[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 50 (Wednesday, April 29, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D430-D431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 30, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
hearings to examine agricultural transportation issues, 9 a.m., SR-
332.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 1999 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 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 United States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, 
9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, business 
meeting, to mark up H.R. 1151, to amend the Federal Credit Union Act 
to clarify existing law and ratify the longstanding policy of the 
National Credit Union Administration Board with regard to field of 
membership of Federal credit unions, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 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.
  Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending calendar 
business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  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, 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.
  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, to continue oversight hearings to examine 
the operation of the Internal Revenue Service, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business; to be followed by hearings to examine the impact 
of proposed tobacco legislation on the tobacco industry, focusing on 
opportunities for the black market, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, 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, 11 
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 
E715-16 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, 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, Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing on Consumer Abuses in 
Home Improvement Financing, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, hearing on Electronic Commerce: The 
Marketplace of the 21st Century, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to consider pending 
business, 9 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Reforming Bilingual 
Education, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue hearings 
on the Teamsters Investigation, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, hearing on 
``Venezuelan Money and the Presidential Election'', 11 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the U.S. Role in 
the Caucasus and Central Asia, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S. Policy 
Options Toward China: Rule of Law and Democracy Programs, 1:30 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to mark up H.R. 2592, Private Trustee Reform Act 
of 1997, 9:15 a.m., 2148 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, to mark up H.R. 3168, Citizen 
Protection Act of 1998, 9:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 3723, United States Patent and Trademark 
Office Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1999; and H.R. 1690, to amend 
title 28 of the United States Code regarding enforcement of child 
custody orders, 10 a.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  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.

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  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 2431, Freedom From Religious Persecution Act of 1997; 
and H.R. 3736, Workforce Improvement and Protection Act of 1998, 
9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, to mark up H.R. 3616, National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1999, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on West Coast Groundfish 
Issue, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  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 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, to 
markup the following: H.R. 2730, to designate the Federal building 
located at 309 North Church Street in Dyersburg, Tennessee, as the 
``Jere Cooper Federal Building;'' H.R. 2225, to designate the 
Federal building and United States courthouse to be constructed on 
Las Vegas Boulevard between Bridger Avenue and Clark Avenue in Las 
Vegas, NV, as the ``Lloyd D. George Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse;'' H.R. 3453, to designate the Federal Building 
and Post Office located at 100 East B Street, Casper, Wyoming, as 
the ``Dick Cheney Federal Building;'' H.R. 3295, to designate the 
Federal building located at 1301 Clay Street in Oakland, California, 
as the ``Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building;'' H.R. 3504, John F. 
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Authorization Act; H. Con. 
Res. 255, authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the Greater 
Washington Soap Box Derby; a resolution regarding Kennedy Center 
Performances; a resolution regarding Special Olympics Torch Relay; 
and a resolution regarding Peace Officers Memorial Service, 9 a.m., 
2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on 
U.S. Customs Service Issues, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees, on H.R. 3579, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 9:30 
a.m., S-5, Capitol.
  Conferees, on H.R. 2400, to authorize funds for Federal-aid 
highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, 5 p.m., SR-
253.