[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1070-D1071]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on issues regarding 
plans for Department of Energy national security programs, 9:30 
a.m., SR- 222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 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.
  Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending calendar 
business, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 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.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold 
hearings to examine cabin fees and on S. 2513, to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land located within 
or adjacent to Rogue River National Forest and to clarify the 
authority of the Bureau of Land Management to sell and exchange 
other Federal land in Oregon, S. 2413, to provide for the 
development of a management plan for the Woodland Lake Park tract in 
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in the State of Arizona reflecting 
the current use of the tract as a public park, and S. 2402, to 
direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in San 
Juan County, New Mexico, to San Juan College, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Greta Joy Dicus, of Arkansas, and Jeffrey S. 
Merrifield, of New Hampshire, each to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, 11 a.m., SD-406.
  Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear 
Safety, to hold hearings to examine the state of current scientific 
understanding regarding the effects of mercury pollution on humans, 
and the Environmental Protection Agency's progress toward developing 
a rule to address the problem of regional haze within National Park 
areas, 2 p.m., SD-406.

[[Page D1071]]


  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to examine the 
United States response to international parental abduction issues, 
10 a.m., SD- 419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine United States Postal Service activities, 2 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, to resume hearings in open 
and closed sessions to examine United States Capitol security 
issues, 10:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, 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, 
10:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, closed business meeting, to 
consider pending business, 10 a.m., SH-219.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see page 
E1849 in today's Record.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees, 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, oversight hearing on 
Hedge Fund Operations, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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 Rules, to consider the following: the conference 
report to accompany 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; the conference report to accompany 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; 
H.R. 4570, Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act of 1998; H.R. 
3789, Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1998; and S. 2392, Year 2000 
Information and Readiness Disclosure Act, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
oversight hearing on NASA at 40: What kind of space program does 
America need for the 21st century? 12 p.m., 2325 Rayburn.