[Congressional Record: February 23, 1998 (Digest)]
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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of February 24 through 28, 1998

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1663, regarding
campaign finance reform.
  On Wednesday, Senate will consider the veto message to accompany H.R.
2631, disapproving the cancellations transmitted by the President on
October 6, 1997, regarding Public Law 105-45, Military Construction
Appropriations, 1998, with a vote on the message to occur thereon.
  During the balance of the week Senate expects to continue
consideration of S. 1663, regarding campaign finance reform, and may
consider any executive or legislative business cleared for action.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, February 24, 1998, from 12:30 p.m.
until 2:15 p.m. for respective party conferences.)

                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: February 24 and 26, Subcommittee on
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, to hold
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999, Tuesday,
for the Agricultural Research Service, Cooperative State Research,
Education and Extension Service, Economic Research Service, and the
National Agricultural Statistics Service, all of the Department of
Agriculture, 10 a.m.; Thursday, for the Natural Resources
Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m.; SD-138.

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  February 24 and 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
the Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1999, Tuesday, for the Department of Justice, 10 a.m.;
Thursday, for the Department of State, 10 a.m.; SD-192.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Secretary
of the Senate, the Capitol Police Board, and the Congressional
Budget Office, 10 a.m., SD-116.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General
Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1999 for the Treasury Department, focusing on law enforcement
programs, 1 p.m., SD-124.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense,
2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 24 and 25, Subcommittee on
Readiness, to hold hearings on the status of the operational
readiness of the U.S. military forces including the availability of
resources and training opportunities necessary to meet our national
security requirements, Tuesday at 3 p.m. in SR-301 and Wednesday at
10 a.m. in SH-216.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine NATO
expansion, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 25, to
hold oversight hearings on monetary policy of the United States, 10
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 24, to hold hearings to examine
what a budget surplus means to social security, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine long term
budget projections and issues, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the
success of the national trade strategy from the perspective of
international affairs funding, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 24
and 26, to resume hearings to examine the scope and depth of the
proposed settlement between States Attorneys Generals and tobacco
companies to mandate a total reformation and restructuring of how
tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed in
America, Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. and Thursday at 9:45 a.m., SR-253.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to
examine universal service administration issues and the General
Accounting Office's (GAO) report from February 11, 1998 that
declared the schools and libraries and rural health care
corporations illegal, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant
Marine, to hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for programs of the Rail Safety Act, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine
the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) efforts to upgrade the
infrastructure that supports air transportation in the United
States, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 24,
Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and
Recreation, to hold hearings to examine the status of the visitor
center and museum facilities project at Gettysburg National Military
Park in Pennsylvania, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management,
to hold oversight hearings on the use of speciality forest projects
from the National Forests, 10:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: February 25, to resume hearings on proposals
and recommendations to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue
Service, including a related measure H.R. 2676, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine private
contracting in Medicare, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 24, to hold hearings on
the Administration views on the protocols to the North Atlantic
Treaty on Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, 10
a.m., SD-106.
  February 25, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export
and Trade Promotion, to hold hearings on the implementation of U.S.
policy on construction of a Western Caspian Sea oil pipeline, 10
a.m., SD-419.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of
Robert T. Grey, Jr., of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during
his tenure of service as United States Representative to the
Conference on Disarmament, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  February 26, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to
hold hearings to examine whether U.S. unilateral trade sanctions are
effective for U.S.-Asia trade policy, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Pease Corps,
Narcotics and Terrorism, to hold hearings to examine drug
trafficking and certification, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: February 24, to resume hearings
on S. 981, to provide for the analysis of major regulatory rules by
Federal agencies, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  February 26, Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation
and Federal Services, to hold hearings on S. 1495, to strengthen the
ability of the Office of Personnel Management to obtain judicial
review to protect the merit system, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 24, Subcommittee on
Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, to hold hearings
to examine incidences of foreign terrorists in America five years
after the world Trade Center, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and
Property Rights, to hold hearings to examine whether term limits or
campaign finance reform would provide true political reform, 2 p.m.,
SD-226.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine
incidences of high tech worker shortage and immigration policy, 10
a.m., SD-226.

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  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending judicial
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  February 26, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and
Competition, to hold hearings on oversight of the Antitrust Division
of the Department of Justice, Focusing on international and criminal
enforcement, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: February 24, 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, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine how to
mobilize school and community resources during non-school hours,
9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  February 26, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the
confidentiality of medical information, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: February 25, to hold
oversight hearings on the strategic plan implementation including
budget requests for the operations of the Office of the Secretary of
the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms and the Architect of the Capitol, 9
a.m., SR-30l.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1578, to make
available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval by
the public, certain information available through the Congressional
Research Service web site, and to hold oversight hearings on the
budget requests for the operations of the Government Printing
Office, the National Gallery of Art, and the Congressional Research
Service, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: February 24, to hold hearings on
the nomination of Togo D. West, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to
be Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans Affairs to review the legislative
recommendations of the Non-Commissioned Officers Association, the
Paralyzed Veterans of American, the Jewish War Veterans, the
Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Blinded Veterans
Association, the Veterans of World War, I, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon
Building.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 25, to hold hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1999 for Indian
programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the
Bureau of Indian Affairs' tribal priority allocations, 11 a.m., SD-
562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 26, to hold closed
hearings on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings schedule ahead, see pages
E191-94 in today's Record.

