[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 108 (Tuesday, August 4, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D898-D899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  No meetings are scheduled.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing on H.R. 4366, Food Stamp 
Verification Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to mark up the 
following bills; H.R. 4239, Financial Contract Netting Improvement 
Act of 1998; and H.R. 4321, Financial Information Privacy Act of 
1998, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3844, 
Wireless Communications and Public Safety

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Act of 1998; H.R. 4017, Energy Conservation Reauthorization Act of 
1998; and H.R. 4382, Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization 
Act of 1998, 10:45 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Prison Industry: Effects on 
Inmates, Law-Abiding Workers, and Business, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, to consider pending business, 3 
p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, to continue hearings on 
Human Rights in China--Day 2, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on Regional 
Conflict: Colombia's Insurgency and Prospects for a Peaceful 
Resolution, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of H.R. 3789, Class 
Action Jurisdiction Act of 1998; and to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 218, Community Protection Act of 1997; H.R. 3607, National 
Youth Crime Prevention Demonstration Act; and H.R. 4264, to 
establish the Bureau of Enforcement and Border Affairs within the 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to consider the following measures: H.R. 
1282, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
facilities of the Minidoka project to the Burley Irrigation 
district; H.R. 1467, to provide for the continuance of oil and gas 
operations pursuant to certain existing leases in the Wayne National 
Forest; H.R. 1481, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 
1997; S. 1693, Vision 2020 National Parks Restoration Act; S. 1695, 
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Preservation Act of 1998; 
H.R. 1943, Carlsbad Irrigation Project Acquired Transfer Act; H.R. 
2108, Dutch John Federal Property Disposition and Assistance Act of 
1997; H.R. 2161, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
the Palmetto Bend Project to the State of Texas; H.R. 2756, Kake 
Tribal Corporation Land Exchange Act; H.R. 3056, to provide for the 
preservation and sustainability of the family farm through the 
transfer of responsibility for operation and maintenance of the 
Flathead Indian Irrigation project; H.R. 3187, to amend the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to exempt not-for-profit 
entities that hold rights-of-way on public lands from certain strict 
liability requirements imposed in connection with such rights-of-
way; H.R. 3381, Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of 1998; H.R. 3687, 
to authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water reclamation 
project contract for the Canadian River Project, Texas; H.R. 3706, 
Clear Creek Distribution System Conveyance Act; H.R. 3715, Pine 
River Project Conveyance Act; H.R. 3878, to subject certain reserved 
mineral interests of the operation of the Mineral Leasing Act; H.R. 
3972, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the 
Secretary of the Interior from charging State and local government 
agencies for certain uses of the sand, gravel, and shell resources 
of the outer Continental Shelf; H.R. 4023, to provide for the 
conveyance of the Forest Service property in Kern County, 
California, in exchange for county lands suitable for inclusion in 
Sequoia National Forest; H.R. 4048, Sly Park Unit Conveyance Act; 
H.R. 4166, to amend the Idaho Admission Act regarding the sale or 
lease of school land; H.R. 4313, to amend the Revised Organic Act of 
the Virgin Islands to provide that the number of members on the 
legislature of the Virgin Islands and the number of such members 
constituting a quorum shall be determined by the laws of the Virgin 
Islands; and a measure to provide for the conveyance of various 
reclamation project facilities to local water authorities, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4380, making appropriations 
for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities 
chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said District for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999; and to mark up a measure 
to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for 
mandatory drug testing of Members, officers, and employees of the 
House of Representatives, 11 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, oversight hearing on the White House 
Perspective on the International Space Station's Problems and 
Solutions, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation, hearing on Motor Carrier Economic Regulatory 
Issues, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on the garnishment of 
benefits paid to veterans for child support and other court-ordered 
family obligations, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Iraq, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.