[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D626-D627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
hearings on United States farms exports, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, 
business meeting, to mark up proposed legislation making 
appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for foreign assistance programs, 
3 p.m., SD-116.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, business 
meeting, to consider recommendations which it will make to the 
Committee on the Budget with respect to certain spending reductions 
and revenue increases to meet reconciliation expenditures as imposed 
by H. Con. Res. 84, establishing the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 
2002, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to resume 
hearings to examine emerging trade issues in China, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings 
on NASA's international space station, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Forests 
and Public Land Management, to hold hearings on S. 587, to provide 
for an exchange of lands located in Hinsdale County, Colorado, S. 
588, to provide for the expansion of the Eagles Nest Wilderness 
within the Arapaho National Forest and the White River National 
Forest in Colorado, S. 589, to provide for a boundary adjustment and 
land conveyance involving the Raggeds Wilderness, White River 
National Forest in Colorado, S. 590, to provide for a land exchange 
within the Routt National Forest in Colorado, S. 591, to transfer 
the Dillon Ranger District in the Arapaho National Forest to the 
White River National Forest in Colorado, S. 541, to provide for an 
exchange of lands with the city of Greeley, Colorado, S. 750, to 
consolidate certain mineral interests in the National Grasslands in 
Billings County, North Dakota, S. 785, to convey certain land to the 
city of Grants Pass, Oregon, and S. 881, to provide for a land 
exchange involving the Warner Canyon Ski Area and other land in the 
State of Oregon, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance, business meeting, to continue to consider 
recommendations which it will make to the Committee on the Budget 
with respect to spending reductions and revenue increases to meet 
reconcilation expenditures as imposed by H. Con. Res. 84, 
establishing the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings on S. 314, to require that the Federal Government 
procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary for 
the operations and management of certain Government agencies, 9 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold 
hearings to examine human rights abuses in China, focusing on the 
need for U.S. visa policy changes and other possible responses, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, business meeting, to 
resume markup of S. 830, to improve the regulation of food, drugs, 
devices, and biological products, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Resources on S. 569 and H.R. 1082, bills to amend the 
Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource 
Conservation, and Research, hearing on public and private 
partnership efforts in agricultural research, 9:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to consider Section 602(b) budget 
allocations for Fiscal Year 1998, 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, to consider fiscal year 
1998 appropriations, following Subcommittee markup, B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
to consider fiscal year 1998 appropriations, 2 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to continue markup of 
Financial Modernization legislation, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, 
hearing on Reauthorizaton of Transportation-Related Air Quality 
Improvement Programs, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to markup the following 
measure: H.R. 1818, Juvenile Crime Control

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and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1997; and H. Res. 139, expressing 
the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of 
Education, States, and local education agencies should spend a 
greater percentage of Federal education tax dollars in our 
children's classrooms, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to amend Committee 
rules, 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on Oversight of Electronic Funds Transfer, 10 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
hearing on Africa's Emerging Capital Markets, 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on the U.S.-Vietnam 
Relations, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to markup the following measures: H.R. 
1835, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act; H.R. 1866, Need-Based 
Educational Aid Antitrust Protection Act of 1997; H.R. 1901, Federal 
Tort Claims Act Clarification Act; H.R. 1086, to codify without 
substantive change laws related to transportation and to improve the 
United States Code; H.R. 103, Private Security Officer Quality 
Assurance Act of 1997; H.R. 1847, Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act 
of 1997; H.R. 748, Prohibition on Financial Transactions With 
Countries Supporting Terrorism Act of 1997; H.R. 1532, Veterans' 
Cemetery Protection Act of 1997; H.R. 1683, Jacob Wetterling Crimes 
Against Children and Sexually Violent Offenders Registration 
Improvements Act of 1997; H. Res. 154, expressing the sense of the 
House that the Nation's children are its most valuable assets and 
that their protection should be the Nation's highest priority; H. 
Con. Res. 75, expressing the sense of the Congress that States 
should work more aggressively to attack the problem of violent 
crimes committed by repeat offenders and criminals serving 
abbreviated sentences; H.R. 1840, Law Enforcement Technology 
Advertisement Clarification Act of 1997; H.R. 567, Madrid Protocol 
Implementation Act; H.R. 1661, Trademark Law Treaty Implementation 
Act; H.R. 1581, to reauthorize the program established under chapter 
44 of title 28, United States Code, relating to arbitration; and 
H.R. 1898, Juvenile Rape in Prison Protection Act of 1997, 9:30 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife & Oceans, hearing on H.R. 1856, Volunteers for Wildlife Act 
of 1997, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, hearing on H. Res. 167, providing special 
investigative authorities for the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight, 11 a.m., and to consider H.R. 1119, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, 1 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, to markup H.R. 1702, Commercial Space Act of 
1997, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to markup China's Most-Favored-Nation 
Status, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Resources on S. 569 and H.R. 
1082, bills to amend the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 10:30 
a.m., SD-106.