[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 101 (Friday, July 24, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D836-D839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 27 through August 1, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 1151, 
Federal Credit Union Reform Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider S. 2334, Foreign 
Operations Appropriations, 1999, S. 2333, D.C. Appropriations, 1999, S. 
2330, HMO reform, conference report on H.R. 4059, Military Construction 
Appropriations, and any cleared legislative or executive business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, July 28, 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 29, to 
hold oversight hearings on the Department of Agriculture's progress 
in consolidating and downsizing its operations, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  July 30, Full Committee, 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, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 
9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 29, 
business meeting, to mark up S. 1405, to provide for improved 
monetary policy and regulatory reform in financial institution 
management and activities, to streamline

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financial regulatory agency actions, and to provide for improved 
consumer credit disclosure, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 28, to 
hold hearings on the nominations of Ritajean Hartung Butterworth, of 
Washington, and Diane D. Blair, of Arkansas, each to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 
and Kelley S. Coyner, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the 
Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of 
Transportation; to be followed by hearings to examine why cable 
rates continue to increase, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 29, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to 
examine international satellite reform, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 28, to hold 
hearings to examine the March 31, 1998 Government Accounting Office 
report on the Forest Service, focusing on Alaska region operating 
costs, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 29, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 29, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, 
and Nuclear Safety, to hold oversight hearings on activities of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Romulo L. Diaz, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Administrator for Administration and Resources Management, and J. 
Charles Fox, of Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator for Water, 
both of the Environmental Protection Agency, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 28, business meeting, to consider a 
proposed amendment to S. 442, the Internet Tax Freedom Act, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, to 
hold hearings on S. 1858, to provide individuals with disabilities 
with incentives to become economically self-sufficient, 2 p.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 27, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District 
of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine safety issues relating to 
the District of Columbia, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  July 29, Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and 
Federal Services, to hold hearings to examine the satellite export 
licensing process, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues in 
preparation for the Year 2000 Census, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 29, to hold hearings on S. 1554, 
to provide for relief from excessive punitive damage awards in cases 
involving primarily financial loss by establishing rules for 
proportionality between the amount of punitive damages and the 
amount of economic loss, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold oversight hearings 
on enforcement activities of the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, Department of Justice, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  July 30, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 
1 p.m., SD-226.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues with 
regard to physician assisted suicide, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: July 28, to hold hearings 
to examine the science of addiction and options for substance abuse 
treatment, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  July 29, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 1380, 
Charter Schools Expansion Act, and S. 2213, Education Flexibility 
Amendments of 1998, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: July 29, to hold hearings 
on S. 2288, to provide for the reform and continuing legislative 
oversight of the production, procurement, dissemination, and 
permanent public access of the Government's publications, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: July 28, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 3:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 29, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 2 p.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 29, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 10 a.m., SH-219.
  July 29, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on intelligence 
matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 27, to hold hearings to examine 
allegations of neglect in certain California nursing homes and the 
overall infrastructure that regulates these homes, 1 p.m., SH-216.
  July 28, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine 
allegations of neglect in certain California nursing homes and the 
overall infrastructure that regulates these homes, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: July 31, to 
hold hearings to examine telecommunication issues with regard to the 
Year 2000 information problem, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 28, hearing on H.R. 4149, Forest 
Service Cost Reduction and Fiscal Accountability Act of 1998, 2 
p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  July 30, hearing to review the state of the farm economy, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, July 28, hearing to 
review the Use of Deceptive Practices to Gain Access to Personal 
Financial Information, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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  July 30, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on a GAO Study of HUD's 
Role as Mission Regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, July 27, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, 
hearing on Progress on Uranium Mill Tailings Cleanup, 2 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  July 29, full Committee, hearing on Electronic Commerce: The 
Global Electronic Marketplace, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 28, Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on School Financing 
and the Federal Role in Compensatory Education, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  July 29, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
4241, Head Start Amendments of 1998; H.R. 4271, Community Services 
Authorization Act of 1998; and H.R. 4037, to require the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration to recognize that 
electronic forms of providing Material Safety Data Sheets provide 
the same level of access to information as paper copies and to 
improve the presentation of safety and emergency information on such 
Data Sheets, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
``The Independent Review Board Oversight of the International 
Brotherhood of Teamsters: Is It Effective?'', 1:30 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing to review 
the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, July 28, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, 
hearing on H.R. 3921, Federal Financial Assistance Management 
Improvement Act of 1998, 1 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 28, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on ``State and Local 
Governments v. Clinton/Gore'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn
  July 29, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Job Corps 
Oversight Part II: Vocational Training Standards, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  July 30, full Committee, hearing on the Need for an Independent 
Counsel in the Campaign Finance Investigation, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  July 31, hearing on Solving the Cancer Crisis: Comprehensive 
Research, Coordination and Care, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, July 30, to consider pending 
business, 10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, July 29, hearing on Recent 
Developments in the Middle East, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 29, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights 
and the Subcommittee on Africa, joint hearing on the Crises in Sudan 
and Northern Uganda, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on Conflict 
Resolution: Chiapas, Mexico and the Search for Peace, 1:30 p.m., 
2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 28, to continue mark up of H.R. 
