[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 48 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D410-D411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             APRIL 28, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on the Budget, 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, to hold 
hearings to examine possible problems relating to the Year 2000 
computer conversion, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 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 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.
  Committee on Finance, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
operation of the Internal Revenue Service, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings to 
examine reading and literacy initiatives, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings to examine 
environmental compliance tools for small business, 10 a.m., SR-428A.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E676-77 in today's Record.

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                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, on Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission and 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.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on European 
Monetary Union, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Understanding Violent 
Children, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Civil Service, hearing on FEHB Program as a Complement to Military 
Health Care, 2:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, 
hearing on the following: 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; 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; and a 
measure to permit the Forest Service to sell their office in 
Medford, OR in order to fund an add-on to the Bureau of Land 
Management Medford District Office so they can co-locate, 2 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  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.
  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.
  Committee on Rules, 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.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, oversight 
hearing on International Standards: Technical Barriers to Free 
Trade, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, to continue hearings on proposals 
for a Water Resources Development Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee, 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, on H.R. 2400, to authorize funds for Federal-aid 
highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn Building.
  Conferees, on H.R. 3579, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 2 
p.m., S-5, Capitol.