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Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 17, 1998

Wednesday, June 17, 1998

HIGHLIGHTS

House Committees ordered reported 12 sundry measures, including the following appropriations for fiscal year 1999: Defense; and Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government.

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Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2181-2186, and S. Res. 250.

Pages S6487-88

Universal Tobacco Settlement Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1415, to reform and restructure the processes by which tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of tobacco products by minors, and to redress the adverse health effects of tobacco use, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 2420), taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:

Pages S6441-63, S6465-81

Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2433 (to Amendment No. 2420), to modify the provisions relating to civil liability for tobacco manufacturers.

Page S6441

Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2434 (to Amendment No. 2433), in the nature of a substitute.

Page S6441

Gramm Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report back forthwith, with Amendment No. 2436, to modify the provisions relating to civil liability for tobacco manufacturers, and to eliminate the marriage penalty reflected in the standard deduction and to ensure the earned income credit takes into account the elimination of such penalty.

Page S6441

Daschle (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2437 (to Amendment No. 2436), relating to reductions in underage tobacco usage.

Page S6441

Ford Modified Amendment No. 2707 (to Amendment No. 2437), to provide assistance for eligible producers experiencing losses of farm income during the 1997 through 2004 crop years.

Page S6441

During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:

By 57 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 161), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to close further debate on the modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 2420).

Pages S6473-79

By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 162), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected a motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to consideration of the bill. Subsequently, a point of order that the bill was in violation of section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act was sustained, and pursuant to section 312(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, the bill was recommitted to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Pages S6479-81

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Senate began consideration of S. 2138, making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999.

Pages S6481-85

Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Thursday, June 18, 1998.

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

Ida L. Castro, of New York, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2003.

2 Army nominations in the rank of general.

A routine list in the Coast Guard.

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Communications:

Pages S6486-87

Executive Reports of Committees:

Page S6487

Statements on Introduced Bills:

Pages S6488-96

Additional Cosponsors:

Pages S6496-97D650

Amendments Submitted:

Pages S6498-99

Authority for Committees:

Pages S6499-S6500

Additional Statements:

Pages S6500-05

Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--162)

Page S6479, S6481

Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:56 p.m., until 10 a.m., on Thursday, June 18, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6505.)

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FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPETITIVENESS ACT

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings on H.R. 10, 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, receiving testimony from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury; and Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

JUNK E-MAIL

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Communications concluded hearings on S. 2107, to enhance electronic commerce by promoting the reliability and integrity of commercial transactions through establishing authentication standards for electronic communications, and related proposals to regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail, including S. 771, after receiving testimony from Senator Murkowski and Torricelli; Sheila Anthony, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; Randall Boe, America Online, Dulles, Virginia; and Jerry Cerasale, Direct Marketing Association, Ray Everett-Church, Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email, and Dierdre Mulligan, Center for Democracy and Technology, all of Washington, D.C.

PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 1253, to provide to the Federal land management agencies the authority and capability to manage effectively the federal lands in accordance with the principles of multiple use and sustained yield, after receiving testimony from James R. Lyons, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and the Environment; Fran Cherry, Acting Assistant Director for Renewable Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Mary Munson, Defenders of Wildlife, Rene Voss, Earth Island Institute, and Steve Holmer, Western Ancient Forest Campaign, all of Washington, D.C.; and Bethanie Walder, Wildlands Center for Preventing Roads, Missoula, Montana.

AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on H.R. 1432 and S. 778, bills to authorize a new trade and investment policy for sub-Saharan Africa, receiving testimony from Senator Lugar; Representatives Crane and Rangel; Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State; William M. Daley, Secretary of Commerce; Lawrence H. Summers, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; J. Patrick Danahy, Cone Mills Corporation, Greensboro, North Carolina, on behalf of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute; Karen Fedorko, MAST Industries, Inc., Andover, Massachusetts; Robert Johnson, Black Entertainment Television, Washington, D.C.; and Mark Levinson, AFL-CIO, New York, New York.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1868, to express United States foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted for their faith worldwide; to authorize United States actions in response to religious persecution worldwide; to establish an Ambassador at Large on International Religious Freedom within the Department of State, a Commission on International Religious Persecution, and a Special Adviser on International Religious Freedom within the National Security Council, after receiving testimony from Richard Land, Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, Tennessee; Felice D. Gaer, Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights/American Jewish Committee, New York, New York; John N. Akers, East Gates Ministries International, Montreat, North Carolina; William R. O'Brien, Global Center/Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama; and Rt. Rev. Munawar Rumalshah, Beshawar, Pakistan.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:

S. 2176, to amend sections 3345 through 3349 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as D651the ``Vacancies Act'') to clarify statutory requirements relating to vacancies in and appointments to certain Federal offices, with amendments;

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S. 712, to provide for a system to classify information in the interests of national security and a system to declassify such information, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

H.R. 2675, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit proposed legislation under which group universal life insurance and group variable universal life insurance would be available under chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

H.R. 3096, to make a technical correction to a provision relating to the termination of benefits for convicted persons;

H.R. 930, to require Federal employees to use Federal travel charge cards for all payments of expenses of official Government travel, to amend title 31, United States Code, to establish requirements for prepayment audits of Federal agency transportation expenses, to authorize reimbursement of Federal agency employees for taxes incurred on travel or transportation reimbursements, and to authorize test programs for the payment of Federal employee travel expenses and relocation expenses, with amendments;

S. 2071, to extend a quarterly financial report program administered by the Secretary of Commerce through September 30, 2005; and

The nominations of G. Edward DeSeve, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director for Management, and Deidre A. Lee, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, both of the Office of Management and Budget.

Also, committee began markup of S. 389, to improve congressional deliberation on proposed Federal private sector mandates, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.

TEENAGE DRUG ABUSE

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the causes and effects of illegal drug use by teenagers, receiving testimony from Barry R. McCaffrey, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; Nancy J. Auer, Swedish Hospital, Seattle, Washington, on behalf of the American College of Emergency Physicians; Sushma Jani, Devereux Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and certain protected witnesses.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights approved for full committee consideration S.J. Res. 40 and H.J. Res. 54, measures proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to Prohibit the Physical Desecration of the Flag of the United States.

INTELLIGENCE

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.

Committee will meet again on Wednesday, June 24.

Bills Introduced: 8 public bills, H.R. 4069-4076; and 2 resolutions, H.J. Res. 123 and H. Res. 475, were introduced.

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Reports Filed: One report was filed as follows:

H. Res. 476, providing for consideration of H. Res. 463, to establish a select committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China (H. Rept. 105-583).

Page H4711

Speaker pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he designated Representative Oxley to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.

Page H4637

Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools: The House agreed to H. Res. 471, the rule waiving points of order against the conference report on H.R. 2646, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, and to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 191 noes, Roll No. 236.

Pages H4641-43, H4654

Tax Code Termination Act: The House passed H.R. 3097, to terminate the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by a recorded vote of 219 ayes to 209 noes, Roll No. 239.

Pages H4654-78

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Rejected the Rangel motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report it back forthwith with an amendment in the nature of a substitute that expresses the sense of Congress that comprehensive reform of the Tax Code should be enacted no later than April 15, 2001 with hearings to commence no later than 30 days after enactment by a yea and nay vote of 203 yeas to 223 nays, Roll No. 238.

Pages H4675-78

The House agreed to H. Res. 472, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill, by a recorded vote of 232 ayes to 188 noes, Roll No. 235. Earlier, agreed to order the previous question by a yea and nay vote of 229 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 234. Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in H. Rept. 105-580, accompanying the rule, was considered as adopted.

Pages H4643-54

Recess: The House recessed at 4:03 p.m. and reconvened at 4:38 p.m.

