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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 1997-04-17” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D348-D349 on April 16, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
APRIL 17, 1997
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold hearings on crop and revenue insurance issues, 9 a.m., SR-332.
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, 9 a.m., SD-192.
Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of the Treasury, focusing on law enforcement programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for foreign assistance programs, focusing on Korea, Burma, and Hong Kong, 10:30 a.m., SD-
138.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Supreme Court of the United States and the Judiciary, 1:30 p.m., S-146, Capitol.
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, to resume hearings on S. 450, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, focusing on the status of the operational readiness of the U.S. military forces, 10 a.m., SR-222.
Committee on Finance, to hold hearings on certain revenue raising provisions of the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1998, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations, to resume hearings on the ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-
21), 10 a.m., SD-419.
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to review U.S. efforts relating to the proliferation of Iran, 2 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine opportunities for improvement in the public schools of the District of Columbia, 9:15 a.m., SD-342.
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to resume hearings (in closed session) to examine China's proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related technology, missile delivery systems, and advanced conventional weapons, 10:30 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Employment and Training, to hold hearings to examine innovations in youth training, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Rules and Administration, business meeting, to consider the committee's course of action concerning petitions filed in connection with a contested U.S. Senate election held in Louisiana in November 1996, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
Committee on Veterans Affairs, to hold hearings to examine Persian Gulf War issues, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
NOTICE
For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages E686-87 in today's Record.
House
Committee on Agriculture, to consider Conservation Reserve Program legislation, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, hearing on the status of NAFTA with Canada and Mexico, 9:30 p.m., 1302 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, to continue hearings 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 public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., H-
309 Capitol.
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, on Export Finance Agencies, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on public witnesses, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on National Security, on Congressional and public witnesses, 9:30 a.m., H-140 Rayburn.
Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to continue mark up of H.R. 2, Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue joint hearings on Review of EPA's Proposed Ozone and Particulate Matter NAAQS Revisions, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on food safety in the School Lunch Program, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations, to continue hearings on
``Does U.N. Peacekeeping Serve U.S. Interests?'' (Part II), 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 874, to provide that Oregon may not tax compensation paid to a resident of Washington for services as a Federal employee at a Federal hydroelectric facility located on the Columbia River; and H.R. 865, to provide that Kentucky may not tax compensation paid to a resident of Tennessee for services as a Federal employee at Fort Campbell, KY, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 589, Fair Housing Reform and Freedom of Speech Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on Forest Service Budget, 2:30 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on the CALFED Bay-Delta Program and the fiscal year 1998 federal funding request for the program, 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Rules, Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House, hearing on Civility in the House of Representatives, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Government Programs and Oversight and Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Paperwork Reduction, to continue joint hearings 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 Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on sexual harassment issues involving senior career managers within the VA, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Issues Relating to Medicare's Coverage Policy, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
