[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 27 (Monday, February 22, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D147-D151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of February 23 through February 27, 1999

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of S. 4, Soldiers', 
Sailors', Airmen's and Marines' Bill of Rights Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.
  (On Tuesday, Senate will recess from 12 Noon until 2:15 p.m. for 
their respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 24, to 
hold oversight hearings on activities of the Department of 
Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: February 23, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of 
Health and Human Services, including the National Institutes of 
Health, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Treasury, General Government and 
Civil Service, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2000 for the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the 
Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-116.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
Department of Transportation management issues, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 24, Subcommittee on 
Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings on the national 
security ramifications of the Year 2000 computer problems, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Department of Defense and for the future years defense program, 
focusing on recruiting and retention policies within DOD and the 
Military Services, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Strategic, to hold hearings on 
national missile defense programs and policies, in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2000 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on U.S. policy 
regarding Kosovo, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 23, to 
hold oversight hearings on the Monetary Policy Report to Congress, 
10 a.m., SD-106.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation to enhance competition in the financial services 
industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of 
banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation to enhance competition in the financial services 
industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of 
banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 23, to hold hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for Social 
Security and Medicare, 9:30 a.m., SD-608.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on national defense 
budget issues, 2 p.m., SD-608.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 23, 
to hold hearings on S. 303, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
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.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries, to hold 
hearings on the proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for the 
United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 24, with the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold joint hearings to examine 
United States policy toward Iraq, focusing on proposals to expand 
oil for food, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  February 24, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic 
Preservation, and Recreation, to hold oversight hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for 
National Park Service programs and operations, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 9 
a.m., SD-366.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 24, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2000 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 9 a.m., 
SD-406.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private 
Property, and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings on potential year 
2000 issues relative to the nuclear industry and chemical safety, 
2:15 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Finance: February 23, to hold hearings to examine 
international dispute settlement and domestic enforcement measures 
relating to United States trade agreements compliance, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the current 
status, availability and effectiveness of tax-favored retirement 
savings vehicles, including IRA's, 401(k)s, 403(b)s and 457 plans, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 24, with the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, to hold joint hearings to examine 
United States policy toward Iraq, focusing on proposals to expand 
oil for food, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  February 24, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings on 
anti-semitism in Russia, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  February 25, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to 
hold hearings to examine Asian trade barriers to United States soda 
ash exports, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: February 24, to hold hearings 
on the future of the Independent Counsel Act, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 23, 
to hold hearings on education reform proposals, 8:30 a.m., SD-430.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on balancing the 
needs of medical research and confidentiality, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Public Health, to hold hearings on 
antimicrobial resistance, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 24, to hold hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for Indian 
programs, 9 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 25, business Meeting to 
consider the committee's rules of procedure for the 106th Congress 
and subcommittee membership, and to markup S. 247, to amend title 
17, United States Code, to reform the copyright law with respect to 
satellite retransmissions of broadcast signals, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and 
Competition, to hold hearings to review competition and antitrust 
issues relating to the Telecommunications Act, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: February 25, business 
meeting to consider committee business matters, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
February 24, to hold hearings to examine United States-Mexican 
counter narcotics efforts, 9 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: February 25, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to review the 
legislative recommendations of the Military Order of the Purple 
Heart, the Fleet Reserve, the Retired Enlisted Association, the Gold 
Star Wives of America, and the Air Force Sergeants Association, 9:30 
a.m., 345, Cannon Building.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 24, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review 
Forest Service forest health maps, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  February 25, full committee, hearing on approval of the Committee 
budget views and estimates letter, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 23, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies, on FDA, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  February 23, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Health Resources and Services Administration, 10 a.m., 
and on Administration for Children and Families; and on 
Administration on Aging, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 23, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Surface 
