[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 10, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D205-D207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on Navy and Marine Corps programs, 
10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, to resume 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
1999 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense 
program, focusing on environmental and military construction 
programs, 9 a.m., SR-232A.
  Subcommittee on Airland Forces, 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 land forces modernization, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Personnel, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
on the defense health program, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, 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 U.S. national security space programs and policies, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Financial Services and Technology, to hold hearings on S. 1594, to 
facilitate the use of electronic authentication techniques by 
financial institutions, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget, business meeting, to mark up a proposed 
concurrent resolution setting forth the fiscal year 1999 budget for 
the Federal Government, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  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, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, business meeting, to consider S. 
Res. 187, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the human 
rights situation in the People's Republic of China, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine developments in the Middle East, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold an additional hearing on the 
nomination of Frederica A. Massiah-Jackson, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (reported by 
Committee), 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold 
hearings on S. 1301, to provide for consumer bankruptcy protection, 
2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, business meeting, to mark 
up S. 1648, to provide for reductions in youth smoking, for 
advancements in tobacco-related research, and the development of 
safer tobacco products, and to consider the nominations of Richard 
M. McGahey, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Ida L. 
Castro, of New York, to be Director of the Women's Bureau, both of 
the Department of Labor, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, business meeting, to mark up those 
provisions which fall within the committee's jurisdiction as 
contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1999 
with a view towards making its recommendations to the Committee on 
the Budget; to be followed by an oversight hearing on sovereign 
immunity, focusing on contracts involving Indian tribes and alleged 
difficulties in collecting State retail taxes, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource 
Conservation, and Research, hearing to review the status of the 
USDA's farm loan programs, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on 
Supreme Court, Architect of the Capitol, 10 a.m., and on the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Patent and 
Trademark Office and the Technology Administration, 2 p.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Energy Resources, 
10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on the Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation and the Trade and Development Agency, 10 a.m., H-144 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Fish and Wildlife Service, 10 a.m., 
and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the 
National Institute on Deafness and on Other Communication Disorders, 
10 a.m., and on the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and 
Kidney Diseases, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on Intelligence 
Programs, 9:30 a.m., H-409 Capitol and on FY 98 Supplemental, 2 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Railroad Administration 
and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK), 1 p.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, to continue on 
EPA, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing to review the 
Supreme Court's decision regarding the credit union common bond 
requirement and the appropriate Congressional response to the 
ruling, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 3246, Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act 
of 1998; H.R. 2864, Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
Compliance Assistance Authorization Act of 1997; H.R. 2877, to amend 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; H.R. 3096, to 
correct a provision relating to termination of benefits for 
convicted persons; and H. Res. 267, expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives that the citizens of the United States must 
remain committed to combat the distribution, sale, and use of 
illegal drugs by the Nation's youth, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, 
hearing on H.R. 1704, Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis 
Creation Act, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to continue markup of H. 
Con. Res. 277, directing the President pursuant to section 5 (c) of 
the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from 
the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and to mark up the 
following: H.R. 2870, Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998; and 
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. 36l, calling for free and impartial elections in Cambodia; and 
the Committee's Views and Estimates on the Fiscal Year 1999 budget 
requests, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on H.R. 3303, Department of 
Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1999, 2000, 
and 2001, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, hearing on the implementation of 
the November 1997 Defense Reform Initiative, 9:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on mission capability 
rates, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to consider the following measures: H.R. 
2186, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
assistance to the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in 
Casper, WY; H.R. 2376, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
Establishment Act Amendments of 1997; H.R. 2416, to provide for the 
transfer of certain rights and property to the U.S. Forest Service 
in exchange for a payment to the occupant of such property; H.R. 
2574, to consolidate certain mineral interests in the National 
Grasslands in Billings County, ND, through the exchange of Federal 
and private mineral interests to enhance land management 
capabilities and environmental and wildlife protection; H.R. 2807, 
Rhino and Tiger Product Labeling Act; H.R. 3087, to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture to grant an easement to Chugach Alaska 
Corporation; H.R. 3113, Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 1998; and H.R. 3164, Hydrographic Service 
Improvement Act of 1998; 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2883, Government Performance 
and Results Act Technical Amendments of 1997 and the Committee's 
Fiscal Year 1999 Budget views and estimates, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, hearing on the 
Line Item Veto After One Year, the Process and Its Implementation, 
9:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, oversight hearing on Defining Successful 
Partnerships and Collaborations in Scientific Research, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, oversight hearing on 
Fiscal Year 1999 Budget Authorization Request: Environmental 
Protection Agency Research and Development, 1:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following: Committee's Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 
1999; Public Building Resolutions; Water Resources Survey 
Resolutions; and H.R. 2843, Aviation Medical Assistance Act of 1997, 
3 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to continue 
markup of H.R. 2727, Superfund Acceleration, Fairness, and 
Efficiency Act, following full Committee meeting, 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 3039, Veterans' Transitional Housing Opportunities Act of 1997; 
H.R. 3211, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enact into law 
eligibility requirements for burial at Arlington National Cemetery; 
and 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, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to consider Committee's Fiscal Year 
1999 Budget views and estimates, 2:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.