[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 4 (Friday, January 28, 1994)]
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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 31 through February 5, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  During the week, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1281, Foreign 
Relations Authorizations Act.
  Senate may also consider S. 1150, Education America Act, and any 
cleared executive and legislative business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, February 1, 1994, from 12:30 p.m. 
until 2:15 p.m. for party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 2, to 
hold hearings to examine alleged fraud in Federal nutrition 
programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 1, Coalition Defense and 
Reinforcing Forces, to hold joint hearings with the Committee on 
Foreign Relations' Subcommittee on European Affairs on the future of 
NATO, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 1, to 
hold hearings on the nominations of Ricki Rhodarmer Tigert, of 
Tennessee, to be Chairman and a Member, Anne L. Hall, of Ohio, to be 
a Member, and Andrew C. Hove Jr., of Nebraska, to be a Member, each 
of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 3, 
Subcommittee on Foreign Commerce and Tourism, to hold hearings to 
examine trade issues with regard to the environment, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 1, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of Charles B. Curtis, of Maryland, to be 
Under Secretary of Energy, and Robert Jay Uram, of California, to be 
Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement, Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  February 2, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Mineral Resources Development and 
Production, to hold hearings on H.R. 2144, to provide for the 
transfer of excess land to the Government of Guam, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 2, 
Subcommittee on Clean Water, Fisheries and Wildlife, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 1114, authorizing funds for programs of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  February 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Brig. Gen. Eugene S. Witherspoon, USA, to be a Member and President 
of the Mississippi River Commission, Richard Thomas Moore, of 
Massachusetts, to be Associate Director of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Jesse L. White, Jr., of North Carolina, to be 
Federal Co-Chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, and 
William W. Ginsberg, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 1, to hold hearings to examine 
health care reform issues, focusing on insurance market reform, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  February 3, Full Committee, to resume hearings on health care 
reform issues, focusing on how States will be affected by health 
care reform, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 1, Subcommittee on 
European Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the Committee on Armed 
Services' Coalition Defense and Reinforcing Forces on the future of 
NATO, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
James H. Scheuer, of New York, to be U.S. Director of the European 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 4:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: February 1, to hold hearings on 
the nominations of Henry F. Graff, of New York, Kermit L. Hall, of 
Oklahoma, William L. Joyce, of New Jersey, Anna K. Nelson, of the 
District of Columbia, and John R. Tunheim, of Minnesota, each to be 
a Member of the Assassination Records Review Board, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  February 2, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine certain 
recommendations for government reform, focusing on Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) proposals, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, to 
hold oversight hearings on United States-Japan auto parts framework 
negotiations, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 2, Subcommittee on 
Constitution, to hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
relating to Presidential succession and the electoral college, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  February 3, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  February 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Rosemary Barkett, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eleventh Circuit, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: February 2, business 
meeting, to consider S. 1597, authorizing funds for certain organ 
procurement and transplantation programs, and the nominations of 
Bernard E. Anderson, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Employment Standards, and J. Davitt McAteer, of West Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, both of the 
Department of Labor, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  February 2, Full Committee, to resume hearings on provisions of S. 
1757, to ensure individual and family security through health care 
coverage for all Americans that is affordable and comprehensive, 
focusing on the role of the States, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Labor, to hold hearings to examine 
consumer issues related to health care reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  February 4, Full Committee, to resume hearings on provisions of S. 
1757, to ensure individual and family security through health care 
coverage for all Americans that is affordable and comprehensive, 
focusing on guaranteed benefits (pending on Senate Calendar), 9:30 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: February 3, to hold 
hearings on provisions regarding the Government Printing Office 
contained in Title XIV of H.R. 3400, to provide a more effective, 
efficient, and responsive government, Title XIV of the National 
Performance Review, and the Organization of Congress Report of the 
Senate members of the Joint Committee on the Organization of 
Congress, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: January 31, to hold hearings on 
provisions of S. 1757, to ensure individual and family security 
through health care coverage for all Americans in a manner that 
contains the rate of growth in health care costs and promotes 
responsible health insurance practices, to promote choice in health 
care, and to ensure and protect the health care of all Americans 
(pending on Senate Calendar), 2 p.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 1, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, House is not in session.
  Tuesday, Consideration of one Suspension: H.R. 1727, Arson Prevention 
Act.
  Wednesday, and the balance of the week, Consideration of H.R. 3425, 
Department of Environmental Protection (subject to a rule being 
granted); and
  H.R.     , Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Earthquake 
Assistance (subject to a rule being granted).
  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 3, Subcommittee on Livestock, 
hearing on H.R. 3417, Emergency Cervidae Tuberculosis Protection 
Act, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 1, 2, 3, and 4, Subcommittee 
on Labor--Health and Human Services--Education, on public witnesses, 
10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 1, Subcommittee on Legislative, on House of 
Representatives, 9:30 a.m., and on Joint Economic Committee and 
Capitol Police Board, 1:30 p.m., H-301 Capitol.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Legislative, on Joint Committee on 
Printing and OTA, 10 a.m., on the Library of Congress, 1:30 p.m., H-
301.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Legislative, on Joint Committee on 
Taxation and CBO, 10 a.m., and on the Architect of the Capitol and 
Botanic Garden, 1:30 p.m., H-301 Capitol.