Transportation Safety, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 23, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Treasury Law Enforcement, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  February 23, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
Consumer Product Commission, 10 a.m., on Consumer Information 
Center, 11 a.m., and on Office of Inspector General, FDIC, 12 p.m., 
H-143 Capitol.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related

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Agencies, on Natural Resources and Environment, 1 p.m., 2362-A 
Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary, on Embassy Security, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn, and on Bureau 
of Prisons, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on fiscal year 
2000 Intelligence Budget, 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing 
and Related Programs, on Hurricane Mitch Supplemental, 9:30 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of Energy, 11 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Labor, Heath and Human Services, and 
Education, on Director, NIH, 10 a.m., and on National Cancer 
Institute, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication 
Disorders, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on IRS, 10 a.m., on Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 
and on U.S. Mint and Financial Management Service, 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, Independent Agencies, on 
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, 9:30 a.m., on 
Council on Environmental Quality, 10:30 a.m., and on American Battle 
Monuments Commission, 11:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary, on Secretary of Commerce, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on U.S. Southern 
Command, 9:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of the 
Interior, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on National Human Genome Research Institute, the National 
Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and on National 
Library of Medicine, 10 a.m., on National Institute of Child Health 
and Human Development, National Institute of General Medical 
Sciences, and on Fogarty International Center, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Deputy 
Secretary of Defense, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Secretary of the Treasury, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Neighbor Reinvestment Corporation, 9:30 a.m., on National Credit 
Union Association, 10:30 a.m., and on the Community Development 
Financial Institute, 11:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 23, Subcommittee on Military 
Procurement and the Subcommittee on Military Research and 
Development, joint hearing on Defense Information Superiority and 
Information Assurance, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 24, full Committee, to continue hearings on the fiscal 
year 2000 National Defense authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on 
aging military equipment, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on the 
adequacy of the fiscal year 2000 budget request to meet critical 
readiness needs, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  February 25, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 4, to declare it to 
be the policy of the United States to deploy a national missile 
defense, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee in Military Installations and 
Facilities, hearing on the fiscal year 2000 budget request for 
military construction and military family housing of the Department 
of Defense, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on pay 
and retirement reform proposals, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on 
logistics capabilities and/or shortfalls, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, 
hearing on ballistic missile defense programs, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, February 24, hearing 
on Conduct of Monetary Policy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 25, to consider the Committee's views and estimates on 
the Administration's Fiscal Year 2000 budget proposal, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, February 24, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, oversight hearing on the Department of Energy's Proposed 
Budget for Fiscal Year 2000, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on Supporting Welfare Reform: Cracking Down on Deadbeat Parents, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing on Reauthorization of the Satellite 
Home Viewer Act, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on The Market Impact of the President's Social Security 
Proposal, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on 
Medicare+Choice: An Examination of the Risk Adjustor, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 23, 
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on Impact of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act on Volunteer Firefighters, 1:30 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing 
on ERISA: A Quarter Century of Providing Workers Health Insurance, 
1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  February 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to mark 
up the following: ``Report on the Financial, Operating, and 
Political Affairs of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters'', 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, 
hearing on Putting Performance First: Ed-Flex and Its Role in 
Improving Student Performance and Reducing Bureaucracy, 9:30 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, February 23, Subcommittee on the 
Postal Service, the Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology, and the Subcommittee on Technology of 
the Committee on Science, joint hearing on ``Y2K Technology 
Challenge: Will the Postal Service Deliver?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 24, full committee, hearing on Opening the Mainstream to 
Complementary and Alternative Medicine. How much Integration is 
Really Taking Place?, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and 
Human Resources, hearing on ``New York Mayor Rudolph Guiliani: 
Winning the War on Drugs and Crime'', 9 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on Federal 
Reserve Board Retirement Portability; followed by a markup regarding 
the Federal Reserve Board Retirement Portability Act, 9 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and 
Human Resources, hearing on Oversight of the 1999 National Drug 
Control Strategy, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, 
and International Relations, hearing on Vulnerabilities to Waste, 
Fraud and Abuse: Inspector General and GAO Views on the Departments 
of Defense, State and Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, 
and Technology, hearing on Oversight of the Year 2000 Problem: The 
Y2K Status of the Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, February 24, to consider 
pending business, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, February 24, Subcommittee on 
the Western Hemisphere, hearing on Relief Efforts in Central America 
in the Aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 25, full committee, hearing on the President's Fiscal 
Year 2000 International Affairs Budget Request, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up the 
following: the United States-Macau Policy Act of 1999 and H. Res. 
