[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 96 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D785-D789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of July 20 through 25, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider H.R. 4112, Legislative Branch 
Appropriations, 1999, and S. 2260, State/Justice/Commerce 
Appropriations, 1999.
  On Tuesday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2137, Legislative Branch 
Appropriations, 1999.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider further 
appropriations bills, conference reports, when available, and any 
cleared legislative or executive business.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, July 21, 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: July 22, to 
hold hearings to examine how the Year 2000 computer conversion will 
affect agricultural businesses, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 21, business meeting, to mark up 
proposed legislation making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, and proposed legislation making appropriations 
for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1999, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 23, 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, 3 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 21, to hold 
hearings to examine the monetary policy report to Congress pursuant 
to the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978, 10 a.m., SD-
106.
  July 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 1946 
Swiss Holocaust Assets Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: July 21, to hold hearings to examine 
issues associated with implementing personal savings accounts as 
part of social security reform, 10 a.m., SD-608.

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  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine long-term 
economic and budgetary effects of social security, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 21, to 
hold hearings to examine discretionary spending activities within 
the Department of Transportation and the Department of Commerce, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine China's 
missile transfer issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 2238, to reform 
unfair and anticompetitive practices in the professional boxing 
industry, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 22, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Bill Richardson, of New Mexico, to be 
Secretary of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, 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, 2 
p.m., SD-366.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
results of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1002 Area, Petroleum 
Assessment, 1998, conducted by the United States Geological Survey, 
9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 23, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, 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, 2 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 22, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, 
and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine proposals to reform 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 22, to hold hearings to examine new 
directions in retirement security policy, focusing on social 
security, pensions, personal savings and work, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 20, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Richard E. Hecklinger, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Thailand, Charles F. Kartman, of Virginia, for the 
rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for 
the Korean Peace Talks, and Kent M. Weidemann, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, 4 p.m., SD-419.
  July 23, Subcommittee on International Operations, to hold 
hearings to examine whether the United Nations international 
criminal court is in the United States national interest, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  July 23, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 2:30 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Robert C. Felder, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Benin, James Vela Ledesma, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Gabonese Republic and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome 
and Principe, Joseph H. Melrose Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, George Mu, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, 
Robert Cephas Perry, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Central 
African Republic, Joseph Gerard Sullian, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, and William Lacy Swing, of 
North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, 4 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 23, Permanent Subcommittee 
on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the problem of 
telephone cramming--the billing of unauthorized charges on a 
consumer's telephone bill, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 22, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine the Department of Justice's implementation of the Violence 
Against Women Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the current 
status of, and prospects for, competition and innovation in certain 
segments of the software industry, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: July 21, to hold hearings 
on S. 766, to require equitable coverage of prescription 
contraceptive drugs and devices, and contraceptive services under 
health plans, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  July 22, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 1380, to 
amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding 
charter schools, S. 2112, to make the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 applicable to the United States Postal Service in the 
same manner as any other employer, and S. 2213, to allow all States 
to participate in activities under the Education Flexibility 
Partnership Demonstration Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Ida L. Castro, of New York, to be a Member of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission, and Paul M. Igasaki, of California, to be a 
Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: July 21, to hold hearings 
on the nominations of Scott E. Thomas, of the

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District of Columbia, David M. Mason, of Virginia, Darryl R. Wold, 
of California, and Karl J. Sandstrom, of Washington, each to be a 
