[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 146 (Monday, October 27, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1150-D1151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 28, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Financial Services and Technology, to hold hearings to examine the 
use of electronic authentication technology by financial 
institutions and proposals to validate the use of that technology, 
10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget, to hold hearings to examine the state of 
American education, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on enhancing competition in the aviation industry, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Forests 
and Public Land Management, to hold hearings to examine the 
potential impacts on, and additional responsibilities for, federal 
land managers imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency's 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on regional haze regulations 
implementing Section 169A and 169B of the Clean Air Act, 2 p.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Kenneth R. Wykle, of Virginia, to be Administrator of 
the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 9 
a.m., SD- 406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to examine costs, 
benefits, burdensharing and military implications of NATO 
enlargement, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Richard 
Frank Celeste, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to India, Shaun Edward 
Donnelly, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist 
Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently as Ambassador to 
the Republic of Maldives, Edward M. Gabriel, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, Cameron R. 
Hume, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Democratic and Popular 
Republic of Algeria, Daniel Charles Kurtzer, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, James A. Larocco, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, and Edward S. 
Walker, Jr., of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Israel, 2 p.m., SD- 
419.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to resume hearings to 
examine an Administration study on the confidentiality of medical 
information and recommendations on ways to protect the privacy of 
individually identifiable information and to establish strong 
penalties for those who disclose such information, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation with regard to intelligence disclosure to Congress, 2:30 
p.m., SD-106.
  Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on intelligence matters, 
2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E2095-96 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1415, Patient Access to 
Responsible Care Act of 1997; and H.R. 820, Health Insurance Bill of 
Rights Act of 1997, 2:30 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Civil Service, hearing on IRS' Suspension of Its Affirmative Action 
Program, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs and 
Criminal Justice, executive, hearing on Security Status of U.S. 
Personnel Overseas, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.

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  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on U.S./China 
Relations and Human Rights: Is Constructive Engagement Working?, 1 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
markup of H.J. Res 78, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States restoring religious freedom, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forest and Forest Health, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1659, Mount St. Helens National 
Volcanic Monument Completion Act; H.R. 2416, provide for the 
transfer of certain rights and property to the United States Forest 
Service in exchange for a payment to the occupant of such property; 
and H.R. 2574, to consolidate certain mineral interest in the 
National grasslands in Billings County, ND, through the exchange of 
Federal and private mineral interest to enhance land management 
capabilities and environmental and wildlife protection, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2493, Forage Improvement Act 
of 1997, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Do 
You Know Who You Are Doing Business With? Signatures In a Digital 
Age, 3 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on protecting children from the Impacts of Substance Abuse 
on Families Receiving Welfare, 3 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the performance of the 
Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Program, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.