[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 149 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1183]
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                     COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY,

                            OCTOBER 31, 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 Commissioner of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations, to hold oversight hearings on the Treasury Department's 
Office of Inspector General, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.


                                 House

  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to consider the 
following: H.R. 1836, Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act 
of 1997; H.R. 2675, Federal Employees Life Insurance Improvement 
Act; a draft report entitled: ``Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: VA, 
DOD Continue to Resist Strong Evidence Linking Toxic Causes to 
Chronic Health Effects''; and other pending Committee business, 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on Management Practices in State and Local 
Government: Lessons for the Federal Government, 10:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, to continue hearings on Campaign 
Finance Reform, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, to markup the following 
resolutions: H. Con Res. 22, expressing the sense of the Congress 
with respect to the discrimination by the German Government against 
members of minority religious groups, particularly the continued and 
increasing discrimination by the German Government against 
performers, entertainers, and other artists from the United States 
associated with Scientology; H. Con. Res. 152, expressing the sense 
of the Congress that all parties to the multiparty peace talks 
regarding Northern Ireland should condemn violence and fully 
integrate internationally recognized human rights standards and 
adequately address outstanding human rights violations as part of 
the peace process; H. Res. 273, condemning the military intervention 
by the Government of the Republic of Angola into the Republic of the 
Congo; H. Res. 282, congratulating the Association of Souteast Asian 
Nations (ASEAN) on the occasion of its 30th Anniversary; H. Con. 
Res. 172, expressing the sense of the Congress in support of efforts 
to foster friendship and cooperation between the United States and 
Mongolia; H. Res. 231, urging the President to make clear to the 
Government of the Social Republic of Vietnam the commitment of the 
American people in support of democracy and religious and economic 
freedom for the people of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; and H. 
Con. Res. 156, expressing concern for the continued deterioration of 
human rights in Afghanistan and emphasizing the need for a peaceful 
political settlement in that country, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.