[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 22, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D368-D369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on medical programs, 10 a.m., SD-
192.
  Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings on an 
additional funding request for fiscal year 1997 by the District of 
Columbia Financial Responsibility and

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Management Assistance Authority for capital improvements to D.C. 
public schools and for public safety agencies, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on the 
Administration's proposal on NATO enlargement, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of Kerri Ann Jones, of Maryland, and 
Jerry M. Melillo, of Massachusetts, both to be an Associate Director 
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Manufacturing and Competitiveness, to hold 
hearings to examine the current state of manufacturing in the United 
States, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance, to hold hearings on S. 436, to provide for 
the transfer of one-half cent of the 4.3 cents-per-gallon motor 
fuels tax now being deposited into the General Fund to a designated 
trust fund for Amtrak, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings on S. 261, to 
provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations 
process and to enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal 
Government, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine the 
growing national problem with gangs, focusing on how gangs affect 
communities within States and on gangs that have established 
networks from State to State, 10 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, focusing on campus based financial aid programs and 
the students who benefit from them, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource 
Conservation, and Research, hearing on EPA's proposed air quality 
standard of PM 2.5 and its implications for agriculture, 9:30 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, on public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to continue mark up 
of H.R. 2, Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act of 1997, 2 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, 
hearing on Reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act and 
FDA Reform, 2:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning, hearing on 
the Rising Price of a College Education, 1 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on 
``Census 2000: How Should the Federal Government Measure Race and 
Ethnicity'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, National Resources, and 
Regulatory Affairs, to continue hearings on ``EPA's Particulate 
Matter and Ozone Rulemaking: Is EPA Above the Law'', 10:30 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, to mark up H. Res. 121, expressing the sense of the House 
of Representatives regarding the March 30, 1997, terrorist grenade 
attack in Cambodia; followed by a hearing on United States Policy 
Toward Vietnam; followed by a hearing on SINO-American Relations and 
U.S. Policy Options, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
911, Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 and H.R. 1167, Volunteer 
Protection Act of 1997, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing on 
regarding border security and deterring illegal entry into the 
United States, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 1271, FAA 
Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1997; 
H.R. 1273, National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1997; 
H.R. 1274, National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Authorization Act of 1997; H.R. 1275, Civilian Space Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999; H.R. 1276, Environmental Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1997; H.R. 1277, 
Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development Act of 1997; 
and H.R. 1278, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
Authorization Act of 1997, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on 
Surface Transportation Research and Development, Part II, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Tax Burden on Small 
Business Families, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Meeting Clean Water and 
Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
867, Adoption Promotion Act of 1997, and H.R. 1048, Welfare Reform 
Technical Corrections Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the low-income housing tax 
credit, 1:30 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
DEA regarding Mexico, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.