[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1172-D1173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 30, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, business 
meeting, to consider the nominations of Sally Thompson, of Kansas, 
to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Agriculture, and Joseph 
B. Dial, of Texas, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, 9:15 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Robert M. Walker, of Tennessee, to be Under Secretary of the 
Army, Jerry MacArthur Hultin, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
the Navy, and F. Whitten Peters, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Under Secretary of the Air Force, 10:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold hearings 
on the implementation of the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on the Budget, to hold hearings to examine funding for 
international affairs, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of William Clyburn, Jr., of South 
Carolina, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, 
Department of Transportation, and Duncan T. Moore, of New York, and 
Arthur Bienenstock, of California, each to be an Associate Director 
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Forests 
and Public Land Management, to hold hearings on S. 1253, to provide 
to the Federal land management agencies the authority and capability 
to manage effectively the federal land in accordance with the 
principles of multiple use and sustained yield, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to review the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's hydroelectric relicensing 
procedures, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, to hold hearings on 
evidentiary privileges or immunity from prosecution for voluntary 
environmental audits, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to examine the 
relationship between NATO and Russia, 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Anita M. Josey and John M. Campbell, each to be 
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 9 
a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, 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 the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Administrative 
Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine victim 
compensation and attorneys' fees with regard to class action 
lawsuits, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings to 
examine recent developments and current issues in HIV/AIDS, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, to hold hearings to examine 
the Senate strategic planning process for infrastructure support; to 
be followed by a business meeting to consider pending administrative 
matters, 9 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Richard J. Griffin, of Illinois, to be Inspector General, and 
Joseph Thompson, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Benefits, 
both of the Department of Veterans Affairs, William P. Greene Jr., 
of West Virginia, to be an Associate Judge of the United States 
Court of Veterans Appeals, and Espiridion A. Borrego, of Texas, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and 
Training, 5 p.m., SR-418.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Kevin Gover, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior for Indian Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see page 
E2125 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, hearing on review of the waste 
and abuse in the administration of the Food Stamp Program, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, 
hearing on FAA's Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System 
(STARS), 11 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, 
hearing on the GAO Report on the Office of Federal Housing Finance 
Oversight, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Commerce, to markup H.R. 10, Financial Services Act of 
1997, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on Video Competition: Access to Programming, 
1:30 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, hearing on the 
Results Act: Are We Getting Results? 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  House Oversight, oversight hearing on Campaign Finance Reform, 10 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Intellectual Property, hearing regarding copyright licensing regimes 
covering retransmission of broadcast signals, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing regarding options for improving and 
expanding cooperation between Federal Prison Industries and the 
private sector, 9:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources; Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, to markup H.R. 2556, North American Wetlands 
Conservation Act of 1989 and Partnerships for Wildlife Act; followed 
by an oversight hearing to examine activities being planned by the 
Administration for the International Year of the Ocean, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to markup H.R. 
2186, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
assistance to the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in 
Casper, Wyoming; and to hold a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
2438, to encourage establishment of appropriate trails on abandoned 
railroad rights-of-way, while ensuring protection of certain 
reversionary property rights; H.R. 1995, Point Reyes National 
Seashore Farmland Protection Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on Water 
Management Implications of the 1997/98 El Nino; 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2614, Reading Excellence Act, 
10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House and the 
Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, joint hearing on 
Implementation of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and Proposals for 
Reform, 1 a.m., H- 313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on Indemnification and Crosswaiver Authority, 10 a.m., 2325 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Oil Spill 
Prevention Measures, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees, on H.R. 2264, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 10 a.m., H-
140, Capitol.