 25, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export 
and Trade Promotion, to hold hearings on the implementation of U.S. 
policy on construction of a Western Caspian Sea oil pipeline, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Robert T. Grey, Jr., of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as United States Representative to the 
Conference on Disarmament, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  February 26, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to 
hold hearings to examine whether U.S. unilateral trade sanctions are 
effective for U.S.-Asia trade policy, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Pease Corps, 
Narcotics and Terrorism, to hold hearings to examine drug 
trafficking and certification, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: February 24, to resume hearings 
on S. 981, to provide for the analysis of major regulatory rules by 
Federal agencies, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  February 26, Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation 
and Federal Services, to hold hearings on S. 1495, to strengthen the 
ability of the Office of Personnel Management to obtain judicial 
review to protect the merit system, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 24, Subcommittee on 
Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, to hold hearings 
to examine incidences of foreign terrorists in America five years 
after the world Trade Center, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and 
Property Rights, to hold hearings to examine whether term limits or 
campaign finance reform would provide true political reform, 2 p.m., 
SD-226.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
incidences of high tech worker shortage and immigration policy, 10 
a.m., SD-226.

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  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending judicial 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  February 26, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and 
Competition, to hold hearings on oversight of the Antitrust Division 
of the Department of Justice, Focusing on international and criminal 
enforcement, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: February 24, to resume 
hearings to examine the scope and depth of the proposed settlement 
between State Attorneys General and tobacco companies to mandate a 
total reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products are 
manufactured, marketed, and distributed in America, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine how to 
mobilize school and community resources during non-school hours, 
9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  February 26, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the 
confidentiality of medical information, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: February 25, to hold 
oversight hearings on the strategic plan implementation including 
budget requests for the operations of the Office of the Secretary of 
the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms and the Architect of the Capitol, 9 
a.m., SR-30l.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1578, to make 
available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval by 
the public, certain information available through the Congressional 
Research Service web site, and to hold oversight hearings on the 
budget requests for the operations of the Government Printing 
Office, the National Gallery of Art, and the Congressional Research 
Service, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: February 24, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Togo D. West, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to 
be Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Veterans Affairs to review the legislative 
recommendations of the Non-Commissioned Officers Association, the 
Paralyzed Veterans of American, the Jewish War Veterans, the 
Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Blinded Veterans 
Association, the Veterans of World War, I, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon 
Building.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 25, to hold hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1999 for Indian 
programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs' tribal priority allocations, 11 a.m., SD-
562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 26, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings schedule ahead, see pages 
E191-94 in today's Record.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, the House was not in session.
  Tuesday, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour and at 
2:00 p.m. for consideration of 10 Suspensions:
  (1) H.R. 429, NATO Special Immigrant Amendments of 1997;
  (2) H.R. 3116, Examination Parity and Year 2000 Readiness for 
Financial Institutions Act;
  (3) H. Res. --, Regarding S. 1150, Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Education Reform Act of 1997;
  (4) H.R. 3120, Designating the Howard C. Nielson Post Office 
Building;
  (5) H.R. 2766, Designating the Karl Bernal Post Office Building;
  (6) S. 916, Designating the Blaine H. Eaton Post Office Building;
  (7) H.R. 2836, Designating the Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office 
Building;
  (8) H.R. 2773, Designating the Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office Building;
  (9) S. 985, Designating the Larry Doby Post Office; and
  (10) H.R. 424, Providing for Increased Mandatory Minimum Sentences 
for Criminals Possessing Firearms.
  Note: No recorded votes are expected before 5:00 p.m.
  Wednesday and Thursday, Consideration of H.R. 2181, Witness 
Protection and Interstate Relocation Act of 1997 (Subject to Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 1544, Federal Agency Compliance Act (Subject to 
Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2460, Wireless Telephone Protection Act 
(Subject to Rule).
  Friday, No recorded votes are expected.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 26, Subcommittee on Livestock, 
Dairy, and Poultry, hearing to review livestock, dairy, and poultry 
trade between the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, 1 p.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 24, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and 
Related Agencies, on Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services, 1 p.m., 
2362-A Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Service, 
Education, on Employment and Training Administration/Veterans 
Employment, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on U.S. 
