[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 95 (Tuesday, July 8, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D712-D713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA, to be Commander-in-Chief, United 
States European Command, and Lt. Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, USMC, to be 
Commander-in-Chief, United States Central Command, 9 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief and Subcommittee on 
Housing Opportunity and Community Development, to hold hearings on 
problems surrounding the mortgage origination process and the 
implementation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and the 
Truth in Lending Act, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Resources Committee to review the final draft of the 
Tongass Land Management Plan, 11 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to continue hearings to examine 
certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation 
on campaign financing, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine 
encryption, recovery, and privacy protection issues in the 
information age, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, to hold a briefing on the 
status of the investigation into the contested U.S. Senate election 
held in Louisiana in November 1996, 2:30 p.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource 
Conservation, and Research, hearing to review agricultural extension 
and education programs, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 1998: Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; and the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, executive, to continue mark up 
of the Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 1998, 9 
a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to mark up H.R. 1370, 
to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 2:00 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, 
hearing on a Federal Role in Electronic Authentication, 10:00 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing 
on Electricity: Public Power, TVA, BPA, and Competition, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing on H.R. 1625, 
Worker Paycheck Fairness Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on 
the Authorization of the Older Americans Act, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice, 
hearing on International Drug Control Policy: Colombia, 1:00 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing on Fast Track, 
NAFTA, Mercosur and Beyond: Does the Road Lead to a Future Free 
Trade Area of the Americas?, 2:00 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to 
mark up H.R. 1909, Civil Rights Act of 1997, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2107, making appropriations 
for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Ocean and Coastal 
Issues, 10:00 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on the following bills: S. 
923, to deny veterans benefits to persons convicted of Federal 
capital offenses; and H.R. 2040, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to deny burial in a federally funded cemetery to persons 
convicted of certain capital crimes, 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee, to hold hearings to examine tradable 
emissions, focusing on proposals to establish a Federal tradable 
emissions initiative to reduce environmental problems such as rain 
and minimize regulatory costs, preserve jobs, and lower production 
and consumer costs, 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn Building.
  Joint Hearing, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Resources Committee to review 
the final draft of the Tongass Land Management Plan, 11 a.m., SD-
366.