[Congressional Record: July 15, 1998 (Digest)] [Page D768-D769] From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:cr15jy98-4] [[Page D768]] COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1998 (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Senate Committee on Armed Services, to resume hearings on the nomination of Daryl L. Jones, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Air Force, 9:30 a.m., SH-216. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold hearings to examine the General Accounting Office's investigation of the Universal Service, Schools and Libraries program, 9:30 a.m., SR- 253. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 155, to redesignate General Grant National Memorial as Grant's Tomb National Monument, S. 1408, to establish the Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site, S. 1718, to amend the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 to authorize the acquisition of additional acreage for the historic site to permit the development of visitor and administrative facilities and to authorize appropriation of additional amounts for the acquisition of real and personal property, and S. 1990, to authorize expansion of Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, 2 p.m., SD-366. Committee on Finance, to hold hearings to examine tax and trade issues related to the internet, including related provisions of S. 442 and H.R. 4105, proposed Internet Tax Freedom Acts, 9:30 a.m., SD-215. Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on the nominations of Hugh Q. Parmer, of Texas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development, and Mary Beth West, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Space, 10 a.m., SD-419. Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of John Bruce Craig, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, Theodore H. Kattouf, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Elizabeth Davenport McKune, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, and David Michael Satterfield, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon, 2 p.m., SD- 419. Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of James Howard Holmes, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, Steven Robert Mann, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkmenistan, Richard Nelson Swett, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to Denmark, and Melissa Foelsch Wells, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, 4 p.m., SD-419. 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 p.m., SD-226. NOTICE For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages E1315-16 in today's Record. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 1999, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn. Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing on streamlining bank regulatory oversight, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. Committee on Commerce, to mark up H.R. 2281, Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on H.R. 2710, Rewarding Performance in Compensation Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing on Early Childhood Interventions: Public-Private Partnerships, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Committee on International Relations, hearing on U.S. and Russia: Assessing the Relationship, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Asia, to mark up H. Res. 459, commemorating 50 years of relations between the United States and the Republic of Korea, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: H.R. 2592, Private Trustee Reform Act of 1997; H.R. 3891, Trademark Anticounterfeiting Act of 1998; H.R. 3898, Speed Trafficking Life in Prison Act of 1998; H.R. 2070, Correction Officers Health and Safety Act of 1997; H.R. 4090, Public Safety Act Officer Medal of Valor Act of 1998; H.R. 3789, Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1998; and private immigration bills, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. Committee on National Security, hearing on the findings and conclusions of the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up H.R. 1481, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1997; and to hold an oversight hearing on Pilot Program to Control Non-Indigenous Species Nutria at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth. Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on Regional Haze, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth. Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3981, to modify the boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument; H.R. 4109, to authorize the Gateway Visitor Center at Independence National Historical Park; H.R. 4141, to amend the Act authorizing the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation [[Page D769]] 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; and H.R. 4158, National Park Enhancement and Protection Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth. Subcommittee on Water and Power, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2161, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Palmetto Bend Project to the State of Texas; H.R. 3677, to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain works, facilities, and titles of the Gila Project, and Designated Lands within or adjacent to the Gila Project, to the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District; H.R. 3706, Clear Creek Distribution System Conveyance Act; H.R. 3715, Pine Ridge Project Conveyance Act; and H.R. 2506, Collbran Project Unit Conveyance Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth. Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Empowerment, hearing on the social and economic costs of teenage pregnancy, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Government Programs and Oversight, hearing with respect to the SBA's Proposed New Automated Loan Monitoring System, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, hearing on the Status of the Courthouse Construction Program, U.S. Mission to the United Nations Construction Request and comments on H.R. 2751, General Services Administration Improvement Act of 1997, 9 a.m., 2253 Rayburn. Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, oversight hearing on the standards for adjudicating claims presented by veterans suffering from hepatitis C, cerebral malaria and Persian Gulf illnesses, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon. Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the Administration's Plan to Delay Implementation of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.