[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 47 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D404-D407]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of April 27 through May 2, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider Treaty Doc. 105-36, NATO Enlargement, 
and the nominations of Scott Snyder Fleming, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Education for Legislation and Congressional 
Affairs, with a vote to occur thereon at 6 p.m., Garr M. King, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Oregon, Gregory Moneta 
Sleet, to be United States District Judge for the District of Delaware, 
and Cherryl T. Thomas, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Railroad 
Retirement Board.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration (Treaty Doc. 105-36) 
NATO Enlargement, and vote on the conference report on H.R. 1757, State 
Department Reorganization at 2:25 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to complete 
consideration of NATO Enlargement Treaty, and may consider H.R. 1270, 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act, S. 1873, Missile Defense Act, and any 
executive and legislative business cleared for action.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, April 28, 1998, from 12:30 p.m. until 
2:15 p.m. for respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: April 30, to 
hold hearings to examine agricultural transportation issues, 9 a.m., 
SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: April 28, Subcommittee on Foreign 
Operations, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1999 for the United States Agency for International 
Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense, 
focusing on Army programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  April 30, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for 
the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Council on 
Environmental Quality, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on the Budget: April 28, to hold hearings to examine 
Japan's economic difficulties and their potential United States 
impact, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 28, to 
hold hearings to examine possible problems relating to the Year 2000 
computer conversion, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings to examine the Department of Commerce's Federal research 
and development needs, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to 
examine satellite reform, focusing on regulation policy and 
deregulation, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  April 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
James M. Loy, USC, to be Commandant, and James C. Card, USC, to be 
Vice Commandant, both of the United States Coast Guard, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  April 30, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for the Airport Improvement Program, 2 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 28, Subcommittee 
on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold hearings on S. 326, 
to provide for the reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines, S. 327, 
to ensure that Federal taxpayers receive a fair return for the 
extraction of locatable minerals on public domain lands, and S. 
1102, to provide a reasonable royalty from mineral activities on

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Federal lands, to specify reclamation requirements for mineral 
activities on Federal lands, and to create a State program for the 
reclamation of abandoned hard rock mining sites on Federal lands, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
resume hearings on S. 1253, to provide to the Federal land 
management agencies the authority and capability to manage 
effectively the federal lands in accordance with the principles of 
multiple use and sustained yield, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  April 30, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings on title IV of S. 1693, to renew, 
reform, reinvigorate, and protect the National Park System, and S. 
624, to establish a competitive process for the awarding of 
concession contracts in units of the National Park System, 2 p.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: April 28, 29 and 30 and May 1, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the operation of the Internal Revenue 
Service, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 28, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation to reform bankruptcy law provisions, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S.J. Res. 44, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
protect the rights of crime victims, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  April 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
opportunities for the blackmarket to raise tobacco prices, 10:30 
a.m., SD-226.
  April 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 
2 p.m., SD-226.
  April 30, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1645, to prohibit 
taking minors across State lines to avoid laws requiring the 
involvement of parents in abortion decisions, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: April 28, to hold hearings 
to examine reading and literacy initiatives, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  April 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
legislation relating to assistive technology, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety, to resume 
hearings to examine the role of the Agency for Health Care Policy 
Research in health care quality, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business: April 28, to hold hearings to examine 
environmental compliance tools for small business, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 29 and 30, closed business 
meeting, on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, pro forma.
  Tuesday, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour and at 
2:00 p.m. for consideration of 8 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 2807--Rhino and Tiger Product Labeling Act;
  2. H. Res. 350--Congratulating the People of Sri Lanka on the 
Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of their Nation's Independence;
  3. H. Con. Res. 218--Concerning the Need to Establish a Cease Fire in 
Afghanistan and Begin the Transition toward a Broad-based Multiethnic 
Government that Observes International Norms of Behavior;
  4. 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 Should be Entitled to all of the 
Benefits and Privileges Available to Nongovernmental International 
Organizations;
  5. H. Res. 374--Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives 
Regarding the Ongoing Violence in Algeria;
  6. H. Con. Res. 222--Congratulating the Former International Support 
and Verification Commission of the Organization of American States for 
Successfully Aiding in the Transition of Nicaragua from a War-ridden 
State into a Newly Formed Democracy;
  7. H. Con. Res. 215--Congratulating the People of the Cooperative 
Republic of Guyana for Holding Multiparty Elections; and
  8. 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.

  Note: No recorded votes are expected before 5:00 p.m.

