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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 1997-04-15” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D330-D331 on April 14, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,
APRIL 15, 1997
SENATE
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, to hold hearings to examine alleged Internal Revenue Service employees' misuse of taxpayers files, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Rural Utilities Service, the Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and the Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Center, all of the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-124.
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, focusing on the costs that will be incurred relating to the Bonneville Power Administration, 2 p.m., SD-124.
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology, to resume hearings on S. 450, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, focusing on the trends in the industrial and technology base supporting national defense, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
Subcommittee on Readiness, to resume hearings on S. 450, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, and S. 451, the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, focusing on environmental and military construction issues, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to review the U.S.-Japan bilateral relationship, 9 a.m., SD-419.
Full Committee, to resume hearings on the ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-21), 2 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to examine issues affecting immigrant entrepreneurs, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Employment and Training, to hold hearings to examine innovations in adult training, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Rules and Administration, to resume hearings concerning petitions filed in connection with a contested U.S. Senate election held in Louisiana in November 1996, 9:30 a.m., SR-
301.
NOTICE
For a listing of Senate Committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages E650-51 in today's Record.
House
Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, hearing on reform of the Commodity Exchange Act and provisions of H.R. 467, Commodity Exchange Act Amendments of 1997, 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary, on Office of Justice Programs; on Office of Community Oriented Policing; and on Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2 p.m., H-309, Capitol.
Subcommittee on Interior, on Bureau of Indian Affairs/ Office of Special Trustee, 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and to mark up a Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1997, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on Congressional and public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on EPA, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to mark up H.R. 2, Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act of 1997, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on the sale or transfer of supercomputers to foreign entities or governments engaged in nuclear weapons research and its impact on the national security interests of the United States, 1:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands and the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, joint oversight hearing on implementation of the 1964 Wilderness Act on BLM and Forest Service lands, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Government Programs and Oversight and Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Paperwork Reduction, joint hearing on Federal Agency Compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act: Are Federal Agencies Using ``Good Science'' In Their Making?, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the Impact on Individuals and Families of Replacing the Federal Income Tax, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, Budget hearing on Personnel and Legislative Issues, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
