[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D852-D853]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1998

                                 Senate

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
oversight hearings on the Department of Agriculture's progress in 
consolidating and downsizing its operations, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance, 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, Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold hearings to 
examine the satellite export licensing process, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold oversight hearings on 
enforcement activities of the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, Department of Justice, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, 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, 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 Indian Affairs, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 2 p.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 10 a.m., SH-219.
  Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on intelligence matters, 
2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing on H.R. 4149, Forest Service 
Cost Reduction and Fiscal Accountability Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Commerce, hearing on Electronic Commerce: The Global 
Electronic Marketplace, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Human Resources, hearing on Job Corps Oversight Part II: Vocational 
Training Standards, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Recent 
Developments in the Middle East, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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.
  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, hearing on H.R. 4277, Quality Health-
Care Coalition Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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 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.
  Committee on Small Business, to continue hearings on Kyoto 
Protocol: The Undermining of American Prosperity? Part 2--The 
Science, 10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.

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  Committee on Ways and Means, 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, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Korean Peninsula, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, 
hearing on Support to Military Operations, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.