Central Command, 2 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 24, Subcommittee on VA-HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, 10 a.m., and on the National 
Credit Union Administration, 11 a.m., H-143 Capitol.

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  February 25, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on FDA, 1 p.m., 2362-
A Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary, on Legal Services Corporation, 10:30 a.m., H-309 Capitol, 
and on the Secretary of State, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing 
and Related Programs, on Security Assistance, 10 a.m., H-144 
Capitol.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Pension Agencies and Office of Inspector General 
(Labor), 10 a.m., and on the Employment Standards Administration and 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Army 
Construction, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on National Security, on FY 1999, Navy/
Marine Corps Budget Overview, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn, and executive, 
on FY 1999, Navy/Marine Corps Acquisition Program, 1:30 p.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Treasury Law Enforcement, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2:30 p.m., and on the Consumer 
Information Center, 3:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Research, 
Education and Economics, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary, on the Attorney General, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and on the 
USIA, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 10 
a.m., and on GAO, Department of Health and Human Services oversight, 
2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on 
Congressional and public witnesses, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on National Security, on FY 1999 Army 
Budget Overview, 10 a.m., and, executive, on FY 1999 Army 
Acquisition Program, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on the IRS, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Court of Veterans Appeals, 2:30 p.m., and on the Selective Service 
System, 3:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, February 24, 
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing 
to review the Federal Reserve's conduct of monetary policy 
(Humphrey-Hawkins), 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, February 25, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing on the 
tobacco settlement, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 24, 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on 
Teacher Training, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, to mark 
up the Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act, 10:30 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, February 24, 
Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing and markup of the Federal 
Retirement Coverage Corrections Act, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing on 
ways to improve the federal government's approach to research into 
the health concerns of Gulf War veterans, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 25 and 26, Full committee hearings on Yah Lin ``Charlie'' 
Trie's Relationship with the Democratic National Committee and the 
Administration, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information 
and Technology, hearing on the following measure: Government Waste, 
Fraud, and Error Reduction Act of 1998; H.R. 2347, Federal Benefit 
Verification and Integrity Act; and H.R. 2063, Debt Collection Wage 
Information Act of 1997; 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, February 26 to continue hearings on 
Campaign Reform, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, February 24, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on Annual 
Oversight of Refugee Programs, Policies, and Budget, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  February 25, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Options in 
Confronting Iraq, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and 
Trade, hearing on Multilateral Agreement on Investment: Win, Lose or 
Draw for the U.S., 1:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, to mark up H. Res. 364, urging introduction and passage of a 
resolution on the human rights situation in the People's Republic of 
China at the 54th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human 
Rights; followed by a hearing on the Peruvian Population Control 
Program, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 26, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Narcotics Policy 
Toward Colombia, 11 a.m., Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Asian and the Pacific, hearing on 
Shattered Dream, the Uncertain State of Democracy in Cambodia, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 25, Subcommittee on 
Commercial and Administrative Law, to mark up H.R. 1704, 
Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis Creation Act; followed 
by an oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice's 
Executive Office for U.S. Attorney, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, and Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, 10 a.m., 
2237 Rayburn.

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  February 25, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing 
regarding the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of 
Justice 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to mark up H.R. 
3206, Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1998, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
oversight hearing on Administrative Taxation: The FCC's Universal 
Service Tax, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing 
regarding the need for federal protection of religious freedom after 
Boerne v. Flores, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 2696, Vessel Hull Design 
Protection Act; H.R. 2294, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1997; 
H.R. 2281, WIPO Copyright Treaties Implementation Act; and H.R. 
3209, the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act, 10 
a.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  Committee on the National Security, February 24, and 25, 
Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearings on depot issues, 2 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn on February 24, and 8 a.m., 2216 Rayburn on 
February 25.