  February 4, Subcommittee on Legislative, on GAO, 9:30 a.m., H-301 
Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 2, to consider the fiscal 
year 1995 national defense authorization, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, February 1, 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and 
Deposit Insurance, hearing on H.R. 3248, Fair Trade in Financial 
Services Act of 1993, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 1 and 2, Subcommittee on General Oversight, 
Investigations, and the Resolution of Failed Financial Institutions, 
hearings on proposed regulatory Community Reinvestment Act reform, 
10 a.m., 2222 Rayburn.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, 
Regulation and Deposit Insurance, to mark up the Interstate Banking 
Efficiency Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 2, hearing on the Economic and 
Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 1995-1999, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, February 1 and 2, Subcommittee 
on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, to mark up H.R. 
6, Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1993, 9:30 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  February 2, full Committee, to consider funding request for the 2d 
session of the 103d Congress, 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, hearing on 
the Effect of Health Care Reform on Workers and Retirees, 10 a.m., 
2261 Rayburn.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights, 
hearing on the impact of Health Care on Individuals with 
Disabilities, 10 a.m., 2257 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, January 31 and February 3, 
Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, to continue hearings on 
the Administration's Health Care Reform Plan, 9:45 a.m., on January 
31 and 10 a.m., on February 3, 2123 Rayburn.
  February 1, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and 
Competitiveness, hearing on H.R. 3600, Health Security Act, 10 a.m., 
2218 Rayburn.
  February 1 and 2, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, 
hearings on health reform proposals, including the following bills: 
H.R. 1200, American Health Security Act of 1993; H.R. 3080, 
Affordable Health Care Now Act of 1993; and H.R. 3222, to contain 
health care costs and improve access to health care through 
accountable health plans and managed competition, 9:30 a.m., on 
February 1, and 9:45 a.m., on February 2, 2123 Rayburn.
  February 1, 2, and 3, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and 
Finance, hearings on Communication Infrastructure, 9:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and 
Competitiveness, hearing on H.R. 1910, Fairness in Product Liability 
Act of 1993, 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on the 
future of the Department of Energy multiprogram laboratories, 10 
a.m., 2218 Rayburn.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on proposals to reauthorize the Superfund 
program, 9:30 a.m., 2359A Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 1, Subcommittee on 
International Security, International Organizations and Human 
Rights, oversight hearing on the State Department's Country Reports 
on Human Rights Practices for 1993 and U.S. Human Rights Policy, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East and the 
Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations 
and Human Rights, joint hearing on the NATO Summit and Other 
Developments in Europe, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, hearing on 
Mexico: The uprising in Chiapas and Democratizations in Mexico, Part 
1, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 3, full Committee, hearing on the Administration's 
request to rewrite the Foreign Assistance Act, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  February 3, Subcommittee on International Security, International 
Organizations and Human Rights, to mark up H. Con. Res. 111, 
concerning the establishment of a South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, February 1, Subcommittee on 
Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources and the Subcommittee on 
Legislation and National Security, joint hearing on Risk Assessment 
Issues at the EPA, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, 
hearing on Strategic Satellite Systems in a Post-Cold War 
Environment, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 2, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Law and Governmental Relations, hearing on 
Government-sponsored tests on humans and possible compensation for 
people harmed in the tests, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law, to 
continue hearings on H.R. 3626, Antitrust and Communications Reform 
Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 3 and 4, Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, 
hearings on H.R. 3365, Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1993, 10 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, hearing on 
Caught in the Crossfire: Kids Talk About Guns, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, February 3, 
Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, to mark up H.R. 3360, Ballast Water 
Control Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, February 1 and 3, Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands and the Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, joint hearings on Forest Service 
Reform, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, February 1, 
Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits and the 
Subcommittee on the Civil Service, joint hearing on the 
restructuring of the Federal workforce, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Rules, February 1, to consider Committee budget, 
10:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, February 2, 
Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, hearing on 
Health Care Reform and Possible Effects on Innovative Therapies--
Cancer as a Case Study, 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Science, hearing on H.R. 3476, Science 
Policy Renewal Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, 
hearing on Comparative Risk Analysis (CRA) at the State Level, 9:30 
a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 1 and 2, Subcommittee on 
Procurement, Taxation and Tourism, hearings on procurement reform 
proposals (H.R. 3586, H.R. 2238 and S. 1587), 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs, February 1, hearing on health 
problems of veterans who served in the Persian Gulf, 9 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 1, 2, and 4, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearings on Health Care Reform: The Administration's Health 
Care Reform Proposals, 10 a.m., 1310A Longworth on February 1 and 
1100 Longworth on February 2 and 4.
  February 1 and 2, Subcommittee on Trade, hearings on the trade 
agreements resulting from the Uruguay round of multilateral trade 
negotiations under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs 
and Trade (GATT), 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth on February 1, and 1 
p.m., B-318 Rayburn on February 2.
  February 3, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 3600, Health Security 
Act, with emphasis on employer mandate and related provisions, 10:30 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 2, executive, 
hearing on Intelligence Activities, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: January 31, to hold hearings to examine 
the overall economic outlook for 1994, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn 
Building.
  February 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
employment-unemployment situation for January, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn 
Building.