[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 65 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D542-D543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 21, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold joint hearings 
with the Committee on Foreign Relations, to examine the status of 
Iraqi sanctions, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  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 Environment and Public Works, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold joint hearings with the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to examine the status of 
Iraqi sanctions, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Jeffrey 
Davidow, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Mexico, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold hearings to 
examine the benefits of commercial space launch for foreign 
satellite and Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) programs, 
10 a.m., SD-342.
  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 on 
genetic information issues, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold oversight hearings on 
addressing the unmet health care needs in Indian country, 1 p.m., 
SD-106.
  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, 11 a.m., 
room to be announced.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see page 
E929 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review U.S. Agriculture, the 
Asian Financial Crisis, and the International Monetary Fund, 10:30 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Commerce, 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, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth and Families, to markup the following measures: 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; and H.R. 3892, English Language 
Fluency Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to consider the 
following: H.R. 3630, to redesignate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 9719 Candelaria Road, NE, in 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the ``Steven Schiff Post Office''; H.R. 
3808, to designate the United States Post Office located at 47526 
Clipper Drive in Plymouth, Michigan, as the ``Carl D. Pursell Post 
Office''; H.R. 2798, to redesignate the building of the United 
States Postal Service located at 2419 West Monroe Street, in 
Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Nancy B. Jefferson Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 2799, to redesignate the building of the United 
States Postal Service located at 324 South Laramie Street, in 
Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Reverend Milton R. Brunson Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 1704, Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis 
Creation Act; pending Committee business; and release of 
depositions, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Census, hearing on Oversight of the 2000 Census: 
Reviewing the Long and Short Form Questionnaires, 1:30 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on International Relations, 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.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing 
on Intellectual Property Rights: the Music and Film, 1 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 3682, Child 
Custody Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  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: 
H.R. 3891, 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.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to consider subpoenas of 
witnesses; and to hold an oversight hearing on Alternative Proposals 
to Restructure the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 9:00 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, to continue hearings on H.R. 3334, Royalty Enhancement 
Act of 1998, (Part II), 1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark up the 
following measures: 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 Science, 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.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, oversight hearing on 
Asteroids: Perils and Opportunities, 2:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Empowerment, hearing 
on entrepreneurial education, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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.