[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 76 (Friday, June 12, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D630-D633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of June 15 through 20, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume 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, and may consider any of the 
following:
  S. 2057, DOD Authorizations;
  S. 1250, NASA Authorizations;
  S. 1882, Higher Education Amendments;
  H.R. 2610, National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization;
  Conference Reports, when available;
  Certain Appropriations bills; and
  any cleared legislative or executive business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, June 16, 1998, from 12:30 p.m. until 
2:15 p.m. for respective party conferences.)
  (Senate will sit for the taking of an official photograph in the 
Senate Chamber on Tuesday, June 16, 1998, at 2:15 p.m.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: June 16, Subcommittee on Foreign 
Operations, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1999 for the Department of State, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 16, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Louis Caldera, of California, to be Secretary of the 
Army, and Daryl L. Jones, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Air 
Force, both of the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 17 and 18, 
to hold hearings on H.R. 10, to enhance competition in the financial 
services industry by providing a prudential framework for the 
affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service 
providers, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 16, to 
hold hearings to examine the effectiveness of music advisory labels, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to 
examine proposals to deter the problem of junk e-mail, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 16, Subcommittee 
on Water and Power, to hold hearings on S. 1398, S. 2041, S. 2087, 
S. 2140, S. 2142, H.R. 2165, H.R. 2217, and H.R. 2841, bills 
relating to water and power construction projects, 2:30 p.m., SD-
366.
  June 17, 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.
  June 18, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 469, to designate a portion 
of the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers as a component of the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1016, to authorize 
appropriations for the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in New Jersey, 
S. 1665, to reauthorize the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal 
National Heritage Corridor Act, S. 2039, to designate El Camino Real 
de Tierra Adentro as a National Historic Trail, and H.R. 2186, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the 
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, 2 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: June 17, to hold hearings on S. 1432, to 
authorize a new trade and investment policy for sub-Saharan Africa, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  June 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine new 
directions in retirement income policy, focusing on social security, 
pensions, and personal savings, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 16, to hold hearings to 
examine United States interests in the Panama Canal, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  June 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Shirley Elizabeth Barnes, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Madagascar, William Davis Clarke, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the State of Eritrea, Vivian Lowery Derryck, of Ohio, 
to be Assistant Administrator for Africa, Agency for International 
Development, George Williford Boyce Haley, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of the Gambia, Katherine Hubay Peterson, 
of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Charles 
Richard Stith, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the United 
Republic of Tanzania, and William Lacy Swing, of North Carolina, to 
be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  June 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Paul L. Cejas, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Belgium, Eric S. 
Edelman, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, 
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Ely Raphel, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Solvenia, Michael Craig Lemmon, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, Rudolf Vilem Perina, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Edward L. 
Romero, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to Spain and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
Andorra, and Cynthia Perrin Schneider, of Maryland, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 4 p.m., SD-419.
  June 17, Full Committee, to resume hearings on S. 1868, to express 
United States foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen 
United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted for 
their faith worldwide; and to establish an Ambassador at Large on 
International Religious Freedom within the Department of State, a 
Commission on International Religious Persecution, and a Special 
Adviser on International Religious Freedom within the National 
Security Council, focusing on views from the religious community, 
10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  June 17, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and 
Trade Promotion, to hold hearings on the implementation of United 
States policy on Caspian Sea oil exports, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  June 18, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine congressional views of the U.S.-China 
relationship, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 17, business meeting, to 
mark up the proposed Federal Vacancies Reform Act, and S. 712, to 
provide for a system to classify information in the interests of 
national security and a system to declassify such information, to 
consider the nominations of G. Edward DeSeve, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget, and 
Deidre A. Lee, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator for Federal 
Procurement Policy, and to consider other pending calendar business, 
10 a.m., SD-342.
  June 18, Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and 
Federal Services, to hold hearings to examine the adequacy of the 
Department of Commerce's satellite export controls, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 15, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings on S. 
