[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D436-D437]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                         WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1998 for cancer research programs of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, 9:15 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Defense, 10 
a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of 
Transportation, focusing on transportation infrastructure financing 
issues, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for the National Science Foundation 
and Technology Administration, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, focusing on safety issues and 
programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on European Affairs, 
to hold hearings on the Administration's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 1998 for Central and Eastern Europe and the former 
Soviet Union, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings to review the 
final report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government 
Secrecy and the recommendations of the report, including 
recommendations for legislation to codify the classification system 
and enhance accountability, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings on S. 507, to 
establish the United States Patent and Trademark Organization as a 
Government corporation, and to revise the provisions of title 35, 
United States Code, relating to procedures for patent applications, 
commercial use of patents, and reexamination reform, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 2 p.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, business meeting, to 
markup the proposed Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
Amendments of 1997, and consider pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings on the Small 
Business Administration's finance programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on the 
nomination of George J. Tenet, of Maryland, to be Director of 
Central Intelligence, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on VA-HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, on Consumer Product Safety Commission, 10 
a.m., Consumer Information Center, 11 a.m., and on Office of 
Consumer Affairs, 12 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on Financial 
Modernization, including H.R. 10, Financial Services Competitiveness 
Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, to 
mark up H.R. 1306, Riegle-Neal Clarification Act of 1997, 3 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Department of Energy's Office of 
Science and Technology (OST), focusing on issues relating to OST-
funded technologies and their deployment at DOE sites, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 5, IDEA Improvement Act of 1997; and H.R. 1511, Cost of 
Higher Education Review Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following: H. 
Res. 121, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
regarding the March 30, 1997 terrorist grenade attack in Cambodia; 
H. Con. Res. 50, expressing

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the sense of the Congress regarding the status of the investigation 
of the bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992; and 
H. Con. Res. 63, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the 
50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and reaffirming the commitment 
of the U.S. to the principles that led to the establishment of that 
program, 11:30 a.m., H-139 the Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S. Policy 
Toward Indonesia, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing regarding 
``Grassroots Solutions to Youth Crime, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military 
Readiness, hearing on Naval Petroleum Reserves, 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, hearing on the 
fiscal year 1998 National Defense Authorization request-Ballistic 
Missile Defense (BMD) Threat, 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 
hearing on ``The Science Behind EPA's Proposed Particulate Matter/
Ozone Standards, Part 2'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: H. Con. Res. 49, authorizing the use of the Capitol 
Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby; H. Con. Res. 66, 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 16th annual 
National Peace Officers' Memorial Service; H. Con. Res. 67, 
authorizing the 1997 Special Olympics Torch Relay to run through the 
Capitol Grounds; two Committee amendments to GSA resolutions; Water 
Resources Survey resolutions; and other pending Committee business, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on High Speed Rail Programs, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on Government Performance and Results Act strategies for the 
Veterans Employment and Training Service, 8:30 a.m., 340 Cannon.