[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 59 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D494-D495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the 
Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation to authorize funds for the Community 
Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI) program, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Communications, to hold hearings to examine the Federal 
Communication Commission's oversight of the Wireless Bureau, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on the Montreal 
Protocol No. 4 to Amend the Convention for the Unification of 
Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air (Ex. B, 95th 
Cong., 1st Sess.), the International Convention for the Protection 
of New Varieties of Plants (Treaty Doc. 104-17), the Grains Trade 
Convention and Food Aid Convention (Treaty Doc. 105-4), the 
Convention on the International Maritime Organization (Treaty Doc. 
104-36), and the Trademark Law Treaty (Treaty Doc. 105-35), 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine the economic and political situation in India, 2 
p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold hearings on S. 
1710, to provide for the correction of retirement coverage errors 
under chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, 2 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine whether 
tobacco legislation is constitutional, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, business meeting, to 
consider H.R. 2614, to improve the reading and literacy skills of 
children and families by improving in-service instructional 
practices for teachers who teach reading, to stimulate the 
development of more high-quality family literacy programs, to 
support extended learning-time opportunities for children, and to 
ensure that children can read well and independently not later than 
third grade, and pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource 
Conservation, and Research and the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, 
and Poultry, joint oversight hearing on EPA activities related to 
concentrated animal feeding operations, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Development, oversight hearing on Is FHA 
Limiting Choices for Home Finance? An Examination of Fair Housing 
Compliance, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing on First Things 
First: Review of the Federal Government's Commitment to Funding 
Special Education, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to grant 
Congressional immunity to four witnesses, 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the Kyoto 
Protocol: Problems with U.S. Sovereignty and the

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Lack of Developing Country Participation, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, to mark up the following 
resolutions: H. Con. Res. 254, calling on the Government of Cuba to 
extradite to the United States convicted felon Joanne Chesimard and 
all other individuals who have fled the United States to avoid 
prosecution or confinement for criminal offenses and who are 
currently living freely in Cuba; and H. Res. 421, expressing the 
sense of the House of Representatives deploring the tragic and 
senseless murder of Bishop Juan Jose Gerardi, calling on the 
Government of Guatemala to expeditiously bring those responsible for 
the crime to justice, and calling on the people of Guatemala to 
reaffirm their commitment to continue to implement the peace accords 
without interruption, 1:30 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue consideration of H.R. 
3150, Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1998; and to begin consideration of 
the following bills: H.R. 2604, Religious Liberty and Charitable 
Donation Protection Act of 1997; and H.R. 3736, Workforce 
Improvement and Protection Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, oversight hearing on the National Forest 
Foundation, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2431, Freedom From Religious 
Persecution Act, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, to mark up the following: H.R. 2544, 
Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 1997; H.R. 3007, 
Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and 
Technology Development Act; H.R. 3332, Next Generation Internet 
Research Act of 1998; and the Anti-Duplicative Regulations Act 
(Amendments to Fastener Quality Legislation); and pending Committee 
business, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, hearing on Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization: 
Rates, Access and Remedies, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to hold an open 
briefing on democratic development in Croatia, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon 
Building.