[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 29 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D253-D255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 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 National Guard programs, 10 a.m., 
SD-192.
  Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings on the 
implementation of provisions of the Management Reform Act of 1997 
relating to the revitalization of the District of Columbia (P.L. 
105-34), 10 a.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 Labor, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Acquisition and 
Technology, to hold hearings to review the status of acquisition 
reform in the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Personnel, 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 active and reserve military and civilian personnel programs and 
the Service safety programs, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Financial Services and Technology, to hold hearings to examine the 
Office of Thrift Supervision's Year 2000 preparedness, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on the Budget, business meeting, to resume markup of a 
proposed concurrent resolution setting forth the fiscal year 1999 
budget for the Federal Government, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Communications, to hold hearings to examine the Wall Street view 
on the Telecommunications Act (P.L. 104-104), 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, to hold hearings to 
examine the role of the International

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Monetary Fund in supporting United States agricultural exports to 
Asia, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold oversight hearings on 
the implementation of the Vacancies Act, a statute that supplies the 
exclusive means for temporarily filling advice and consent positions 
in all executive branch departments and agencies, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal 
Services, to hold hearings to examine nuclear nonproliferation and 
the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Treaty Doc. 105-28), 2 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, business meeting, to 
resume markup of S. 1648, to provide for reductions in youth 
smoking, for advancements in tobacco-related research, and the 
development of safer tobacco products, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1999 for the Small Business 
Administration, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans Affairs to review the legislative 
recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans, 9:30 a.m., 345 
Cannon Building.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review the 1999 Multilateral 
Negotiations on Agricultural Trade-Europe, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and Judiciary, on the SEC, 10 a.m., and on Department of 
State Administration of Foreign Affairs, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, executive, on Atomic 
Energy Defense Activities, 2 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on AID Administrator, 9:30 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Geological Survey, 10 a.m. and 1:30 
p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on National Library of Medicine, and the National Institute of 
Nursing Research: Fogarty International Center, 10 a.m., and on 
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the 
National Eye Institute, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, on Quality of Life, 10 a.m., 
and, executive, on Readiness, 1:30 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 Telecommunications, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, to continue mark up of H.R. 1872, 
Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act, 10:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up H.R. 6, 
Higher Education Amendments of 1998, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology, and the 
Subcommittee on Technology of the Science Committee, joint hearing 
on Oversight of the Federal Government's Year 2000 Efforts, 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, to make up campaign reform 
legislation, 4 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the Peace Corps: 
10,000 Volunteers by the Year 2000, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Laws, 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., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to mark up the 
following: Alternative Dispute Resolution; H.R. 3163, Trade Dress 
Protection Act; H.R. 3210, Copyright Compulsory License Improvement 
Act; and H.R. 2652, Collections of Information Antipiracy Act, 2 
p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, hearing on U.S. Policy on Bosnia, 
9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, hearing on 
infrastructure implications of the Defense Reform Initiative, 2 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on Quarterly Readiness Reports, 
3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, oversight hearing on Problems and Issues 
with the National Environmental Policy Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on National Marine Fisheries Service FY '99 Budget 
request and other National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
programs, 9:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 
oversight hearing on Diesel Technology for the 21st Century, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Government Programs 
and Oversight and the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Paperwork Reduction, joint hearing on unequal regulatory burden 
borne by small businesses, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, to continue hearings on reauthorization of the Federal 
Aviation Administration and Airport Improvement Program, 10 a.m. 
2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
on Ship Scrapping Activities of the United States Government, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to approve Fiscal Year 1999 Budget 
views and estimates, 12:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.

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  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Department of Veterans Affairs participation in the Energy 
Management Program, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Commercial Mapping Technologies, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             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 Disabled American Veterans, 9:30 
a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to hold hearings 
to examine the current situation in Kosova, focusing on the 
appropriate international response to the recent violence, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.