[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 29 (Monday, March 10, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E420-E423]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, March 11, 1997, may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                MARCH 12
     9:00 a.m.
       Select on Intelligence
         To continue hearings on the nomination of Anthony Lake, 
           of Massachusetts, to be Director of Central 
           Intelligence.
                                                            SH-216
     9:30 a.m.
       Budget
         To hold joint hearings with the House Budget Committee to 
           examine National governors' issues.
                                                            SD-106
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting, to mark up S. 104, to reform United 
           States policy with regard to the management and 
           disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level 
           radioactive waste.
                                                            SD-366
       Labor and Human Resources
       Public Health and Safety Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine scientific discoveries in 
           cloning, focusing on challenges for public policy.
                                                            SD-G50
       Rules and Administration
         To hold oversight hearings on the operations of the 
           Smithsonian Institution, the Woodrow Wilson 
           International Center, and the John F. Kennedy Center 
           for the Performing Arts.
                                                            SR-301
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           missile projects.
                                                            SD-192
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-138
       Armed Services
       Airland Forces Subcommittee
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of 
           Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
           on Army Force XXI initiatives and Army modernization 
           programs.
                                                            SR-222
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the Graduate Medical 
           Education program.
                                                            SD-215
       Foreign Relations
       International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 1998 for security assistance.
                                                            SD-419
     2:00 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of 
           Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
           on U.S. national security space programs and policies.
                                                            SR-222
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of 
           Defense and

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           the future years defense program, focusing on policies 
           pertaining to military compensation and quality of life 
           programs.
                                                           SR-232A
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine universal telephone service.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
       Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on Mexican and American responses to the 
           international narcotics threat.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the Committee on Indian 
           Affairs on Indian housing programs.
                                                            SD-106
       Indian Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the Committee on Banking, 
           Housing, and Urban Affairs on Indian housing programs.
                                                            SD-106

                                MARCH 13
     9:00 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for agricultural research.
                                                            SR-332
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To resume hearings to examine issues with regard to 
           competitive change in the electric power industry.
                                                            SD-G50
       Environment and Public Works
       Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for programs of the Intermodal Surface 
           Transportation Efficiency Act, focusing on program 
           eligibility.
                                                            SD-406
       Governmental Affairs
       International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine national missile defense and 
           prospects for U.S.-Russia ABM Treaty accommodation.
                                                            SD-342
     9:45 a.m.
       Appropriations
       District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the Committee on Governmental 
           Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight of Government 
           Management and The District of Columbia with the House 
           Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on the 
           District of Columbia and the House Appropriations 
           Subcommittee on the District of Columbia to examine the 
           Government of the District of Columbia's perspective on 
           the Administration's proposal for the District of 
           Columbia.
                                             2154 Rayburn Building
       Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management and The District of 
           Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the Committee on 
           Appropriations' Subcommittee on District of Columbia 
           with the House Government Reform and Oversight 
           Subcommittee on the District of Columbia and the House 
           Appropriations Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
           to examine the Government of the District of Columbia's 
           perspective on the Administration's proposal for the 
           District of Columbia.
                                             2154 Rayburn Building
     10:00 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of 
           Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
           on the unified commands military strategies and 
           operational requirements.
                                                            SR-222
       Foreign Relations
       International Operations Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           requests for fiscal year 1998 for certain International 
           Organizations and Conferences and the U.S. Arms Control 
           and Disarmament Agency.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
       Labor and Human Resources
         Business meeting, to mark up S. 4, to provide private 
           sector employees the same opportunities for time-and-a-
           half compensatory time off, biweekly work programs, and 
           flexible credit hour programs to help balance the 
           demands and needs of work and family, and to clarify 
           the provisions relating to exemptions of certain 
           professionals from the minimum wage and overtime 
           requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 
           and pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Joint Economic
         To hold hearings to examine economic problems of the 
           income tax system.
                                                            SD-628
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the future of Chechnya.
                                                            SD-538
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-124
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Commerce.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the future of intercity 
           passenger rail service.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the future of the National 
           Park System and to identify and discuss the needs, 
           requirements, and innovative programs that will insure 
           the Park Service will continue to meet its 
           responsibilities well into the next century.
                                                            SD-366
       Joint Printing
         To hold an organizational meeting; to be followed by a 
           hearing on oversight of the Government Printing Office 
           (GPO).
                                                    S-128, Capitol
     2:30 p.m.
       Select on Intelligence
         To continue hearings in closed session on the nomination 
           of Anthony Lake, of Massachusetts, to be Director of 
           Central Intelligence.
                                                            SH-219

                                MARCH 14
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Johnny H. Hayes, 
           of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
           of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Brig. Gen. Robert 
           Bernard Flowers, USA, to be a Member of the Mississippi 
           River Commission, and Judith M. Espinosa, of New 
           Mexico, and Michael Rappoport, of Arizona, each to be a 
           Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall 
           Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
           Policy Foundation.
                                                            SD-406
       Labor and Human Resources
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for programs of the Higher Education Act.
                                                            SD-430

