[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 130 (Friday, September 25, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1047-D1049]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of September 28 through October 3, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on S. 
2176, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, at 5:30 p.m.

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  On Tuesday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 442, Internet Tax Freedom 
Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider further 
appropriations bills, and any legislative or executive items cleared 
for action, including conference reports, when available.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, September 29, 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 Armed Services: September 29, to hold hearings to 
examine the status of United States military forces and their 
ability to successfully execute the National Military Strategy, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  October 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings on issues regarding 
plans for Department of Energy national security programs, 9:30 
a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 29, 
Subcommittee on International Finance, to hold hearings to examine 
the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee's annual report and the 
National Export Strategy, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 1, to 
hold hearings on S. 2494, to enhance the ability of direct broadcast 
satellite and other multichannel video providers to compete 
effectively with cable television systems, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  October 1, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 1, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of Eljay B. Bowron, of Michigan, to be 
Inspector General, Department of the Interior, and Rose Eilene 
Gottemoeller, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Non-
Proliferation and National Security, and David Michaels, of New 
York, to be Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health, 
both of the Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  October 1, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold oversight hearings on the Forest Service cabin fees, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 29, to hold 
hearings on H.R. 2863, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to 
clarify restrictions under that Act on baiting, and to facilitate 
acquisition of migratory bird habitats, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  October 1, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, 
and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings on regional haze and mercury 
pollution, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  October 2, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 29, to hold hearings on 
the nominations of R. Rand Beers, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs, and Simon Ferro, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Panama, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  October 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the United 
States response to international parental abduction issues, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  October 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Frank E. Loy, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of 
State for Global Affairs, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: October 1, Subcommittee on 
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine United States Postal Service 
activities, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  October 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
John U. Sepulveda, of New York, to be Deputy Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management, and Joseph Swerdzewski, of Colorado, to be 
General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, 9 a.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 28, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold oversight hearings 
to review financial control failures at the Department of Defense, 1 
p.m., SD-226.
  October 1, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  October 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  October 2, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and 
Competition, to hold hearings to examine the status of international 
antitrust cooperation, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 30, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business; to be followed by hearings on S. 
2010, to provide for business development and trade promotion for 
Native Americans, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: October 2, 
to hold hearings to examine general government emergency 
preparedness, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 2, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review 
H.R. 4128, to amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act 
to ensure that States and local governments can quickly and safely 
remove flood debris so as to reduce the risk and severity of 
subsequent flooding, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Commerce, September 28, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing on 
Protecting Consumers Against Cramming and Spamming, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on 
H.R. 4431, the HIV Partner Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  October 2, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on Energy 
Security: What Will The New Millennium Bring? 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  October 2, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on The 
Medicare Choice Program After One Year, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  October 2, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on Imported Drugs: U.S.--EU (European

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Union) Mutual Recognition Agreement on Drug Inspections, 10 a.m., 
2216 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 28, 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on American 
Worker Project: Department of Labor--Financial Analysis and 
Management Accountability, 1:30 p.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on Correcting Corruption: An Update on the Re-run of the 
1996 Teamsters Election, 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 28, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, 
to continue consideration of the following bills: H.R. 4620, the 
Statistical Consolidation Act of 1998; H.R. 2635, Human Rights 
Information Act; H.R. 3032, Construction Subcontractors Payment 
Protection Enhancement Act of 1998; and H.R. 4614, to provide for 
the conveyance of Federal land in New Castle, New Hampshire, to the 
Town of New Castle, New Hampshire, and to require the release of 
certain restrictions with respect to land in such town, 3 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  October 2, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Affairs, and Criminal Justice, hearing on Combating Terrorism: The 
Status of the Defense Department Domestic Preparedness Program, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 2, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, the 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology 
and the Subcommittee on Technology of the Committee on Science, 
joint hearing on the District of Columbia's Year 2000 Compliance 
Challenges, 1:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 28, Subcommittee 
on Asia and the Pacific, meeting on Cambodia: Where Do We Go From 
Here?, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 28, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights and the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, joint meeting 
on Human Rights in Burma, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 2, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and 
Trade, oversight hearing on Ex-Im Bank, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, September 28, Subcommittee on 
Military Personnel, hearing on awarding the Medal of Honor to 
Theodore Roosevelt, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  October 2, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, oversight hearing 
on POW/MIA oversight, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 28, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, oversight hearing on GAO's Office Study on Forest 
Health, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on research in National Marine 
Sanctuaries, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing 
on Garrison Unit Reformulation; to be followed by a hearing on H.R. 
1213, Perkins County Rural Water System Act of 1997, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  October 1, full committee, and the Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific of the Committee on International Relations, joint oversight 
hearing on Compacts of Free Association with the Marshall Islands, 
Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, September 28, Subcommittee on Basic 
Research, hearing on Remote Sensing Applications as a Research and 
Management Tool, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, the 
Subcommittee on Military Research and Development and the 
Subcommittee on Military Procurement, of the Committee on National 
Security, joint hearing on U.S. Spacepower in the 21st Century, 9 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 29, the 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology 
of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and the 
Subcommittee on Technology of the Committee on Science, joint 
hearing to review Aviation Issues related to the Year 2000 Computer 
Problem Y2K: Will We Get There on Time?, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, oversight hearing on the Overview of the U.S. Coast 
Guard's Drug Interdiction Strategy, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  October 2, full committee, hearing to review transportation and 
infrastructure issues related to the Year 2000 Computer Problem Y2K: 
Will We Get There on Time?, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 2, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic 
Development, hearing on H.R. 4034, Federal Protective Service Reform 
Act of 1998, 9 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: October 2, to hold hearings on the 
employment-unemployment situation for September, 9:30 a.m., 1334 
Longworth Building.
  Conferees: September 28, On H.R. 4101, making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1999, 3 p.m., H-144, Capitol.
  Conferees: September 28, On H.R. 4104, making appropriations for 
the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the 
Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 6 p.m., H-140, 
Capitol.
  Conferees: October 1, Closed, on H.R. 3694, to authorize funds for 
fiscal year 1999 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
activities of the United States Government, the Community Management 
Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System, 2 p.m., S-407, Capitol.