[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 91 (Friday, July 10, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D742-D745]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of July 13 through 18, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2271, Private Property 
Rights, at 5:45 p.m.
  On Tuesday and during the balance of the week, Senate may consider 
further appropriations bills, conference reports, when available, and 
any cleared legislative or executive business.
  On Wednesday, Senate and House will hold a joint meeting to receive 
an address by His Excellency Emil Constantinescu, President of Romania, 
at 10 a.m.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, July 14, 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 Appropriations: July 14, business meeting, to mark up 
proposed legislation making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, and proposed legislation making appropriations 
for the Department of the Treasury, Postal Service and general 
government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 15, to hold 
oversight hearings on the practice of automated teller machine (ATM) 
surcharging, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory 
Relief and Subcommittee on Housing Opportunity and Community 
Development, to hold joint hearings to review a report on the Real 
Estate Settlements Procedure Act and the Truth in Lending Act from 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal 
Reserve, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 14, 
business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  July 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 2107, to enhance 
electronic commerce by providing the reliability and integrity of 
commercial transactions through establishing authentication 
standards for electronic communications, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the General 
Accounting Office's investigation of the Universal Service, Schools 
and Libraries program, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 14 and 15, to hold 
hearings on H.R. 856, to provide a process leading to full self-
government for Puerto Rico, and S. 472, to provide for referenda in 
which the residents of Puerto Rico may express democratically their 
preferences regarding the political status of the territory, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings on S. 
1515, to increase authorization levels for State and Indian tribal, 
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water supplies, to meet current and future water quantity and 
quality needs of the Red River Valley, S. 2111, to establish the 
conditions under which the Bonneville Power Administration and 
certain Federal agencies may enter into a memorandum of agreement 
concerning management of the Columbia/Snake River Basin, and S. 
2117, to authorize the construction of the Perkins County Rural 
Water System and authorize financial assistance to the Perkins 
County Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, in the 
planning and construction of the water supply system, 2:30 p.m., SD-
366.
  July 16, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 155, to redesignate General 
Grant National Memorial as Grant's Tomb National Monument, S. 1408, 
to establish the Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site, S. 
1718, to amend the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment 
Act of 1990 to authorize the acquisition of additional acreage for 
the historic site to permit the development of visitor and 
administrative facilities and to authorize appropriation of 
additional amounts for the acquisition of real and personal 
property, and S. 1990, to authorize expansion of Fort Davis National 
Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 14, Subcommittee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings on S. 1647, 
to authorize funds and make reforms to programs authorized by the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, and other pending 
measures, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  July 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Nikki Rush Tinsley, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 14, to hold hearings to examine Japan's 
role in the international trading system, focusing on prospects for 
market liberalization and economic reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 13, Subcommittee on Near 
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the 
status of India and Pakistan nuclear weapons potential, 3 p.m., SD-
419.
  July 14, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine problems and prospects with regard to Kedo and 
the Korean agreed nuclear framework, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  July 15, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine United States policy toward Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, 
2 p.m., SD-419.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Hugh Q. Parmer, of Texas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Agency for International Development, and Mary Beth West, of the 
District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure 
of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and 
Space, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
John Bruce Craig, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate 
of Oman, Theodore H. Kattouf, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
United Arab Emirates, Elizabeth Davenport McKune, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the State of Qatar, and David Michael Satterfield, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon, 2 p.m., SD-
419.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
James Howard Holmes, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Latvia, Steven Robert Mann, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Turkmenistan, Richard Nelson Swett, of New 
Hampshire, to be Ambassador to Denmark, and Melissa Foelsch Wells, 
of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, 4 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 15, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 14, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine activities of the Department of Justice, focusing on the 
Civil Rights Division, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  July 15, Full Committee, to continue oversight hearings to examine 
activities of the Department of Justice, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  July 16, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 
2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business: July 15, to hold hearings to examine 
the impact of new home health care regulations on small business 
agencies, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 15, business meeting, to mark up 
S. 1905, to provide for equitable compensation for the Cheyenne 
River Sioux Tribe, H.R. 700, to remove the restriction on the 
distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to 
certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, S. 
391, to provide for the disposition of certain funds appropriated to 
pay judgment in favor of the Mississippi Sioux Indians, and to 
resume consideration of S. 109, to provide Federal housing 
assistance to Native Hawaiians; to be followed by a hearing on S. 