Page H4679

Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act: The House resumed debate on H.R. 2183, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for elections for Federal office. The bill was previously debated on May 22.

Pages H4679-94

H. Res. 442, the rule that is providing for consideration of the bill was agreed to on May 21.

Rejected the White amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to create a temporary 12-member commission to propose federal campaign finance reform, appointed within 15 days of enactment, to report to Congress with its recommendations within 6 months of adjournment of the 105th Congress (rejected by a recorded vote of 156 ayes to 201 noes with 68 voting ``present'', Roll No. 241).

Pages H4689-94

Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on pages H4712-22.

Quorum Calls--Votes: Two quorum calls, Roll No. 237 and Roll No. 240, two yea and nay votes, and four recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H4652-53, H4653, H4654, H4677, H4677-78, H4678, H4680-81, and H4694.

Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 9:38 p.m.

MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS--AGRICULTURAL TRADE--AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review the 1999 Multilateral Negotiations on Agricultural Trade--Africa and the Middle East. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS; TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following appropriations for Fiscal Year 1999: Defense; and Treasury, Postal Service, General Government.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: John D. Hawke, Jr., Under Secretary, Domestic Finance; Ellen Lazar, Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; and Richard B. Calahan, Deputy Inspector General; Judy A. England-Joseph, Director, Housing and Community Development Issues, Resources, Community and Economic Division, GAO; and public witnesses.

PORTALS INVESTIGATION

Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations met to receive subpoenaed documents in connection with the Subcommittee's ongoing Portals investigation.

Adopted, by a vote of 9 to 6, a resolution finding Franklin L. Haney in contempt for failure to comply with the subpoena duces tecum served on him, and directing the Chairman of the Subcommittee to report such finding to the full Committee for such action as the Committee deems appropriate.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 2921, Multichannel Video Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1997; and H.R. 872, amended, Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 1998.

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The Subcommittee also began markup of H.R. 2281, WIPO Copyright Treaties Implementation Act.

Will continue tomorrow.

TEAMSTERS FINANCE REPORTING AND PENSION DISCLOSURES

Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations concluded hearings on International Brotherhood of Teamsters Financing Reporting and Pension Disclosures. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Labor: John Kotch, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary and Howard Campbell, Acting Chief, Reporting and Disclosure Section, both with the Office of Labor-Management Standards; Alan Lebowitz, Deputy Assistant Secretary; Ian Dingwall, Chief Accountant; and Joseph Applebaum, Chief Actuary, all with the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE--CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT IMPLEMENTATION

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing on the White House Global Climate Change Initiative and Congressional Review Act Implementation: Is OMB Hiding the Truth About New Regulations. Testimony was heard from Robert Murphy, General Counsel, GAO; and G. Edward DeSeve, Deputy Director-Designate for Management, OMB.

ADMINISTRATION'S POW/MIA POLICIES AND PROGRAMS--WORLDWIDE REVIEW

Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Worldwide Review of the Administration's POW/MIA Policies and Programs. Testimony was heard from Charles Kartman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State; Frederick C. Smith, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Security Affairs/Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense; Ambassador Malcolm Toon, Chairman, U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on POW/MIA; and public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended the following bills: H.R. 3849, Internet Tax Freedom Act; H.R. 3529, Internet Tax Freedom Act; and H.R. 371, Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1997.

The Committee began markup of H.R. 3682, Child Custody Protection Act.

Will continue June 23.

The Committee also considered pending Committee business.

EXPORT OF SATELLITES TO CHINA--U.S. POLICY

Committee on National Security and the Committee on International Relations: Held a joint hearing on U.S. policy regarding the export of satellites to China. Testimony was heard from Joan Johnson Freese, Professor of International Security Studies, Air War College, Department of the Air Force; Shirley A. Kan, Analyst in Foreign Affairs, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following measures: H.J. Res. 113, approving the location of a Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in the Nation's Capitol; H.R. 1659, amended, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion Act; H.R. 1728, amended, National Park Service Administrative Amendment of 1997; H.R. 1983, Narragansett Justice Act; H.R. 2993, amended, 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. 3460, amended, to approve a governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic of Latvia; and H.R. 3830, Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act of 1998.