32, expressing support for, and calling for actions in support for, 
free, fair, and transparent elections in Indonesia, 4 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and 
Trade, hearing on Brazil's Economic Crisis: Implications for 
International Trade, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 
1998, 12 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 25, Subcommittee on Courts 
and Intellectual Property, hearing on the Copyright Compulsory 
License Improvement Act, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight 
hearing on recent INS decisions impacting the Agency's ability to 
control criminal and illegal aliens; and to meet to discuss and 
approve the Rules of Procedure for private immigration bills and 
private claims bills, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, February 23, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, oversight hearing on Mining, the American Economy 
and National Security--The Role of Public Lands in Maintaining a 
National Asset, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 23, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on the Forest Service Budget for Fiscal Year 2000; followed 
by a hearing on H.R. 359, Emigrant Wilderness Preservation Act of 
1999, 1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  February 24, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 45, to amend the 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982; followed by an oversight hearing 
on Contract Support Costs within Indian Health Service Budget, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, 
oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year Budget request of the U.S. 
Geological Survey, the Office of Surface Mining, the Minerals 
Management Service and the energy and minerals programs of the 
Bureau of Land Management, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to mark up H.R. 39, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation 
Act; followed by an oversight hearing on Coastal Zone Management 
Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  February 25, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to 
mark up the following: H.R. 15, Otay Wilderness Act of 1999; H.R. 
54, to extend the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens 
Advisory Council; H.R. 150, Education Land Grant Act; H.R. 154, to 
provide for the collection of fees for the making of motion 
pictures, television productions, and sound tracks in National Park 
System and National Wildlife Refuge System units; H.R. 449, Gateway 
Visitor Center Authorization Act of 1999; H.R. 509, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the personal representative 
of the estate of Fred Steffens of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain 
land comprising the Steffens family property; and H.R. 510, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to John R. and 
Margaret J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land so as to 
correct an error in the patent issued to their predecessors in 
interest, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, February 23, to consider the following: H.R. 
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Safety Act of 1999; H.R. 514, Wireless Privacy Enhancement Act of 
1999; and H.R. 409, Federal Financial Assistance Management 
Improvement Act of 1999, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  February 24, to consider H.R. 669, to amend the Peace Corps Act to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 through 2003 to carry 
out that Act, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, February 23, Subcommittee on Basic Research, 
oversight hearing on National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program 
reauthorization, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, oversight 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Authorization Request: NOAA, 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, oversight 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2000: NASA Posture, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, oversight 
hearing on fiscal year 2000 Budget: Human Space Flight, 1 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Unscrewing the 
Fastener Quality Act, 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 24, hearing on the SBA's 
Fiscal Year 2000 Budget request, 10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 23, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on 
Governors' Perspectives on the Clean Water Act, 1:30 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, to mark up the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
1999, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and 
Emergency Management, to mark up H.R. 707, Disaster Mitigation and 
Cost Reduction Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 23, hearing to receive 
the Report of the Congressional Commission on Servicemembers and 
Veterans Transition Assistance, 11 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing on the budget for 
the Department of Labor Veterans' Employment and Training Service, 
10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on VA Medical Care 
Budget for Fiscal Year 2000, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 23, hearing on the 
President's Social Security Framework, 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 24, hearing on the Year 2000 Conversion Efforts and 
Implications for Beneficiaries and Taxpayers, 9 a.m., and to mark up 
Views and Estimates Letter, 4:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Incentives for 
Domestic Oil and Gas Production and Status of the Industry, 9 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on Steel Trade Issues, 
1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 23, 
executive, briefing on Russian Developments: An Intelligence Update, 
2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  February 24, executive, to meet for organizational purposes, 2:30 
p.m., and, executive, to receive an Informal Demonstration: FBI 
Investigative Techniques and Activities, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  February 25, executive, briefing on Iraqi Developments: An 
Intelligence Update, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: February 25, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs 
to review the legislative recommendations of the Military Order of 
the Purple Heart, the Fleet Reserve, the Retired Enlisted 
Association, the Gold Star Wives of America, and the Air Force 
Sergeants Association, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.