[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 64 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D532-D533]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 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, focusing on Army programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  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, 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, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on European Affairs, 
to hold hearings to review Russian foreign and domestic policy, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on International Operations, to hold hearings to 
examine the certification of a United Nations reform budget of 
$2,533 billion, 4:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, 
to hold hearings on S. 512, to amend chapter 47 of title 18, United 
States Code, relating to identity fraud, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, business meeting, to mark up S. 1691, 
to provide for Indian legal reform, and S. 2069, to permit the 
leasing of mineral rights, in any case

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in which the Indian owners of an allotment that is located within 
the boundaries of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and held in 
trust by the United States have executed leases to more than 50 
percent of the mineral estate of that allotment, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, 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.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem, to hold an 
organizational meeting to consider the committee rules of procedure, 
10 a.m., SD-116.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing on H.R. 3766, Plant 
Protection Act, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  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.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, on Nobel Laureate, 1:30 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, to mark up the Budget Resolution for 
fiscal year 1999, 11 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on Biometrics 
and the Future of Money, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing 
on External Regulation of Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities, 
10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, hearing on H.R. 
2021, Auto Choice Reform Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, to continue hearings on American 
Worker Project: Innovative Workplaces for the Future, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, 
to continue hearings on ``The Kyoto Protocol: Is the Clinton-Gore 
Administration Selling Out Americans? Part III'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Eradication and 
Elimination of Six Infectious Diseases, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Anti-Corruption Efforts in 
Africa, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S.-Taiwan 
Relations, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2183, Bipartisan Campaign 
Integrity Act of 1997, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, 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? 9:30 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, hearing on Federal Railroad Administration 
Reauthorization: Regulatory Process, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  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.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Whistleblower, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meeting

  Joint Economic Committee, to hold hearings to examine the current 
state of intelligence operations in the United States, 10 a.m., SD-
106.