[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 55 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D468-D469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 7, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
hearings to examine agricultural trade policies, 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 National Science Foundation, Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, and the National Science Board, 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 Executive Office of the President, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.

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  Committee on Armed Services, 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, 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, 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, 2:15 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 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, 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.
  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 the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings to examine 
proposals for providing more qualified teachers in the American 
classroom, 10 a.m., SD-430.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see page E783 
in today's Record.


                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review the Fiscal Year 1999 
Administration's Budget for the Forest Service, USDA, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing on Electronic Commerce: Building Tomorrow's 
Information Infrastructure, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on H.R. 3189, Parental Freedom of 
Information Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing on Immune Globulin Shortages: Causes and Cures, 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on issues in U.S.-
European Union Trade European Privacy legislation and Biotechnology/Food 
Safety Policy, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Africa in the World Economy, 1 p.m., 
2255 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on 
Human Rights in Indonesia, 12:30 p.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on Administrative Crimes and Quasi-
Crimes, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3633, 
Controlled Substances Trafficking Prohibition Act; H.R. 3745, Money 
Laundering Act of 1998; H.R. 2070, Correction Officers Health and Safety 
Act of 1997; H.R. 2829, Bulletproof Vests Partnership Grant Act of 1997; 
and S. 170, Clone Pager Authorization Act, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 3498, Dungeness Crab Conservation 
and Management Act, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  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. 3520, to adjust the 
boundaries of the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area and the adjacent 
Wenatchee National Forest in the State of Washington; and H.R. 3796, to 
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the administration for 
the Rogue River National Forest and use the proceeds for the construction 
or improvement of offices and support buildings for the Rogue River 
National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  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, to consider H.R. 10, Financial Services Competition 
Act, 12 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on the 
Aviation Manufacturing and the Fastener Quality Act, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment, hearing on the Mitigation and Cost Reduction 
Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the 
Year 2000 Computer Problem, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on U.S. Economic and Trade Policy Toward 
Cuba, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.