[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1038-D1039]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine the 
results of a nationwide study by the National Cancer Institute of 
radioactive fallout from nuclear testing in the 1950s, 9 a.m., SD-
192.
  Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Jacques S. Gansler, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Technology, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of William E. Kennard,

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of California, to be a Member of the Federal Communications 
Commission, 9 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold 
hearings on S. 940, to provide for a study of the establishment of 
Midway Atoll as a national memorial to the Battle of Midway, and 
H.R. 765, to ensure maintenance of a herd of wild horses in Cape 
Lookout National Seashore, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance, business meeting, to mark up proposed 
legislation relating to tax provisions for the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Act of 1997, proposed legislation providing fast 
track trade negotiating authority, and proposed legislation 
providing special tariff treatment for certain Caribbean Basin 
countries, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and 
South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine recent events in 
Algeria, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine Congress' 
constitutional role in protecting religious liberty, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings to 
examine voluntary initiatives to expand health insurance coverage, 
10 a.m., SD- 430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, closed business meeting, 
concerning petitions filed in connection with a contested U.S. 
Senate election held in Louisiana in November 1996, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Lt. Gen. John A. Gordon, USAF, to be Deputy Director 
of Central Intelligence, 2 p.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review the USDA's 
Government Performance and Results Act statement, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, 
hearing on Financial Accounting Standard's Board (FASB) accounting 
rules for derivatives, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, 
hearing on Printing Flaws on the Redesigned $50 Bills, 1 p.m., 2222 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment and 
the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing on 
the Implementation of the Clean Air Act National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards (NAAQS) Revisions for Ozone and Particulate Matter, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to markup H.R. 2535, 
Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997, 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Civil Service, hearing on ``Contracting Out--Successes and 
Failures,'' 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the Threat from 
International Organized Crime and Global Terrorism, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, to markup H. Con. Res. 130, concerning the 
situation in Kenya; to be followed by a hearing on the Africa Crisis 
Response Initiative, 1 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight 
hearing on marijuana referenda movement in America, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing on the Department of the Army reports on and 
corrective actions related to recent cases of sexual misconduct and 
related matters, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, hearing on 
security of Russian nuclear weapons, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to consider the following measures: 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; H.R. 1567, Eastern Wilderness Act; 
H.R. 1856, Volunteers for Wildlife Act of 1997; H.R. 2000, to amend 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make certain 
clarifications to the land bank protection provisions; H.R. 2259, 
King Cove Health and Safety Act of 1997; and H.R. 2402, Water-
Related Technical Corrections Act of 1997, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on Space Shuttle Safety, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on allegations of cost overruns and delays in the 
FAA's wide area augmentation system (WAAS), 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to markup H.R. 2195, Laogai Slave 
Labor Products Act of 1997, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.