[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 72 (Friday, June 5, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D597-D599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of June 8 through 13, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will not be in session.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1415, Universal 
Tobacco Settlement Act, with a vote on a motion to close further debate 
on the modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
occur thereon.
  On Wednesday, Senate and House will hold a joint meeting to receive 
an address by His Excellency Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea, at 
10 a.m., following which Senate expects to continue consideration of S. 
1415, Universal Tobacco Settlement Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will continue consideration of 
S. 1415, Universal Tobacco Settlement Act, may resume consideration of 
S. 2057, DOD Authorizations, and may consider certain appropriation 
bills.
  Senate will also consider any conference reports, when available, and 
consider any cleared legislative or executive business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, June 9, 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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 10, to 
hold hearings to examine livestock issues, including demand, 
overseas development, pricing, and industry structuring, 2 p.m., SR-
332.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 9, Subcommittee on Foreign 
Operations, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1999 for the Agency for International Development, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-192.
  June 10, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Government of 
the District of Columbia and to examine their financial plan, 10 
a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 9, to hold 
hearings on pending nominations, 2 p.m., SD-538.

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  June 10, Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology, to 
hold hearings to examine whether financial institutions are properly 
preparing for the Year 2000 conversion, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 10, 
Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for the Federal Communications 
Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 11, Subcommittee 
on Energy Research and Development, Production and Regulation, to 
hold oversight hearings on the federal oil valuation regulations of 
the Minerals Management Service, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  June 11, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
Recreational Fee Demonstration program, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 9, to hold hearings on the 
Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in 
International Business Transactions (Treaty Doc. 105-43), 10:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  June 10, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine U.S. policy strategy on democracy in Cambodia, 2 
p.m., SD-419.
  June 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Chinese 
missile proliferation, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  June 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of E. 
William Crotty, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Barbados, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
to Antigua and Barbuda, to the Commonwealth of Dominica, to Grenada, 
to St. Kitts and Nevis, to Saint Lucia, and to Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines, and John O'Leary, of Maine, to be Ambassador to Chile, 2 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 10, Subcommittee on Technology, 
Terrorism, and Government Information, to hold an open briefing on 
the results of a classified ``eligible receiver'' test conducted in 
1997 to determine how the Department of Defense and law enforcement 
agencies would respond to attacks on critical infrastructures, and 
on a new Presidential Decision Directive relating to the protection 
of critical infrastructures, 2:15 p.m., SD-226.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold hearings to examine the results of a classified 
``eligible receiver'' test conducted in 1997 to determine how the 
Department of Defense and law enforcement agencies would respond to 
attacks on critical infrastructures, and on a new Presidential 
Decision Directive relating to the protection of critical 
infrastructures, 3:30 p.m., SD-226.
  June 11, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to examine 
proposals to reform the service aspects of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: June 11, Subcommittee on 
Employment and Training, to hold hearings to examine child labor 
issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 10, to hold oversight hearings 
on Bureau of Indian Affairs school construction, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 10, to resume closed 
hearings on the investigation of the impacts to United States 
national security from advanced satellite technology exports to 
China and Chinese efforts to influence U.S. policy, 2:30 p.m., SH-
219.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 8, to hold hearings to examine 
the international trend of increased life expectancy, 1 p.m., SD-
628.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: June 12, to 
hold hearings to examine how the Year 2000 computer conversion will 
affect utilities and the national power grid, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, the House is not in Session.
  Tuesday, Consideration of Suspensions; and
  Consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 2709, Iran Missile 
Proliferation Sanctions Act (closed rule, 1 hour of debate).
  Wednesday and the balance of the week, Consideration of H.R. 3150, 
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1998;
  Consideration H.R. 3494, Child Protection and Sexual Predator 
Punishment Act of 1998; and
  Continue consideration of H.R. 2183, Bipartisan Campaign Integrity 
Act of 1997.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 10, Subcommittee on Forestry, 
Resource Conservation, and Research, hearing to review the phase out 
of methyl bromide, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, 
hearing to review the regulation of the over-the-counter derivatives 
market, 1:30 p.m., 1302 Longworth.
