[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 11, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D219-D221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 12, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for child 
nutrition programs, 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 Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, and the Community Development Financial Institute, 9:30 
a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Joint Committee on 
Printing, the Joint Economic Committee, the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, the Sergeant at Arms, the Library of Congress and the 
Congressional Research Service, and the Office of Compliance, 9:30 
a.m., SD-116.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 
for the Treasury Department, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for 
the Supreme Court, and the Judiciary, 10 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Acquisition and 
Technology, 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 science and technology 
programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the 
Department of Energy, focusing on environmental management, non-
proliferation, and fissile materials disposition, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold hearings 
on S. 1423, to modernize and improve the Federal Home Loan Bank 
System, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for programs of 
the U.S. Coast Guard, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence issues relating to Chinese nuclear cooperation with 
various countries, 10 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the 
new generation of African leaders and their impact on African 
democracy, 2 p.m., SD-419.

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  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings to examine 
proposals to reform the Internal Revenue Service, focusing on 
managerial flexibility and accountability, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to resume hearings on provisions of S. 
1530, to resolve ongoing tobacco litigation, to reform the civil 
justice system responsible for adjudicating tort claims against 
companies that manufacture tobacco products, and establish a 
national tobacco policy for the United States that will decrease 
youth tobacco use and reduce the marketing of tobacco products to 
young Americans, focusing on children's health and stopping children 
from smoking (pending on Senate calendar), 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public 
Health and Safety, to hold hearings to assess the new health care 
technologies role of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 
10:15 a.m., SD-430.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E357-59 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10:30 a.m., and the Farm 
Credit Administration, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on Bureau 
of Prisons, 10 a.m., and on Members of Congress, 2 p.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Nuclear Waste 
Management and Disposal, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on the Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., and 
the National Endowment of the Arts and the National Endowment of the 
Humanities, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on the National Human Genome Research Institute, 10 a.m., and on the 
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Housing Privatization 
Efforts, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Transit Administration 
and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on Executive Residence, 10 a.m., the Executive Office of the 
President, 11 a.m., and on the OMB, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on NASA Space 
Station Programs, 8:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to consider the 
Committee's Fiscal Year 1999 Budget Views and Estimates, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, 
hearing on Community-Based Care for Americans with Disabilities, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Public and Private School 
Choice in the District of Columbia, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice, 
oversight hearing of U.S. Regional counterdrug efforts, 1 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on prospects for 
Implementation of Dayton Agreements and the New NATO Mission in 
Bosnia; and to mark up the following: H. Con. Res. 235, calling for 
an end to the violent repression of the legitimate rights of the 
people of Kosovo; H. Res. 373, commending democracy in Botswana; and 
the Committee's Fiscal Year 1999 Budget views and estimates, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing 
on Helms Burton: Two Years Later, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to continue hearings on the consumer bankruptcy 
issues in H.R. 3150, Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1998; H.R. 2500, 
Responsible Borrower Protection Bankruptcy Act; and H.R. 3146, 
Consumer Lenders and Borrowers Bankruptcy Accountability Act of 
1998, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 3168, Citizen 
Protection Act of 1998, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 2134, Bail Bond Fairness 
Act of 1997, 9:30 a.m., B352 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to mark up the Temporary 
Agricultural Worker Act of 1998; and to consider private bills, 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.
  Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation, hearing 
on morale, welfare and recreation programs and issues, 2 p.m., 2216 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on military 
recruiting, retention, and related personnel programs and policies, 
2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public 
Lands, oversight hearing on Concession Reform; and to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 1522, to extend the authorization for the 
National Historic Preservation Fund; H.R. 2098, National Cave and 
Karst Research Institute Act of 1997; H.R. 2438, to encourage the 
establishment of appropriate trails on abandoned railroad rights-of-
way, while ensuring the protection of certain reversionary property 
rights; and H.R. 2989, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey to the St. Jude's Ranch for Children, Nevada, approximately 
40 acres of land in Las Vegas, Nevada, to be used for the 
development of facilities for the residential care and treatment of 
adjudicated girls, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on H.R. 3267, Sonny Bono 
Memorial Salton Sea Reclamation Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.

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  Committee on Rules, Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget 
Process, to continue hearings on the Line Item Veto After One Year, 
the Process and Its Implementation, 9:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, oversight 
hearing to review the FAA's FY '99 Budget Request, including the 
Flight 2000 Demonstration Program, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing to discuss possible changes 
in the Small Business Investment Company program, 9 a.m., and to 
mark up a measure to make technical corrections in the Small 
Business Investment Company program, 9:45 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on reauthorization of the Federal Aviation 
Administration and Airport Improvement Program, 9:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on Surface Transportation Board 
Reauthorization: Resources Requirements, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security and 
the Subcommittee on Human Resources, joint hearing to review the 
challenges facing the new Commissioner of Social Security, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.