[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 30 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D219-D221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1997

                                 Senate

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on missile projects, 10 a.m., SD-
192.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for 
the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Airland Forces, 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, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, 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, 2 p.m., SR-
222.
  Subcommittee on Personnel, 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 policies pertaining to military compensation and quality of life 
programs, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold joint 
hearings with the Committee on Indian Affairs, on Indian housing 
programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on the Budget, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Budget Committee to examine National governors' issues, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings to examine universal telephone service, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance, to hold hearings to examine the Graduate 
Medical Education program, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for 
security assistance, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and 
Terrorism, to hold a closed briefing and an open hearing on Mexican 
and American responses to the international narcotics threat, 2 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public 
Health and Safety, to hold hearings to examine scientific 
discoveries in cloning, focusing on challenges for public policy, 
9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on 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, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, on Indian housing 
programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to continue hearings on the 
nomination of Anthony Lake, of Massachusetts, to be Director of 
Central Intelligence, 10 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
111, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of 
unused agricultural land in Dos Palos, CA, to the Dos Palos Ag 
Boosters for use as a farm school; H.R. 394, to provide for the 
release of the reversionary interest held by the United States in 
certain property located in the County of Iosco, MI; H.R. 785, to 
designate the J. Phil Campbell, Senior, Natural Resource 
Conservation Center; and H.R. 1000, to require States to establish a 
system to prevent prisoners from being considered part of any 
household for purposes of determining eligibility of the household 
for food stamp benefits to be provided to the household under the 
Food Stamp Act of 1997, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign 
Agriculture, hearing on the status of the electronic benefit 
transfer system for the food stamp program, 9:30 a.m., 1302 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
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witnesses, 10:30 a.m., and on food safety, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, on United 
States Information Agency/International Broadcasting, 10 a.m., and, 
executive, on Counterterrorism, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Nuclear Waste 
Management and Disposal, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Fish and Wildlife Service, 10 a.m. 
and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Vocational and Adult Education; Special Education; and 
Rehabilitative Services, 10 a.m., and on Postsecondary Education, 
1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Housing Privatization 
Efforts, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, on Air Force Acquisition 
Programs, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Coast Guard, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on U.S. Postal Service, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Community 
Development Financial Institutions, 9 a.m., and on National Credit 
Union Administration, 11 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to 
continue hearings on financial services modernization, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on correcting the CPI, 2:30 p.m., 
210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, to 
mark up the following: the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act 
of 1997; H.R. 968, to amend Title XVIII and XIX of the Social 
Security Act to permit a waiver of the prohibition of offering nurse 
aide training and competency evaluation programs in certain nursing 
facilities; and a measure to extend the term of appointment of 
certain members of the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, 10 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to consider the 
following: H.R. 173, to amend the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize donation of surplus 
law enforcement canines to their handlers; H.R. 680, to amend the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to 
authorize the transfer to States of surplus personal property for 
donation to nonprofit providers of necessaries to impoverished 
families and individuals; H.R. 930, Travel and Transportation Act of 
1997; H.R. 514, amended, to permit waiver of District of Columbia 
residency requirements for certain employees of the Office of the 
Inspector General of the District of Columbia; H.R. 240, Veteran's 
Employment Opportunities Act of 1997; and a report entitled ``A 
Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the 
Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records'', 11 a.m., and to 
continue hearings on Federal Communications System Acquisition 
Strategy (post FTS 2000): An Industry Perspective, 12 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, to mark up committee funding 
resolution, 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on U.S.-Russian 
Relations, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Democratic 
Continuity and Change in South Asia, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on the Western 
Hemisphere Today: A Roundtable Discussion, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: H.R. 924, 
Victim Allocution Clarification Act of 1997; H.R. 926, Prisoner 
Service Opportunity Act of 1997; H.R. 927, United States Marshals 
Service Improvement Act; H.R. 400, 21st Century Patent System 
Improvement Act; H.R. 672, to make technical amendments to certain 
provisions of title 17, United States Code; H.R. 908, to establish a 
Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of 
Appeals; H.R. 929, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997, 9:30 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, to continue hearings on fiscal 
year 1998 Department of Defense authorization request, 9:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on B-2 Bomber 
program, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on reform initiatives, 
2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 752, 
Citizen's Fair Hearing Act of 1997; and H.R. 757, American Samoa 
Development Act of 1997, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 412, to 
approve a settlement agreement between the Bureau of Reclamation and 
the Orville-Tonasket Irrigation District; and H.J. Res. 58, 
disapproving the certification of the President under section 490(b) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding foreign assistance 
for Mexico during fiscal year 1997, 1:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, to hold an organizational meeting, 9:30 
a.m., followed by a hearing on the U.S. and Antarctica in the 21st 
Century, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on EPA's 
Particulate Matter and Ozone Standards, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on Fiscal Year 1998 
NASA Authorization, Aeronautics and Advanced Space Transportation, 1 
p.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on community renewal 
initiatives for low income areas, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider 
pending Committee business and the Budget Views and Estimates for 
Fiscal Year 1998, 4:30 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on the Current State of Amtrak, 
2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on 
Superfund Reauthorization: Views of EPA, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 968, to amend title 
XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to permit a waiver of the 
prohibition of offering nurse aide training and competency 
evaluation programs in certain nursing facilities, 9:30 a.m., and to 
hold a hearing on Revenue Raising Provisions in the Administration's 
Fiscal Year Budget Proposal, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to consider 
pending business, 1 p.m., and to hold a hearing on the Budget-
Intelligence Requirements, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             JOINT MEETINGS

  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on the Budget, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Budget Committee to examine National 
governors' issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.