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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D919-D920 on Sept. 9, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
THRIFT DEPOSITOR PROTECTION OVERSIGHT BOARD ABOLISHMENT ACT; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Ordered reported amended H.R. 2343, Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board Abolishment Act.
Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on this legislation. Testimony was heard from John D. Hawke, Jr., Under Secretary, Domestic Finance, Department of the Treasury.
The Committee also approved pending Committee business.
SCHOOL CHOICE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early Childhood and Families held a hearing on School Choice legislative proposals. Testimony was heard from Senators Coats and Moseley-Braun; Speaker Gingrich; Representatives Armey, Watts of Oklahoma, Flake, Paul, Scott and DeLauro.
FREEDOM FROM RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION ACT
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the Freedom from Religious Persecution Act of 1997. Testimony was heard from Senator Specter; Representatives Wolf and Strickland; and John Shattuck, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended the following bills: H.R. 1683, Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offenders Registration Improvements Act of 1997; H.R. 424, to provide for increased mandatory minimum sentences for criminals possessing firearms; and H.R. 1493, to require the Attorney General to establish a program in local prisons to identify, prior to arraignment, criminal aliens and aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States.
The Committee also met and considered a private claims bill.
SECURITY AND FREEDOM THROUGH ENCRYPTION (SAFE) ACT
Committee on National Security: Ordered reported amended H.R. 695, Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act.
BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1739, BWCAW Accessibility and Fairness Act of 1997; and H.R. 2149, BWCA Wilderness Legacy Act. Testimony was heard from Senator Grams; Representatives Ramstad, Minge and Oberstar; Janice McDougle, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, USDA; Tom Bakk, member, Legislature, State of Minnesota; and public witnesses.
OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 1849, Oklahoma City National Memorial Act of 1997. Testimony was heard from Representatives Lucas of Oklahoma and Istook; Maureen Finnerty, Associate Director, Park Operations and Education, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; John Poulard, Regional Administrator, Region 7, GSA; Ronald J. Norick, Mayor, Oklahoma City; and public witnesses.
PILOTS ENGAGED IN FLIGHT OPERATIONS OUTSIDE U.S.--APPLY RAILWAY LABOR ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing on H.R. 991, to amend the Railway Labor Act concerning the applicability of requirements of that Act to U.S. air carriers and flight deck crews engaged in flight operations outside the United States. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
REPORT--NATIONAL COMMISSION ON RESTRUCTURING THE IRS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight continued hearings on the Recommendations of the National Commission on Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service to expand Electronic Filing of Tax Systems Improvements. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Donald C. Lubick, Acting Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy; and Michael P. Dolan, Acting Commissioner, IRS; and public witnesses.
ENCRYPTION LEGISLATION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 695, Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act; and S. 909, Secure Public Networks Act of 1997. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2016, making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.
