[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 52 (Friday, May 1, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D444-D447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                     Week of May 4 through 9, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 2676, IRS Reform.
  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 2676, IRS 
Reform, and conclude consideration of S. 1186, Job Training Partnership 
Act, with votes to occur thereon.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to complete 
consideration of H.R. 2676, IRS Reform, 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, May 5, 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: May 7, to hold 
hearings to examine agricultural trade policies, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 5, Subcommittee on 
Transportation, to hold hearings to examine aviation competition, 
focusing on airline ticketing practices and antitrust enforcement, 9 
a.m., SD-192.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for foreign 
assistance programs, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense, 
focusing on the U.S. Pacific Command, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  May 7, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the 
National Science Foundation, and the Office of Science and 
Technology, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1999 for the Executive Office of the President, 9:30 a.m., SD-
192.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 4, Subcommittee on Personnel, 
closed business meeting, to mark up those provisions which fall 
within the subcommittee's jurisdiction of a proposed National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 4 p.m., SR-222.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Airland Forces, closed business meeting, to 
mark up those provisions which fall

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within the subcommittee's jurisdiction of a proposed National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  May 5, Subcommittee on SeaPower, closed business meeting, to mark 
up those provisions which fall within the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction of a proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1999, 11 a.m., SR-222.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Readiness, closed business meeting, to mark 
up those provisions which fall within the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction of a proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1999, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology, closed business 
meeting, to mark up those provisions which fall within the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of a proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 3:15 p.m., SR-232A.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, closed business meeting, 
to mark up those provisions which fall within the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction of a proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1999, 6 p.m., SR-232A.
  May 6, Full Committee, closed business meeting, to mark up a 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 10 
a.m., SR-222.
  May 7, Full Committee, closed business meeting, to continue to 
mark up a proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1999, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 7, 
Subcommittee on Housing Opportunity and Community Development, to 
hold hearings to examine issues relating to the implementation of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development's ``HUD 2020'' 
Management Reform Plan, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 5, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Deborah K. Kilmer, of Idaho, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold oversight hearings 
on the Common Carrier Bureau of the Federal Communications 
Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings on S. 1089, to 
terminate the effectiveness of certain amendments to the foreign 
repair station rules of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
focusing on a recent GAO report regarding aviation repair stations, 
2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 5, 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, 2 p.m., SD-
366.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold 
hearings on S. 94 and H.R. 449, bills to provide for the orderly 
disposal of Federal lands in Nevada, and for the acquisition of 
certain environmentally sensitive lands in Nevada, 2:30 p.m., SD-
366.
  May 7, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on titles VI, VII, VIII, and XI of S. 
1693, to renew, reform, reinvigorate, and protect the National Park 
System, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 6, Subcommittee on Near 
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine United 
States policy toward Iran, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  May 6, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine the crisis in Kosovo, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  May 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
William Joseph Burns, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and Ryan Clark Crocker, of Washington, 
to be Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  May 7, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and 
Trade Promotion, to hold oversight hearings to examine activities of 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 5, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District 
of Columbia, to hold hearings on the proposed D.C. Student 
Opportunity Scholarship Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 6, to hold hearings to examine the 
consequences of raising tobacco prices, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: May 5, to hold hearings on 
the success of the SAFE KIDS Campaign after its 10 years of 
implementation, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings to 
examine proposals to expand opportunities for community and 
neighborhood partnerships through the Community Services Block Grant 
program, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  May 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine proposals for 
providing more qualified teachers in the American classroom, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 6, to resume hearings to examine 
the status of tribal sovereign immunity and the role it plays to 
preserve the Federal Government's protection of tribal self-
government, and its impact on Indian economic development, 
commercial dealings, and taxation, focusing on S. 1691, to provide 
for Indian legal reform, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 5, closed business meeting, 
to consider intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 7, Full Committee, closed business meeting, to mark up a 
proposed National Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1999, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: May 6, to hold hearings on the status 
of the Health Care Financing Administration's development of its 
information campaign and recommendations on how to make seniors 
better aware of this and other health care resources, 2 p.m., SD-
562.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, pro forma.

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  Tuesday, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour and at 
2:00 p.m. for consideration of Suspensions (measures to be announced).

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

  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. 
for legislative business for consideration of:
  H.R. 6--Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (open rule);
  H.R. 1872--Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act 
of 1997 (Subject to a rule);
  H.R. 10--Financial Services Act (Subject to a rule); and
  H.R. 3694--Intelligence Authorization Act (Subject to a rule).