  Wednesday and Thursday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for 
legislative business for consideration of: H.R. 3717--To Establish a 
Prohibition Regarding Illegal Drugs and the Distribution of Hypodermic 
Needles (Subject to a rule);
  H.R. 3546--National Dialogue on Social Security Act of 1998 (Subject 
to a rule);
  H.R. 6--Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (Subject to a rule);
  Conference report on H.R. 3579--1998 Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations (Subject to a rule);
  S. 1502--District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 
1997 (Subject to a rule); and
  H.R. 1872--Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act 
of 1997 (Subject to a rule);
  Friday, No votes are expected.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, April 28, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, on Occupational Safety and 
Health Review Commission and

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the National Mediation Board, 10 a.m., and on the National 
Commission on Libraries and the Armed Forces Retirement Home 2 p.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, on the 
National Labor Relations Board, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, on 
Congressional witnesses, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, April 28, 
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing 
on European Monetary Union, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 29, full committee, hearing on Bank Mergers, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing on Consumer Abuses in Home Improvement Financing, 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, April 30, hearing on Electronic Commerce: 
The Marketplace of the 21st Century, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 28, Subcommittee 
on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Understanding 
Violent Children, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
American Worker Project: Impact of Federal Workplace Agencies, 
Programs, and Laws on the American Worker, 2 p.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  April 29 and 30, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearings on Teamsters Investigation, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn on 
April 29 and 10 a.m., on April 30, room to be announced.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on 
pending OSHA legislation, 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, 
hearing on Reforming Bilingual Education, 10 a.m., room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, April 28, 
Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on FEHB Program as a 
Complement to Military Health Care, 2:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Bureau of 
Labor Statistics Oversight: Fixing the Consumer Price Index (Part 
II), 11 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  April 30, full Committee, hearing on ``Venezuelan Money and the 
Presidential Election'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, April 29, hearing on U.S. 
Annual Drug Certification, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 30, hearing on the U.S. Role in the Caucasus and Central 
Asia, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 28, Subcommittee on Immigration 
and Claims, oversight hearing on health care initiatives pursued 
under the False Claims Act that impact hospitals, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 3494, Child 
Protection and Sexual Predator Punishment Act of 1998; and related 
measures, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, April 29, Special Oversight Panel 
on Merchant Marine, to consider recommendations to the committee on 
H.R. 3616, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 
4 p.m., 2216 Rayburn.
  April 29, Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and 
Recreation, to consider recommendations to the Committee on H.R. 
3616, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 1 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, 
to markup H.R. 3616, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1999, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, to mark up H.R. 
3616, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 1 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, to mark up H.R. 
3616, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 11 
a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, April 28, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1865, Spanish 
Peaks Wilderness Act of 1997; H.R. 3186, Rogue River National Forest 
Interchange Act of 1998; H.R. 3187, to amend the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 to exempt not-for-profit entities that 
hold rights-of-way on public lands from certain strict liability 
requirements imposed in connection with such rights-of-way; and H.R. 
3520, to adjust the boundaries of the Lake Chelan National 
Recreation Area and the adjacent Wenatchee National Forest in the 
State of Washington, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  April 28, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands and 
Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, joint 
hearing on H.R. 2800, Battle of Midway National Memorial Study Act, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 28, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on H.R. 3220, to authorize the use of certain land in Merced County, 
California, for an elementary school, following joint Subcommittee 
meeting, 1324 Longworth.
  April 29, full committee, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on West Coast Groundfish Issue, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the 
following: H.R. 1282, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain facilities of the Minidoka project to the Burley 
Irrigation District, and for other purposes; H.R. 1943, Carlsbad 
Irrigation Project Acquired Land Transfer Act; H.R. 2161, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Palmetto Bend Project to 
the State of Texas; H.R. 2506, Collbran Project Unit Conveyance Act; 
H.R. 3056, to provide for the preservation and sustainability of the 
family farm through the transfer of responsibility for operation and 
maintenance of the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, Montana; H.R. 
3677, to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain works, facilities, and titles of

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the Gila Project, and Designated Lands within or adjacent to the 
Gila project, to the Welton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District; 
H.R. 3687, to authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water 
reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project, Texas; 
H.R. 3706, Clear Creek Distribution System Conveyance Act; and H.R. 
3715, Pine River Project Conveyance Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, April 28, to consider the following: H.R. 6, 
Higher Education Amendments of 1998; H.R. 3717, to prohibit the 
expenditure of Federal funds for the distribution of needles or 
syringes for the hypodermic injection of illegal drugs; and H.R. 
3546, National Dialogue on Social Security Act of 1998; and H.R. 
3546, National Dialogue on Social Security Act of 1998, 2 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  April 29, to consider the following: H.R. 1872, Communications 
Satellite Competition and Privatization Act of 1997; and S. 1502, 
District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 1997, 2 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, April 28, Subcommittee on Technology, 
oversight hearing on International Standards: Technical Barriers to 
Free Trade, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 28, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to continue 
hearings on proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 1998, 
2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing on the Effect of the Passenger Services Act on the Domestic 
Cruise Industry, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Aviation, to continue hearings on the 
impact of recent alliances, international agreements, DOT actions, 
and pending legislation on air fares, air services, and competition 
in the airline industry, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 29, Subcommittee on 
Benefits, oversight hearing on operations within the National 
Cemetery System, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means,. April 30, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing on U.S. Customs Service Issues, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 29, executive, 
to mark up the Fiscal Year 1999 Intelligence Authorization, 2 p.m., 
H-405.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: April 28, to hold hearings to examine 
Chinese access to dual use and military technology, focusing on a 
GAO report on the effectiveness of Tianemen sanctions restricting 
technology transfer, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn Building.
  Conferees: April 28, on H.R. 2400, to authorize funds for Federal-
aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn Building.
  Conferees: April 28, On H.R. 3579, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 2 
p.m., S-05, Capitol.