                                MARCH 18
     9:00 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for agricultural research.
                                                            SR-332
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
                                              Room to be announced
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for energy research programs of the 
           Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-124
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings on proposals to authorize state and 
           local governments to enact flow control laws and to 
           regulate the interstate transportation of solid waste.
                                                            SD-406
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Natural Resources Conservation 
           Service, Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138
       Armed Services
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for the Department of Defense and the future 
           years defense program, focusing on the unified commands 
           military strategies and operational requirements.
                                                            SH-216
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
       Labor and Human Resources
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Alexis M. Herman, 
           of Alabama, to be Secretary of Labor.
                                                            SD-430

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     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans and Fisheries Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 1998 for the United States Coast 
           Guard.
                                                            SR-253

                                MARCH 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine international aviation and 
           United States-United Kingdom bilateral agreements.
                                                            SR-253
       Environment and Public Works
       Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for programs of the Intermodal Surface 
           Transportation Efficiency Act, focusing on 
           environmental programs and statewide and metropolitan 
           planning.
                                                            SD-406
       Labor and Human Resources
         To hold hearings to examine proposals to reform the 
           operation of the Food and Drug Administration.
                                                            SD-430
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs on the legislative recommendations of 
           the Disabled American Veterans.
                                               345 Cannon Building
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold closed hearings to review proposed budget 
           estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the intelligence 
           community.
                                                    S-407, Capitol
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Securities and Exchange Commission.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on S. 377, to promote electronic 
           commerce by facilitating the use of strong encryption.
                                                            SR-253

                                MARCH 20
     9:00 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for agricultural research.
                                                            SR-332
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for atomic energy defense activities of the 
           Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-124
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To resume hearings to examine issues with regard to 
           competitive change in the electric power industry.
                                                            SH-216
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs on the legislative recommendations of 
           AMVETS, the American Ex-Prisoners of War, the Veterans 
           of World War I, and the Vietnam Veterans of America.
                                               345 Cannon Building
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Education.
                                                            SD-192
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Transportation.
                                                            SD-192
       Labor and Human Resources
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for programs of the Higher Education Act.
                                                            SD-430
     2:00 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposals to reform the ocean 
           shipping industry.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation 
           Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine the future of the National 
           Park System and to identify and discuss the needs, 
           requirements, and innovative programs that will insure 
           the Park Service will continue to meet its 
           responsibilities well into the next century.
                                                            SD-366

                                APRIL 8
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Environmental Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-138
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign 
           Agricultural Service, and the Risk Management Agency, 
           Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-124
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine child pornography issues.
                                                    S-146, Capitol

                                APRIL 9
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for Navy and Marine Corps programs.
                                                            SD-192

                                APRIL 10
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Immigration and Naturalization 
           Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Drug 
           Enforcement Administration.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Transportation
                                                            SD-192

                                APRIL 15
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Housing and Urban 
           Development.
                                                            SD-138
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Rural Utilities Service, the Rural 
           Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative 
           Service, and the Alternative Agricultural Research and 
           Commercialization Center, all of the Department of 
           Agriculture.
                                                            SD-124
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on counter-terrorism issues.
                                                    S-146, Capitol

                                APRIL 16
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of the Army.
                                                            SD-192
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Transportation.
                                                            SD-124
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Federal Communications Commission.
                                                    S-146, Capitol

                                APRIL 17
     1:30 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Supreme Court of the United States 
           and the Judiciary.
                                                    S-146, Capitol

                                APRIL 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the National Science Foundation and the 
           Office of Science and Technology Policy.
                                                            SD-192

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       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Environmental Management Program of 
           the Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-124
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Agricultural Research Service, the 
           Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension 
           Service, the Economic Research Service, and the 
           National Agricultural Statistics Service, all of the 
           Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 23
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           medical programs.
                                                            SD-192

                                APRIL 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Corp of Engineers and the Bureau of 
           Reclamation, Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-124

                                APRIL 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SD-138
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
           and the Food and Drug Administration, Department of 
           Health and Human Resources.
                                                            SD-124

                                APRIL 30
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           the structure and modernization of the National Guard.
                                                            SD-192

                                 MAY 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the National Aeronautics and Space 
           Administration.
                                                            SD-138

                                 MAY 7
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-192

                                 MAY 14
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           environmental programs.
                                                            SD-192

                                 MAY 21
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
           Air Force programs.
                                                            SD-192

                                 JUNE 4
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-192

                                JUNE 11
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1998 for the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-192

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                MARCH 11
     10:00 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           request for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of 
           Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 13
     10:00 a.m.
       Labor and Human Resources
         To hold hearings to examine proposals to improve the 
           health status of children.
                                                            SD-430

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                MARCH 11
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on S. 377, to promote electronic 
           commerce by facilitating the use of strong encryption.
                                                            SR-253