[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 15 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D125-D127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 26, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for 
the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  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, 
1:30 p.m., SD-124.
  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 the Budget, 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, 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, 9:45 a.m., SR-
253.
  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 Finance, to hold hearings to examine private 
contracting in Medicare, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, 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.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and 
Terrorism, to hold hearings to examine drug trafficking and 
certification, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, 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, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  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.

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  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to resume hearings on 
proposed legislation to protect the confidentiality of medical 
information, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  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.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold oversight hearings on the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs' tribal priority allocations, 11 a.m., SD-
562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, 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 
E232-35 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Research, Education and Economics, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Congressional and public 
witnesses, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on the IRS, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  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 Commerce, to mark up H.R. 2369, Wireless Privacy 
Enhancement Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Employer--Employee Relations, to mark up H.R. 3246, Fairness for 
Small Business and Employees Act of 1998, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, to continue hearings on Campaign 
Reform, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on U.S. Narcotics 
Policy Toward Colombia, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Shattered Dream, 
the Uncertain State of Democracy in Cambodia, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on Administrative Taxation: 
The FCC's Universal Service Tax, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing regarding the 
need for federal protection of religious freedom after Boerne v. 
Flores, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to markup 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 On-line 
Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act, 10 a.m., B-352 
Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations & Facilities, hearing on FY 1999 budget request for 
military construction and military family housing of the Department 
of Defense, 10:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the status and 
effectiveness of the TRICARE program, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on the Administration's FY 1999 budget 
request for three agencies within the Department of Interior: Office 
of Surface Mining, Minerals Management Service, and the Energy and 
Minerals programs of the Bureau of Land Management, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  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.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, oversight hearing 
on Fee Demonstration Programs-Successes and Failures, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Issues related to Stolen Airline Ticket Stocks 
from Travel Agents, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Assessing Health Care Quality, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on the Future of Social 
Security for this Generation and the Next, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.

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                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: 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.