[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 28 (Monday, March 16, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D244-D245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 17, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to resume 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for child 
nutrition programs, focusing on the Women, Infants, and Children 
(WIC) program, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations, business meeting, to mark up proposed 
legislation making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1998, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1999 for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service, Agriculture Marketing Service, and 
the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, all of 
the Department of Agriculture, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for foreign assistance 
programs, focusing on international narcotics control plans and 
policy, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of David R. Oliver, of Idaho, to be Deputy Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Technology, Sue Bailey, of Maryland, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, and Paul J. Hoeper, of 
California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, 10 a.m., SR-
222.
  Subcommittee on SeaPower, 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 ship acquisition, 
2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on the Budget, business meeting, to mark up a proposed 
concurrent resolution setting forth the fiscal

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year 1999 budget for the Federal Government, 11 a.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 the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Constitution, 
Federalism, and Property Rights, to hold hearings to examine privacy 
in the digital age, focusing on encryption and mandatory access 
issues, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, 
to hold hearings to review policy directives for protecting 
America's critical infrastructures, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings to 
examine retirement security issues, focusing on S. 957, to establish 
a Pension ProSave system which improves the retirement income 
security of millions of American workers by encouraging employers to 
make pension contributions on behalf of employees, by facilitating 
pension portability, by preserving and increasing retirement 
savings, and by simplifying pension law, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs, business meeting, to consider the 
nomination of Togo D. West, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs; to be followed by hearings on Persian 
Gulf War illnesses, focusing on the lessons learned from Desert 
Storm regarding chemical and biological weapons preparedness, 10 
a.m., SH-216.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E380-82 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, 
hearing on Natural Resources and Environment, 1 p.m., 2362-A 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, executive, on Atomic 
Energy Defense Activities, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Smithsonian, 10 a.m., and on Bureau 
of Land Management, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the 
National Institute of Dental Research, 10 a.m., and on National 
Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the 
National Center for Research Resources, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Natural Security, executive, on U.S. Central 
Command/U.S. European Command, 3 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Federal-State Relationship: 
Environmental Self Audits, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Special Supplemental 
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), 1 p.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Civil Service, hearing on Federal Employee Health Benefits: OPM 
Program Guidance for 1999, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and 
Regulatory Affairs, to hold a hearing and mark up of H.R. 3310, 
Small Business Paperwork Reduction Act Amendments of 1998, and to 
mark up H.R. 1704, Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis 
Creation Act, 4 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
hearing to preview the President's Historic Visit to Africa, 10:30 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, to mark up H.R. 2786, Iran Missile 
Protection Act of 1997, 4:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the findings of the 
Federal Advisory Committee on Gender-Integrated Training and Related 
Issues and Department of Defense response, 12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on ballistic missile 
testing, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1833, 
Tribal Self-Governance Amendments of 1997; and H.R. 2742, California 
Indian Land Transfer Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on H.R. 3297, 
to suspend the continued development of a roadless area policy on 
public domain units and other units of the National Forest System 
pending adequate public participation and determination that a 
roadless area policy will not adversely affect forest health, and to 
hold an oversight hearing on follow up on the Administration's 
Forest Service Roadless Area Moratorium, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2870, Tropical Forest 
Conservation Act of 1998, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on H.R. 
2544, Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 1997, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing on the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Act of 1998, 3 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Director of Central Intelligence Overview, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.