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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D830 on July 25, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPETITIVENESS ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials continued hearings on H.R. 10, Financial Services Competitiveness Act of 1997. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL MEASURES OF RACE AND ETHNICITY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE 2000 CENSUS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on Federal Measures of Race and Ethnicity and the Implications for the 2000 Census. Testimony was heard from Representatives Sawyer, Petri, Waters and Conyers; Sally Katzen, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; Isabelle Katz Pinzler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights, Department of Justice; Nancy Gordon, Associate Director, Demographic Programs, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
