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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D756-D757 on July 15, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE/JUSTICE/STATE/JUDICIARY/TREASURY/POSTAL SERVICE/LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998;
An original bill making appropriations for the Department of the Treasury, United States Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998; and
An original bill (S. 1019) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies approved for full committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved for full committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.
APPROPRIATIONS--VA/HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies approved for full committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.
COMPREHENSIVE MORTGAGE REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief and the Subcommittee on Housing Opportunity and Community Development concluded joint hearings to examine problems surrounding the mortgage origination process, the goals and objectives of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and the Truth in Lending Act, and the need for comprehensive mortgage reform legislation, after receiving testimony from Laurence H. Meyer, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Nicholas P. Retsinas, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing/Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of A. Peter Burleigh, of California, to be the Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, David J. Scheffer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, Richard Sklar, of California, to be Representative of the United States to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador, Linda Jane Zack Tarr-Whelan, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as United States Representative to the Commission on the Status of Women of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, James Franklin Collins, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Marc Grossman, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, John Christian Kornblum, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Stephen R. Sestanovich, of the District of Columbia, as Ambassador at Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for the New Independent States, and Gordon D. Giffin, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to Canada, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Grossman was introduced by Senator Robb, Mr. Sestanovich was introduced by Senator Moynihan, and Mr. Giffin was introduced by Senators Cleland and Robb, and former Senator Nunn.
CAMPAIGN FINANCING INVESTIGATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation on campaign financing, receiving testimony from Harold Arthur, Lippo Bank, San Francisco, California; Juliana Utomo, Rosemead, California, formerly associated with Hip Hing Holdings (a Lippo Group Entity); and Thomas Hampson, Chicago, Illinois.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed mark up of S. 10, to reduce violent juvenile crime, promote accountability by juvenile criminals, and punish and deter violent gang crime, but did not complete action thereon, and will continue on Thursday, July 17.
JUDICIAL ACTIVISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights resumed hearings to examine issues with regard to the constitutional role of federal judges to decide cases and controversies, focusing on the problem and impact of judicial activism, whereby federal judges' decisions are based on policy preferences, receiving testimony from Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor, Montgomery; Marc L. Fleischaker, Arent Fox Kitner Plotkin and Kahn, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Terry L. Stewart, Arizona Department of Corrections, Phoenix; Gail Heriot, University of San Diego Law School, San Diego, California; Barry Friedman, Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee; and Rob Tier, Center for the Community Interest, Dallas, Texas.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