  June 11, full Committee, hearing to review the Forest Service 
timber sale program, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 10, Subcommittee on Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 1999, 1 p.m., 
2362 Rayburn.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Military Construction, to mark up 
appropriations for fiscal year 1999, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 11, hearing to 
review Money Laundering Issues, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, June 9, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, 
Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing on H.R. 3844, Wireless 
Communications and Public Safety Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, to mark 
up H.R. 1689, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1997, 3 
p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on Electronic Commerce: The Future of the Domain 
Name System, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 9, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Head Start, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  June 10, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2869, to 
amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to exempt safety and 
health assessments, audits, and reviews conducted by or for an employer 
from enforcement action under such Act; H.R. 2661, Sound Scientific 
Practices Act; H.R. 2873, to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
of 1970; H.R. 3189, Parental Freedom of Information Act; and H.R. 3725, 
Postal Service Health and Safety Promotion Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing 
on reauthorization of the National Assessment of Educational Progress and 
the National Assessment Governing Board, 10:45 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, June 9, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on 
``Implementation of the Electronic Freedom of Information Amendments of 
1996: Is Access to Government Information Improving?'' 10 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on the Status Update on the Year 2000 Problem, 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Postal Service, oversight hearing on the U.S. 
Postal Service, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Institutional 
Review Boards (IRBs): A System in Jeopardy, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, June 10, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on Forced Abortion and 
Sterilization in China: The View from the Inside, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Reconstructing Sierra 
Leone, 1 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, 
hearing on Modernization of U.S. Customs: Implications On Trade, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 9, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on 
acts of ecoterrorism committed by radical environmental organizations, 
2:30 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, oversight 
hearing on the United States Judicial Conference, the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts, and the Federal Judicial Center; and 
to hold a hearing on H.R. 3578, Protecting American Small Business Trade 
Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the FBI's implementation of 
a national instantcheck system for screening prospective gun buyers, 9:30 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 2837, Naturalization Reform Act of 1997; and H.R. 
371, Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1997, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, June 11, Subcommittee on Procurement 
and the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, joint hearing 
on the Fiscal Year 1999 National Defense authorization request on 
Critical Infrastructure Protection-Information Assurance, 11:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 9, oversight hearing on the Impact of 
Federal Land Use Policies on Rural Communities, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 9, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing on 
H.R. 3542, O&C Lands Protection Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 10, full Committee, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2893, to 
amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to 
provide for appropriate study and repatriation of remains for which a 
cultural affiliation is not readily ascertainable; and H.R. 3903, to 
provide for an exchange of lands located near Gustavus, Alaska, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on the impact of the spiny dogfish harvest on striped 
bass, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 11, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark up 
the following: H.R. 2800, Battle of Midway National Memorial Study Act; 
H.R. 3109, Thomas Cole National Historic Site Act; H.R. 3830, Utah 
Schools and Lands Exchange Act of 1998; and other pending business, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 9, to consider H.R. 3150, Bankruptcy Reform 
Act of 1998, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 10, oversight hearing on The Role of Science 
in Making Effective Decisions, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 10. Subcommittee 
on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Drug Interdiction 
and other matters relating to the National Drug Control Policy, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee Aviation, hearing on the problem of passenger 
interference with flight crews and a review of H.R. 3064, Carry-on 
Baggage Reduction Act of 1997, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 10, Subcommittee on Benefits, to 
conduct an oversight hearing on the Board of Veterans' Appeals and the 
Court of Veterans Appeals and to review H.R. 3212, Court of Veterans 
Appeals Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 11, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on Adoption Reunion Registries and Screening of Adults Working 
with Children, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 10, hearing on the 
Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  June 11, executive, to mark up the Intelligence Community Whistleblower 
Protection Act of 1998, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 10, to hold hearings to examine the 
Federal Reserve's monetary policy and economic outlook, 11 a.m., SH-216.