[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 36 (Wednesday, March 19, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D275-D277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 20, 1997

                                 Senate

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to resume 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for agricultural 
research, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1998 for atomic energy defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on the 
implications of the proposed acquisition of Conrail by CSX 
Corporation, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for international narcotics, 
crime and law enforcement, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates

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for fiscal year 1998 for the United Nations, 2 p.m., S-146, Capitol.
  Committee on 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 Department of Energy national security programs and to review 
environmental management activities, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief, to hold hearings to 
examine the Federal Reserve System's proposal to modify firewalls 
that separate commercial banks and securities affiliates, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold hearings on 
S. 414, to amend the Shipping Act of 1984 to encourage competition 
in international shipping and growth of United States imports and 
exports, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to resume hearings to 
examine issues with regard to competitive change in the electric 
power industry, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, 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, 2 p.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, Business meeting, to 
consider pending nominations, time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Finance, to continue hearings on improving Medicare 
choices, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management and The District of Columbia, to hold hearings 
to examine the role of the Department of Commerce in United States 
trade policy, promotion and regulation, and opportunities for reform 
and consolidation, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to resume hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Higher 
Education Act, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, to hold oversight hearings 
to review the operations and budget of the Congressional Research 
Service and the Library of Congress, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on 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, 9:30 
a.m., 345 Cannon Building.


                                 Notice

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E525-26 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Federal Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
public witnesses, 10:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, on 
Department of Commerce, Science and Technology Programs, 10 a.m., 
and on Department of States Administration of Foreign Affairs, 2 
p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of Agriculture, 10 a.m., 
and on Forest Service Chief, 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Office of AIDS Research; Office of the Director; and Building and 
Facilities, 10 a.m., and on National Commission on Libraries; 
National Council on Disability; Physician Payment Review Commission; 
and on Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on readiness, 10 
a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Railroad 
Administration, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 10 a.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on GSA, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to mark up H.R. 607, 
Homeowners Insurance Protection Act; and to consider the Committee 
Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 1998 for transmission to 
the Committee on the Budget, 1:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, 
hearing on International Monetary Fund, 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up H.R. 1003, Assisted Suicide 
Funding Restriction Act of 1997, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, hearing and mark 
up of H.R. 688, Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
Amendments Act of 1997, 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, to continue 
oversight hearings on the Department of Education: Mission, 
Management, and Performance, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and 
Criminal Justice, hearing on Improving Defense Inventory Management, 
9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the 
Administration's Security Assistance Request for fiscal year 1998, 
10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 695, Security and Freedom 
Through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on reforming juvenile justice in 
America and related legislative proposals, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.

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  Committee on National Security, Morale Welfare and Recreation 
Panel, hearing on military resale system, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Procurement and Subcommittee on Military 
Research and Development, joint hearing on fiscal year 1998 
Department of Defense authorization request--Information Warfare, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on Bureau of Land Management final 
rulemaking on bonding of hardrock mining operations: Why was there 
no meaningful public comment solicited? 12:30 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 799, to require the Secretary of Agriculture 
to make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of the Hells 
Canyon Wilderness in the States of Oregon and Idaho to exclude an 
established Forest Service road inadvertently included in the 
wilderness, and H.R. 838, to require adoption of a management plan 
for Hells Canyon National Recreation Area that allows appropriate 
use of motorized and nonmotorized river craft in the recreation 
area, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on Central 
Valley Project Operations and Administration Reform Process, 2 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 
hearing on fiscal year 1998 Budget Authorization Request: Department 
of Energy, Nuclear Energy; Environment, Safety and Health; and 
Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (Non-Defense), 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and the Subcommittee on Government 
Management, Information, and Technology of the Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight, joint hearing on Year 2000: 
Implications for the Commercial Sector, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on review of Coopers and Lybrand Independent 
Financial Assessment of the FAA, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to consider the Committee Budget 
Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 1998 for transmission to the 
Committee on the Budget; and to mark up the following: a measure to 
allow revision of veterans benefits decisions based on clear and 
unmistakable error; and a measure to authorize VA's authority to 
enter into enhanced-use leases, 2:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
recommendations regarding Medicare Hospital and Physician Payment 
Policies, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on the Administration's 
Child support Enforcement Incentive Payment Proposal, 11 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee, to hold hearings to examine the current 
economic outlook and monetary policy, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn 
Building.
  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on 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, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.