[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 125 (Friday, September 18, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1007-D1009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of September 21 through 26, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1301, 
Consumer Bankruptcy Reform.
  On Tuesday, Senate will also consider a motion to close further 
debate on the committee substitute amendment to S. 1645, Child Custody 
Protection Act, with a cloture vote to occur thereon at 4:30 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may resume consideration of S. 
2237, Interior Appropriations, 1999, further appropriations bills, and 
any legislative or executive items cleared for action, including 
conference reports, when available.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, September 22, 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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: September 23, 
to hold hearings to examine public and private forestry issues, 2 
p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: September 22 and 23, Subcommittee on 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Tuesday, to hold 
hearings to examine mind/body medical interactions and their 
potential clinical applications, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, to hold 
hearings to examine issues regarding the global eradication of polio 
and measles, 10 a.m.; Tuesday in SD-192 and Wednesday in SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 22, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Richard Danzig, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Secretary of the Navy, Bernard Daniel Rostker, of Virginia, to be 
Under Secretary of the Army, Stephen W. Preston, of the District of 
Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, 
Herbert Lee Buchanan III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Navy, and Jeh Charles Johnson, of New York, to be General 
Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  September 24, Full Committee, to hold open and closed hearings on 
the report of the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat 
to the United States, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs: September 23, to 
hold hearings on the nominations of John D. Hawke, Jr., of the 
District of Columbia, to be Comptroller of the Currency, Department 
of the Treasury, and Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., of Texas, to be Deputy 
Secretary, William C. Apgar, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Administrator, Cardell 
Cooper, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary for Community 
Planning and Development, and Harold Lucas, of New Jersey, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, all of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Affairs, 11 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 22, 
to hold hearings on the nominations of Sylvia De Leon, of Texas, 
Linwood Holton, of Virginia, and Amy M. Rosen, of New Jersey, each 
to be a Member of the Reform Board (AMTRAK), 10 a.m., SR-253.
  September 22, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to 
examine internet privacy issues, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  September 23, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to 
hold hearings to examine United States commercial space launch 
industry activities, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 23., business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  September 24, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine recent Midwest electricity price spikes, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 22, to hold 
hearings on S. 2470, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make 
technical corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier 
Resources System, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  September 23, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
to hold hearings on the proposed consolidation of the Patent and 
Trademark Office, 4 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 23, to hold hearings on 
the nominations of Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Robert Patrick John 
Finn, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, 
10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 23, to resume 
hearings on information security issues, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  September 24 and 25, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to 
resume hearings to examine the safety of

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food imports, focusing on legislative, administrative and regulatory 
remedies, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  September 24, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 2:15 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 22, Subcommittee on 
Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition, to hold hearings to 
examine issues with regard to the BP/Amoco merger, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and 
Property Rights, to hold hearings to examine issues regarding the 
right to keep and bear arms, focusing on the Second Amendment as a 
source to individual rights, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: September 23, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-430
  Committee on Rules and Administration: September 24, to hold 
closed followed by open hearings to examine United States Capitol 
securities issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business: September 24, to hold hearings to 
examine how small businesses can compete with campus bookstores, 10 
a.m., SR-428A
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 22, to hold hearings to 
examine the quality of care in the VA health care system, 10 a.m., 
SR-418.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 23, to hold hearings on 
H.R. 1833, to provide for further self-governance by Indian tribes, 
9 a.m., SD-562.
  September 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on H.R. 1805, to 
amend the Auburn Indian Restoration Act to establish restrictions 
related to gaming on and use of land held in trust for the United 
Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California, and 
S. 2010, to provide for business development and trade promotion for 
Native Americans, 2 p.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 23, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, September 21: The House will not be in session.
  Tuesday, September 22: The House will meet at 10:00 a.m.--No 
legislative business.
  Wednesday, September 23 and the balance of the week:
  Wednesday, the House will meet at 2:00 p.m. for legislative 
business--no recorded votes are expected before 5:00 p.m.
  Thursday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for legislative business.
  Friday, the House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business.
  Saturday, the House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business 
(Please note it is possible the House will be in session on Saturday).
