[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 70 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D582-D583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JUNE 4, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 SENATE

  Committee on Appropriations, business meeting, to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, proposed legislation 
making appropriations for energy and water development for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and proposed legislation 
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1999, 1 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services, to hold open and closed (SR-222) 
hearings on the future threats to the Department of Defense 
information systems, including the Year 2000 problems and the sale 
of the frequency spectrum, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on United States forces 
participating in NATO Operations in Bosnia and progress in achieving 
benchmarks in the civil implementation of the Dayton Agreement, 2 
p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Housing Opportunity and Community Development, to resume oversight 
hearings on the programs and operations of the Federal Housing 
Administration (FHA), Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget, to hold hearings by the International 
Affairs Task Force to examine foreign affairs funding outside the 
account established by the Budget Committee, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Communications, to hold hearings to examine the Federal 
Communication Commission's oversight of the Cable Services Bureau, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine the 
competitive implications of domestic and international alliances 
among airlines, 2:15 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings to 
examine the Administration's climate change proposal, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to resume 
hearings on S. 1253, to provide to the Federal land management 
agencies the authority and capability to manage effectively the 
federal lands in accordance with the principles of multiple use and 
sustained yield, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings to examine commercial work within the Federal 
Government, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Constitution, 
Federalism, and Property Rights, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold oversight hearings on the 
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 10 a.m., SH-219.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see page 
E1013 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing on Review of off-budget funds 
administered by the Forest Service, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on National Security, 
executive, to continue markup of the Department of Defense 
appropriations for fiscal year 1999, 11 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing and markup of 
H.R. 3662, U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on Electronic Commerce: New Methods for Making 
Electronic Purchases, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up 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 Individual with Disabilities Education Act; H.R. 3892, 
English Language Fluency Act; H. Res. 417, regarding the importance 
of fathers in the raising and development of their children; H.R. 
3874, WIC Reauthorization Amendments 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; 
and H.R. 3254, IDEA Technical Amendments Act of 1998; and to approve 
Contract Agreements providing services to the Committee regarding 
its oversight investigation of the International Brotherhood of 
Teamsters election, 12:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, and the Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight, joint hearing on the Sale of Body 
Parts by the People's Republic of China, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S. Policy 
Options Toward Indonesia: What We Can Expect; How We Can Help, 1:30 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Intellectual Property, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3891, 
Trademark Anticounterfeiting Act of 1998; and H.R. 3789, Class 
Action Jurisdiction Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on H.R. 225, to 
amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain aliens 
who are at least 55 years of age to obtain a 4-year nonimmigrant 
visitor's visa, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, hearing on Competition for Depot 
Maintenance Workload, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up the following bills: 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 H.R. 3498, Dungeness Crab Conservation and 
Management Act; to be followed by an oversight hearing on United 
States Ownership of Fishing Vessels; 10:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: to grant a rule 
making in order non-germane perfecting amendments to H.R. 2183, 
Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act; and H.R. 2709, Iran Missile 
Proliferation Sanctions Act of 1997, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, to continue 
oversight hearings on International Standards Part II: The Impact of 
Standards on the Digital Economy, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on the Kyoto Protocol: The 
Undermining of American Prosperity?, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Ship Scrapping 
Activities of the United States Government, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, hearing 
on Security in Federal Buildings, 9 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to mark up H.R. 
1290, Wetlands Restoration and Improvement Act, 1:30 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up 
the following: Persian Gulf War Veterans' Health Care and Research 
Act of 1998; H.R. 3336, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs 
medical center in Gainesville, Florida, as the ``Malcolm Randall 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center''; and H.R. 2775, to 
designate the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in 
Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, as the ``H. John Heinz III Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center'', 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.