[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D927-D928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
50 STATES COMMEMORATIVE COIN PROGRAM ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy approved for full Committee action 
amended

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H.R. 2414, 50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act.
FEDERAL WORKPLACE--EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service held a hearing on Employment Discrimination in the Federal 
Workplace, Part I. Testimony was heard from Representatives Wynn, 
Martinez and Hoyer; and public witnesses.
FREEDOM FROM RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION ACT
Committee on International Relations: Concluded hearings on the Freedom 
from Religious Persecution Act of 1997. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
TRANSATLANTIC INITIATIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy and Trade held a hearing on the Transatlantic 
Initiative: Opportunities and Prospects. Testimony was heard from 
Franklin J. Vargo, Acting Assistant Secretary, Market Access and 
Compliance, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
TUCKER ACT SHUFFLE RELIEF ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held 
a hearing on H.R. 992, Tucker Act Shuffle Relief Act of 1997. Testimony 
was heard from Loren A. Smith, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Federal 
Claims; Eleanor D. Acheson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of 
Policy Development, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; KING COVE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported amended the following bills: 
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; H.R. 708, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study concerning grazing use of 
certain land within and adjacent to Grand Teton National Park, WY, and 
to extend temporarily certain grazing privileges; H.R. 1787, Asian 
Elephant Conservation Act of 1997; and H.R. 1948, Hood Bay Land 
Exchange Act of 1997.
  The Committee also held a hearing on H.R. 2259, King Cove Health and 
Safety Act of 1997. Testimony was heard from John Rogers, Deputy 
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; 
and public witnesses.
NEXT GENERATION INTERNET INITIATIVE
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on the Next Generation Internet 
Initiative. Testimony was heard from John H. Gibbons, Assistant to the 
President for Science and Technology and Director, Office of Science 
and Technology Policy; David J. Farber, member, Presidential Advisory 
Committee for High Performance Computing, Communications, Information 
Technology and Next Generation Internet; and public witnesses.
BUILDING EFFICIENT SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND EQUITY ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2400, 
Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1997.
CHILD SUPPORT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on Child Support System Improvements. Testimony was heard from 
David Gray Ross, Deputy Director, Office of Child Support Enforcement, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Joel C. Willemssen, Director, 
Information Resources Management, GAO; and public witnesses.