Program for the week:
  Suspensions (12 bills):
  (1) H.R. 2000--Amending the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act;
  (2) H.R. 4068--Making Certain Technical Corrections in Laws Relating 
to Native Americans;
  (3) H.R. 2314--Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Federal Indian Services 
Restoration Act ;
  (4) H.R. 1659--Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion 
Act;
  (5) H.R. 3381--Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of 1998;
  (6) H.R. 1481--Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act;
  (7) H. Res. 144--Expressing Support for the Bicentennial of the Lewis 
and Clark Expedition;
  (8) H. Res. 505--Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives 
with Respect to the Importance of Diplomatic Relations with the Pacific 
Island Nations;
  (9) H. Con. Res. 315--Expressing the Sense of the Congress Condemning 
the Atrocities by Serbian Police and Military Forces Against Albanians 
in Kosova;
  (10) H.R. 4558--Making Technical Amendments to Clarify the Provision 
of Benefits for Noncitizens, and to Improve the Provision of 
Unemployment Insurance, Child Support, and Supplemental Security Income 
Benefits;
  (11) S. 1355--Designating the Richard C. Lee United States 
Courthouse; and
  (12) H.R. 81--Robert K. Rodibaugh United States Bankruptcy 
Courthouse.
  Consideration of H.R. 4006--Lethal Drug Abuse Prevention Act 
(Modified Open Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 3736--Workforce Improvement and Protection Act 
of 1998 (Modified Closed Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2621--Reciprocal Trade Agreement Authorities 
Act (Subject to a Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 4579--Taxpayer Relief Act of 1998 (Subject to a 
Rule); and
  Consideration of H.R. 4578--The Save Social Security Act (Subject to 
a Rule).


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 23, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review 
the Emergency Food Assistance Program Enhancement Act of 1998, 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, September 23, hearing 
on H.R. 4179, to authorize qualified organizations to provide 
technical assistance and capacity building services to 
microenterprise development organizations and programs and to 
disadvantaged entrepreneurs using funds from the Community 
Development Financial Institutions Fund, 12:00 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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  September 24, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, oversight hearing on the Federal 
Housing Finance Board, 11:00 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, September 25, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing on the Federal Hydroelectric Relicensing Process, 
9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on Implementation of the Abstinence Education Provisions of 
the Welfare Reform Law, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 24, 
Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, to continue hearings on 
Impediments to Union Democracy, Part IV: Rank and File Rights at the 
American Radio Association, 2:30 p.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on American Worker Project: Retailers and Manufacturers 
Concerning the Garment Industry, 10:00 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 24, 
Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on FEHB Premium Increases for 
1999, 9:00 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, 
and Technology, to consider pending business, 10:30 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Human Resources, to consider pending 
business, 9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Postal Service, to mark up H.R. 22, 
Postal Reform Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on VA 
Oversight: The Impact of Restructuring on Health Care Quality, 10:30 
a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 24, hearing on 
U.S. Policy Toward North Korea, 2:00 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on The Future of the 
Western Sahara Referendum, 10:00 a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 25, Subcommittee on 
Immigration and Claims, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4416, 
to provide a limited waiver for certain foreign students of the 
requirement to reimburse local educational agencies for the costs of 
the students' education; and H.R. 4293, to establish a cultural and 
training program for disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland 
and the Republic of Ireland, 9:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, September 24, Subcommittee on 
Military Personnel, hearing on the adequacy of the fiscal year 1999 
Defense health program, 3:00 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, Subcommittee on 
Installations and Facilities, and the Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, joint hearing on readiness realities, 9:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 23, Subcommittee on Water and 
Power, hearing on H.R. 3658 Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's 
Reservation Indian Reserved Rights Settlement Act of 1998, 2:00 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 24, full Committee, to consider pending business, 11:00 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on H.R. 4500, Atlantic Swordfish Management 
Improvement Act of 1998, 2:00 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 24, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, 
oversight hearing on Grand Canyon National Park, 9:00 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, September 23, Subcommittee on Basic Research 
and the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, joint oversight 
hearing on the GAO Report on Department of Energy National 
Laboratory Management Reform, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Technology and the Subcommittee on 
Government Management of the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight, joint hearing on Y2K: What Every Consumer Should Know, 
2:00 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 23, Subcommittee on 
Government Programs and Oversight, hearing with respect to the SBA 
Secondary Market in Guaranteed Portion of 7(a) Loans, 2 p.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 24, 
Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, to mark 
up the following: GSA Fiscal Year 1999 Leasing Program, Courthouse 
Construction Projects; and other pending resolutions, 9:00 a.m., 
2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 24, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 2000 (Y2K) biomedical 
device issues and their impact on the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.