[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D340-D341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1999 for military construction, focusing on the 
Department of Defense's Base Realignment and Closure Commission's 
(BRAC) environmental programs, 9 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of the Interior, 
9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1999 for Department of Defense medical 
programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 
for the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and 
Human Services, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Financial Services and Technology, to hold hearings to examine how 
identity theft contributes to electronic crime, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, business 
meeting, to mark up 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, 9:30 a.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold 
hearings on titles I, II, III, and V of S. 1693, to renew, reform, 
reinvigorate, and protect the National Park System, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, to hold hearings to 
examine indoor air quality and involuntary exposure to environmental 
tobacco smoke or second-hand smoke in the workplace and in homes, 
1:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Melvin R. Wright, to be an Associate Judge of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Year 2000 computer 
transition, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending calendar 
business, 4 p.m., S-211, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business 
Rights, and Competition, to hold hearings to examine airline 
competition and pricing, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, business meeting, to mark 
up S. 1754, to consolidate and authorize funds for health 
professions and minority and disadvantaged health professions and 
disadvantaged health education programs, proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for programs of the Higher Education Act, and to 
consider pending nominations, 1:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, business meeting, to mark up S. 1797, 
to reduce tobacco use by Native Americans and to make the proposed 
tobacco settlement applicable to tobacco-related activities on 
Indian lands, and S. 1279, proposed Indian Employment Training and 
Related Services Demonstration Act, and to consider the nomination 
of Katherine L. Archuleta, of Colorado, to be a Member of the 
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
Development; to be followed by hearings on proposed legislation to 
revise the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Risk Management and 
Specialty Crops, hearing to review the 1999 World Trade Organization 
Multilateral Trade Negotiations, 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and Judiciary, on the EEOC, 10 a.m., and public witnesses, 11 
a.m., and 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on Human Rights, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Members on Congress, 10 a.m., B-308, 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Postsecondary Education, 10 a.m., on the Office for Civil Rights; 
and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA-HUD and Independent Agencies, on NSF, 9:30 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
General Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the Operations of 
the Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, (``FinCEN''), 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing on FHA-
Single Family Property Disposition, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Task Force on Budget Process, hearing on 
Budget Projections and Baselines, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 
Management Concerns, 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on Video Competition: Multichannel Programming, 
focusing on the following bills; H.R. 2921, Multichannel Video 
Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1997; and H.R. 3210, 
Copyright Compulsory License Improvement Act, 10:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to markup the following: 
H.R. 2888, Sales Incentive Compensation Act; H.R. 2327, Drive for 
Teen Employment Act; and H. Res. 399, urging the Congress and the 
President to work to fully fund the Federal Government's obligation 
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the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; to approve contract 
agreements regarding the oversight investigation of the 
International Brotherhood of Teamsters election and to consider 
pending Committee business, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on 
Federal Consolidated Financial Statements: Can the Federal 
Government Balance Its Books, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following: H. 
Res. 350, congratulating the people of Sri Lanka on the occasion of 
the fiftieth anniversary of their nation's independence; H. Con. 
Res. 218, concerning the urgent need to establish a cease fire in 
Afghanistan and begin the transition toward a broad-based 
multiethnic government that observes international norms of 
behavior; H. Res. 374, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives regarding the ongoing violence in Algeria; H. Con. 
Res. 222, expressing the sense of Congress, congratulating the 
former International Support and Verification Commission of the 
Organization of American States (OAS-CIAV) for successfully aiding 
in the transition of Nicaragua from a war-ridden state into a newly 
formed democracy and providing continued support through the 
recently created Technical Cooperation Mission (OAS-TCM) which is 
responsible for helping to stabilize Nicaraguan democracy by 
supplementing institution building; H. Con. Res. 215, congratulating 
the people of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana for holding 
multiparty elections; S. Con. Res. 37, expressing the sense of the 
Congress that Little League Baseball Incorporated was established to 
support and develop Little League baseball worldwide and that its 
international character and activities should be recognized; and 
H.J. Res. 102, expressing the sense of the Congress on the occasion 
of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the modern State of 
Israel and reaffirming the bonds of friendship and cooperation 
between the United States and Israel, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to markup the following: H.R. 872, 
Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 1997; H.R. 2925, Deadbeat 
Parents Punishment Act of 1997; H.R. 3565, Care for Police Survivors 
Act of 1998; H.R. 2281, WIPO Copyright Implementation Act; H.R. 
3209, On-Line Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act; and 
H.R. 3206, Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1998; and to consider 
private bills, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military 
Procurement, hearing on the results of the Long Range Airpower 
Panel, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, to continue oversight hearings on Math and 
Science Education II, Attracting and Graduating Scientists and 
Engineers Prepared to Succeed in Academia and Industry, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Public Buildings and Economic Development, hearing on GSA FY 1999 
Budget and related Issues, 10:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on Federal Railroad 
Administration Reauthorization: Safety Hardware Issues, 10:30 a.m. 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up H.R. 3603, to authorize 
major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases 
for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1999, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the use of an Expert Panel 
to Design Long-Range Social Security Reform, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
DCI Wrap-up, 10 a.m., H-405, Capitol.