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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 1998-03-24” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D285-D287 on March 23, 1998.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,
MARCH 24, 1998
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for AMTRAK, focusing on the future of AMTRAK, 9 a.m., SD-192.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on issues with regard to Alzheimer's disease, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Farm Service Agency, Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Risk Management Agency, all of the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-138.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on drug addiction and recovery issues, 10:30 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology, to hold hearings to examine Research, Development, Test and Evaluation management reform and related issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-
232A.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on Ballistic Missile Defense Programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold hearings to examine business practices in the professional boxing industry, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
Full Committee, to resume hearings on proposed legislation to reform and restructure the process by which tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of tobacco products by minors, and to redress the adverse health effects of tobacco use, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 887, to establish in the National Park Service the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program, S. 991, to make technical corrections to the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, S. 1695, to establish the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in the State of Colorado, and S.J. Res. 41, approving the location of a Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial in the Nation's Capital, 2 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works, business meeting, to mark up S. 8, to reauthorize and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Liability, and Compensation Act of 1980
(Superfund), 11 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the present economic and political turmoil in Indonesia, focusing on causes and solutions, 10 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to hold joint hearings with the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee's Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology to examine the proposed ``Fair Competition Act of 1998'', focusing on a new free market approach to Federal contracting, 2 p.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings on proposed legislation relating to health care quality, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold hearings on S. 1021, to provide that consideration may not be denied to preference eligibles applying for certain positions in the competitive service, 2:15 p.m., SR-418.
NOTICE
For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages E442-44 in today's Record.
House
Committee on Appropriations, to consider the following: Emergency Supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1998; Emergency supplemental appropriations and recessions bill for fiscal year 1998; and revised 302(b) subdivisions for fiscal year 1998, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2 p.m., 2362 B Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Interior, on the Department of Energy--
Conservation, 1:30 p.m., 308-B Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on Office of AIDS Research; Office of the Director--NIH; and Building and Facilities, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Treasury, on the National Archives, 10 a.m., and on the GSA, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on NSF, 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on Assessing the Year 2000 Readiness of Critical Systems at HUD, Treasury, and Federal Financial Regulatory Agencies, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing on Wireless Enhanced 911 Services, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on Federal Employment Compensation Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of H.R. 1252, Judicial Reform Act of 1997; and to mark up the following: H.R. 3528, Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998; H.R. 2652, Collections of Information Antipiracy Act; H.R. 2759, Health Professional Shortage Area Nursing Relief Act of 1997; and H.R. 3529, Internet Tax Freedom Act, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing regarding the immigration provisions of H.R. 2431, Freedom from Religious Persecution Act of 1997, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the following bills; H.R. 3381, Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of 1998; H.R. 2886, Granite Watershed Enhancement and Protection Act of 1997; California Spotted Owl Interim Protection Act of 1998; and H.R. 1021, Miles Land Exchange Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, oversight hearing on Realty Appraisal Process on BLM Land Exchanges, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 2578, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to provide for the collection of data with respect to the number of non-immigrants who remain in the United States after the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney General; and H.R. 2589, Copyright Term Extension Act, 3:30 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology and the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, joint oversight hearing on Educating our Children with Technology Skills to Compete in the Next Millennium, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to continue markup of H.R. 2400, the Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act, 3 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on patient confidentiality, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on Requirements Process, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
Joint Meetings
Joint Economic Committee, to hold hearings to examine potential problems with cyber banking and protecting the cyber infrastructure while eliminating the potential of economic tampering and espionage, 10 a.m., SD-628.
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to hold joint hearings with the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee's Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology to examine the proposed ``Fair Competition Act of 1998'', focusing on a new free market approach to Federal contracting, 2 p.m., SD-342.