SELECT COMMITTEE ON U.S. SECURITY AND MILITARY/COMMERCIAL CONCERNS WITH PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing 1 hour of debate on H. Res. 463, to establish the Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns With the People's Republic of China. The rule provides that the resolution shall be considered as read. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the resolution shall be considered as adopted. The rule provides that the previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motion.

OVERSIGHT--HUMANE GENOME PROJECT

Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held an oversight hearing on The Humane Genome Project: How Private Sector Developments Affect the Government Program. Testimony was heard from Aristides A. Patrinos, Associate Director, Energy Research for Health and Environmental Research, Department of Energy; Francis Collins, M.D., Director, National Human Genome D654Research Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.

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VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REVIEW

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on the Future of the VA Health Care System. Testimony was heard from Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., Under Secretary, Health, Department of Veterans Affairs; Stephen P. Backhus, Director, Veterans' Affairs and Military Health Care Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, GAO; representatives of veterans organizations; and public witnesses.

U.S.-CHINA TRADE RELATIONS--RENEWAL OF MFN STATUS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on U.S.-China trade relations and renewal of China's most-favored (MFN) status. Testimony was heard from Representatives Stark, Solomon, Smith of New Jersey, Weldon of Pennsylvania, Pelosi and Dooley; Susan Esserman, General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; Stanley Roth, Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.

U.S. ELECTORAL PROCESS--ALLEGED EFFORTS BY PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO INFLUENCE

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold a hearing on Update on Alleged Efforts by People's Republic of China to influence U.S. Electoral Process. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: Janet Reno, Attorney General; and Louis J. Freeh, Director, FBI.

(For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D615)

H.R. 824, to redesignate the Federal building located at 717 Madison Place, NW., in the District of Columbia, as the ``Howard T. Markey National Courts Building''. Signed June 16, 1998. (P.L. 105-179)

H.R. 3565, to amend Part L of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. Signed June 16, 1998. (P.L. 105-180)

S. 1605, to establish a matching grant program to help State and local jurisdictions purchase armor vests for use by law enforcement departments. Signed June 16, 1998. (P.L. 105-181)

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to continue hearings on H.R. 10, 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-538. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 469, to designate a portion of the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1016, to authorize appropriations for the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in New Jersey, S. 1665, to reauthorize the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act, S. 2039, to designate El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro as a National Historic Trail, and H.R. 2186, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, 2 p.m., SD-366. Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine recent changes in congressional views of the bilateral relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China, 10 a.m., SD-419. Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold hearings to examine the adequacy of the Department of Commerce's satellite export controls, 2 p.m., SD-342. Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.

Full Committee, to hold hearings on John D. Kelly, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Kim McLean Wardlaw, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Raner Christercunean Collins, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, Robert G. James, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, Dan A. Polster, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, and Ralph E. Tyson, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana, 2 p.m., SD-226. Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold joint hearings with the House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health and Environment to examine organ donation allocation, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn Building. United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, to hold hearings to examine United States efforts to combat drugs, focusing on international demand reduction programs, 2 p.m., SD-628.

For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see page E1156 in today's Record.D655

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Committee on Agriculture, hearing on H.R. 3765, to gradually increase the fees paid by current holders of Forest Service special use permits that authorize the construction and occupancy of private recreation houses or cabins, 10 a.m., and to consider H.R. 3654, Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1998, 2:30 p.m., 1300 Longworth. Committee on Appropriations, to consider the Legislative Appropriations for fiscal year 1999, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on D.C. Fiscal Year 1999 Budget Request, 11 a.m., and on Public Safety, 2 p.m., H-144 Capitol.

Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 1999, 5 p.m., H-140 Capitol. Committee on the Budget, Task Force on Budget Process, hearing on Members' Proposals to Reform the Budget Process, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon. Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, hearing on Electronic Commerce: Investing On-line, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, to continue markup of H.R. 2281, WIPO Copyright Treaties Implementation Act, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on Making the Federal Government Accountable: Legislative Options to Improve Financial Management Practices, 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.

Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice, hearing on ``Shattering the Myths of the Drug Culture--Celebrity Role Models Just Say No,'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn. Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on India-Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 3789, Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2986, for the relief of the survivors of the 14 members of the Armed Forces and the one United States civilian who were killed on April 14, 1994, when the United States fighter aircraft mistakenly shot down 2 helicopters in Iraq; and H.R. 3022, to amend title 19, United States Code, to authorize the settlement and payment of claims against the United States for injury and death of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees arising from incidents in which claims are settled for death or injury of foreign nationals, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn. Committee on National Security and the Committee on International Relations, to continue joint hearings on U.S. policy regarding the export of satellites to China, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, to mark up H.R. 3334, Royalty Enhancement Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.

Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, to hold a hearing on H.R. 1481, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.

Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2970, National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 1997; 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; and H.R. 3910, Automobile National Heritage Area Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1688, Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act of 1997; H.R. 2108, Dutch John Federal Property Disposition and Assistance Act of 1997; and H.R. 2306, Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 1997, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth. Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 4059, making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999; and H.R. 4060, making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 4 p.m. H-313 Capitol. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation, to mark up the following: the War Risk Insurance Reauthorization Act; H.R. 2748, Airline Service Improvement Act; and the Airport Improvement Program Reauthorization Act, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing and markup of H.R. 2887, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require certain contracts of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be subject to the same procurement law applicable to other departments and agencies of the Federal Government and to mark up H.R. 3212, Court of Veterans Appeals Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon. Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings on the Future of Social Security for this Generation and the Next, to examine the Structure of Personal Savings Accounts within the Social Security System, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.

Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on U.S.-Vietnam trade relations, including the Administration's renewal of Vietnam's waiver under the Jackson-Vanik amendment to the Trade Act of 1974, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on China and Missile Technology Transfers, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold joint hearings with the House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health and Environment to examine organ donation allocation, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn Building.

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Program for Thursday: Consideration of the Conference Report on H.R. 2646, Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools (rule waiving points of order);

Consideration of H. Res. 463, to establish the Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China (closed rule 1 hour of debate);

H. Res. 458, Providing for Further Consideration of H.R. 2183, Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act of 1997; and

Consideration of H.R. 2183, Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act of 1997 (continue consideration).

HOUSE

Ackerman, Gary L., N.Y., E1147

Ballenger, Cass, N.C., E1145

Cardin, Benjamin L., Md., E1150

Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E1155

Doyle, Michael F., Pa., E1148

Frelinghuysen, Rodney P., N.J., E1152

Gilman, Benjamin A., N.Y., E1149

Gordon, Bart, Tenn., E1154

Green, Gene, Tex., E1148, E1154

Gutierrez, Luis V., Ill., E1154

Hamilton, Lee H., Ind., E1153

Hilliard, Earl F., Ala., E1152

Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E1152, E1154

McHugh, John M., N.Y., E1147

Murtha, John P., Pa., E1151

Paul, Ron, Tex., E1151

Poshard, Glenn, Ill., E1155

Reyes, Silvestre, Tex., E1145

Schaffer, Bob, Colo., E1145, E1146, E1148, E1149, E1150

Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E1148

Spence, Floyd, S.C., E1146

Stokes, Louis, Ohio, E1150

Stupak, Bart, Mich., E1151

Tiahrt, Todd, Kans., E1150

Vento, Bruce F., Minn., E1145

Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E1152

Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., E1147

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