[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 132 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1028-D1029]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                      TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold hearings 
on the nominations of Laura S. Unger, of New York, and Paul R. 
Carey, of New York, each to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Dennis Dollar, of Mississippi, to be a Member 
of the National Credit Union Administration Board, Edward M. 
Gramlich, of Virginia, and Roger Walton Ferguson, of Massachusetts, 
each to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, and Ellen Seidman, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, Department of the 
Treasury, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of Michael K. Powell, of Virginia, 
Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth, of the District of Columbia, and Gloria 
Tristani, of New Mexico, each to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the President's 
request for fast-track trade negotiation authority, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold oversight 
hearings on the impacts of a new climate treaty on U.S. labor, 
electricity supply, manufacturing, and the general economy, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, business meeting, to 
mark up S. 1180, to authorize funds for programs of the Endangered 
Species Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to resume 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, Subcommittee on Constitution, 
Federalism, and Property Rights, to hold hearings to examine 
unconstitutional set-asides, focusing on ISTEA's race-based set-
asides after the Supreme Court case ``Adarand'', 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Raymond C. 
Fisher, of California, to be Associate Attorney General, Department 
of Justice, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Ronald Lee 
Gilman, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Sixth Circuit, Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Richard Conway Casey, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 
James S. Gwin, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Ohio, Dale A. Kimball, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Utah, Algenon L. Marbley, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, and Charles 
J. Siragusa, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of New York, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  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.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E1890-91 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
General Oversight and Investigations, hearing to review OPM's Report 
on Improper Hiring Practices at the National Credit Union 
Administration, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, 
hearing on an Overview of National Institutes of Health Programs, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on H.R. 1872, Communications Satellite 
Competition and Privatization Act of 1997, 9 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on Public and Private School 
Choice, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing to Review the 
Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA), 10 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to consider the 
following bills: 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 H.R. 1962, 
Presidential and Executive Office Financial Accountability Act of 
1997, 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up H.R. 2386, United 
States-Taiwan Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense Cooperation Act; 
followed by a hearing on Implementation of the U.S.-China Nuclear 
Cooperation Agreement: Whose Interests Are Served? 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on the 
Administration's Policy Toward Asia, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing on Seeking Results 
from the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 1534, Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 
1997; H.R. 1967, to amend title 17, United States Code, to provide 
that the distribution before January 1, 1978, of a phonorecord shall 
not for any purpose constitute a publication of the musical work 
embodied therein; H.R. 2265, No Electronic Theft (NET) Act; and the 
Copyright Term Extension Act, 10:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, oversight hearing on issues surrounding 
use of fire as a management tool and its risks and benefits as they 
relate to the health of the National Forests and the EPA's National 
Ambient Air Quality Standards, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, oversight hearing 
on Grazing Reductions and other issues on BLM lands, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research, to continue 
hearings on Domain Name System (Part 2), 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on FAA's efforts to close and consolidate flight 
service stations and to consider H.R. 1454, to prohibit the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from closing 
certain flight service stations, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following: a 
measure authorizing VA construction projects; and H.R. 1703, 
Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimination Prevention 
Act, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the 
implementation of Fast Track Trade Authority, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Gulflink, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees, on H.R. 2107, making appropriations for the Department 
of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1998, 2 p.m., S-5, Capitol.
  Conferees, on H.R. 1757, to consolidate international affairs 
agencies, and to authorize appropriations for the Department of 
State and related agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, 4 p.m., 
S-116, Capitol.
  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, 4 p.m., H-140, 
Capitol.