[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 97 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1358-E1359]
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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 21, 1998, may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                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
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-406
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine China's missile transfer 
           issues.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Bill Richardson, of 
           New Mexico, to beSecretary of Energy.
                                                            SH-216
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine new directions in retirement 
           security policy, focusing on social security, pensions, 
           personal savings and work.
                                                            SD-215
       Labor and Human Resources
         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.
                                                            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
     10:00 a.m.
       Armed Services
         Business meeting, to consider the nomination of Daryl L. 
           Jones, to be the Secretary of the Air Force.
                                                            SR-222
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the 1946 Swiss Holocaust 
           Assets Agreement.
                                                            SD-538
     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
     4:00 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings on the nominations of David G. 
           Carpenter, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
           State for Diplomatic Security, and to be Director of 
           the Office of Foreign Missions, and to have the rank of 
           Ambassador during his tenure of service, Bert T. 
           Edwards, of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
           Department of State, and Jonathan H. Spalter, of the 
           District of Columbia, to be an Associate Director 
           (Bureau of Information) of the United States 
           Information Agency.
                                                            SD-419

                                JULY 23
     9:00 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposals to reform the 
           Federal Emergency Management Agency.
                                                            SD-406
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on S. 2238, to reform unfair and 
           anticompetitive practices in the professional boxing 
           industry.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         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.
                                                            SD-366
       Governmental Affairs
       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.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the current status of, and 
           prospects for, competition and innovation in certain 
           segments of the software industry.
                                                            SH-216
       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
     10:00 a.m.
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine long-term economic and 
           budgetary effects of social security.
                                                            SD-608
       Foreign Relations
       International Operations Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine whether the United Nations 
           international criminal court is in the United States 
           national interest.
                                                            SD-419
       Labor and Human Resources
         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.
                                                            SD-430
       Joint Economic
         To hold hearings to examine the financial structure of 
           the International Monetary Fund.
                                             2220 Rayburn Building
     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
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                    S-116, Capitol
     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
     4:00 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         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,

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           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.
                                                            SD-419

                                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
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
     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
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 2161, to provide Government-wide 
           accounting of regulatory costs and benefits, and S. 
           1675, to establish a Congressional Office of Regulatory 
           Analysis.
                                                            SD-342

                                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-th-
           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
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Communications Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine international satellite 
           reform.
                                                            SR-253

                              SEPTEMBER 10
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Communications Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine international satellite 
           reform.
                                                            SR-253

                               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 21
     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
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Department of 
           Justice's implementation of the Violence Against Women 
           Act.
                                                            SD-226