[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 79 (Wednesday, June 17, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D654-D655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 18, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to continue 
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 Energy and Natural Resources, 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 Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine recent changes in 
congressional views of the bilateral relationship between the United 
States and the People's Republic of China, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, 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, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on John D. Kelly, of North 
Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, 
Kim McLean Wardlaw, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Ninth Circuit, Raner Christercunean Collins, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Arizona, Robert G. James, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Louisiana, Dan A. Polster, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Ohio, and Ralph E. Tyson, to be United 
States District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana, 2 p.m., 
SD-226.
  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.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, to 
hold hearings to examine United States efforts to combat drugs, 
focusing on international demand reduction programs, 2 p.m., SD-628.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see page 
E1156 in today's Record.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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., and to consider H.R. 3654, 
Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1998, 2:30 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to consider the Legislative 
Appropriations for fiscal year 1999, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  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-144 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, to mark up 
appropriations for fiscal year 1999, 5 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on the Budget, Task Force on Budget Process, hearing on 
Members' Proposals to Reform the Budget Process, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on Electronic Commerce: Investing On-line, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, to continue markup of H.R. 2281, WIPO Copyright Treaties 
Implementation Act, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, 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.
  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, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing on India-Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation, 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 3789, Class Action 
Jurisdiction Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  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 and the Committee on International 
Relations, to continue joint hearings on U.S. policy regarding the 
export of satellites to China, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, to mark up H.R. 3334, Royalty Enhancement Act of 1998, 2 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, 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, to consider the following: H.R. 4059, making 
appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base 
realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1999; and H.R. 4060, making appropriations 
for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, 4 p.m. H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
and markup 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 mark up 
H.R. 3212, Court of Veterans Appeals Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
  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, executive, hearing on 
China and Missile Technology Transfers, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: 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.