[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 115 (Thursday, September 3, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D934-D935]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of September 7 through 12, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will not be in session.
  On Tuesday, Senate will consider any available appropriations bills 
or conference reports, or any legislative or executive items cleared 
for action.
  On Wednesday, Senate will vote on motions to close further debate on 
the motions to proceed to consideration of S. 1301, Consumer Bankruptcy 
Reform Act, and S. 1873, American Missile Protection Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any further 
legislative or executive items cleared for action.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, September 8, 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 9, 
to resume hearings on S. 625, to provide for competition between 
forms of motor vehicle insurance, to permit an owner of a motor 
vehicle to choose the most appropriate form of insurance for that 
person, to guarantee affordable premiums, and to provide for more 
adequate and timely compensation for accident victims, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  September 9, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine 
enforcement activities of the Federal Aviation Administration, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings on 
S. 2365, to promote competition and privatization in satellite 
communications, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to 
examine international satellite reform proposals, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 10, 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold hearings 
on S. 2385, to establish the San Rafael Swell National Heritage Area 
and the San Rafael National Conservation Area in the State of Utah, 
2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 10, to hold hearings on 
the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty and 
the World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and 
Phonograms Treaty, done at Geneva on December 20, 1996, and signed 
by the United States on April 12, 1997, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 9, to hold hearings 
on the implementation of the Inspectors General Act of 1978, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  September 10, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to resume 
hearings to examine the safety of food imports, focusing on certain 
fraud and deceptive techniques used by individuals to import food 
products illegally into the United States, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 9, Subcommittee on 
Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights, to hold hearings to 
examine the impeachment or indictment process of a sitting 
President, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.

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  September 10, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the 
Courts, business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: September 9, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 2432, to support programs of grants to States 
to address the assistive technology needs of individuals with 
disabilities, proposed Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998, 
and to consider pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 9, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 10, to hold hearings to 
examine how to strengthen and increase programs for family 
caregivers, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: September 
10, to hold hearings to examine the Year 2000 computer conversion as 
related to the transportation industry, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, September 10, to mark up the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs appropriations for 
fiscal year 1999, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, September 10, 
Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, hearing to 
examine the Russian Economic Crisis and the IMF Aid Package, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, September 10, Subcommittee on Finance and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing on H.R. 4353, International Anti-
Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to 
continue hearings on the circumstances surrounding the FCC's planned 
relocation to the Portals, including the efforts of Franklin L. 
Haney and his representatives with respect to this matter and the 
circumstances surrounding the payments of fees to those 
representatives, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing on legislative proposals to Protect 
Children from Inappropriate Materials on the Internet, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 10, 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on American 
Worker Project: Regulatory Affairs at the Department of Labor--
Garment Industry Trendsetters, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 9, 
Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing on the Blood 
Safety: Minimizing Plasma Product Risks, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 9, Subcommittee on 
Asia and the Pacific, to mark up H. Res. 505, expressing the sense 
of the House of Representatives with respect to the importance of 
diplomatic relations with the Pacific Island nations, 4 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  September 10, full Committee, to mark up the following: a measure 
to provide authorities with respect to the transfer of excess 
defense articles and the transfer of naval vessels under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act; H. Con. Res. 
304, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the culpability 
of Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and 
genocide in the former Yugoslavia; H. Con. Res. 315, expressing the 
sense of the Congress condemning the atrocities by Serbian police 
and military forces against Albanians in Kosovo and urging that 
blocked assets of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
Montenegro) under control of the United States and other governments 
be used to compensate the Albanians in Kosovo for losses suffered 
through Serbian police and military action; H. Res. 381, expressing 
the sense of the Congress that the President should renegotiate the 
extradition treaty with Mexico so that the possibility of capital 
punishment will not interfere with the timely extradition of 
criminal suspects from Mexico to the United States; and H. Res. 505, 
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
the importance of diplomatic relations with the Pacific Island 
nations, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, September 9, to consider the following: H.R. 
2538, Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Act of 1998; and H.R. 
2863, Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998, 3 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  September 10, to hold a hearing on proposals to amend the standing 
rules of the House, 12 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, September 10, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, oversight hearing on Delays in NASA's Earth Science 
Enterprise, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 10, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on issues of concern to the Travel 
Agent Community, focusing on the following: H.R. 3704, Consumer 
Access to Travel Information Act of 1998; changes to the preemption 
provision in Section 10 of H.R. 3160, Airline Competition and Lower 
Fares Act; the contention that airlines have engaged in an unfair 
competitive practice by lowering their standard commission rates for 
all travel agents except for the Scheduled Airline Traffic Office 
(SATO); and Commission overrides, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 10, 
executive, briefing on Embassy Bombings in Africa, 2 p.m., H-405 
Capital.
  Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial 
Concerns with the People's Republic of China, September 11, 
executive, to continue to receive briefings on pending business, 8 
a.m., room to be announced.