[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 18 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D148-D151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 3, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Energy, focusing on defense 
programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-116.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1999 for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, 
Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and the Alternative Agricultural 
Research and Commercialization Center, all of the Department of 
Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for Army and Defense 
programs, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for 
the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the Drug Enforcement 
Administration, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, all 
of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation making supplemental appropriations for the International 
Monetary Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 10:30 
a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
on the military strategies and operational requirements of the 
unified commands, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold open and closed hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
on the seapower threat-based requirement, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold hearings 
on S. 1405, to provide for improved monetary policy and regulatory 
reform in financial institution

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management and activities, to streamline financial regulatory agency 
action, and to provide for improved consumer credit disclosure, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 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, 9:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1999 for the 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, business meeting, to 
consider amendments to S. 1173, authorizing funds for construction 
of highways, for highway safety, and for mass transit programs 
(ISTEA) (pending in Senate), 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, business meeting, to consider the 
Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the accession of 
Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, and to mark up S. Res. 174, 
to state the sense of the Senate that Thailand is a key partner and 
friend of the United States, has committed itself to executing its 
responsibilities under its arrangements with the International 
Monetary Fund, and that the United States should be prepared to 
ensure continued close bilateral relations, and H.R. 1116, to 
provide for the conveyance of the reversionary interest of the U.S. 
in certain lands to the Clint Independent School District and the 
Fabens Independent School District, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine market 
power and structural change in the software industry, 10 a.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public 
Health and Safety, to hold hearings to examine the United States' 
response to infectious diseases, 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 Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 a.m., 345 
Cannon Building.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E254-57 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review legislation to 
reform information technology procurement at the USDA to ensure year 
2000 compliance; and to mark up H.R. 3280, USDA Year 2000 Compliance 
Enhancement Act, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Rural Development, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Congressional and public witnesses 
(Natural Resources), 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., and the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the 
Inspector General, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Navy Construction, 1:30 
p.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on U.S. Special 
Operations Command, 2 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on the Secretary of 
Transportation, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA-HUD and Independent Agencies, on FEMA, 9 a.m., 
and 12 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on the Future Direction of the 
EEOC, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information and Technology, to mark up the 
following: 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; and H.R. 2883, 
Government Performance and Results Act Technical Amendments of 1997, 
1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: H.R. 1704, 
Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis Creation Act; H.J. Res. 
78, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
regarding religious freedom; H.R. 3117, Civil Rights Commission Act 
of 1998; H.R. 2589, Copyright Term Extension Act; H.R. 2294, Federal 
Courts Improvement Act of 1997; H.R. 2696, Vessel Hull Design 
Protection Act; H.R. 1252, Judiciary Reform Act of 1997; H. Res. 
372, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug and should not be 
legalized for medicinal use; H.R. 118, Traffic Stops Statistics Act 
of 1997; and Committee Budget Views and Estimates; and to consider 
other pending Committee business, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Special Oversight Panel on Morale, 
Welfare and Recreation, hearing on the resale system and CBO report 
implications, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, hearing on 
the Administration's fiscal year 1999 budget request for the 
military construction and military family housing programs of the 
Department of Defense, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 2973, Sportfishing and Boating 
Improvement Act of 1997, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 856, to provide a process 
leading to a full self government for Puerto Rico, 2:30 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.

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  Committee on Small Business, hearing on the SBA's fiscal year 1999 
Budget and their annual performance plan, 3 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
reports regarding Medicare payment policies, 12 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             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 Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 
a.m., 345 Cannon Building.


*These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no 
accompanying report. A total of 7 reports have been filed in the 
Senate, a total of 15 reports have been filed in the House.

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