[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 20 (Wednesday, March 4, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D172-D173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 5, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
hearings to examine the global warming agreement recently reached in 
Kyoto, Japan and its effect on the agricultural economy, 9 a.m., SR-
332.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 1999 for the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-
138.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce, and the Small Business Administration, 10 a.m., S-146, 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings to examine 
barriers to airline competition, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 
for the Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department, 1:30 p.m., 
SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 
for the Department of Education, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
to continue hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1999 for the Department of Education, focusing on security on 
campus, 3 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services, to hold open and closed (SR-222) 
hearings on the role of the Department of Defense in countering the 
transnational threats of the 21st century, including terrorism, 
narco-trafficking, and weapons of mass destruction, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to examine the 
commercialization of space, 2 p.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 
Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, business meeting, to consider a 
committee report on special investigation of illegal and improper 
activities in connection with 1996 Federal election campaigns, 4 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold oversight hearings on the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service, focusing on proposals to 
reform the naturalization process, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Children 
and Families, to hold hearings to examine after school child care 
options, 10 a.m., SD-430.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate Committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E297-E300 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource 
Conservation, and Research, hearing to review the implementation of 
the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, 9:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Departmental Administration, the Chief Financial Officer and the 
Chief Information Officer, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on the 
FBI, 10:30 a.m., and on the Secretary of Commerce, 2 p.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Public Witnesses (Indian Programs), 
10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10 a.m., and on the 
Administration for Children and Families and the Administration on 
Aging, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on the Quality of Life and 
Senior Enlisted from each Service, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, on FY 1999 Air Force Budget 
Overview, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn, and, executive, on FY 1999 Air 
Force Acquisition Program, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on the Coast Guard, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on Financial Management Services, the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing and the Mint, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Community 
Development Financial Institutions, 9 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to mark up H.R. 3114, 
International Monetary Fund Reform and Authorization Act of 1998, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on H.R. 3000, Superfund Reform Act, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on the Tobacco 
Settlement, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning, hearing on 
Developing a Consensus on Student Loan Interest Rates, 11 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 2888, Sales Incentive Compensation Act; and H.R. 2327, 
Drive for Teen Employment Act, 9:30 a.m, 2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 3249, Federal Retirement Coverage Corrections 
Act; and H.R. 2883, Government Performance and Results Act Technical 
Amendments of 1997, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, 
hearing on Oversight of the Federal Election Commission, 10 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing on Public 
Health 2000: Hepatitis C, the Silent Epidemic, 10:30 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing on Small Business Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Oversight, to continue hearings on Campaign 
Reform, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the 
Administration's Foreign Assistance Budget request for FY 1999, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up the following 
measures: H. Res. 364, urging the 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; H. Res. 361, calling for free and impartial elections in 
Cambodia; and H. Con. Res. 218, concerning the urgent need to 
establish a cease fire in Afghanistan and begin the transition 
toward a broad-based multiethnic government that observes 
international norms of behavior, 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing 
on Multilateral Agreement on Investment: Win, Lose or Draw for the 
U.S.? 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and the Subcommittee on 
Africa, joint hearing on the Ongoing Crisis in the Great Lakes, 1 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Intellectual Property, oversight hearing regarding mass torts and 
class action lawsuits, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on H.R. 2837, 
Naturalization Reform Act of 1998, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, to continue hearings on the fiscal 
year 1999 National Defense authorization budget request, 9:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Procurement and Subcommittee on Military 
Research and Development, to continue joint hearings on FY 1999 
Department of Defense, emphasis on Army modernization, 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, oversight hearing on Endangered Species 
Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, to mark up H.R. 2458, 
Community Protection and Hazardous Fuels Reduction Act of 1997, 3 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, to consider pending Committee business; to 
be followed by continuation of oversight hearings on the Road From 
Kyoto--Part 3: State Department Overview, 12 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, to mark up H.R. 2843, Aviation Medical Assistance Act of 
1997; followed by a hearing on FAA's modernization programs, 9 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, hearing 
on the GSA's FY 1999 budget and related issues, 9 a.m., 2253 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, to mark 
up 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, H.R. 3213, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to clarify enforcement of veterans' employment rights 
with respect to a State as an employer or a private employer, to 
extend veterans' employment and reemployment rights to members of 
the uniformed services employed abroad by United States companies, 
10 a.m., 334 Cannon.