[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 98 (Friday, July 11, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S7311]
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                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


                 committee on rules and administration

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on 
Rules and Administration will hold a business meeting in SR-301, 
Russell Senate Office Building, on Wednesday, July 16, 1997, at 2:30 
p.m. to consider the investigation into the contested Louisiana Senate 
election.
  For further information concerning this meeting, please contact Bruce 
Kasold on the Rules Committee staff at 224-3448.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the nomination of 
Kathleen M. Karpan to be Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 
and Enforcement, Department of the Interior, will be considered at the 
hearing scheduled for Thursday, July 17, 1997 at 9:30 a.m. in room SD-
366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. For 
further information, please call Camille Flint at (202) 224-5070.


           committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry

  Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Senate 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry will hold a 
nominations hearing on Wednesday, July 23, 1997 at 9 p.m. in SR-328A to 
consider the nominations of Ms. Catherine E. Woteki, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety and Ms. 
Shirley Robinson Watkins, of Arkansas, to be Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.

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