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 7, hearing to review the Fiscal Year 
1999 Administration's Budget for the Forest Service, USDA, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Commerce, May 6, Subcommittee on Health and 
Environment, hearing on Regulatory Efforts to Phaseout 
Chlorofluorocarbon-Based Metered-Dose Inhalers, 10:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Management Problems with the Department of Energy's Hanford Spent 
Nuclear Fuel Project, 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on Electronic Commerce: Building Tomorrow's 
Information Infrastructure, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, hearing on 
Industry Implementation of Decimal Pricing, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on 
Reauthorization of the Mammography Quality Standards Act, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 4, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on Impediments to Union 
Democracy, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 5, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 3248, Dollars to the 
Classroom Act, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, to 
mark up pending business, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, 
hearing on H.R. 3189, Parental Freedom of Information Act, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
American Worker Project: Determining the Appropriateness of 
Rulemaking at the U.S. Department of Labor--Regulatory Strategies 
Outside the Scope of the Administrative Procedure Act, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, May 4, Subcommittee 
on Government Management, Information, and Technology, oversight 
hearing on Federal Real Property Policy, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 5, Subcommittee on the Census, oversight hearing on 2000 
Census: Revisiting the 1990 Census, 1 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  May 6, full Committee, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, to consider H.R. 7l6, to require that the Federal 
Government procure from the private sector the goods and services 
necessary for the operations and management of certain Government 
agencies, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Immune Globulin 
Shortages: Causes and Cures, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on the 
District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department Oversight and 
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, May 5, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on Rwanda: 
Genocide and the Continuing Cycle of Violence, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on Latin 
America and the Caribbean: An Update and Summary of the Summit of 
the Americas, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  May 7, full Committee, hearing on issues in U.S.-European Union 
Trade European Privacy legislation and Biotechnology/Food Safety 
Policy, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up the 
following resolutions: H.Res. 392, relating to the importance of 
Japanese-American relations and the urgent need for Japan to more 
effectively address its economic and financial problems and open its 
markets by eliminating informal barriers to trade and investment, 
thereby making a more effective contribution to leading the Asian 
region out of its current financial crisis, insuring against a 
global recession, and reinforcing regional stability and security; 
and H.Res. 404, commemorating 100 years of relations between the 
people of the United States and the people of the Philippines, 1:30 
p.m., and to hold a hearing on Tradition and Transformation: U.S. 
Security Interests in Asia, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, 
hearing on Human Rights in Indonesia, 2 p.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 6, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 2431, Freedom From Religious Persecution Act of 1997; H.R. 
3494, Child Protection and Sexual Predator Punishment Act of 1998; 
H.R. 3168, Citizen Protection Act and Sexual Predator Punishment Act 
of 1998; H.R. 3723, United States Patent and Trademark Office 
Reauthorization Act, Fiscal Year 1999; and H.R. 1690, to amend title 
28 of the United Stated Code regarding enforcement of child custody 
orders, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
oversight hearing on Administrative Crimes and Quasi-Crimes, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  Committee on National Security, May 5, Subcommittee on Military 
Procurement, to mark up H.R. 3616, National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, to mark 
up H.R. 3616, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1999, 4 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 6, full Committee, to markup H.R. 3616, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 6, full committee, to consider pending 
business, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on H.R. 3498, Dungeness Crab Conservation and 
Management Act, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, to mark up 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, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 7, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark up 
the following bills: H.R. 2538, Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims 
Act of 1997; H.R. 3055, to deem the activities of the Miccosukee 
Tribe on the Tamiami Indian Reservation to be consistent with the 
purposes of the Everglades National Park; and H.R. 3625, San Rafael 
Swell National Heritage and Conservation Act, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, May 5, to consider H.R. 1872, Communications 
Satellite Competition and Privatization Act of 1997, 2 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  May 6, to consider H.R. 3694, Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1999 and to mark up H.R. 3534, Mandates Information Act 
of 1998, 11 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, May 6, oversight hearing on the 
International Space Station: Problems and Options, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on the Aviation 
Manufacturing and the Fastener Quality Act, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 6, 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, amended, John F. 
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Authorization Act; H. Con. 
Res. 255, amended, authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for 
the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby; H. Con. Res. 265, authorizing 
the use of the East Front of the Capitol Grounds for performances 
sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; H. 
Con. Res. 262, amended, authorizing the 1998 District of Columbia 
Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run to be run through the 
Capitol Grounds; H. Con. Res. 263, amended, authorizing the use of 
the Capitol Grounds for the seventeenth annual National Peace 
Officers' Memorial Service; Corps of Engineers Survey resolutions; 
and other pending measures, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on Surface 
Transportation Board Reauthorization: Inter-carrier Transactions, 
Construction and Abandonments, 10:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Water Resources ad Environment, hearing on 
the Mitigation and Cost Reduction Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 5, Subcommittee on Oversight, to 
continue oversight hearings on various pension issues, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  May 6, full Committee, to markup the following bills: H.R. 3433, 
Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Act of 1998; and H.R. 2431, 
Freedom From Religious Persecution Act of 1998, 1:30 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the Year 2000 
Computer Problem, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on U.S. Economic and Trade 
Policy Toward Cuba, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: May 5, to hold hearings on the 
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and international economic policy, 
10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn Building.
  May 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the employment-
unemployment situation for April, 9:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth 
Building.