                             House Chamber

  Monday, the House was not in session.
  Tuesday, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour and at
2:00 p.m. for consideration of 10 Suspensions:
  (1) H.R. 429, NATO Special Immigrant Amendments of 1997;
  (2) H.R. 3116, Examination Parity and Year 2000 Readiness for
Financial Institutions Act;
  (3) H. Res. --, Regarding S. 1150, Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Education Reform Act of 1997;
  (4) H.R. 3120, Designating the Howard C. Nielson Post Office
Building;
  (5) H.R. 2766, Designating the Karl Bernal Post Office Building;
  (6) S. 916, Designating the Blaine H. Eaton Post Office Building;
  (7) H.R. 2836, Designating the Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office
Building;
  (8) H.R. 2773, Designating the Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office Building;
  (9) S. 985, Designating the Larry Doby Post Office; and
  (10) H.R. 424, Providing for Increased Mandatory Minimum Sentences
for Criminals Possessing Firearms.
  Note: No recorded votes are expected before 5:00 p.m.
  Wednesday and Thursday, Consideration of H.R. 2181, Witness
Protection and Interstate Relocation Act of 1997 (Subject to Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 1544, Federal Agency Compliance Act (Subject to
Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2460, Wireless Telephone Protection Act
(Subject to Rule).
  Friday, No recorded votes are expected.

                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 26, Subcommittee on Livestock,
Dairy, and Poultry, hearing to review livestock, dairy, and poultry
trade between the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, 1 p.m.,
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 24, Subcommittee on
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and
Related Agencies, on Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services, 1 p.m.,
2362-A Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Service,
Education, on Employment and Training Administration/Veterans
Employment, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on U.S.
Central Command, 2 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 24, Subcommittee on VA-HUD and Independent Agencies, on
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, 10 a.m., and on the National
Credit Union Administration, 11 a.m., H-143 Capitol.

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  February 25, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on FDA, 1 p.m., 2362-
A Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary, on Legal Services Corporation, 10:30 a.m., H-309 Capitol,
and on the Secretary of State, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing
and Related Programs, on Security Assistance, 10 a.m., H-144
Capitol.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, on Pension Agencies and Office of Inspector General
(Labor), 10 a.m., and on the Employment Standards Administration and
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Army
Construction, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on National Security, on FY 1999, Navy/
Marine Corps Budget Overview, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn, and executive,
on FY 1999, Navy/Marine Corps Acquisition Program, 1:30 p.m., H-140
Capitol.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General
Government, on Treasury Law Enforcement, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2359
Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2:30 p.m., and on the Consumer
Information Center, 3:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Research,
Education and Economics, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary, on the Attorney General, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and on the
USIA, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, on Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 10
a.m., and on GAO, Department of Health and Human Services oversight,
2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on
Congressional and public witnesses, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on National Security, on FY 1999 Army
Budget Overview, 10 a.m., and, executive, on FY 1999 Army
Acquisition Program, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General
Government, on the IRS, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on
Court of Veterans Appeals, 2:30 p.m., and on the Selective Service
System, 3:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, February 24,
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing
to review the Federal Reserve's conduct of monetary policy
(Humphrey-Hawkins), 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, February 25, Subcommittee on
Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing on the
tobacco settlement, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 24,
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on
Teacher Training, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, to mark
up the Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act, 10:30 a.m.,
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, February 24,
Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing and markup of the Federal
Retirement Coverage Corrections Act, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing on
ways to improve the federal government's approach to research into
the health concerns of Gulf War veterans, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 25 and 26, Full committee hearings on Yah Lin ``Charlie''
Trie's Relationship with the Democratic National Committee and the
Administration, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information
and Technology, hearing on the following measure: Government Waste,
Fraud, and Error Reduction Act of 1998; H.R. 2347, Federal Benefit
Verification and Integrity Act; and H.R. 2063, Debt Collection Wage
Information Act of 1997; 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, February 26 to continue hearings on
Campaign Reform, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, February 24, Subcommittee on
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on Annual
Oversight of Refugee Programs, Policies, and Budget, 10 a.m., 2172
Rayburn.
  February 25, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Options in
Confronting Iraq, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade, hearing on Multilateral Agreement on Investment: Win, Lose or
Draw for the U.S., 1:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human
Rights, to mark up H. Res. 364, urging 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; followed by a hearing on the Peruvian Population Control
Program, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 26, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Narcotics Policy
Toward Colombia, 11 a.m., Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Asian and the Pacific, hearing on
Shattered Dream, the Uncertain State of Democracy in Cambodia, 2
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 25, Subcommittee on
Commercial and Administrative Law, to mark up H.R. 1704,
Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis Creation Act; followed
by an oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice's
Executive Office for U.S. Attorney, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, 10 a.m.,
2237 Rayburn.

