[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D805-D807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
hearings to examine how the Year 2000 computer conversion will 
affect agricultural businesses, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Armed Services, business meeting, to consider the 
nomination of Daryl L. Jones, to be the Secretary of the Air Force, 
10 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold hearings 
to examine the 1946 Swiss Holocaust Assets Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Bill Richardson, of New Mexico, to be Secretary of 
Energy, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  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,

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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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance, 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, 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, 4 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, business meeting, to 
consider pending nominations, 2 p.m., SR-301.
  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 a.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review the 1999 Multilateral 
Negotiations on Agricultural Trade-Western Hemisphere, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 1999: Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Programs; and Transportation, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on the Conduct 
of Monetary Policy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Commerce, 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.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 4257, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
to permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood products; 
H.R. 4241, Head Start Amendments of 1998; and H.R. 4271, Community 
Services Authorization Act of 1998; and to consider pending 
Committee business, 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Human Resources, hearing on Medicare Home Health Agencies: Still No 
Surety Against Fraud and Abuse, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and 
Criminal Justice, hearing on Drug Treatment Programs: Making 
Treatment Work, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: H. Con. Res. 292, calling for an end to the recent 
conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia; the 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. Res. 362, commending the visit of His Holiness Pope John 
Paul II to Cuba; and H. Res. 475, recognizing the importance of 
achieving the goal of the 1997 Microcredit Summit to provide access 
to microcredit to 100,000 of the world's poorest families, 11 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on H.R. 3081, Hate Crimes 
Prevention Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, to mark up H.R. 4006, Lethal 
Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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 Everglade 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

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National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 1998, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4276, making appropriations 
for the Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999; 
and to hold a hearing on H. Res. 503, amending the Rules of the 
House of Representatives to provide for mandatory drug testing of 
Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives, 3 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, 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 Veterans' Affairs, hearing on benefits for Filipino 
veterans, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing to examine labor-management relations at the SSA, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Committee business; and, executive, to consider the Access and 
Bosnia Report, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis, and 
Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on Counterintelligence, 3 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.

Joint Meetings
  Joint Hearing: 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 a.m., SD-106.