[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D523-D525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





             COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 
for foreign assistance programs, focusing on international affairs, 
10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold hearings 
on the nominations of James A. Harmon, of New York, to be President, 
and Jackie M. Clegg, of Utah, to be First Vice President, each of 
the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 9 a.m., SD-538.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on electronic funds transfer and 
electronic benefit transfer and the effect of these programs on 
Federal benefit recipients, 11 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
oversight hearings on the professional boxing industry, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings on S. 442, to 
establish a national policy against State and local government 
interference with interstate commerce on the Internet or interactive 
computer services, and to exercise Congressional jurisdiction over 
interstate commerce by establishing a moratorium on the imposition 
of exactions that would interfere with the free flow of commerce via 
the Internet, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to resume a workshop to 
examine competitive change in the electric power industry, focusing 
on the financial implications of restructuring, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold a 
workshop on the proposed ``Public Land Management Responsibility and 
Accountability Act'', 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to review whether China's most-
favored-nation status is an effective foreign policy tool, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, business meeting, to mark up S. 
261, to provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial 
appropriations process and to enhance

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oversight and the performance of the Federal Government, S. 207, to 
review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal 
subsidies, S. 307 and H.R. 680, bills to authorize the transfer to 
States of surplus personal property for donation to nonprofit 
providers of assistance to impoverished families and individuals, 
and to consider pending nominations, 4 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition, to 
hold hearings to examine the antitrust implications of the college 
bowl alliance, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public 
Health and Safety, to hold hearings to review the activities of the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 
Department of Health and Human Services, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, to resume hearings to 
review legislative recommendations on certain revisions to Title 44 
of the U.S. Code which authorizes the Government Printing Office to 
provide permanent public access to Federal government information, 
9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  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 page 
E1010 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, on Members of Congress, 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.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to mark 
up the following bills: H.R. 1277, Department of Energy Civilian 
Research and Development Act of 1997; H.R. 848, to extend the 
deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction 
of the AuSable Hydroelectric Project in New York; H.R. 1184, to 
extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction 
of the Bear Creek hydroelectric project in the State of Washington; 
and H.R. 1217, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
for the construction of a hydroelectric project located in the State 
of Washington, 1:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, to continue hearings on Reauthorization of the National 
Highway and Traffic Safety Administration, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Vocational and Technical 
Education for the 21st Century, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on Early 
Retirement in Higher Education, 9:30 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on the 
District of Columbia, hearing on Economic Development of the 
Administration's National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Plans, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on Race and Ethnicity in the Census 2000, 2:15 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, to 
mark up H.R. 1432, African Growth and Opportunity Act, 10 a.m., 2200 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, hearing 
on Forced Labor in China, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 1544, Federal Agency Compliance 
Act, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing regarding Application of 
the Americans with Disabilities Act to Medical Licensure and 
Judicial Officers, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on the 
following: H.R. 567, Madrid Protocol Implementation Act; and the 
Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, to continue hearings on 
Quadrennial Defense Review, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife, and Oceans, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 608, 
Marion National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act; H.R. 796, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to a map 
relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System; H.R. 1278, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 
1997; H.R. 1658, Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act Amendments 
of 1997; and H. Res. 87, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the United States and the United Nations should 
condemn coral reef fisheries that are harmful to coral reef 
ecosystemes and promote the development of sustainable coral reef 
fishing worldwide, 10 a.m., and to hold a hearing on H.R. 374, Sikes 
Act Improvement Amendments of 1997, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, to 
continue hearings on the Commercial Space Act of 1997: Space 
Transportation, 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Government Programs 
and Oversight, hearing on the performance of the Small Business 
Technology Transfer Pilot Program (STTR), 10:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Public Buildings and Economic Development, hearing on H.R. 20, 
Capitol Visitor Center Authorization Act of 1997, 9 a.m., 2253 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing to review safety and security procedures 
within the Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, to 
consider a Subcommmitee Report on the Administration of the Low 
Income Housing Tax Credit, 9:30 a.m., 1129 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings on the 
Future of Social Security for this Generation and the Next, 10:30 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Human 
Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, executive, Briefing 
on Counter-terrorism Operations, 1 p.m., and, executive, a briefing 
on Counter-proliferation Operations, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.