[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 33 (Monday, March 23, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D285-D287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 24, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for

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fiscal year 1999 for AMTRAK, focusing on the future of AMTRAK, 9 
a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
to hold hearings on issues with regard to Alzheimer's disease, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1999 for the Farm Service Agency, Foreign Agricultural Service, 
and the Risk Management Agency, all of the Department of 
Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
to hold hearings on drug addiction and recovery issues, 10:30 a.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Acquisition and 
Technology, to hold hearings to examine Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation management reform and related issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-
232A.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, 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 Ballistic Missile Defense Programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings to examine business practices in the professional boxing 
industry, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to resume hearings on proposed legislation to 
reform and restructure the process by which tobacco products are 
manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of 
tobacco products by minors, and to redress the adverse health 
effects of tobacco use, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold 
hearings on S. 887, to establish in the National Park Service the 
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program, S. 991, to 
make technical corrections to the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996, S. 1695, to establish the Sand Creek 
Massacre National Historic Site in the State of Colorado, and S.J. 
Res. 41, approving the location of a Martin Luther King, Jr., 
Memorial in the Nation's Capital, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, business meeting, to 
mark up S. 8, to reauthorize and amend the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Liability, and Compensation Act of 1980 
(Superfund), 11 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the present economic 
and political turmoil in Indonesia, focusing on causes and 
solutions, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Government Reform and 
Oversight Committee's Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology to examine the proposed ``Fair 
Competition Act of 1998'', focusing on a new free market approach to 
Federal contracting, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation relating to health care quality, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold hearings on S. 1021, to 
provide that consideration may not be denied to preference eligibles 
applying for certain positions in the competitive service, 2:15 
p.m., SR-418.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E442-44 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to consider the following: Emergency 
Supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1998; Emergency 
supplemental appropriations and recessions bill for fiscal year 
1998; and revised 302(b) subdivisions for fiscal year 1998, 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers, 2 p.m., 2362 B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on the Department of Energy--
Conservation, 1:30 p.m., 308-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Office of AIDS Research; Office of the Director--NIH; and 
Building and Facilities, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, on the National Archives, 10 a.m., and 
on the GSA, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on NSF, 2 p.m., 
H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on Assessing 
the Year 2000 Readiness of Critical Systems at HUD, Treasury, and 
Federal Financial Regulatory Agencies, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on Wireless Enhanced 911 Services, 
2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing on Federal Employment Compensation 
Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of H.R. 1252, 
Judicial Reform Act of 1997; and to mark up the following: H.R. 
3528, Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998; H.R. 2652, 
Collections of Information Antipiracy Act; H.R. 2759, Health 
Professional Shortage Area Nursing Relief Act of 1997; and H.R. 
3529, Internet Tax Freedom Act, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing regarding the 
immigration provisions of H.R. 2431, Freedom from Religious 
Persecution Act of 1997, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, 
hearing on the following bills; H.R. 3381, Gallatin Land 
Consolidation Act of 1998; H.R. 2886, Granite Watershed Enhancement 
and Protection Act of 1997; California Spotted Owl Interim 
Protection Act of 1998; and H.R. 1021, Miles Land Exchange Act of 
1997, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.

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  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, oversight hearing 
on Realty Appraisal Process on BLM Land Exchanges, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 2578, to amend 
the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver pilot 
program, and to provide for the collection of data with respect to 
the number of non-immigrants who remain in the United States after 
the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney 
General; and H.R. 2589, Copyright Term Extension Act, 3:30 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology and the 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families of the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce, joint oversight hearing on Educating 
our Children with Technology Skills to Compete in the Next 
Millennium, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to continue markup 
of H.R. 2400, the Building Efficient Surface Transportation and 
Equity Act, 3 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
patient confidentiality, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Requirements Process, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee, to hold hearings to examine potential 
problems with cyber banking and protecting the cyber infrastructure 
while eliminating the potential of economic tampering and espionage, 
10 a.m., SD-628.
  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring 
and the District of Columbia, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Government Reform and Oversight Committee's Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology to examine the 
proposed ``Fair Competition Act of 1998'', focusing on a new free 
market approach to Federal contracting, 2 p.m., SD-342.