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  February 25, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing
regarding the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of
Justice 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to mark up H.R.
3206, Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1998, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law,
oversight hearing on Administrative Taxation: The FCC's Universal
Service Tax, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing
regarding the need for federal protection of religious freedom after
Boerne v. Flores, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to
mark up the following bills: H.R. 2696, Vessel Hull Design
Protection Act; H.R. 2294, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1997;
H.R. 2281, WIPO Copyright Treaties Implementation Act; and H.R.
3209, the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act, 10
a.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  Committee on the National Security, February 24, and 25,
Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearings on depot issues, 2
p.m., 2212 Rayburn on February 24, and 8 a.m., 2216 Rayburn on
February 25.
  February 25, full Committee, executive, a threat assessment
briefing from the intelligence community, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Military Installations & Facilities,
hearing on FY 1999 budget request for military construction and
military family housing of the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., 2212
Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the
statuts and effectiveness of the TRICARE program, 10 a.m., 2118
Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee Military Procurement and the
Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, joint hearing on
Department of Defense Modernization for FY 1999, 2 p.m., 2118
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, February, 24, Subcommittee on National
Parks and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2223,
Education Land Grant Act; H.R. 1728, National Park Service
Administrative Amendment of 1997; and H.R. 2993, 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, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 25, full Committee, on the following bills: H.R. 2756,
Kake Tribal Corporation Land Exchange Act; H.R. 2812, Unrecognized
Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition Act; H.R. 2924, to
amend the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for
selection of lands by certain veterans of the Vietnam era and by the
Elim Native Corporation; H.R. 3087, to require the Secretary of
Agriculture to grant an easement to Chugrach Alaska Corporation; and
H.R. 3088, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act,
regarding Huna Totem Corporation public interest land exchange, 11
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight
hearing on the Administration's Forest Service Roadless Area
Moratorium, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources,
oversight hearing on the Administration's FY 1999 budget request for
three agencies within the Department of the Interior: Office of
Surface Mining, Minerals Management Service, and the Energy and
Minerals programs of the Bureau of Land Management, 2 p.m., 1324
Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and
Oceans, oversight hearing on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
NOAA, and National Marine Service FY 1999 Budget request, 10 a.m.,
1334 Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands,
oversight hearing on Fee Demonstration Programs--Successes and
Failures, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, February, 24, to consider the following: H.R.
2181, Witness Protection and Interstate Relocation Act of 1997; and
H.R. 1544, Federal Agency Compliance Act, 3 p.m., B-312 Capitol.
  February 25, to consider H.R. 2460, Wireless Telephone Protection
Act, 3 p.m., H-312 the Capitol.
  Committee on Science, February 25, Subcommittee on Energy and
Environment hearing on the following: Department of Energy FY 1999
Budget Authorization Request; H.R. 1806, to provide for the
consolidation of the Office of Fossil Energy and the Office of
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency of the Department of Energy;
and S. 965, to amend title II of the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 to
extend an authorization contained therein, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, oversight
hearing on FY 1999 Budget Request: The Sciences at NASA, 10 a.m.,
2318 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Technology, oversight hearing on the
FY 1999 Administration Request for the Technology Administration and
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 10 a.m., 2318
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 25, hearing on Reducing
America's Small Business Tax Burden, 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 25 and
26, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development,
hearings on GSA FY 1999 Budget, and related issues, 10:30 a.m., on
February 25 and 9 a.m., on February 26, 2253 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Issues related
to Stolen Airline Ticket Stocks from Travel Agents, 9:30 a.m., 2167
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 24, Subcommittee on
Benefits, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3039, Veterans'
Transitional Housing Opportunities Act of 1997, and H.R. 3211, to
amend title 38, United States Code, to enact into law eligibility
requirements for burial at Arlington National Cemetery, 10:30 a.m.,
340 Cannon.

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  Committee on Ways and Means, February 24, Subcommittee on
Oversight, hearing on the Treasury Department Report on Innocent
Spouse Relief, 2 p.m., B-318.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on Asia Trade Issues,
11 a.m., to 1100 Longworth.
  February 25, full committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R.
3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998; and H.R.
1432, African Growth and Opportunity Act, 10 a.m., and to hold a
hearing on the revenue provisions in the Administration's FY 1999
Budget, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Assessing Health
Care Quality, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on the
Future of Social Security for this Generation and the Next, 1 p.m.,
B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 25,
executive, briefing on Budget Overview, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.

                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: February 24, to hold hearings to examine
the performance of the International Monetary Fund, 9:30 a.m., 311
Cannon Building.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the
potential for economic terrorist attacks, focusing on the use of
radio frequency weapons, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Joint hearing: February 26, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs,
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs
to review the legislative recommendations of the Non-Commissioned
Officers Association, the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the Jewish
War Veterans, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Blinded
Veterans Association, and the Veterans of World War I, 9:30 a.m.,
345 Cannon Building.
