[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 136 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1091-D1093]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of October 5 through 10, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on 
H.R. 10, Financial Services Act, at 5:30 p.m.
  On Tuesday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on 
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, October 6, 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: October 6, to hold hearings on the 
worldwide threats facing the United States and potential United 
States operational and contingency requirements, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 6, to 
hold hearings on S. 2178, proposed Children's Development Commission 
Act, 11 a.m., SD-538.
  October 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Ira G. Peppercorn, of Indiana, to be Director of the Office of 
Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 6, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 6, Subcommittee 
on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property,

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and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings on S. 1097, to reduce acid 
deposition under the Clean Air Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  October 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Isadore Rosenthal, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, and William Clifford Smith, 
of Louisiana, to be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Drinking Water, Fisheries, and 
Wildlife, to hold oversight hearings on scientific and engineering 
issues relating to Columbia/Snake River system salmon recovery, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 5, to hold closed hearings 
to examine START Treaty compliance issues, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  October 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
ballistic missile threat to the United States, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  October 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
William B. Bader, of New Jersey, to be Associate Director for 
Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Information 
Agency, Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary 
of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and C. David Welch, 
of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for International 
Organization Affairs, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine recent events in Afghanistan, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: October 6, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Sylvia M. Mathews, of West Virginia, to be Deputy 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  October 6, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to hold oversight 
hearings on the implementation of the Coal Act, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  October 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Dana Bruce Covington, Sr., of Mississippi, and Edward Jay Gleiman, 
of Maryland, each to be a Commissioner of the Postal Rate 
Commission, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine the implications of military adultery standards, 2 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 5, Subcommittee on Technology, 
Terrorism, and Government Information, to hold hearings to examine 
certain national security considerations in asylum applications, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  October 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  October 7, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  October 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the implementation 
of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: October 6, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs on the legislative 
recommendations of the American Legion, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon 
Building.
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: October 7, 
to hold hearings to examine information technology readiness of 
general business services for the Year 2000, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of Suspensions.
  Note: No votes are expected before 5 p.m.
  Tuesday and the Balance of the Week, Consideration of the Conference 
report on H.R. 3694, Intelligence Authorization;
  Consideration of H.R. 4274, Labor, HHS Appropriations Act (open 
rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 4570, Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands 
Act (subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 3789, Class Action Jurisdiction Act (open 
rule); and
  Consideration of H.R. 4259, Haskell Indian Nations University and 
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems Act 
(subject to a rule).
  Note: Conference reports may be brought up at any time.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 7, 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, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  October 8, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, hearing on 
current U.S. trade issues with Canada, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, 
hearing on Review of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's FY 
2000 Budget and Annual Performance Plan, 9 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, October 8, 
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing 
on Will Jumbo Euro Notes Threaten the Greenback?, 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, October 5, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Abuses of the Medicare Partial 
Hospitalization Benefit at Community Mental Health Centers, 1 p.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  October 5, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on H.R. 4067, Public Broadcasting Reform Act of 
1998, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  October 6, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on The Kyoto 
Protocol: The Outlook for Buenos Aires and Beyond, 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  October 6, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to 
consider the authorization of subpoenas with regard to the ongoing 
Portals investigation and other pending Committee business, 9 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.

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  October 6 and 9, 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 payment of fees to those 
representatives, 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn on October 6 and 2123 
Rayburn on October 9.
  October 7, full committee, hearing on the Implementation of the 
Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997, 2 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on the 
Implementation of the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on A Review of the Department of Energy's Hanford Radioactive Tank 
Waste Privatization Contract, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, October 6, Subcommittee 
on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Efforts to Settle the 
Teamsters' strike at Diamond Walnut Growers, Ind., 9 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on the Year 2000 Problem at the Department of Education, Part II, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, October 9, 
Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing on Will the Administration Implement the 
Kyoto Protocol Through the Back Door? 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, October 7, hearing on 
Developments in Europe, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 7, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and 
Trade, oversight hearing on Ex-Im Bank, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 8, full committee, hearing on Assessing the 
Administration's Foreign Policy: The Record After Six Years, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 5, executive, to consider the 
following: Presentation by Inquiry Staff; a resolution to authorize 
an investigation as to whether sufficient grounds exist for the 
House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to 
impeach William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States; 
and Committee Impeachment Inquiry Procedures, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, October 6, Subcommittee on 
Military Procurement, hearing on the Department of Energy's Foreign 
Visitor Program, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  October 7, full committee, hearing on the state of U.S. military 
forces and their ability to execute the National military strategy, 
10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the 
Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, joint hearing on 
Department of Defense modernization, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on Navy 
ship donation procedures, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, October 6, Subcommittee on National Parks 
and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 4119, Tohono O'odham Religious 
Area Restoration Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 7, full committee, hearing on H.R. 2822, Swan Creek Black 
River Confederated Ojibwa Tribes of Michigan Act, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, October 5, to consider the following; H.R. 
4570, Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act of 1998; the 
conference report to accompany H.R. 4194, making appropriations for 
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999; and H.R. 4259, Haskell Indian Nations University 
and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems 
Act of 1998, 5:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, October 6, Subcommittee on Basic Research, 
oversight hearing on High Performance Computing, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  October 7, full committee, oversight hearing on the International 
Space Station, The Administration's Proposed Bail-Out for Russia, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Basic Research and the Subcommittee on 
Technology, joint oversight hearing on Transferring the Domain Name 
System to the Private Sector: Private Sector Implementation of the 
Administration's Internet ``White Paper'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on the Fastener 
Quality Act: Needed or Outdated?, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 9, full committee, oversight hearing on The Road from 
Kyoto--Part 4: The Kyoto Protocol's Impacts on U.S. Energy Markets 
and Economic Activity, 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 6 and 7, 
to continue hearings to review Transportation and Infrastructure 
Issues related to the Year 2000 Computer Problem ``Y2K: Will We Get 
There On Time?'' 10 a.m., on October 6 and 9:30 a.m., on October 7, 
2167 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: October 7, to hold hearings on proposals 
to stabilize the international economy, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon 
Building.
  Joint hearing: October 6, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
on the legislative recommendations of the American Legion, 9:30 
a.m., 345 Cannon Building.