[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 34 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D296-D297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Airland 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 tactical aviation modernization, 10 a.m., SR-
222.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the situation in the 
Persian Gulf, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold hearings 
on the nomination of Arthur Levitt Jr., of New York, to be a Member 
of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Communications, to hold hearings on the implementation of section 
271 of the Telecommunications Act (P.L. 104-104) relating to the 
application process for local telephone companies desiring to 
provide long distance service, and on S. 1766, to permit Bell 
operating companies to provide interstate and intrastate 
telecommunications services within one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, 2:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Forests 
and Public Land Management, to hold hearings on general land 
exchange bills, including S. 890, S. 1109, S. 1468, S. 1469, S. 
1510, S. 1683, S. 1719, S. 1752, S. 1807, H.R. 1439, and H.R. 1663, 
2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, to continue markup of 
S. 8, to reauthorize and amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Liability, and Compensation Act of 1980 (Superfund), 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, to hold hearings on S. 
1413, to provide a framework for consideration by the legislative 
and executive branches of unilateral economic sanctions, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to resume hearings on S. 712, 
to provide for a system to classify information in the interests of 
national security and a system to declassify such information, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Constitution, 
Federalism, and Property Rights, to hold hearings

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to examine the tradition and importance of protecting the United 
States flag, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the 
Federal Election Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans Affairs to review the legislative 
recommendations of AMVETS, the American Ex-Prisoners of War, the 
Vietnam Veterans of America, and the Retired Officers Association, 
9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource 
Conservation, and Research, hearing on the effect of electric 
deregulation on rural areas, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and Judiciary, on the FCC, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol and the 
Bureau of the Census, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on the Bureau of 
Reclamation, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 10 
a.m., and on the Indian Health Service, 1:30 p.m., 308-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on National Cancer Institute, 10 a.m., and on the Secretary of 
Education, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Task Force on Budget Process, hearing on 
Joint Budget Resolution (Should the Budget be a Law?), 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, to markup the following bills: H.R. 1872, 
Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act of 1998; 
and H.R. 2691, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
Reauthorization Act of 1997, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on reauthorization of 
the NRC, 2:30 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the Department of Labor's 
Denial of Employment Service Funds to the States, 1 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to markup H.R. 2431, Freedom 
From Religious Persecution Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing 
on the WTO-Dispute Settlement Body, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
hearing on H.J. Res. 84, proposing an amendment to the Constitution 
of the United States to provide a procedure by which the States may 
propose constitutional amendments, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, to continue hearings on H.R. 1524, Rural 
Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1997; and to hold a hearing on 
H.R. 2829, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 
2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
1522, to extend the authorization for the National Historic 
Preservation; H.R. 1833, Tribal Self-Governance Amendments of 1997; 
S. 231, National Cave and Karst Research Institute Act; H.R. 2742, 
California Indian Land Transfer Act; H.R. 3069, Advisory Council on 
California Indian Policy Act of 1997; and 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 determinations that a roadless area policy 
will not adversely affect forest health, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 3310, Small 
Business Paperwork Reduction Act Amendments of 1998; H.R. 2515, 
Forest Recovery and Protection Act of 1997; and H.R. 3246, Fairness 
for Small Business and Employees Act of 1998, 11 a.m., and to 
consider H.R. 3485, Campaign Reform and Election Integrity Act of 
1998, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, oversight hearing on International Science, 
9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, oversight hearing on the 
Fiscal Year 1999 Budget Authorization Requests: Department of 
Energy, EPA Research and Development, and NOAA, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Taxation, Finance and 
Exports, hearing on The First Step: Death Tax Reform, 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, to continue hearings on the Reauthorization of the Federal 
Aviation Administration and Airport Improvement Program in Light of 
the Recommendations of the National Civil Aviation Review 
Commission, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, hearing 
on the Reauthorization of Federal Funding for Operations, 
Maintenance and Capital improvement for the John F. Kennedy Center 
for the Performing Arts, 10:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to markup of FY 1999 Construction 
Authorization legislation, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, to 
mark up H.R. 3433, Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Act of 1998, 
10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Information Assurance, 4 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 AMVETS, the American Ex-Prisoners of 
War, the Vietnam Veterans of America, and the Retired Officers 
Association, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.