[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D860-D861]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 31, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
hearings to examine how trade opportunities and international 
agricultural research can stimulate economic growth in Africa, 
thereby enhancing African food security and increasing U.S. exports, 
9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 1026, authorizing funds for the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on S. 268, to regulate flights over national parks, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine the organizational structure, staffing, and 
budget of the Forest Service for the Alaska region, 9:30 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, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to mark up S. 53, to 
require the general application of the antitrust laws to major 
league baseball, and H.R. 1086, to codify without substantive change 
laws related to transportation and to improve the United States 
Code, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to review annual 
refugee admissions, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, business meeting, to 
consider the status of the investigation into the contested Senate 
election in Louisiana, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.


                                 Notice

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see page 
E1563 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to continue markup of the Treasury, 
Postal Service, and General Government appropriations for fiscal 
year 1998, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to markup 
H.R. 1270, Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing on ``Literacy: A 
Review of Current Federal Programs'', 10:00 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Civil Service, hearing on ``Agency Mistakes in Federal Retirement: 
Who Pays the Price?'', 9:00 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing on ``FDA 
Oversight: Blood Safety and the Implications of Pool Sizes in the 
Manufacture of Plasma Derivatives'', 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and 
Claims, to consider a motion to request a report by the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service on a private bill, time to be announced, 
Rayburn Room, Capitol.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on Royalty-In-Kind for Federal oil and 
gas production, 2:00 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans 
hearing on H.R. 1787, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997; 
and to markup the following bills: H.R. 512, New Wildlife Refuge 
Authorization Act of 1997; H.R. 1856, Volunteers for Wildlife Act of 
1997; and H.R. 2233, Coral Reef Conservation Act of 1997, 10:00 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.

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  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on 
Forest Service Strategic Plan under the Government Performance and 
Results Act, 10:00 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to markup the 
following bills: S. 430, to amend the Act of June 20, 1910, to 
protect the permanent trust funds of the State of New Mexico from 
erosion due to inflation and modify the basis on which distributions 
are made from those funds; H.R. 1567, to provide for the designation 
of additional wilderness lands in the eastern United States; H.R. 
136, to amend the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to 
designate the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and to amend the 
Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989 to 
designate the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center; and H.R. 708 to require 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study concerning grazing 
use of certain lands within and adjacent to Grand Teton National 
Park, Wyoming, and to extend temporarily certain grazing privileges, 
2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the Conference Report on H.R. 
2014, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, 9:30 a.m., H-323 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 
hearing on S. 417, to extend energy conservation programs under the 
Energy Policy and the Conservation Act through September 30, 2002, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Aviation Relations between the U.S. and France, 
9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.