1166, to prevent Federal agencies from pursuing policies of 
unjustifiable nonacquiescence in, and relitigation of, precedents 
established in the Federal judicial circuits, and to review the 
judgeship needs of the 10th Circuit, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  June 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine mergers and 
corporate consolidation, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property 
Rights, business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 
9:15 a.m., SD-226.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the extent of 
drug abuse among children, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 18, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 
2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: June 18, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health 
and Environment to examine organ donation allocation, 9:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn Building.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 17, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
June 18, to hold hearings to examine United States efforts to combat 
drugs, focusing on international demand reduction programs, 2 p.m., 
SD-628.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, pro forma session.
  Tuesday, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour and at 
2:00 p.m. for consideration of Suspensions:
  Note.--No recorded votes are expected before 5:00 p.m.
  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Consideration of the conference 
report on H.R. 2646, Education Savings Act for Public and Private 
Schools (Subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 3097, Tax Code Termination Act (subject to a 
rule);
  Resume consideration of H.R. 2183, Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act 
of 1997 (subject to a rule), and
  Consideration of H. Res. 463, to establish the select committee on 
U.S. national security and military/commercial concerns with the 
People's Republic of China.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 17, hearing to review the 1999 
Multilateral Negotiations on Agricultural Trade-Africa and the 
Middle East, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 18, hearing on H.R. 3765, to gradually increase the fees paid 
by current holders of Forest Service special use permits that 
authorize the construction and occupancy of private recreation 
houses or cabins, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 18, to consider H.R. 3654, Selective Agricultural Embargoes 
Act of 1998, 2:30 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 16, to consider the following: 
Section 302(b) Budget Allocations for fiscal year 1999; Energy and 
Water Development appropriations for Fiscal Year 1999; Military 
Construction appropriations for Fiscal Year 1999; and the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 1999, 1 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on D.C. Fiscal 
Year 1999 Budget Request, 11 a.m., and on Public Safety, 2 p.m., H-
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  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 16, Subcommittee 
on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, 
hearing on H.R. 3637, Children's Development Commission Act, 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing on the reauthorization of the Community Development 
Financial Institutions Fund, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 18, Task Force on Budget Process, 
hearing on Members' Proposals to Reform the Budget Process, 10 a.m., 
210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, June 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, 
to hold a hearing on H.R. 3610, National Oilheat Research Alliance 
Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, hearing 
on Electronic Commerce: Investing On-line, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 16 and 17, 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearings on 
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Financing Reporting and 
Pension Disclosures, 1:30 p.m., on June 16 and 10:30 a.m., on June 
17, 2175 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
American Worker Project: Evaluating Regulatory Practices at the U.S. 
Department of Labor, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, June 16, and the 
Committee on International Relations, to continue joint hearings on 
the Sale of Body Parts by the People's Republic of China, Part II, 3 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, to mark up the following: Government Waste, Fraud, and 
Error Reduction Act of 1998; H.R. 2508, to provide for the 
conveyance of Federal land in San Joaquin County, CA, to the city of 
Tracy, CA; the Federal Procurement System Performance Measurement 
and Acquisition Workforce Training Act of 1998; and H.R. 716, 
Freedom From Government Competition Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on the White House Global 
Climate Change Initiative and Congressional Review Act 
Implementation: Is OMB Hiding the Truth About New Regulations, 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on Making the Federal Government Accountable: 
Legislative Options to Improve Financial Management Practices, 9:30 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  June 18, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, 
and Criminal Justice, hearing on ``Shattering the Myths of the Drug 
Culture-Celebrity Role Models Just Say No,'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, June 16, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on Victims of 
Religious Persecution Around the World, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  June 17, full Committee, hearing on Worldwide Review of the 
Administration's POW/MIA Policies and Programs, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on India-
Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 16, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, hearing on H.R. 4019, Religious Liberty Protection Act 
of 1998, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 17, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3682, Child Custody Protection Act; H.R. 3849, Internet Tax Freedom 
Act; H.R. 3529, Internet Tax Freedom Act; H.R. 2592, Private Trustee 
Reform Act of 1997; H.R. 3891, Trademark Anticounterfeiting Act of 
1998; H.R. 3898, Speed Trafficking Life in Prison Act of 1998; H.R. 
