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Aug. 5, 1998: Congressional Record publishes “COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 1998-08-06”

Volume 144, No. 109 covering the 2nd Session of the 105th Congress (1997 - 1998) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 1998-08-06” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D904-D905 on Aug. 5, 1998.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

AUGUST 6, 1998

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

No meetings are scheduled.

NOTICE

For a listing of Senate Committee meetings scheduled ahead, see page E1566 in today's Record.

House

Committee on Agriculture, to consider H.R. 4149, Forest Service Cost Reduction and Fiscal Accountability Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3899, American Homeownership Act of 1998; and Sections 301 and 303 of H.R. 3865, American Community Renewal Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency's Title VI Interim Guidance and Alternative State Approaches, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, to mark up H.R. 3888, Anti-slamming Amendments Act, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on American Worker Project: Review of the Garment Industry Proviso, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to consider issuance of a Contempt of Congress citation to Attorney General Janet Reno, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on Title II of H.R. 4244, Federal Procurement System Performance Measurement and Acquisition Workforce Training Act of 1998; followed by markup of H.R. 3921, Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.

Committee on International Relations, hearing on Heirless Property Issues of the Holocaust, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn; and to mark up the following measures: H.R. 4038, to make available to the Ukrainian Museum and Archives the USIA television program ``Window on America''; H.R. 633, to amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide that the annuities of certain special agents and security personnel of the Department of State be computed in the same way as applies generally with respect to Federal law enforcement officers H. Con. Res. 185, expressing the sense of the Congress on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recommitting the United States to the principles expressed in the Universal Declaration; and H.R. 4309, Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, 3 p.m., H-139 Capitol.

Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to mark up H.R. 4019, Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1998, 2:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on drug diversion investigations by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.

Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 576, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to undertake the necessary feasibility studies regarding the establishment of certain new units of the National Parks System in the State of Hawaii; H.R. 2125, to authorize appropriations for the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in New Jersey; H.R. 2800, Battle of Midway National Memorial Study Act; H.R. 2970, National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 1997; H.R. 4230, El Porto Administrative Site Land Exchange Act; H.R. 3705, The Ivanpah Valley Airport Public Lands Transfer Act; H.R. 3746, to authorize the addition of the Paoli Battlefield site in Malvern, Pennsylvania, to the Valley Forge National Historical Park; H.R. 3883, to revise the boundary of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site to include Knob Creek Farm; H.R. 3910, Automobile National Heritage Area Act of 1998; H.R. 3950, Otay Mountain Wilderness Act of 1998; H.R. 3963, to establish terms and conditions under which the Secretary of the Interior shall convey leaseholds in certain properties around Canyon Ferry Reservoir; H.R. 3981, to modify the boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument; H.R. 4109, Gateway Visitor Center Authorization Act of 1998; H.R. 4141, to amend the Act authorizing the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area to modify the boundaries of the Area, and to provide for the protection of lands, waters, and natural, cultural, and scenic resources within the national recreation area; H.R. 4144, Cumberland Island Preservation Act; H.R. 4211, to establish the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, in association with the Tuskegee University, in the State of Alabama; H.R. 4158, National Park Enhancement and Protection Act; H.R. 4287, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Boundary Adjustments Act; H.R. 4289, to provide for the purchase by the Secretary of the Interior of the Wilcox ranch in Eastern Utah for management as wildlife habitat; and H.R. 4182, to establish the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site in the State of Arkansas, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, oversight hearing on Technology Development at FAA: Computer and Information Technology Challenges of the 21st Century, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.

Committee on Small Business, hearing on how project labor agreements on public construction projects are negatively affecting women and minority-owned businesses, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on H.R. 1846, to provide for the immediate application of certain orders relating to the amendment, modification, suspension, or revocation of certificates under chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Beaches and Oceans legislation, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.

Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Medicare's Home Health Benefits, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

Subcommittee on Oversight, to consider reports on Y2K Computer Problems and Tax Law Complexity, 2 p.m., 1129 Longworth.

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to consider pending Committee business, 2 p.m., and, executive, a briefing on Korean Peninsula, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 144, No. 109