[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D992-D993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                     WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief, to oversight hearings 
on the operation of the Federal Housing Finance Board, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Manufacturing and Competitiveness, to hold hearings to examine 
the impact of new Environmental Protection Agency air quality 
standards on manufacturers, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, to continue hearings on 
S. 1180, to authorize funds for programs of the Endangered Species 
Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up H.R. 2443, to 
designate the Federal Building located at 601 Fourth Street, N.W., 
in the District of Columbia, as the ``Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Washington Field Office Memorial Building'', in honor 
of William H. Christian, Jr., Martha Dixon Martinez, Michael J. 
Miller, Anthony Palmisano, and Edwin R. Woodriffe, time to be 
announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Finance, to continue hearings to examine the 
practices and procedures of the Internal Revenue Service, 9 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Thomas S. Foley, of Washington, to be Ambassador to 
Japan, and Alphonse F. La Porta, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
Mongolia, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending calendar 
business, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  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, business meeting, to mark 
up the proposed Workforce Investment Partnership Act, and to 
consider pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider H.R. 2493, Forage 
Improvement Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing on issues 
relating to debit cards and unsolicited loan checks, 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Protecting the Future of 
Social Security, 10:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, to markup H.R. 695, Security and Freedom 
Through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 3:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on Electricity 
Competition: Necessary Federal and State Roles, 10:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to consider the 
following: granting of immunity to certain witnesses; H.R. 1962, 
Presidential and Executive Office Financial Accountability Act of 
1997; H.R. 404, to amend the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949 to authorize the transfer to State and local 
governments of certain surplus property for use for law enforcement 
or public safety purposes; and other pending business, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, to consider Contested Election in 
the Forty-sixth District of California and other pending business, 2 
p.m., 1310 Longworth.

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  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade, to continue hearings on 
Fast Track: On Course or Derailed? Necessary or Not? 2 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing on the State of 
Competition in the Cable Television Industry, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing on 
temporary agricultural work visa programs, 10:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to consider a motion to authorize the 
Chairman to issue subpoenas for the production of records related to 
the Committee's review of the designation of the Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument; to be followed by a hearing on H.R. 
1842, to terminate further development and implementation of the 
American Heritage Rivers Initiative, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 2266, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1998; and H.R. 901, American Land Sovereignty 
Protection Act, 11:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Science, Math, Engineering and 
Technology Education-Curriculum Development, 10 a.m., 2318 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.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees, on H.R. 2158, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for 
sundry independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 2:30 p.m., S-128, 
Capitol.
  Conferees, on H.R. 2203, making appropriations for energy and 
water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 4 
p.m., H-140, Capitol.