[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D472-D473]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
hearings to examine how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
oversees markets in times of volatile prices and tight supplies, 
9:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the 
Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Defense, closed briefing on F-22, F-18 and Joint 
Strike Fighter Programs, 10 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce, 10 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 
for the Department of Health and Human Services, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for 
the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, 2 p.m., S-146, 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 
for the Executive Office of the President and the Office of 
Personnel Management, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on African Affairs, 
to hold hearings to update United States policy towards Nigeria, 2 
p.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations, to hold hearings to examine Russian organized crime 
in the United States, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine issues 
relative to combatting violence against women, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, to resume hearings on 
proposals to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
provide for a voluntary system of spending limits and partial public 
financing of Senate primary and general election campaigns, to limit 
contributions by multicandidate political committees, and to reform 
the financing of Federal elections and Senate campaigns, 10 a.m., 
SR-301.
  Special Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development 
Corporation and Related Matters, to continue hearings to

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examine certain issues relative to the Whitewater Development 
Corporation, 10 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and 
Poultry and the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, 
joint hearing to consider issues raised by a recently released study 
of trading practices and procedures on the National Cheese Exchange, 
9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and the Judiciary, on Secretary of State, 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on the D.C. 
Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Request, 1 p.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Members of Congress, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up H.R. 3005, Securities Amendments 
of 1996, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Power, oversight hearing on Electricity 
Regulation: A Vision for the Future, 11 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, hearing on H.R. 
3078, Federal Agency Anti-Lobbying Act, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up H. Con. Res. 154, 
to congratulate the Republic of China on Taiwan on the occasion of 
its first Presidential democratic election; and to hold a hearing on 
the History of Armenian Genocide, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
hearing on H.R. 3396, Defense of Marriage Act, 1:30 p.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to mark up the 
following: relating to PTO Government Corporation, Reexamination of 
Patents, Publication of Patent Applications, Prior Domestic User 
Rights, Patent Reexamining Reform, and Investor Protection Rights; 
relating to Copyright Protection in the Digital Arena, Music 
Licensing and Copyright Term Extension; and H.R. 359, to restore the 
term of patents, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, oversight hearing on U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife activities and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the Concurrent Resolution on the 
Budget for Fiscal Year 1997, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on small businesses and 
entry-level employment opportunities, with emphasis on the minimum 
wage and other proposals for increasing entry-level employment 
opportunities, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Small Satellites, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.