[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 62 (Friday, May 15, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D516-D519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of May 18 through 23, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider S. 1723, American Competitiveness 
Act, and S. 1415 Universal Tobacco Settlement Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will continue consideration of 
S. 1415, Universal Tobacco Settlement Act, and resume consideration of 
S. 2057, DOD Authorizations. Senate will also consider any cleared 
legislative or executive business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, May 19, 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 Appropriations: May 19, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, to hold hearings to examine advanced nuclear 
technologies, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense, 
focusing on Army programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1999 for osteoporosis prevention, education and research, 12 
Noon, SD-138.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 19, 
Subcommittee on Communications, to resume oversight hearings to 
examine the Federal Communications Commission, focusing on the Mass 
Media Bureau, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries, to hold hearings on 
S. 1480, to authorize appropriations for the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to conduct research, monitoring, 
education and management activities for the eradication and control 
of harmful algal blooms, including blooms of Pfiesteria piscicida 
and other aquatic toxins, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 19, to hold 
oversight hearings on the fiscal and economic implications of Puerto 
Rico status, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  May 20, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the Committee 
on Foreign Relations to examine the status of Iraqi sanctions, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development, 
Production and Regulation, to hold hearings on S. 1141, to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 to take into account newly developed 
renewable energy-based fuels and to equalize alternative fuel 
vehicle acquisition incentives to increase the flexibility of 
controlled fleet owners and operators, and S. 1418, to promote the 
research, identification, assessment, exploration, and development 
of methane hydrate resources, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 18, Subcommittee on East Asian 
and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the current 
political situation in Indonesia, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  May 19, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 2:30 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  May 20, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to 
review Russian foreign and domestic policy, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  May 20, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine trade barriers to U.S. soda ash exports to Asia, 
2 p.m., SD-419.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources to examine the status of Iraqi 
sanctions, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Jeffrey Davidow, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Mexico, 2 p.m., 
SD-419.
  May 21, Subcommittee on International Operations, to hold hearings 
to examine the certification of a United Nations reform budget of 
$2,533 billion, 4 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 18, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District 
of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine the role of faith-based 
charities in the District of Columbia, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  May 19 and 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
Government information security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 19, Subcommittee on Antitrust, 
Business Rights, and Competition, to hold hearings to examine 
antitrust implications of certain bank mergers, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, 
to hold hearings to examine certain business bankruptcy issues, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  May 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1645, to prohibit 
taking minors across State lines to avoid laws requiring the 
involvement of parents in abortion decisions, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold hearings on S. 512, to

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amend chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, relating to 
identity fraud, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  May 21, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: May 19, to hold hearings 
to examine grievance procedures in the health care industry, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings on genetic information 
issues, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 20, business meeting, to mark up 
S. 1691, to provide for Indian legal reform, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on addressing 
the unmet health care needs in Indian country, 1 p.m., SD-106.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 20, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Joan Avalyn Dempsey, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Director of Central Intelligence for Community Management, 2:30 
p.m., SD-106.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, pro forma session.
  Tuesday, Consideration of Suspensions (list to be announced):
  Consideration of H.R. 512, New Wildlife Refuge Authorization Act 
(open rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 3616, National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1999 (general debate only); and
  Complete consideration of H.R. 3534, Mandates Information Act of 1998 
(open rule).
  Note.--The House meets at 10:30 for Morning Hour and 12:00 for 
Legislative Business. No votes are expected before 5:00 p.m.
  Wednesday and the Balance of the Week, Continue consideration of H.R. 
3616, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (subject 
to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 3150, Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1998 (subject to 
a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2183; Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act of 1997 
(subject to a rule); and
  Possible Consideration of Conference Reports on H.R. 2400, Building 
Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1997 and H.R. 2646, 
Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 20, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing on H.R. 
3766, Plant Protection Act, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, hearing on 
the implementation of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point 
(HACCP) regulatory requirements, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  May 21, full Committee, hearing to review U.S. Agriculture, the 
Asian Financial Crisis, and the International Monetary Fund, 10:30 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, on Nobel Laureate, 1:30 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, May 20, Subcommittee 
on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on Biometrics 
and the Future of Money, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, May 19, Subcommittee on Finance and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing on H.R. 1689, Securities Litigation 
Uniform Standards Act of 1997, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Medicare Billing: Savings Through Implementation of Commercial 
Software, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on External 
Regulation of Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities, 10:30 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, hearing 
on H.R. 2021, Auto Choice Reform Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on Electronic Commerce: Doing Business On-Line, 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 19, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on ``Who Pays for the Rerun 
Teamsters' Election?'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on H.R. 
2710, Rewarding Performance in Compensation Act, 2 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue 
hearings on American Worker Project: Innovative Workplaces for the 
Future, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, to 
mark up the following: H. Res. 401, expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives that social promotion in America's schools 
should be ended and can be ended through the use of high-quality, 
proven programs and practices; H. Res. 399, urging the Congress and 
the President to work to fully fund the Federal Government's 
obligation under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; 
H.R. 3254, IDEA Technical Amendments Act of 1998; H.R. 3871, to 
amend the National School Lunch Act to provide children with 
increased access to food and nutrition assistance during the summer 
months; H.R. 3874, WIC Reauthorization Amendments of 1998; H.R. 
3872, to amend the National School Lunch Act to extend the authority 
of the commodity distribution program through fiscal year 2003; H.R. 
3873, to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to simplify program 
operations and improve program management under that Act; and H.R. 
3680, English Language Fluency Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, May 19, Subcommittee 
on Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on 
protecting Health Information: Legislative Options, 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  May 19 and 20, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, to

