[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1116-D1117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                      WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, to continue hearings to examine the 
costs of enlarging NATO membership to include Poland, Hungary, and 
the Czech Republic, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Financial Services and Technology, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation to require U.S. corporations to fully disclose all 
information concerning their Year 2000 remediation efforts and 
potential liabilities, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  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, Subcommittee on Clean 
Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, to hold 
hearings on S. 1084, to establish a research and monitoring program 
for the national ambient air quality standards for ozone and 
particulate matter and to reinstate the original standards under the 
Clean Air Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and 
South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the situation in 
Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to resume hearings on certain issues with regard 
to the proposal to grant NATO membership to Poland, Hungary, and the 
Czech Republic, focusing on their qualifications, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  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, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Bill Lann Lee, of California, to be Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Youth Violence, to hold hearings to examine 
Federal efforts to prevent juvenile crime, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, business meeting, to 
consider S. 1294, to allow for the consolidation of student loans 
under the Federal Family Loan Program and the Direct Loan Program, 
S. 1237, to further improve the safety and health of working 
environments, and pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings to examine small 
business and fundamental tax law reform issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Risk Management and 
Specialty Crops, hearing to review the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission's Government Performance Results Act Report, 3 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
General Oversight and Investigations, hearing to review law 
enforcement efforts to combat international money laundering 
occurring through ``black-market peso brokering'', 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power to 
continue hearings on H.R. 655, Electric Consumers' Power to Choose 
Act of 1997, and also the following bills: H.R. 338, Ratepayer 
Protection Act; H.R. 1230, Consumers Electric Power Act of 1997; 
H.R. 1359, to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978 to establish a means to support programs for electric energy 
conservation and energy efficiency, renewable energy, and universal 
and affordable service for electric consumers; and H.R. 1960, 
Electric Power Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 1997, 10:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to markup H.R. 2614, 
Reading Excellence Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Civil Service, to markup the following

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measures: H.R. 1836, Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act of 
1997; and the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) 
Improvement, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Bosnia: The U.S. 
Role, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on the 
Administration's Policy Toward South Asia, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade and the 
Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, joint 
hearing on the Impact of Child Labor on Free Trade, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing on the Application 
of the Antitrust Laws to the Tennessee Valley Authority and the 
Federal Power Marketing Administrations, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, hearing on the President's line 
item veto action on the fiscal year 1998 Defense and Military 
Construction Appropriations, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to consider the following: S. 423, to 
extend the legislative authority for the Board of Regents of Gunston 
Hall to establish a memorial to honor George Mason; H.R. 434, to 
provide for the conveyance of small parcels of land in the Carson 
National Forest and the Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico, to the 
village of El Rito and the town of Jemez Springs, New Mexico; S. 
459, to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to extend 
certain authorizations; H.R. 755, to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1966 to allow individuals to designate any portion of their 
income tax overpayments, and to make other contributions, for the 
benefit of units of the National Park System; H.R. 1309, to provide 
for an exchange of lands with the city of Greeley, CO, and the Water 
Supply and Storage Co to eliminate private inholdings in wilderness 
areas; H.R. 1567, Eastern Wilderness Act; H.R. 1739, BWCAW 
Accessibility and Fairness Act of 1997; H.R. 1842, to terminate 
further development and implementation of the American Heritage 
Rivers Initiative; and H.R. 2283, Arches National Park Expansion Act 
of 1997, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: Conference Report 
to accompany H.R. 2107, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1998; H.R. 2646, Educational Savings Accounts for 
Public and Private Schools Act of 1997; and H.R. 2616, Charter 
Schools Amendments Act of 1997, 11:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on the SBA's 7(a) and 504 
loan programs and their effectiveness in serving economically 
distressed and disadvantaged areas, 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to markup of the Internal Revenue 
Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1997, 1 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.