[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1002-D1003]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                      THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, business 
meeting, to mark up proposed legislation to authorize funds for the 
transit provisions of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act (ISTEA), 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on S. 852, to establish nationally uniform requirements 
regarding the titling and registration of salvage, nonrepairable, 
and rebuilt vehicles, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold oversight 
hearings on the Federal agency energy management provisions of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold 
hearings on S. 799, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
transfer to the personal representative of the estate of Fred 
Steffens of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land compromising the 
Steffens family property, S. 814, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to transfer to John R. and Margaret J. Lowe of Big Horn 
County, Wyoming, certain land so as to correct an error in the 
patent issued to their predecessors in interest, and H.R. 960, to 
validate certain conveyances in the City of Tulare, Tulare County, 
California, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  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, Subcommittee on African Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine religious persecution in Sudan, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the Maritime Boundary Treaty 
with Mexico (Treaty Doc. 96-6), Protocol Amending the 1916 
Convention for the Protection of Migratory Birds (Treaty Doc. 104-
28), and Protocol with Mexico Amending Convention for Protection of 
Migratory Birds and Game Mammals (Treaty Doc. 105-26), 2 p.m., SD-
419.

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  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 resume hearings to 
examine the scope and depth of the proposed settlement between State 
Attorneys General and tobacco companies to mandate a total 
reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products are 
manufactured, marketed, and distributed in America, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, to hold hearings to examine 
U.S. Capitol security issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E1849-50 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource 
Conservation, and Research, to consider legislation to reauthorize 
Title VIII of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act, 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on the 
Department of the Treasury's proposed rules regarding the management 
of federal agency payments through the use of Electronic Funds 
Transfer, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1411, 
amended, Prescription Drug User Fee Reauthorization and Drug 
Regulatory Modernization Act of 1997; H.R. 2469, amended, Food and 
Nutrition Information Reform Act of 1997; and H.R. 1710, amended, 
Medical Device Regulatory Modernization Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Civil Service, to continue hearings on Employment Discrimination in 
the Federal Workplace, Part II, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Pfiesteria and Food 
Safety: The Federal and State Response, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on the Role of Congress in 
Monitoring Administrative Rulemaking, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 1063, to amend the Webb-Kenyon Act to allow 
any State, territory, or possession of the United States to bring an 
action in Federal court to enjoin violations of that Act or to 
enforce the laws of such State, territory, or possession with 
respect to such violations; and H.R. 1534, Private Property Rights 
Implementation Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 2376, National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Amendments of 1997, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on H.R. 434, to 
provide for the conveyance of small parcels of land in the Carson 
National Forest and the Santa Fe National Forest, NM, to the village 
of El Rito and the town of Jemez Springs, NM, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, oversight hearing 
on Everglades National Park and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians in 
Florida, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research, hearing on 
Domain Name System, Part I, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Promoting Technology 
Transfer by Facilitating Licenses to Federally-Owned Inventions, 
2:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Year 2000 (Y2K) computer compliance 
issues and their impact on the Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, oversight hearing on the SSA's 
progress in conducting continuing disability reviews, 1 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees, on H.R. 2159, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1998, 4 p.m., S-5, Capitol.