[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D770-D771]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Subcommittee on 
Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization, to hold hearings 
on the implementation of the Northern Forestry Stewardship Act, 2:30 
p.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for 
Amtrak, focusing on the calculation of excess railroad retirement 
payments, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Full Committee, business meeting, to markup proposed legislation 
making appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of 
Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies, proposed 
legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for military 
construction programs, and proposed legislation making 
appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and related agencies, 3:30 
p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Rudy deLeon, of California, to be Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
International Finance, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 
9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief, to 
hold oversight hearings on the implementation of the HUD Rebuilding 
and Loan Guaranty Program for financial institutions, 2 p.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on S. 625, to provide for competition between forms of 
motor vehicle insurance, to permit an owner of a motor vehicle to 
choose the most appropriate form of insurance for that person, to 
guarantee affordable premiums, and to provide for more adequate and 
timely compensation for accident victims, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Patrick A. Shea, of Utah, to be Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management, and Robert G. Stanton, of Virginia, to be 
Director of the National Park Service, both of the Department of the 
Interior, Kneeland C. Youngblood, of Texas, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the United States Enrichment Corporation, and 
Kathleen M. Karpan, of Wyoming, to be Director of the Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the 
Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 895, to designate the reservoir 
created by Trinity Dam in the Central Valley project, California, as 
``Trinity Lake'', S. 931, to designate the Marjory Stoneman Douglas 
Wilderness and the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center, and S. 871, to 
establish the Oklahoma City National Memorial as a unit of the 
National Park System and to designate the Oklahoma City Memorial 
Trust, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, to resume hearings to 
examine issues relating to climate change, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, business meeting, to mark up S. 
Res. 98, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the conditions 
for the United States becoming a signatory to any international 
agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United National 
Framework Convention on Climate Change, a proposed concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the OAS-CIAV 
Mission in Nicaragua is to be congratulated for its defense of human 
rights, promotion of peaceful conflict resolution, and contribution 
to the development of freedom and democracy in Nicaragua, and to 
consider the Agreement with Hong Kong for the Surrender of Fugitive 
Offenders (Treaty Doc. 105-3), and pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the 
status of Bosnia non-compliance with the Dayton Accords, 2 p.m., SD-
419.

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  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to continue hearings to examine 
certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation 
on campaign financing, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to resume markup of 
S. 10, to reduce violent juvenile crime, promote accountability by 
juvenile criminals, and punish and deter violent gang crime, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings on proposals to 
extend the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, including S. 290, to establish 
a visa waiver pilot program for nationals of Korea who are traveling 
in tour groups to the United States, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings to 
examine the quality of child care, 2 p.m., SD-430.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E1442-43 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review the USDA's Civil 
Rights Action Team Report, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 1998: Energy and Water Development; 
and Legislative Branch, 9 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on Congressional and 
Public Witnesses, 11 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on H.R. 10, Financial Services Competitiveness 
Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning, to 
continue hearings on H.R. 6, Higher Education Act of 1997, 9:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice, to 
continue hearings on National Drug Control Policy: Drug Interdiction 
Efforts in Florida and the Caribbean, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Inspector 
General's Oversight of the Department of State and Agency for 
International Development, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 1054, Internet Tax Freedom Act, 
10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on the U.S. 
Commission on Civil Rights, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, oversight 
hearing on Fairness in Music Licensing, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, hearing on NATO expansion, 9:30 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife & Oceans, oversight hearing to review the final outcome of 
the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention 
on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 
(CITES), 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on Government 
Performance and Results Act status--Bureau of Reclamation, USGS, 
Water Resources and the Power Marketing Administration, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1998, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Public Buildings and Economic Development, to continue hearings on 
the Reauthorization of the Economic Development Administration and 
the Appalachian Regional Commission, 9 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, hearing on Road Rage: 
Causes and Dangers of Aggressive Driving, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on sexual harassment issues involving senior 
career managers within the Department of Veterans Affairs and H.R. 
1703, the Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimination 
Prevention Act, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
the Inspector General Audit of Health Care Financing 
Administration's Financial Statements, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.