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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 1998-03-17” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D244-D245 on March 16, 1998.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,
MARCH 17, 1998
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for child nutrition programs, focusing on the Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC) program, 9 a.m., SR-332.
Committee on Appropriations, business meeting, to mark up proposed legislation making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Agriculture Marketing Service, and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, all of the Department of Agriculture, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for foreign assistance programs, focusing on international narcotics control plans and policy, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on the nominations of David R. Oliver, of Idaho, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, Sue Bailey, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, and Paul J. Hoeper, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, 10 a.m., SR-
222.
Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on ship acquisition, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
Committee on the Budget, business meeting, to mark up a proposed concurrent resolution setting forth the fiscal year 1999 budget for the Federal Government, 11 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to resume hearings to examine the scope and depth of the proposed settlement between State Attorneys General and tobacco companies to mandate a total reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed in America, 9:30 a.m., SR-
253.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights, to hold hearings to examine privacy in the digital age, focusing on encryption and mandatory access issues, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, to hold hearings to review policy directives for protecting America's critical infrastructures, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings to examine retirement security issues, focusing on S. 957, to establish a Pension ProSave system which improves the retirement income security of millions of American workers by encouraging employers to make pension contributions on behalf of employees, by facilitating pension portability, by preserving and increasing retirement savings, and by simplifying pension law, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Veterans Affairs, business meeting, to consider the nomination of Togo D. West, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs; to be followed by hearings on Persian Gulf War illnesses, focusing on the lessons learned from Desert Storm regarding chemical and biological weapons preparedness, 10 a.m., SH-216.
NOTICE
For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages E380-82 in today's Record.
House
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing on Natural Resources and Environment, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, executive, on Atomic Energy Defense Activities, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Interior, on Smithsonian, 10 a.m., and on Bureau of Land Management, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Dental Research, 10 a.m., and on National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the National Center for Research Resources, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Natural Security, executive, on U.S. Central Command/U.S. European Command, 3 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the Federal-State Relationship: Environmental Self Audits, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, hearing on Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), 1 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on Federal Employee Health Benefits: OPM Program Guidance for 1999, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, to hold a hearing and mark up of H.R. 3310, Small Business Paperwork Reduction Act Amendments of 1998, and to mark up H.R. 1704, Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis Creation Act, 4 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing to preview the President's Historic Visit to Africa, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on National Security, to mark up H.R. 2786, Iran Missile Protection Act of 1997, 4:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the findings of the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender-Integrated Training and Related Issues and Department of Defense response, 12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on ballistic missile testing, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1833, Tribal Self-Governance Amendments of 1997; and H.R. 2742, California Indian Land Transfer Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on H.R. 3297, to suspend the continued development of a roadless area policy on public domain units and other units of the National Forest System pending adequate public participation and determination that a roadless area policy will not adversely affect forest health, and to hold an oversight hearing on follow up on the Administration's Forest Service Roadless Area Moratorium, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2870, Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on H.R. 2544, Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 1997, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Act of 1998, 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on Director of Central Intelligence Overview, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