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continue hearings on ``The Kyoto Protocol: Is the Clinton-Gore 
Administration Selling Out Americans? Parts II and III'', 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  May 21, full Committee, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Census, hearing on Oversight of the 2000 
Census: Reviewing the Long and Short Form Questionnaires, 1:30 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, May 20, hearing on 
Eradication and Elimination of Six Infectious Diseases, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Anti-Corruption Efforts 
in Africa, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S.-
Taiwan Relations, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up H. Con. 
Res. 270, acknowledging the positive role of Taiwan in the current 
Asian financial crisis and affirming the support of the American 
people for peace and stability on the Taiwan Strait and security for 
Taiwan's democracy, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 19, oversight hearing on the State 
of Competition in the Airline Industry, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 20, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3736, Workforce 
Improvement and Protection Act of 1998; S. 170, Clone Pager 
Authorization Act; H.R. 3633, Controlled Substances Trafficking 
Prohibition Act; and H.R. 2592, Private Trustee Reform Act of 1997, 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 21, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2448, to provide 
protection from personal intrusion; and H.R. 3224, Privacy 
Protection Act of 1998, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 3682, 
Child Custody Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on issues in trademark protection and the impact 
of regulatory delay on patents; and to hold a hearing on the 
following: Trademark Anticounterfeiting Act of 1998; and H.R. 3119, 
to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 with respect to the dilution of 
famous marks, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing 
on Alternative Proposals to Restructure the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 19, Subcommittee on Fisheries 
Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the following: H.R. 
2291, to amend the Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978 to 
enable the Secretary of the Interior to more effectively utilize the 
proceeds of sales of certain items; H.R. 3460, to approve a 
governing international fishery agreement between the United States 
and the Republic of Latvia, and for other purposes; H.R. 3461, to 
approve a governing international fishery agreement between the 
United States and the Republic of Poland; and H.R. 3647, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to a map 
relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  May 19, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on H.R. 3830, Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act of 1998, 9:30 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on H.R. 1212, 
Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System Act of 1997, 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 20, full committee, to consider the following: H.R. 1154, 
Indian Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act of 1997; 
H.R. 1635, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 
1997; H.R. 1865, Spanish Peaks Wilderness Act of 1997; H.R. 2411, to 
provide for a land exchange involving the Cape Cod National Seashore 
and to extend the authority for the Cape Cod National Seashore 
Advisory Commission; H.R. 2538, Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims 
Act of 1997; H.R. 2742, California Indian Land Transfer Act; H.R. 
2795, Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1997; H.R. 2812, 
Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition Act; 
H.R. 3267, Sonny Bono Memorial Salton Sea Reclamation Act; 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; H.R. 3796, to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to convey the administrative site 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; H.R. 3797, 
Wyandotte Tribe Settlement Act of 1998; and a Committee Report on 
Mining Regulations promulgated by the Bureau of Land Management, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, to continue 
hearings on H.R. 3334, Royalty Enhancement Act of 1998, (Part II), 1 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 21, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark 
up the following: H.J. Res. 113, approving the location of a Martin 
Luther King, Jr. Memorial in the Nation's Capitol; H.R. 1042, to 
amend the Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 
to extend the Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor 
Commission; H.R. 1894, to reauthorize the Delaware Water Gap 
National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission for 10 
additional years; H.R. 2223, Education Land Grant Act; H.R. 2776, to 
amend the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the establishment of 
the Morristown National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey, 
and for other purposes'' to authorize the acquisition of property 
known as the Warren property; H.R. 2993, to provide for the 
collection of fees for the making of motion pictures, television 
productions, and sound tracks in National Park System and National 
Wildlife Refuge System units; and H.R. 3047, to authorize expansion 
of Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, by 16 
acres, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, May 19, to continue consideration of H.R. 
3616, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, 2:30 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.

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  Committee on Science, May 20, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, oversight hearing on EPA's Rule on Paints and Coatings: 
Has EPA met the Research Requirements of the Clean Air Act? 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Basic Research and the Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, joint oversight hearing on External 
Regulation of DOE Labs: Status of OSHA and NRC Pilot Programs, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, oversight hearing 
on Asteroids: Perils and Opportunities, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 20, Subcommittee on Government 
Programs and Oversight and the Subcommittee on Benefits of the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, joint hearing on the SBA's Programs 
to Assist Veterans, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Empowerment, hearing on entrepreneurial 
education, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 19, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on 
Coast Guard Deepwater Capability Replacement Analysis, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on Federal Railroad 
Administration Reauthorization: Regulatory Process, 9:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to mark 
up the following: H.R. 3869, Disaster Mitigation Act of 1998; and 
Natural Resources Conservation Service Small Watershed Projects, 1 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 19, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing on Child Support Enforcement, 3 p.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings on 
the Future of Social Security for this Generation and the Next, 10 
a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 20, executive, 
hearing on Whistleblower, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: May 20, to hold hearings to examine 
terrorism and intelligence operations of the United States, 10 a.m., 
SD-106.