[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D964-D965]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 18, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to resume 
hearings to examine the implications for farmers of the recently 
proposed tobacco settlement, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of Robert L. Mallett, of Texas, to be 
Deputy Secretary, and W. Scott Gould, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Chief Financial Officer and an Assistant Secretary, both for 
the Department of Commerce, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings 
on the international space station program, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Ernest J. Moniz, of Massachusetts, to be Under 
Secretary, Michael Telson, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief 
Financial Officer, Mary Anne Sullivan, of the District of Columbia, 
to be General Counsel, Dan Reicher, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary for Energy, Efficiency, and Renewable Energy, Robert Wayne 
Gee, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and 
Program Evaluation, and John C. Angell, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, 
all of the Department of Energy, 9 a.m., SD-366.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Wyche Fowler Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Martin S. Indyk, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern 
Affairs, Barbara K. Bodine, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Yemen, Robin Lynn Raphel, of Washington, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, and Johnny Young, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the State of Bahrain, 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 the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, to resume hearings 
concerning petitions filed in connection with a contested U.S. 
Senate election held in Louisiana in November 1996, 2 p.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold hearings to examine 
intelligence issues with regard to China, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on intelligence matters, 
2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 NOTICE

  For a Listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E1782-83 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing on financial 
privacy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1270, 
amended, Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997; H.R. 2472, to extend 
certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act; and 
H.R. 2165, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
applicable to the construction of FERC Project Number 3862 in the 
State of Iowa, l0:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning, hearing on 
the Shutdown of the Consolidation Loan Process in the William D. 
Ford Direct Student Loan Program, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice, 
hearing on Needle Exchange, Legalization, and the Failure of the 
Swiss Heroin Experiments, 5 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
hearing on United States Policy Toward Nigeria, 3:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, to mark 
up H.R. 2431, Freedom From Religious Persecution Act of 1997, 11 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
hearing regarding the First Amendment and Restrictions on Issue 
Advocacy, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the Criminal Asset Forfeiture 
Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, to continue oversight hearings on Royalty-In-Kind for 
Federal oil and gas production, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on U.S.-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiations, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on H. Con. Res. 
151, expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States 
should manage its public domain national Forests to maximize the 
reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere among many other 
objectives and that the United States should serve as an example and 
as a world leader in actively managing its public domain national 
forests in a manner that substantially reduces the amount of carbon 
dioxide added to the atmosphere, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, to hold a hearing on MIR Safety, 9:30 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs 
strategic plan required by the Government Performance and Results 
Act, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, to 
mark up Child Support Incentives legislation, 10 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings on the 
Future of Social Security for this Generation and the Next, 11 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to hold hearings 
to examine religious intolerance in Europe, 10 a.m., SD-G50.