[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 118 (Wednesday, September 9, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D950-D951]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 10, 1998

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Michael M. Reyna, of California, to be a Member of the 
Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, 9 a.m., SR-
328A.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine the status of organ 
donations, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on 
Communications, to hold hearings on S. 2365, to promote competition and 
privatization in satellite communications, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 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 Environment and Public Works, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Terrence L. Bracy, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental Policy, and Norine E. Noonan, of Florida, to be 
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance, business meeting, to mark up proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for the United States Customs Service, H.R. 4342, to 
make miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws, and to 
consider the nomination of Susan G. Esserman, of Maryland, to be Deputy 
United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, 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 (Treaty Doc. 105-17), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine recent developments with regard to North Korea, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, 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, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, business meeting, to mark up 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.
  Special Committee on Aging, 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, to hold hearings 
to examine the Year 2000 computer conversion as related to the 
transportation industry, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E1681-82 in today's record.

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                                  House

  Committee on Appropriations, 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, 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, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on H.R. 4353, International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act 
of 1998, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  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, 10:30 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: 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.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing on 
Sanctions Revisited, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, 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, 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, executive, briefing on 
Embassy Bombings in Africa, 2 p.m., H-405 Capital.