Member of the Federal Election Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 22, 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: July 23, to 
hold hearings to examine the Year 2000 computer conversion as 
related to the health care industry, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 22, hearing to review the 1999 
Multilateral Negotiations on Agricultural Trade--Western Hemisphere, 
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 22, to mark up the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 1999: Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Programs; and Transportation, 9:30 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, July 22, Subcommittee 
on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on the 
Conduct of Monetary Policy, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit and the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
joint hearing on the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the 
Truth in Lending Act, and reforms to mortgage lending disclosure 
requirements, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing on H.R. 3899, American Homeownership Act of 1998, 9:30 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  July 24, full Committee, to continue hearings on H.R. 4062, 
Financial Derivatives Supervisory Improvement Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, July 20, Subcommittee on Health and 
Environment, hearing on the State of Cancer Research, 2:30 p.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on H.R. 2568, 
Energy Policy Act Amendments of 1997, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, to continue hearings on Electronic Commerce: Privacy in 
Cyberspace, focusing on data privacy measures, including H.R. 2368, 
Data Privacy Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3844, Wireless 
Communications and Public Safety Act of 1998; and H.R. 2901, to 
improve cellular telephone service in selected rural areas and to 
achieve equitable treatment of certain cellular license applicants, 
10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
the Department of Health and Human Services' Policy for Federal 
Workplace Drug-Testing Programs, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, hearing 
on Enhancing Retirement Security Through Individual Investment 
Choices, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 22, to mark up the 
following: a measure to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
to allow certain employment for Amish youth; the Head Start 
Amendments of 1998; the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
Act Amendments of 1998; and the Community Services Block Grant Act 
Amendments of 1998, 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Governance and Practice, 9:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, July 21, 
Subcommittee on Civil Service, to mark up the following: H.R. 2526, 
to amend title 5, United States Code, to make the percentage 
limitations on individual contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan 
more consistent with the dollar amount limitation on elective 
deferrals; H.R. 2566, Civil Service Retirement System Actuarial 
Redeposit Act of 1997; the Federal Employees Child Care 
Affordability Act; H.R. 2943, to amend title 5, United States Code, 
to increase the amount of leave time available to a Federal employee 
in any year in connection with serving as an organ donor; and H.R. 
4259, Haskell Indians Nations University and Southwestern Indian 
Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Postal Service, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 3725, Postal Service Health and Safety Promotion Act; 
H.R. 2623, to designate the United States Post Office located at 
16250 Highway 603 in Kiln, Mississippi, as the ``Ray J. Favre Post 
Office Building''; H.R. 3167, to designate the United States Post 
Office located at 297 Larkfield Road in East Northport, New York, as 
the ``Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr. Post Office Building''; and H.R. 
4052, to establish designations for United States Postal Service 
buildings located in Coconut Grove, Opa Locka, Carol City, and 
Miami, Florida, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Medicare Home 
Health Agencies: Still No Surety Against Fraud and Abuse, 10 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  July 22, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, 
and Criminal Justice, hearing on Drug Treatment Programs: Making 
Treatment Work, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 23, full Committee, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on

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``State and Local Governments v. Clint/Gore,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, 
and Criminal Justice, hearing on Expectant Mothers and Substance 
Abuse: Intervention and Treatment Challenges for State Governments, 
1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, July 21 and 22, to mark up 
the following measures: H.J. Res. 125, finding the Government of 
Iraq in material and unacceptable breach of its international 
obligations; H.R. 4095, International Arms Sales Code of Conduct Act 
of 1998; H. Res. 459, commemorating 50 years of relations between 
the United States and the Republic of Korea; H. Con. Res. 277, 
concerning the New Tribes Mission hostage crisis; H. Res. 469, 
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding 
assistance to Mexico to combat wildfires; H. Con. Res. 292, calling 
for an end to the recent conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia; H. 
Con. Res. 224, urging international cooperation in recovering 
children abducted in the United States and taken to other countries; 
H. Res. 421, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
deploring the tragic and senseless murder of Bishop Juan Jose 
Gerardi, calling on the Government of Guatemala to expeditiously 
bring those responsible for the crime to justice, and calling on the 
people of Guatemala to reaffirm their commitment to continue to 
implement the peace accords without interruption; H.R. 3636, Africa: 
Seeds of Hope Act of 1998; H. Res. 415, to promote independent radio 
broadcasting in Africa; H.R. 3743, Iran Nuclear Proliferation 
Prevention Act of 1998; H. Con. Res. 254, calling on the Government 
of Cuba to extradite to the United States convicted felon Joanne 
Chesimard and all other individuals who have fled the United States 
to avoid prosecution or confinement for criminal offenses and who 
are currently living freely in Cuba; and H. Res. 362, commending the 
visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Cuba, 10 a.m., on July 21 
and 11 a.m., on July 22, 2172 Rayburn.
