[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D954-D955]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                     WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold hearings on 
S. 1115, to improve one-call notification process, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine future technologies 
such as high-definition television, digital television and 
multiplexing, and the transition process from analog, 2:15 p.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings on S. 
1158, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act regarding the 
Huna Totem Corporation public interest land exchange, and S. 1159, 
to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act regarding the Kake 
Tribal Corporation public interest land exchange, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, business meeting, to 
mark up S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highway 
safety programs, and for mass transit programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
providing fast track trade authority, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on the 
International Telecommunication Union Constitution and Convention 
(Treaty Doc. 104-34), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1164, to state a policy of 
the United States that engages the People's Republic of China in 
areas of mutual interest, promotes human rights, religious freedom, 
and democracy in China and enhances the national security interests 
of the United States with respect to China, 2 p.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 the Judiciary with the Committee on Indian Affairs, 
to examine incidences of criminal gang activity within Indian 
country, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition, to 
hold hearings to examine antitrust and competition issues in the 
telecommunications industry, 1:30 p.m., SD-226.

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  Committee on Indian Affairs with the Committee on the Judiciary, 
to examine incidences of criminal gang activity within Indian 
country, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and 
Poultry, hearing to review forage improvement legislation, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the District of 
Columbia, to markup appropriations for fiscal year 1998, 1 p.m., H-
144 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing on Tax Consequences of 
FHA Multifamily Restructuring, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, to 
markup the following bills: H.R. 1411, Drug and Biological Products 
Modernization Act of 1997; H.R. 2469, Food and Nutrition Information 
Reform Act; and H.R. 1710, Medical Device Regulatory Modernization 
Act of 1997, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing on U.S. Democracy Program Promotions in Asia, 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on an Overview of U.S. 
Policy toward Mexico and Canada, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to markup the following bills: H.R. 
1544, Federal Agency Compliance Act; H.R. 2440, to make technical 
amendments to section 10 of title 9, United States Code; and H.R. 
2464, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt 
international adopted children under age 10 from the immunization 
requirement, 2:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to continue 
hearings on the following bills: H.R. 2281, WIPO Copyright Treaties 
Implementation Act; and H.R. 2180, On-Line Copyright Liability 
Limitation Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to markup the following measures: H. Con. 
Res. 131, expressing the sense of Congress regarding the ocean; H.R. 
134, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide a loan 
guarantee to the Olivenhain water storage project; H.R. 512, New 
Wildlife Refuge Authorization Act; H.R. 1154, Indian Federal 
Recognition Administrative Procedures Act of 1997; H.R. 1400, Tumalo 
Irrigation District Water Conservation Project Authorization Act; 
H.R. 1476, Miccosukee Settlement Act of 1997; H.R. 1567, Eastern 
Wilderness Act; H.R. 1805, Auburn Indian Restoration Amendment Act; 
H.R. 1849, Oklahoma City National Memorial Act of 1997; H.R. 2007, 
to amend the act that authorized the Canadian River reclamation 
project, Texas, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow use 
of the project distribution system to transport water from sources 
other than the project; H.R. 2233, Coral Reef Conservation Act of 
1997; H.R. 2314, Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Federal Indian Services 
Restoration Act of 1997; and H.R. 2402, to make technical and 
clarifying amendments to improve management of water-related 
facilities in the Western United States, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, to markup the following bills: H.R. 2429, to 
reauthorize the Small Business Technology Transfer Program through 
fiscal year 2000; H.R. 860, Surface Transportation Research and 
Development Act of 1997; and H.R. 112, to provide for the conveyance 
of certain property from the United States to Stanislaus County, 
CA., 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on OSHA's proposed revision 
on occupational injury and illness recording and reporting 
requirements, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to markup H.R. 
2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 
1997, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings to examine the 
recommendations of the National Commission on Restructuring the IRS 
with regard to Executive Branch governance and Congressional 
oversight of IRS, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees, on H.R. 2209, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 10:30 a.m., S-
128, Capitol.
  Conferees, on H.R. 2160, making appropriations for Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 2 
p.m., H-137, Capitol.