3789, Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1998 and to mark up the 
following: H.R. 4006, Lethal Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 1998; H.R. 
3843, to grant a Federal charter to the American GI Forum of the 
United States; H.R. 218, Community Protection Act of 1997; and 
private immigration bills, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 29, hearing on H.R. 4277, Quality Health-Care Coalition Act 
of 1998, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3396, Citizens Protection Act 
of 1998; and H.R. 692, to amend the independent counsel provisions 
of title 28, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of an 
independent counsel when the Attorney General determines that 
Department of Justice employees have engaged in certain conduct, 10 
a.m., Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on the use of 
controlled substances used to commit date rape, 9:30 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to mark up 
pending legislation, 9:30 a.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 28, hearing on H.R. 3987, Deer and 
Elk Protection Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 28, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 2125, to authorize appropriations for 
the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in New Jersey; H.R. 3950, Otay 
Mountain Wilderness Act of 1998; H.R. 3963, to establish terms and 
conditions under which the Secretary of the Interior shall convey 
leaseholds in certain properties around Canyon Ferry Reservoir; H.R. 
4144, Cumberland Island Preservation Act; H.R. 4211, to establish 
the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, in association with the 
Tuskegee University, in the State of Alabama; H.R. 4230, El Porto 
Administrative Site Land Exchange Act; and a measure to make 
technical corrections and minor adjustments to the boundaries of the 
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the State of Utah, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 28, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 3478, Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 1998; 
and H.R. 745, to deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation 
project, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
negotiations to satisfy, in a manner consistent with all Federal 
laws, the water rights interests of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian 
Tribe, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 29, full Committee, to mark up the following measures: H. 
Res. 494, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the United States has enjoyed the loyalty of the United States 
citizens of Guam, and that the United States recognizes the 
centennial anniversary of the Spanish-American War as an opportune 
time for Congress to reaffirm its commitment to increase self-
government consistent with self-determination for the people of 
Guam; H.R. 1110, Sudbury, Iceboat, and Concord Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act; H.R. 2370, Guam Judicial Empowerment Act of 1997; H.R. 
2776, to amend the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the 
establishment of the Morristown National Historical Park in the 
State of New

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Jersey, and for other purposes'' to authorize the acquisition of 
property known as the Warren property; H.R. 3445, Oceans Act of 
1998; H.R. 4068, to make certain technical corrections in laws 
relating to Native Americans; H.R. 4079, to authorize the 
construction of temperature control devices at Folsom Dam in 
California; and H.R. 4326, Oregon Public Lands Transfer and 
Protection Act of 1998; and to hold a hearing on H.R. 2743, Indian 
Land Consolidation Amendment Act of 1997, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on the status of oceanographic monitoring and 
assessment efforts on both global and local scales, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on NEPA Parity, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 27, to consider the following: the 
Transportation appropriations for fiscal year 1999; and the 
Conference Report to accompany H.R. 629, Texas Low-Level Radioactive 
Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act; and to mark up H. Res. 507, 
providing special investigative authority for the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce,4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 28, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on S. 1418, Methane Hydrate Research and 
Development Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 27, to continue hearings on 
Kyoto Protocol: The Undermining of American Prosperity? Part 2--The 
Science, 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, and Exports, hearing on 
``Helping Small Businesses--Will Tax Relief Make a Difference?'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon,
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 29, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on 
the Needs of the U.S. Marine Transportation System: The Waterways, 
Ports, and Their Intermodal Connections, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on the Department of 
Transportation's African Aviation Initiative, H.R. 3741, Aviation 
Bilateral Accountability Act of 1998, and European Commission's 
preliminary position on 2 transatlantic alliances, 9:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 28, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing on Trade Relations with Europe and the new Transatlantic 
Economic Partnership, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 29, full Committee, to mark up the following measures: the 
Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1998; and H. 
Con. Res. 213, expressing the sense of the Congress that the 
European Union is unfairly restricting the importation of United 
States agriculture products and the elimination of such restrictions 
should be a top priority in trade negotiations with the European 
Union, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Fatherhood 
and Welfare reform, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 28, executive, 
briefing on Korean Peninsula, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 28, Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, 
executive, hearing on Support to Military Operations, 2 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 30, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Committee on International Relations 
to examine issues relating to religious intolerance in Europe, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn Building.