[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D378-D379]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the 
National Endowment for the Arts/National Endowment for the 
Humanities, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, 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, 
9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce, 2 p.m., S-146, Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, closed business meeting, to mark up 
S. 7, to establish a United States policy for the deployment of a 
national missile defense system, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and truck safety, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings 
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2 p.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Clean 
Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, to hold 
hearings on ozone and particulate matter standards proposed by the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine U.S. policy toward Hong 
Kong, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, 
to resume hearings to examine proposals to reorganize the Department 
of Commerce, focusing on opportunities for management reforms at the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 12:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold oversight hearings 
on Federal vocational education assistance, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, to hold hearings to discuss 
revisions to Title 44, relating to the operations of the Government 
Printing Office, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings to review the 
success and failure of the Small Business Administration's existing 
non-credit and business development programs, and the future 
direction of such programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.


                                 Notice

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E733-34 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, hearing 
on the effectiveness of Agricultural Export Programs, 9:30 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to consider Supplemental 
appropriations for Fiscal Year 1997, 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, on 
Members of Congress, 3 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on Congressional and public witnesses, 12 p.m., H-144 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on Reauthorization of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning, to mark up 
H.R. 1385, Employment, Training and Literacy Enhancement Act of 
1997, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Civil Service, hearing on Federal Hiring from the Welfare Rolls, 
9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, 
to continue hearings on Status of Efforts to Identify Gulf War 
Syndrome, Part II, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Postal Service, oversight hearing of the U.S 
Postal Service, 1 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, to consider pending business, 5 
p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
hearing on Angola's Government of National Unity; followed by a 
briefing on the same subject, 10 a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to markup H.R. 3, Juvenile Crime 
Control Act of 1997, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on the future of hydrography, 
2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forests Health, to mark up H.R. 858, 
Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery and Economic Stability Act of 
1997, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research, hearing on 
fiscal year 1998 budget request for the National Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Program, 1 p.m., 2325 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Government Programs 
and Oversight, hearing on the Importance of Patent Term and Patent 
Application Disclosure Issues to Small Businesses: What Impact Will 
Proposed Changes in the Patent Laws Have on Small Businesses? 10:30 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Public Buildings and Economic Development, hearing on the Shortfall 
in the GSA Federal Buildings Fund, 9 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Medicare Provider-Sponsored Organizations, 1:30 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Unemployment Insurance 
Issues, 10:30 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, oversight hearing on the 
Disability Appeals Process, 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to hold hearings 
to examine the process of NATO enlargement and the role of the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) 
commitments, including human rights, in evaluating prospective 
members for inclusion in the Alliance, 10 a.m., SD-538.