[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 13, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D474-D475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal 
Service, and General Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings to examine program efficiencies at the Department of 
Commerce, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries, to hold hearings on S. 39, 
to revise the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to support the 
International Dolphin Conservation Program in the eastern tropical 
Pacific Ocean, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, to hold hearings on the 
campaign finance system for presidential elections, focusing on the 
growth of soft money and other effects on political parties and 
candidates, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Full Committee, to resume closed hearings on the nomination of 
George John Tenet, of Maryland, to be Director of Central 
Intelligence, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review the 
information technology procurement practices of the USDA, 9:30 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, on Secretary of Labor, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to continue hearings 
on Financial Modernization, including H.R. 10, Financial Services 
Competitiveness Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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  Committee on the Budget, to mark up the Fiscal Year 1998 Budget 
Resolution, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on Financial Services Reform, focusing on 
Consolidation in the Brokerage Industry, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up H.R. 1377, 
Savings Are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice, 
hearing on National Guard Support in the Fight Against Illegal 
Drugs, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, to consider pending business, 10:30 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, hearing on the Caribbean: An Overview, 9:30 a.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up of the following measures: 
H.R. 695, Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act; and 
H.J. Res. 54, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical 
desecration of the flag of the United States, 1:30 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 
1494, Apprehension of Tainted Money Act of 1997, 9:30 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 
1252, Judicial Reform Act of 1997, 9 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1486, Foreign Policy Reform 
Act, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Department of Energy Posture, 1 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Commercial 
Vessel Safety, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on operations within the VA's Compensation and Pension Service using 
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) principles, to review 
the adequacy of VA's efforts in the processing of Persian Gulf War 
claims for compensation, and to discuss legislation to limit the 
liability for compensating and treating veterans with smoking-
related diseases, 8:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.