2097, to encourage and facilitate the resolution of conflicts 
involving Indian tribes, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 14, closed business 
meeting, to consider pending committee business, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  July 15, Full Committee, to resume hearings on the investigation 
of the impacts to United States national security from advanced 
satellite technology exports to China and Chinese efforts to 
influence United States policy, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 15, to hold hearings to examine 
how an increase in the retirement age will affect the solvency of 
the Social Security system, the impact on workers, and how employers 
may adjust to an increase in the number of older workers, 1:30 p.m., 
SD-628.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.

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                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, July 14, to mark up the Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education appropriations for fiscal year 
1999, 1 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  July 15, to mark up the Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary 
appropriations for fiscal year 1999, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, July 15, to continue 
markup of H.R. 219, Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act of 1997, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing on streamlining bank regulatory oversight, 9:30 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 17, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 4062, Financial 
Derivatives Supervisory Improvement Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, July 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, 
hearing on Electronic Commerce: The Energy Industry in the 
Electronic Age, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 14, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on ``The Administration's 
Proposed Contracting Regulations: `Good Government' or 
`Blacklisting'?'' 1 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
Pension Fairness for NBA Pioneers, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on H.R. 
2710, Rewarding Performance in Compensation Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to mark up 
a report on ``Education at a Crossroads: What Works and What's 
Wasted in Education Today'', 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, July 14, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, 
hearing on H.R. 4007 and S. 1379, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, 10 
a.m., and to hold an oversight hearing on the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on 
Washington Convention Center Authority, 9 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, to continue hearings on ``The 
Kyoto-Protocol: Is the Clinton-Gore Administration Selling Out 
Americans?'' (Part V), 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Civil Service, to mark up pending 
business, 9 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing on 
Early Childhood Interventions: Public-Private Partnerships, 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, July 15, Subcommittee on 
Africa, hearing on Combating International Crime in Africa, 1 p.m., 
2255 Rayburn.
  July 16, full Committee, hearing on U.S.-Russian Relations, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Asia, to mark up H.Res. 459, 
commemorating 50 years of relations between the United States and 
the Republic of Korea, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 14, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, hearing on H.R. 4019, Religious Liberty Protection Act 
of 1998, 9:30 a.m., and to hold a hearing on H.R. 4006, Lethal Drug 
Abuse Prevention Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  July 16, full Committee, to mark up pending business, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on 
the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., 
2237 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing addressing the 
civil application of the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt 
Organization Act (RICO) to nonviolent advocacy groups, 9:30 a.m., 
2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, July 16, hearing on the findings 
and conclusions of the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile 
Threat to the United States, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 15, oversight hearing on Endangered 
Species Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to mark up H.R. 1481, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Act of 1997 and to hold an oversight hearing on Pilot 
Program to Control Non-Indigenous Species Nutria at the Blackwater 
National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on Regional Haze, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 16, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 3981, to modify the boundaries of the 
George Washington Birthplace National Monument; H.R. 4109, to 
authorize the Gateway Visitor Center at Independence National 
Historical Park; H.R. 4141, to amend the Act authorizing the 
establishment of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area to 
modify the boundaries of the Area, and to provide for the protection 
of lands, waters, and natural, cultural, and scenic resources within 
the national recreation area; and H.R. 4158, National Park 
Enhancement and Protection Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 14, to consider the following: H.R. 3682, 
Child Custody Protection Act; and H.R. 3267, Sonny Bono Memorial 
Salton Sea Reclamation Act, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 15, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, oversight hearing on the Science of Risk Assessment: 
Implications for Federal Regulation, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 15, hearing on the Impact of the 
Year 2000(Y2K) Computer Problem on Small Businesses, 11 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Empowerment, hearing on the social and 
economic costs of teenage pregnancy, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Government Programs and Oversight, 
hearing with respect to the SBA's Proposed New Automated Loan 
Monitoring System, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 15, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight 
hearing on the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Environmental Protection and 
Compliance Programs, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic 
Development, hearing on the Status of the Courthouse Construction 
Program, U.S. Mission to the United Nations Construction Request and 
comments on H.R. 2751, General Services Administration Improvement 
Act of 1997, 9 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 16, Subcommittee on Benefits, 
oversight hearing on the standards for adjudicating claims presented 
by veterans suffering from hepatitis C, cerebral malaria and Persian 
Gulf illnesses, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 15, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing on United States-Japan Trade Relations, 1:30 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the Administration's 
Plan to Delay Implementation of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, 11 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 17, executive, 
hearing on Counternarcotics, 11 a.m., H-405 Capitol.