  February 25, full Committee, executive, a threat assessment 
briefing from the intelligence community, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Military Installations & Facilities, 
hearing on FY 1999 budget request for military construction and 
military family housing of the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the 
statuts and effectiveness of the TRICARE program, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee Military Procurement and the 
Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, joint hearing on 
Department of Defense Modernization for FY 1999, 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, February, 24, Subcommittee on National 
Parks and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2223, 
Education Land Grant Act; H.R. 1728, National Park Service 
Administrative Amendment of 1997; and H.R. 2993, to provide for the 
collection of fees for the making of motion pictures, television 
productions, and sound tracks in National Park System and National 
Wildlife Refuge System units, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 25, full Committee, on the following bills: H.R. 2756, 
Kake Tribal Corporation Land Exchange Act; H.R. 2812, Unrecognized 
Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition Act; H.R. 2924, to 
amend the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for 
selection of lands by certain veterans of the Vietnam era and by the 
Elim Native Corporation; H.R. 3087, to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to grant an easement to Chugrach Alaska Corporation; and 
H.R. 3088, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 
regarding Huna Totem Corporation public interest land exchange, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on the Administration's Forest Service Roadless Area 
Moratorium, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, 
oversight hearing on the Administration's FY 1999 budget request for 
three agencies within the Department of the Interior: Office of 
Surface Mining, Minerals Management Service, and the Energy and 
Minerals programs of the Bureau of Land Management, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
NOAA, and National Marine Service FY 1999 Budget request, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, 
oversight hearing on Fee Demonstration Programs--Successes and 
Failures, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, February, 24, to consider the following: H.R. 
2181, Witness Protection and Interstate Relocation Act of 1997; and 
H.R. 1544, Federal Agency Compliance Act, 3 p.m., B-312 Capitol.
  February 25, to consider H.R. 2460, Wireless Telephone Protection 
Act, 3 p.m., H-312 the Capitol.
  Committee on Science, February 25, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment hearing on the following: Department of Energy FY 1999 
Budget Authorization Request; H.R. 1806, to provide for the 
consolidation of the Office of Fossil Energy and the Office of 
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency of the Department of Energy; 
and S. 965, to amend title II of the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 to 
extend an authorization contained therein, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, oversight 
hearing on FY 1999 Budget Request: The Sciences at NASA, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Technology, oversight hearing on the 
FY 1999 Administration Request for the Technology Administration and 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 25, hearing on Reducing 
America's Small Business Tax Burden, 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 25 and 
26, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, 
hearings on GSA FY 1999 Budget, and related issues, 10:30 a.m., on 
February 25 and 9 a.m., on February 26, 2253 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Issues related 
to Stolen Airline Ticket Stocks from Travel Agents, 9:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 24, Subcommittee on 
Benefits, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3039, Veterans' 
Transitional Housing Opportunities Act of 1997, and H.R. 3211, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to enact into law eligibility 
requirements for burial at Arlington National Cemetery, 10:30 a.m., 
340 Cannon.

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  Committee on Ways and Means, February 24, Subcommittee on 
Oversight, hearing on the Treasury Department Report on Innocent 
Spouse Relief, 2 p.m., B-318.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on Asia Trade Issues, 
11 a.m., to 1100 Longworth.
  February 25, full committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998; and H.R. 
1432, African Growth and Opportunity Act, 10 a.m., and to hold a 
hearing on the revenue provisions in the Administration's FY 1999 
Budget, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Assessing Health 
Care Quality, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on the 
Future of Social Security for this Generation and the Next, 1 p.m., 
B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 25, 
executive, briefing on Budget Overview, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: February 24, to hold hearings to examine 
the performance of the International Monetary Fund, 9:30 a.m., 311 
Cannon Building.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
potential for economic terrorist attacks, focusing on the use of 
radio frequency weapons, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Joint hearing: February 26, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs 
to review the legislative recommendations of the Non-Commissioned 
Officers Association, the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the Jewish 
War Veterans, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Blinded 
Veterans Association, and the Veterans of World War I, 9:30 a.m., 
345 Cannon Building.