[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D306-D307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the 
National Endowment for the Arts, National Foundation on the Arts and 
the Humanities, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Corp of 
Engineers, and the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the 
Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 
for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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 Department of Energy atomic energy defense activities, 10 a.m., 
SR-222.
  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 the DOD domestic emergency response program and support to the 
interagency preparedness efforts, including the federal response 
plan and the city training program, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold hearings 
to examine the implications of the recent Supreme Court decision 
regarding credit union memberships, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Oceans and Fisheries, to hold hearings on S. 1221, to prevent 
foreign ownership and control of United States flag vessels employed 
in the fisheries in the navigable waters and exclusive economic zone 
of the United States, and to prevent the issuance of fishery 
endorsements to certain vessels, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  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 the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Children 
and Families, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth 
and Families to examine the effectiveness of the Head Start 
education program, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E481-82 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and 
Poultry, hearing to review the USDA's Federal Milk Marketing Order 
Reform, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and the Judiciary, on State and Local Law Enforcement, 2 
p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Appalachian 
Regional Commission, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Interior, the Committee on the Budget and the 
Committee on Resources, joint oversight hearing on the Forest 
Service, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on the Interior, on Department of Energy-Fossil-
Conservation, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Elementary and Secondary Education; Bilingual Education and 
Minority Languages Affairs, 10 a.m., and on Howard University and on 
Special Institutions for the Disabled, 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 Banking and Financial Services, to markup H.R. 1151, 
Credit Union Membership Access Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on H.R. 3000, Superfund Reform Act, 11 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on New 
Developments in Medical Research: NIH and Patient Groups, 10:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Financial Affairs of the 
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on the 
Census, hearing on Oversight of the 2000 Census: Putting the Dress 
Rehearsals in Perspective, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on Long Term Care Insurance 
as an Employee Benefit, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on the following: the Statistical Consolidation 
Act of 1998; and S. 1404, Federal Statistical System Act of 1997, 2 
p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and 
Criminal Justice, hearing on Oversight of the 1998 National Drug 
Control Strategy, 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing to review U.S. 
Assistance Programs to Russia, the Ukraine and the New Independent 
States, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to 
continue oversight hearings on the Need for Federal Protection of 
Religious Freedom after Boerne v. Flores, II, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, oversight 
hearing on privacy in electronic communications, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the following: Controlled 
Substances Trafficking Prohibition Act; and H.R. 2070, Correction 
Officers Health and Safety Act of 1997; and to mark up the 
following: H.R. 2925, Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1997; and 
the Care for Police Survivors Act of 1998, 9:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, to continue hearings on the fiscal 
year 1999 National Defense authorization request, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills; H.R. 2538, to establish a 
Presidential commission to determining the validity of certain land 
claims arising out of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848 
involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens at 
the time of the Treaty; H.R. 2776, to amend the Act entitled ``An 
Act to provide for the establishment of the Morristown National 
Historical Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes'' 
to authorize the acquisition of property know as the Warren 
property; and H.R. 3047, to authorize expansion of Fort Davis 
National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, by 16 acres, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to mark up H.R. 3267, Sonny Bono 
Memorial Salton Sea Reclamation Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 3007, Commission on the Advancement of Women 
in Science, Engineering, and Technology Development Act; and H.R. 
2544, Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Empowerment, hearing 
on urban education, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, hearing on Rail Safety Reauthorization: Federal Railroad 
Administration Resources Requirements, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to mark up H.R. 
3035, National Drought Policy Act of 1997, 9:30 a.m., and to hold a 
hearing on the Federal Cost of Disaster Assistance, 10 a.m., 2167, 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on Government Performances and Results Act (GPRA) principles at the 
Veterans Benefits Administration, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 2400, Building 
Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Analysis and Production Issues, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, 
Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold joint hearings with 
the House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Youth and Families to examine the effectiveness of 
the Head Start education program, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.