[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D990-D991]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 17, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on the Budget, to hold joint hearings with the Committee 
on Foreign Relations' Subcommittee on International Operations, to 
examine Department of State management and budget issues, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings to examine the Department of Commerce involvement in the 
transfer of satellite technology to China, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Gregory H. Friedman, of Colorado, to be Inspector 
General, Department of Energy, Charles G. Groat, of Texas, to be 
Director of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the 
Interior, and T.J. Glauthier, of California, to be Deputy Secretary 
of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on miscellaneous bills, including S. 
1175, S. 1641, S. 1960, S. 2086, S. 2133, S. 2239, S. 2240, S. 2241, 
S. 2246, S. 2247, S. 2248, S. 2285, S. 2297, S. 2309, S. 2401, and 
H.R. 2411, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, to hold hearings on the 
General Services Administration's fiscal year 1999 capital 
investment and leasing programs, the fiscal year 1999 courthouse 
construction requests of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts, and S. 2481, proposed Public Buildings Reform Act, 9 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on International 
Operations to hold joint hearings with the Committee on the Budget, 
to examine Department of State management and budget issues, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Kenneth Prewitt, of New York, to be Director of the 
Census, Department of Commerce, and Robert M. Walker, of Tennessee, 
to be Deputy Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings to 
examine professional developments incorporating advances and 
teaching, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem, to hold 
hearings to examine the potential threat of the millennium bug on 
the solvency of America's pension plans and mutual funds, and to 
review internal and external activities of fund managers to protect 
the investments of Americans as they prepare for Y2K, 9:30 a.m., SD-
192.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see page 
E1741 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on Preparing 
for the Year 2000: Financial Institutions, Customers, 
Telecommunications, and Power, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to mark 
up the following bills; H.R. 3610, National Oilheat Research 
Alliance Act of 1998; and H.R. 4081, to extend the deadline under 
the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a 
hydroelectic project in the State of Arkansas, 3 p.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 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, to mark up H.R. 3783, Child Online Protection Act, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the Review of the 
Management of the Year 2000 Problem by the Department of Labor and 
the Department of Education, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Census, hearing on ``Oversight of the 2000 Census: Serious Problems 
with Statistical Adjustment Remain'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing on ``A National ID Card: Big Government 
at its Worst or Technological Efficiency?'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the United States 
and Russia, Part II: Russia in Crisis, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, executive, to consider the release of 
certain documents, records, and materials received

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by the Committee from the Independent Counsel on September 9th, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing and 
mark up of S.J.Res. 51, granting the consent of Congress to the 
Potomac Highlands Airport Authority Compact entered into between the 
States of Maryland and West Virginia; and to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 4049, Regulatory Fair Warning Act of 1998; H.R. 4096, 
Taxpayers Defense Act; and H.R. 4572, to clarify that governmental 
pension plans of the possessions of the United States shall be 
treated in the same manner as State pension plans for purposes of 
the limitation on the State income taxation of pension income, 2 
p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 4258, No Second Chances for 
Murderers, Rapists, or Child Molesters Act of 1998, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up H.R. 4337, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the 
State of Maryland for a pilot program to develop measures to 
eradicate or control nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria; 
followed by a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2304, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to a map 
relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System; and H.R. 4248, 
Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Promotion Act; and 
H.R. 4517, Neotropical Migratory Bird Habitat Enhancement Act, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on 
Forest Service--Backcountry Airstrip Management, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, hearing on proposals to amend the standing 
rules of the House, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, oversight 
hearing on Industrial Biotechnology: A Solution for the Future? 1 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, hearing on H.Con.Res. 52, urging that the railroad 
industry, including rail labor, management and retiree 
organizations, open discussions for adequately funding an amendment 
to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to modify the guaranteed 
minimum benefit for widows and widowers whose annuities are 
converted from a spouse to a widow or widower annuity, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the Taxpayer Relief Act of 
1998, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to hold hearings 
to examine the current situation in Kosovo, 3 p.m., 2200 Rayburn 
Building.