Volume 144, No. 24 covering the 2nd Session of the 105th Congress (1997 - 1998) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 1998-03-11” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D205-D207 on March 10, 1998.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1998
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Navy and Marine Corps programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, to resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on environmental and military construction programs, 9 a.m., SR-232A.
Subcommittee on Airland Forces, to hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on land forces modernization, 10 a.m., SR-222.
Subcommittee on Personnel, to resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on the defense health program, 2 p.m., SR-222.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on U.S. national security space programs and policies, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology, to hold hearings on S. 1594, to facilitate the use of electronic authentication techniques by financial institutions, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on the Budget, business meeting, to mark up a proposed concurrent resolution setting forth the fiscal year 1999 budget for the Federal Government, 2 p.m., SD-608.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to resume hearings to examine the scope and depth of the proposed settlement between State Attorneys General and tobacco companies to mandate a total reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed in America, 9:30 a.m., SR-
253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Foreign Relations, business meeting, to consider S. Res. 187, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the human rights situation in the People's Republic of China, 11 a.m., SD-419.
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine developments in the Middle East, 2 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on the Judiciary, to hold an additional hearing on the nomination of Frederica A. Massiah-Jackson, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (reported by Committee), 10 a.m., SD-226.
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings on S. 1301, to provide for consumer bankruptcy protection, 2 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources, business meeting, to mark up S. 1648, to provide for reductions in youth smoking, for advancements in tobacco-related research, and the development of safer tobacco products, and to consider the nominations of Richard M. McGahey, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Ida L. Castro, of New York, to be Director of the Women's Bureau, both of the Department of Labor, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Indian Affairs, business meeting, to mark up those provisions which fall within the committee's jurisdiction as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1999 with a view towards making its recommendations to the Committee on the Budget; to be followed by an oversight hearing on sovereign immunity, focusing on contracts involving Indian tribes and alleged difficulties in collecting State retail taxes, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House
Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research, hearing to review the status of the USDA's farm loan programs, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on Supreme Court, Architect of the Capitol, 10 a.m., and on the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Patent and Trademark Office and the Technology Administration, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Energy Resources, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, on the Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Trade and Development Agency, 10 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
Subcommittee on Interior, on Fish and Wildlife Service, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institute on Deafness and on Other Communication Disorders, 10 a.m., and on the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on Intelligence Programs, 9:30 a.m., H-409 Capitol and on FY 98 Supplemental, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Railroad Administration and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK), 1 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, to continue on EPA, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing to review the Supreme Court's decision regarding the credit union common bond requirement and the appropriate Congressional response to the ruling, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 3246, Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act of 1998; H.R. 2864, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Compliance Assistance Authorization Act of 1997; H.R. 2877, to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; H.R. 3096, to correct a provision relating to termination of benefits for convicted persons; and H. Res. 267, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the citizens of the United States must remain committed to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by the Nation's youth, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on H.R. 1704, Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis Creation Act, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations, to continue markup of H. Con. Res. 277, directing the President pursuant to section 5 (c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and to mark up the following: H.R. 2870, Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998; and H. Res. 364, urging the introduction and passage of a resolution on the human rights situation in the People's Republic of China at the 54th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights; H. Res. 36l, calling for free and impartial elections in Cambodia; and the Committee's Views and Estimates on the Fiscal Year 1999 budget requests, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on H.R. 3303, Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1999, 2000, and 2001, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on National Security, hearing on the implementation of the November 1997 Defense Reform Initiative, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on mission capability rates, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, to consider the following measures: H.R. 2186, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, WY; H.R. 2376, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Amendments of 1997; H.R. 2416, to provide for the transfer of certain rights and property to the U.S. Forest Service in exchange for a payment to the occupant of such property; H.R. 2574, to consolidate certain mineral interests in the National Grasslands in Billings County, ND, through the exchange of Federal and private mineral interests to enhance land management capabilities and environmental and wildlife protection; H.R. 2807, Rhino and Tiger Product Labeling Act; H.R. 3087, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to grant an easement to Chugach Alaska Corporation; H.R. 3113, Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998; and H.R. 3164, Hydrographic Service Improvement Act of 1998; 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2883, Government Performance and Results Act Technical Amendments of 1997 and the Committee's Fiscal Year 1999 Budget views and estimates, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, hearing on the Line Item Veto After One Year, the Process and Its Implementation, 9:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, oversight hearing on Defining Successful Partnerships and Collaborations in Scientific Research, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, oversight hearing on Fiscal Year 1999 Budget Authorization Request: Environmental Protection Agency Research and Development, 1:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the following: Committee's Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 1999; Public Building Resolutions; Water Resources Survey Resolutions; and H.R. 2843, Aviation Medical Assistance Act of 1997, 3 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to continue markup of H.R. 2727, Superfund Acceleration, Fairness, and Efficiency Act, following full Committee meeting, 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3039, Veterans' Transitional Housing Opportunities Act of 1997; H.R. 3211, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enact into law eligibility requirements for burial at Arlington National Cemetery; and H.R. 3213, to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify enforcement of veterans' employment rights with respect to a State as an employer or a private employer, to extend veterans' employment and reemployment rights to members of the uniformed services employed abroad by United States companies, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
Committee on Ways and Means, to consider Committee's Fiscal Year 1999 Budget views and estimates, 2:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
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