[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D928-D929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 11, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
hearings to examine the implications for farmers of the recently 
proposed Global Tobacco settlement, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings on S. 
660, to provide for the continuation of higher education through the 
conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Alaska to the 
University of Alaska, and S. 1092, to provide for a transfer of land 
interests in order to facilitate surface transportation between the 
cities of Cold Bay, Alaska, and King Cove, Alaska, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, to hold hearings to review the implementation of the 
Commemorative Works Act (P.L. 99-652, as amended) and the 
administrative and public process involved in the site selection of 
the World War II Memorial and the recently announced Air Force 
Memorial, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance, business meeting, to mark up implementing 
legislation for the OECD Shipbuilding

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Agreement, S. 343, to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory 
treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of 
Mongolia, S. 1093, to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-
favored-nation treatment) to the products of the Lao People's 
Democratic Republic, and S. 747, to amend trade laws and related 
provisions to clarify the designation of normal trade relations, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Brian Dean Curran, 
of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, 
Timberlake Foster, of California, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Mauritania, Amelia Ellen Shippy, of Washington, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi, Nancy Jo Powell, of Iowa, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda, and Tom McDonald, of Ohio, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  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 Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings to 
examine the confidentiality of medical information, 10 a.m., SD-430.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E1728-29 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review food banks and 
the participation of the private sector in the delivery of food 
assistance, 8:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up H.R. 695, Security and Freedom 
Through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing to examine OSHA's Reinvention 
Project, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Human Resources, to continue oversight hearings on the Need for 
Better Focus in the Rural Health Clinic Program (RHC) Part II, 10 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: H. Res. 217, recognizing the important contributions made 
by Americans of Austrian heritage; H. Con. Res. 139, expressing the 
sense of the Congress that the United States Government should fully 
participate in EXPO 2000 in the year 2000, in Hanover, Germany, and 
should encourage the academic community and the private sector in 
the United States to support this worthwhile undertaking; and H. 
Con. Res. 137, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
concerning the urgent need for an international criminal tribunal to 
try members of the Iraqi regime for crimes against humanity, 2 p.m., 
H-139 Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to mark up the following: H.R. 872, Biomaterials 
Access Assurance Act of 1997; a measure to make technical 
corrections to Section of title 9, United States Code; and a measure 
to prohibit state taxation of Internet access, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 
2265, No Electronic Theft (NET) Act, and also on electronic 
copyright piracy, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing regarding cellular telephone fraud, 
9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up H. Con. Res. 131, expressing the 
sense of Congress regarding the ocean; and to hold an oversight 
hearing to review the management of our Nation's fisheries by the 
National Marine Fisheries Service, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on 
the effect of international forestry agreements on U.S. Forest 
Service decisionmaking, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing and mark up of the 
following measures: Bureau of Reclamation Technical Corrections Act 
of 1997; and Small Reclamation Water Resources Project Act; and to 
mark up H.R. 1400, Tumalo Irrigation District Water Conservation 
Project Authorization Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 
hearing on preparing for El Nino, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, to mark up the Small Business 
Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 1997, 2 p.m. 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Paperwork Reduction and the Subcommittee on Government Programs and 
Oversight, joint hearing on H.R. 96, Small Business Regulatory 
Assistance Act of 1997, 10:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up pending business, 9:30 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the 
Administration's comprehensive review of the North American Free 
Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to mark up 
the following bills: H.R. 695, Security and Freedom Through 
Encryption (SAFE) Act; and S. 909, Secure Public Networks Act of 
1997, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.