[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D348-D349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 17, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
hearings on crop and revenue insurance issues, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the 
Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, 9 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 
for the Department of the Treasury, focusing on law enforcement 
programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for foreign assistance 
programs, focusing on Korea, Burma, and Hong Kong, 10:30 a.m., SD-
138.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for 
the Supreme Court of the United States and the Judiciary, 1:30 p.m., 
S-146, Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, to resume 
hearings on S. 450, the National Defense

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Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, focusing on the 
status of the operational readiness of the U.S. military forces, 10 
a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Finance, to hold hearings on certain revenue raising 
provisions of the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1998, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to resume hearings on the 
ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-
21), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold 
hearings to review U.S. efforts relating to the proliferation of 
Iran, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings to examine opportunities for improvement in the 
public schools of the District of Columbia, 9:15 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal 
Services, to resume hearings (in closed session) to examine China's 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related technology, 
missile delivery systems, and advanced conventional weapons, 10:30 
a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Employment 
and Training, to hold hearings to examine innovations in youth 
training, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, business meeting, to 
consider the committee's course of action concerning petitions filed 
in connection with a contested U.S. Senate election held in 
Louisiana in November 1996, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs, to hold hearings to examine Persian 
Gulf War issues, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E686-87 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider Conservation Reserve Program 
legislation, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, hearing on the status of 
NAFTA with Canada and Mexico, 9:30 p.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, to continue 
hearings on reform of the Commodity Exchange Act and provisions of 
H.R. 467, Commodity Exchange Act Amendments of 1997, 9 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State and the Judiciary, on public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., H-
309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on Export Finance Agencies, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on public witnesses, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, on Congressional and public 
witnesses, 9:30 a.m., H-140 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to continue mark up 
of H.R. 2, Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act of 1997, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment and 
the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue joint 
hearings on Review of EPA's Proposed Ozone and Particulate Matter 
NAAQS Revisions, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on food safety in the School 
Lunch Program, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to continue hearings on 
``Does U.N. Peacekeeping Serve U.S. Interests?'' (Part II), 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 874, to 
provide that Oregon may not tax compensation paid to a resident of 
Washington for services as a Federal employee at a Federal 
hydroelectric facility located on the Columbia River; and H.R. 865, 
to provide that Kentucky may not tax compensation paid to a resident 
of Tennessee for services as a Federal employee at Fort Campbell, 
KY, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 589, Fair 
Housing Reform and Freedom of Speech Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, 
oversight hearing on Forest Service Budget, 2:30 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on the CALFED 
Bay-Delta Program and the fiscal year 1998 federal funding request 
for the program, 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the 
House, hearing on Civility in the House of Representatives, 10 a.m., 
H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Government Programs 
and Oversight and Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Paperwork 
Reduction, to continue joint hearings on Federal Agency Compliance 
with the Regulatory Flexibility Act: Are Federal Agencies Using 
``Good Science'' In Their Making?, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on sexual harassment issues involving senior 
career managers within the VA, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Issues Relating to Medicare's Coverage Policy, 1 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.