[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 6, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on the Budget, to hold hearings to examine Federal pre-
kindergarten through grade twelve education programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-
608.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, business meeting, to 
mark up H.R. 1787, to assist in the conservation of Asian elephants 
by supporting and providing financial resources for the conservation 
programs of nations within the range of Asian elephants and projects 
of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of Asian 
elephants, and to consider other pending calendar business, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to examine 
commercial activities of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on International Operations, to hold hearings to 
examine proposals to reform the United Nations, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings to examine the social impact of music violence, 12 
Noon, SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider the 
nomination of Bill Lann Lee, of California, to be Assistant Attorney 
General for the Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Robert S. 
Warshaw, of New York, to be Associate Director, and Thomas J. 
Umberg, of California, to be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, 
both of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 9:30 a.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities, hearing on review of agricultural transportation 
issues, focusing on the current rail grain situation, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal 
Service, hearing on GAO investigation of White House, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, hearing on the 
``White House Compliance with Committee Subpoenas,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, to continue hearings on Campaign 
Finance Reform, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the current 
status of negotiations between the Tibetan Government in Exile and 
the People's Republic of China, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on the Fifth Summit 
of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, 1:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing 
on Fast Track: The Debate Continues, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to markup H.R. 1909, Civil Rights Act 
of 1997, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military 
Procurement, hearing on Department of Defense equipment 
modernization, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on the review of NOAA's plan 
for The Management of U.S.S. Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, 11 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to markup the 
following bills: H.R. 588, National Discovery Trails Act of 1997; 
H.R. 2411, to provide for a land exchange involving the Cape Cod 
National Seashore and to extend the authority for the Cape Cod 
National Seashore Advisory Commission; and H.R. 2438, to encourage 
the establishment of appropriate trails on abandoned railroad 
rights-of-way, while ensuring the protection of certain reversionary 
property rights, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, hearing on H.R. 2621, Reciprocal Trade 
Agreement Act of 1997, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, to 
continue hearings on the Countdown to Kyoto Part III: The 
Administration's Global Climate Change Proposal, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on the Role of Computer 
Security in Protecting the U.S. Infrastructure, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on H.R. 2790, to prohibit the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration from closing flight service 
stations, 3 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, hearing on the 
Reauthorization of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Program, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.