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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 1996-05-08” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D434-D435 on May 7, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1996
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Defense, focusing on environmental programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the National Endowment for the Arts, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 2 p.m., SD-138.
Committee on the Budget, business meeting, to mark up a proposed concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1997 budget for the Federal Government, 2 p.m., SD-608.
Committee on Finance, business meeting, to mark up H.R. 2853, relating to most favored nation status for Bulgaria, H.R. 1642, relating to most favored nation status for Cambodia, and H.R. 3074, relating to tariff treatment of products imported from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on the nominations of Dennis K. Hayes, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, Dennis C. Jett, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, and Donald J. Planty, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, 10:30 a.m., SD-
419.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Youth Violence, to hold hearings to examine Federal programs relating to youth violence, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources, business meeting, to resume markup of S. 1643, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1997 through 2001 for programs of the Older Americans Act, and to mark up S. 1360, to ensure personal privacy with respect to medical records and health care-related information, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Rules and Administration, to resume hearings on proposals to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary system of spending limits and partial public financing of Senate primary and general election campaigns, to limit contributions by multicandidate political committees, and to reform the financing of Federal elections and Senate campaigns, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
Committee on Veterans Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the reform of health care priorities, 10 a.m., SR-418.
Select Committee on Intelligence, closed business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 2:45 p.m., SH-219.
Special Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters, to continue hearings to examine certain issues relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, 10 a.m., SH-216.
House
Committee on Agriculture, hearing to investigate into the use, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, of federal funds authorized under Section 17 of the Food Stamp Act to obtain services from private contractors, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary, on Trade Promotion and Enforcement, 10 a.m., and on Immigration and Border Security, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on all other Department of Labor (except OSHA), 10 a.m., and on Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies, on Congressional witnesses, 9:20 a.m., H-
143 Capitol.
Committee on the Budget, to markup the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Resolution, 1:30 p.m., 210 Cannon.
Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, oversight hearing on the Future of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on Prevention Programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on Personnel Issues in Downsizing, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on Superfund: A Badly Broken Program in Urgent Need of Reform, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice, hearing on Oversight of the 1996 National Drug Control Strategy, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations, to markup the following: H. Con. Res. 160, congratulating the people of the Republic of Sierra Leone on the success of their recent democratic multiparty elections; H. Con. Res. 165, saluting and congratulating Polish people around the world as, on May 3, 1996, they commemorate the 205th anniversary of the adoption of Poland's first constitution; and H. Con. Res. 167, recognizing the 10th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and supporting the closing of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant; to consider authorizing subpoenas to compel testimony of Charles E. Redman, Ambassador to Germany and Peter W. Galbraith, Ambassador to Croatia; and to consider authorizing a subpoena to compel the testimony of Paul Neifert, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on the Crisis in Liberia, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on Victims of Torture, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, to markup the following: H.R. 2909, Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Eminent Domain Prevention Act; H.R. 2823, International Dolphin Conservation Program Act; H.R. 3068, to accept the request of the Prairie Island Indian Community to revoke their charter of incorporation issued under the Indian Reorganization Act; and H. J. Res. 70, authorizing the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial to Martin Luther King., Jr. in the District of Columbia or its environs, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on the Department of Energy's FY 1997 budget request for the Office of Energy Research, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business, hearing on music licensing and small business, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, executive, to consider pending business, 2 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to markup the following bills: H.R. 3118, Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996; H.R. 3376, to authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1997; H.R. 3373, Veterans' Benefits Amendments of 1996; and H.R. 1483, to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow revision of veterans benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, Insurance and Memorial Affairs and the Subcommittee on Education, Training, Employment and Housing, joint oversight hearing on the Court of Veterans Appeals Pro Bono Program; veterans' COLAs; and the Davenport v. Brown decision, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care, to markup H.R. 3118, Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996; and H.R 3376, to authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1997, 1:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
Committee on Ways and Means, hearing to examine the Impact of the 1993 Tax Increase on Transportation Fuels, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