  July 22, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, 
hearing on The U.S. and its Trade Deficit: Restoring the Balance, 
1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  July 23, hearing on Kosovo--Current Situation and Future Options, 
9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 4083, to make available 
to the Ukrainian Museum and Archives the USIA television program 
``Window on America''; and H.R. 633, to amend the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 to provide that the annuities of certain special agents 
and security personnel of the Department of State be computed in the 
same way as applies generally with respect to Federal law 
enforcement officers; followed by a hearing on Human Rights in 
Indonesia, Part II, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 21, to continue markup of H.R. 
3898, Speed Trafficking Life in Prison Act of 1998; and to markup 
the following bills: H.R. 2592, Private Trustee Reform Act of 1997; 
H.R. 2070, Correction Officers Health and Safety Act of 1997; and 
H.R. 3789, Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  July 22, hearing on H.R. 3081, Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1997, 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4049, Regulatory Fair Warning 
Act of 1998; and H.R. 4096, Taxpayer's Defense Act, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on the United States Copyright Office, 10 a.m., 
2226 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing 
on Alternative Technologies for Implementation of Section 110 of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1997 
at Land Borders, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 21, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1467, to 
provide for the continuance of oil and gas operations pursuant to 
certain existing leases in the Wayne National Forest; H.R. 3878, to 
subject certain reserved mineral interests of the operation of the 
Mineral Leasing Act; and H.R. 3972, to amend the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from 
charging State and local government agencies for certain uses of the 
sand, gravel, and shell resources of the Outer Continental Shelf, 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing and 
markup of the following bills: H.R. 4021, Interstate 90 Land 
Exchange Act of 1998; and H.R. 4023, to provide for the conveyance 
of the Forest Service property in Kern County, California, in 
exchange for county lands suitable for inclusion in Sequoia National 
Forest and to mark up H.R. 3187, to amend the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 to exempt not-for-profit entitles that 
hold rights-of-way on public lands from certain strict liability 
requirements imposed in connection with such rights-of-way, 2 p.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  July 22, full Committee, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
1042, to amend the Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Act 
of 1984 to extend the Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor 
Commission; H.R. 2223, Education Land Grant Act; H.R. 3047, to 
authorize expansion of Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort 
Davis, Texas; H.R. 3055, to deem the activities of the Miccosukee 
Tribe on the Tamiami Indian Reservation to be consistent with the 
purposes of the Everglades National Park; H.R. 3109, Thomas Cole 
National Historic Site Act; H.R. 3498, Dungeness Crab Conservation 
and Management Act; H.R. 3625, San Rafael Swell National Heritage 
and Conservation Act; and H.R. 3903, Glacier Bay National Park 
Boundary Adjustment Act of 1998, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 20, to consider H.R. 4193, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 5 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 21, Subcommittee on Technology, 
oversight hearing on Community Colleges in the

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21st Century: Tackling Technology, 12 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Basic Research, oversight hearing on the 
National Science Foundation's Systemic Initiatives: Are SSIs The 
Best Way to Improve K-12 Math and Science Education? 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 22, Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Reform and Paperwork, hearing on the potential impacts on the small 
business community of restructuring the electric utility industry, 2 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 21, 
Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, to mark 
up the Economic Development Partnership Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2253 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 22, hearing on benefits for 
Filipino veterans, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Health, hearing to review the 
implementation of section 1706 of title 38, United States Code, 
which provide for the specialized treatment and rehabilitative needs 
of disabled veterans, 9:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 22, 23 and 24, Subcommittee on 
Social Security, hearings to examine labor-management relations at 
the SSA, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 21, executive, 
hearing on Economic Intelligence, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 22, executive, briefing/business meeting, Access and Bosnia 
Report, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis, and 
Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on Counterintelligence, 3 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 23, full Committee, executive, hearing on Denial and 
Deception, 11 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 23, executive, briefing on CIA's new Whistleblower 
Regulation, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 23, executive, to mark up H.R. 3829, Intelligence Community 
Whistleblower Protection Act of 1998, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 24, executive, hearing on Future Imagery Architecture, 11 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: July 23, to hold hearings to examine the 
financial structure of the International Monetary Fund, 10 a.m., 
2220 Rayburn Building.
  Joint hearing: July 22, Senate Committee on 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.