[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 92 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1283-E1284]
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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July 14, 1998, may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 15
     9:00 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Nikki Rush Tinsley, 
           of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Environmental 
           Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-406
       Judiciary
         To continue oversight hearings to examine activities of 
           the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To continue 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.
                                                            SH-216
       Indian Affairs
         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.
                                                            SD-G50
     9:45 a.m.
       Small Business
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of new home health 
           care regulations on small business agencies.
                                                           SR-428A
     10:00 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings on the practice of automated 
           teller machine (ATM) surcharging.
                                                            SD-538
     10:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-342
     1:30 p.m.
       Special on Aging
         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.
                                                            SD-628
     2:00 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         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.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
       European Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine United States policy toward 
           Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Select on Intelligence
         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.
                                                            SH-216

                                JULY 16
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To resume hearings on the nomination of Daryl L. Jones, 
           of Florida, to be Secretary of the Air Force.
                                                            SH-216
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the General Accounting 
           Office's investigation of the Universal Service, 
           Schools and Libraries program.
                                                            SR-253
       Judiciary
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     10:00 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Hugh Q. Parmer, of 
           Texas, to be an Asssistant 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.
                                                            SD-419
     2:00 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation 
           Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SD-366
       Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings on pending nominations.
                                                            SD-226
     4:00 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                            SD-419

                                JULY 17
     10:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief Subcommittee
       Housing Opportunity and Community Development Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SD-106

                                JULY 21
     10:00 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Department of 
           Justice's implementation of the Violence Against Women 
           Act.
                                                            SD-226

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       Labor and Human Resources
         To hold hearings on S.766, to require equitable coverage 
           of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and 
           contraceptive services under health plans.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 1964, to provide for the sale of 
           certain public land in the Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, to 
           the Clark County Department of Aviation, and S. 1509, 
           to authorize the Bureau of Land Management to use 
           vegetation sales contracts in managing land at Fort 
           Stanton and certain nearby acquired land along the Rio 
           Bonita in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
                                                            SD-366

                                JULY 22
     9:00 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine how the Year 2000 computer 
           conversion will affect agricultural businesses.
                                                            SR-332
     9:30 a.m.
       Labor and Human Resources
         Business meeting, to mark up S. 1380, to amend the 
           Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
           regarding charter schools.
                                                            SD-430
       Indian Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Resources Committee 
           on S. 1770, to elevate the position of Director of the 
           Indian Health Service to Assistant Secretary of Health 
           and Human Services, and to provide for the 
           organizational independence of the Indian Health 
           Service within the Department of Health and Human 
           Services, and H.R. 3782, to compensate certain Indian 
           tribes for known errors in their tribal trust fund 
           accounts, and to establish a process for settling other 
           disputes regarding tribal trust fund accounts.
                                                            SD-106
     2:00 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 2136, to provide for the exchange 
           of certain land in the State of Washington, S. 2226, to 
           amend the Idaho Admission Act regarding the sale or 
           lease of school land, H.R. 2886, to provide for a 
           demonstration project in the Stanislaus National 
           Forest, California, under which a private contractor 
           will perform multiple resource management activities 
           for that unit of the National Forest System, and H.R. 
           3796, to convey the administrative site for the Rogue 
           River National Forest and use the proceeds for the 
           construction or improvement of offices and support 
           buildings for the Rogue River National Forest and the 
           Bureau of Land Management.
                                                            SD-366

                                JULY 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Special on SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE YEAR 2000 TECHNOLOGY 
           PROBLEM
         To hold hearings to examine the Year 2000 computer 
           conversion as related to the health care industry.
                                                            SD-192
     2:00 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 2109, to provide for an exchange 
           of lands located near Gustavus, Alaska, S. 2257, to 
           reauthorize the National Historic Preservation Act, S. 
           2276, to amend the National Trails System Act to 
           designate El Camino Real de los Tejas as a National 
           Historic Trail, S. 2272, to amend the boundaries of 
           Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site in the State 
           of Montana, S. 2284, to establish the Minuteman Missile 
           National Historic Site in the State of South Dakota, 
           and H.R. 1522, to extend the authorization for the 
           National Historic Preservation Fund.
                                                            SD-366
     3:00 p.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Patrick T. Henry, 
           of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
           Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Carolyn H. Becraft, of 
           Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
           Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Ruby Butler DeMesme, 
           of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 
           for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations and 
           Environment.
                                                            SR-222

                                JULY 27
     1:00 p.m.
       Special on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine allegations of neglect in 
           certain California nursing homes and the overall 
           infrastructure that regulates these homes.
                                                            SH-216

                                JULY 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine why cable rates continue to 
           increase.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the March 31, 1998 Government 
           Accounting Office report on the Forest Service, 
           focusing on Alaska region operating costs.
                                                            SD-366
     10:00 a.m.
       Special on Aging
         To continue hearings to examine allegations of neglect in 
           certain California nursing homes and the overall 
           infrastructure that regulates these homes.
                                                            SH-216

                                JULY 29
     9:00 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold oversight hearings on the Department of 
           Agriculture's progress in consolidating and downsizing 
           its opearations.
                                                            SR-332
     10:00 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting, to mark up S. 1405, to provide for 
           improved monetary policy and regulatory reform in 
           financial institution management and activities, to 
           streamline financial regulatory agency actions, and to 
           provide for improved consumer credit disclosure.
                                                            SD-538

                                JULY 30
     9:00 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to review a recent concept release by 
           the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on over-the-
           counter derivatives, and on related proposals by the 
           Treasury Department, the Board of Governors of the 
           Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange 
           Commission.
                                                            SD-106

                               OCTOBER 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans Affairs on the legislative recommendations of 
           the American Legion.
                                               345 Cannon Building

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                JULY 14
     9:00 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold oversight hearings to examine activities of the 
           Department of Justice, focusing on the Civil Rights 
           Division.
                                                             SD-22