1998 Hearings

  July 1997

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November 5, 1997 - Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief Subcommittee - Hearing on S.1315 - "The U.S. Markets Security Act of 1997".

November 4, 1997 - Hearing on Mandating Year-2000 Disclosure by Publicly Traded Companies.

October 30, 1997 - Hearing on the Implimentation of the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act.

October 29, 1997 - Securities Subcommittee - Hearing on Hearing on S.1260, "The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1997".

October 28, 1997 - Financial Services and Technology Subcommittee - Hearing on Electronic Authentication and Digital Signature.

October 24, 1997 - Hearing on the annual National Export Strategy Report from the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee.

October 23, 1997, 2:30 p.m. - Hearing on the Nominations of Kevin E. Marchman, to be the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for Public and Indian Housing; Saul N. Ramirez, to be Assistant Secretary of HUD for Community Planning and Development; Richard F. Keevey, to be the Chief Financial Officer of HUD; Eva M. Plaza, to be Assistant Secretary of HUD for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; Gail W. Laster, to be the General Counsel to HUD, Jo Ann Jay Howard, to be the Federal Insurance Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency; F. Amanda Debusk, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce; R. Roger Majak, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; and David Aaron, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade.

October 22, 1997 - Financial Services and Technology Subcommittee - Hearing on Year 2000 Liability and Disclosure.

October 21, 1997 - Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief Subcommittee - Oversight Hearing on the condition of the banking and thrift industries, and the condition of the Bank Insurance Fund and Savings Association Insurance Fund.

October 9, 1997 - Securities Subcommittee - Hearing on the new derivative accounting standards proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

October 7, 1997 - Securities Subcommittee - Joint Hearing with the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy of the Senate Finance Committee, on the investment-based alternatives to the current pay-as-you-go method of financing Social Security and Medicare.

September 30, 1997 - Hearing on the Nominations of Laura S. Unger, to be a Commissioner of the SEC; Paul R. Carey, to be a Commissioner of the SEC; Dennis Dollar, to be a Member of the NCUA Board; Edward M. Gramlich, to be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; Roger W. Ferguson, to be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; and Ellen Seidman, to be the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision.

September 24, 1997 - Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief Subcommittee - Oversight Hearing on the Federal Housing Finance Board

September 16, 1997 - Financial Services and Technology Subcommittee - Hearing on Financial Instrument Fraud.

July 30, 1997 - Financial Services and Technology Subcommittee - Hearing on Financial Institutions Regulators' Management of the Year-2000 Computer Problem.

July 29, 1997 - Full Committee - Oversight Hearing on Automated Teller Machine Networks.

July 24, 1997 - Securities Subcommittee - Oversight Hearing on Securities Litigation Abuses.

July 23 - Full Committee - Hearing on the Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetery Policy Report (Humphrey-Hawkins).

July 22, 1997 - Full Committee - Hearing on the Federal Mass Transit Program and the Reauthorization of ISTEA.

July 17 - 2:00 p.m. - Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief - Oversight Hearing on the Federal Loan Guaranty Program created by the Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996.

July 17 - 9:30 a.m. - Subcommittee on International Finance - Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

July 15 - Joint Subcommittee Hearing - Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief and the Subcommittee on Housing Opportunity and Community Development - Hearing on the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and problems surrounding the mortgage origination process. (This is the second hearing in a series).

July 10 - Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology - Financial Institutions and the Year 2000 Computer problem.

July 9, 1997-Joint Hearing - Financial Institutions & Housing Opportunity Subcommittees; "RESPA, TILA and Problems Surrounding the Mortgage Origination Process"

June 26, 1997-Securities Subcommittee; "Oversight of Social Security Investment in the Securities Markets"

June 17, 1997-Housing Opportunity and Community Development Subcommittee; "The Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997"

June 11, 1997-Full Committee; "General Accounting Office Report on ATM Surcharges"

May 22, 1997-Full Committee; "Electronic Benefits Transfer and Its Effect on Senior Citizens, Veterans, the Disabled and Needy Families"

May 22, 1997-Full Committee; "Hearing on Nominees for the Export-Import Bank"

May 15, 1997-Full Committee; "Efforts to Recover Stolen Nazi Gold: the Eizenstat Report"

May 6, 1997-Full Committee; " The Shredding of Holocaust Era Documents."

May 1, 1997-Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief Subcommittee; "Oversight of the Office of Comptroller of the Currency."

April 30, 1997-Securities Subcommittee; "Oversight on Social Security Investment in the Securities Markets."

April 29, 1997-Full Committee; "The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1997, S.621."

April 9, 1997-Housing Opportunity and Community Development Subcommittee; "The Public Housing Reform and Responsibility Act, S.462."

March 20, 1997-Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief Subcommittee; "The Federal Reserve Proposals to Modify the ‘Firewalls' that Separate Commercial Banks and Their Securities Affiliates."

March 6, 1997-Full Committee; " Nominations of Yolanda Wheat to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, Charles Gueli to be a Member of the National Institute of Building Sciences, Jeffrey A. Frankel to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisors."

March 4, 1997-Securities Subcommittee; "SEC and FASB Derivatives Accounting Rules."

February 26, 1997-Full Committee; "The Federal Reserve's First Monetary Policy Report to Congress for 1997 (Humphrey-Hawkins)."

February 25, 1997-Full Committee; "The Homeowner's Protection Act of 1997, S.318."

February 5, 1997-Full Committee; "Nomination of Janet Yellen to be the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers."

January 22, 1997-Full Committee; "Nomination of Andrew M. Cuomo to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development."


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