[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D817-D819]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 23, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on 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, 3 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on the Budget, 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, 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, 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.
  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

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H.R. 1522, to extend the authorization for the National Historic 
Preservation Fund, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Clean 
Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, to hold 
hearings on proposals to reform the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Full Committee, business meeting, to continue markup of S. 2131, 
to provide for the conservation and development of water and related 
resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct 
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the 
United States, 10:45 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, 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.
  Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending calendar 
business, 2:30 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  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, William LacySwing, of North 
Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
Kathryn Dee Robinson, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Ghana, George McDade Staples, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Rwanda, and John Melvin Yates, of Washington, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, 4 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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., SH-216.
  Committee on 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, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  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, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate Committee meetings scheduled, see page E1394 
in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 3899, American 
Homeownership Act of 1998, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, 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.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to consider the 
following: H.R. 4237, to amend the District of Columbia Convention 
Center and Sports Arena Authorization Act of 1995 to revise the 
revenues and activities covered under such Act; H.R. 2508, to 
provide for the conveyance of Federal land in San Joaquin County, 
CA, to the city of Tracy, CA; H.R. 4243, to reduce waste, fraud, and 
error in Government programs by making improvements with respect to 
Federal management and debt collection practices, Federal payment 
systems, and Federal benefit programs; H.R. 4244, Federal 
Procurement System Performance Measurement and Acquisition Workforce 
Training Act of 1998; H.R. 3725, Postal Service Health and Safety 
Promotion Act; 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; 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; H.R. 4259, Haskell Indians Nations 
University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute 
Administrative Systems Act of 1998; H.R. 4280, to provide for 
greater access to child care services for Federal employees; and an 
investigative report entitled ``Making the Federal Government 
Accountable: Enforcing the Mandate for Effective Financial 
Management'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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, hearing on Kosovo-Current 
Situation and Future Options, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, oversight 
hearing on the United States Copyright Office, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  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; to mark up H.R. 3843, to grant a Federal charter to 
the American GI Forum of the United States; and to consider private 
immigration bills, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4250, Patient Protection Act 
of 1998, 3 p.m., H-3131 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: Courthouse prospectuses; 11b resolutions; a public 
building design resolution; H.R. 3482, to designate the Federal 
building located at 11000 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, 
California, as the ``Abraham Lincoln Federal Building; H.R. 3598, to 
designate the Federal building located at 700 East San Antonio 
Street in El Paso, Texas, as the ``Richard C. White Federal 
Building''; S. 2032, to designate the Federal building in Juneau, 
Alaska, as the ``Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building''; H.R. 4275, 
Economic Development Partnership Act of 1998; the National Parks Air 
Tour Management Act of 1998; and Corps of Engineers Survey 
resolutions; 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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, Subcommittee on Social Security, to 
continue hearings to examine labor-management relations at the SSA, 
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Denial and Deception, 11 a.m., executive, briefing on CIA's new 
Whistleblower Regulation, 2 p.m., and, executive, to mark up H.R. 
3829, Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act of 1998, 3 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
financial structure of the International Monetary Fund, 10 a.m., 
2220 Rayburn Building.