2070, Correction Officers Health and Safety Act of 1997; and H.R. 
371, Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1997; and to consider 
private immigration bills, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing 
on H.R. 3789, Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 2986, for the relief of the survivors of the 
14 members of the Armed Forces and the one United States civilian 
who were killed on April 14, 1994, when the United States fighter 
aircraft mistakenly shot down 2 helicopters in Iraq; and H.R. 3022, 
to amend title 19, United States Code, to authorize the settlement 
and payment of claims against the United States for injury and death 
of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian 
employees arising from incidents in which claims are settled for 
death or injury of foreign nationals, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, June 17 and 18, and the Committee 
on International Relations, joint hearings on U.S. policy regarding 
the export of satellites to China, 10 a.m., on June 17 and 9:30 
a.m., on June 18, 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 17, to consider the following 
measures: H.J.Res. 113, approving the location of a Martin Luther 
King, Jr. Memorial in the Nation's Capitol; H.R. 1659, Mount St. 
Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion Act; H.R. 1728, 
National Park Service Administrative Amendment of 1997; H.R. 1983, 
Narragansett Justice Act; 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. 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; H.R. 
3445, Oceans Act of 1998; H.R. 3460, to approve a governing 
international fishery agreement between the United States and the 
Republic of Latvia; H.R. 3498, Dungeness Crab Conservation and 
Management Act; H.R. 3625, San Rafael Swell National Heritage and 
Conservation Act; H.R. 3830, Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act of 
1998; and H.R. 3903, Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment 
Act of 1998, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

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  June 18, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, to mark up 
H.R. 3334, Royalty Enhancement Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to hold a hearing on H.R. 1481, Great Lakes Fish and 
Wildlife Restoration Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 18, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 2970, National Historic Lighthouse 
Preservation Act of 1997; H.R. 3746, to authorize the addition of 
the Paoli Battlefield site in Malvern, Pennsylvania, to the Valley 
Forge National Historical Park; H.R. 3883, to revise the boundary of 
the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site to include 
Knob Creek Farm; and H.R. 3910, Automobile National Heritage Area 
Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold a hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 1688, Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act 
of 1997; H.R. 2108, Dutch John Federal Property Disposition and 
Assistance Act of 1997; and H.R. 2306, Fort Peck Reservation Rural 
Water System Act of 1997, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 16, to consider the following: Conference 
Report to accompany H.R. 2646, Education Savings and School 
Excellence Act of 1998; and H.R. 3097, Tax Code Termination Act; to 
be followed by a hearing and markup of H.Res. 463, to establish the 
Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial 
Concerns With the People's Republic of China, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 17, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, oversight hearing on The Humane Genome Project: How 
Private Sector Developments Affect the Government Program, 1 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 18, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, to mark up the following: the War Risk 
Insurance Reauthorization Act; H.R. 2748, Airline Service 
Improvement Act; and the Airport Improvement Program Reauthorization 
Act, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 17, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on the Future of the VA Health Care System, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing and mark up of H.R. 
2887, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require certain 
contracts of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be subject to the 
same procurement law applicable to other departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government and to markup H. R. 3212, Court of Veterans 
Appeals Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 16, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on the Year 2000 (Y2K) computer problems and 
telecommunications systems, 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on U.S.-China trade 
relations and renewal of China's most-favored (MFN) status, 1 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings on 
the Future of Social Security for this Generation and the Next, to 
examine the Structure of Personal Savings Accounts within the Social 
Security System, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on U.S.-Vietnam trade 
relations, including the Administration's renewal of Vietnam's 
waiver under the Jackson-Vanik amendment to the Trade Act of 1974, 
10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 17, executive, 
hearing on DCI on China and Missile Technology Transfers, 10 a.m., 
H-405 Capitol.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis, and 
Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on DOD Counterintelligence, 
2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 18, full Committee, executive, hearing on Economic 
Intelligence, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint hearing: June 18, Senate Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources, to hold joint hearings with the House Commerce 
Committee's Subcommittee on Health and Environment to examine organ 
donation allocation, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn Building.