[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 22 (Thursday, March 3, 1994)]
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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of March 7 through 12, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider S. 4, to promote industrial 
competitiveness and economic growth.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to continue 
consideration of S. 4, and consider any cleared executive and 
legislative business.
  (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, 
March 8, 1994, for party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: March 9, 
business meeting, to mark up proposed legislation to reorganize the 
Department of Agriculture, 9:15 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: March 7, 8 and 10, Subcommittee on 
Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 1995, Monday, for the U.S. Capitol Police Board, and 
the Architect of the Capitol, 1:30 p.m.; Tuesday, for the Library of 
Congress, and the Office of Technology Assessment, 10 a.m.; 
Thursday, for the Government Printing Office, and the General 
Accounting Office, 1:30 p.m.; SD-116.
  March 8 and 10, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995, Tuesday, for the 
Department of Defense, 10 a.m.; Thursday, for the United States Navy 
and Marine Corps, 10 a.m.; SD-192.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for foreign 
assistance programs and global development, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  March 9 and 11, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995, Wednesday, for 
conservation programs of the Department of Energy, 10 a.m.; Friday, 
for the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human 
Services, 10 a.m.; SD-138.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Federal 
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-
138.
  March 11, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1995 for the General Services Administration, and the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center, Department of the Treasury, 10 
a.m., SD-116.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 8, Subcommittee on Defense 
Technology, Acquisition, and Industrial Base, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years' defense program, 
focusing on technology base programs, 9 a.m., SR-222.
  March 8, Full Committee, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years' defense program, 2:30 
p.m., SR-222.
  March 9, Full Committee, to continue hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years' defense plan, focusing 
on force structure levels in the Bottom Up Review, 9:30 a.m., SR-
222.
  March 10, Full Committee, to resume joint hearings with the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs on S. 1587, to revise and 
streamline the acquisition laws of the Federal Government, 2 p.m., 
SD-G50.
  Committee on the Budget: March 9, to resume hearings in 
preparation for reporting the first concurrent resolution on the 
fiscal year 1995 budget for the Federal Government, focusing on 
defense, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  March 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review the Department 
of Defense's roles and missions, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 11, 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation to reauthorize the Earthquake Assistance 
Program, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 8, to hold 
hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
1995 for the Department of Energy, focusing on renewable energy 
programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  March 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role of 
oceans in global climate change, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  March 9, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 8, to hold 
hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
1995 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  March 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings on Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission user fees, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Regulation, to hold 
hearings to examine Nuclear Regulatory Commission user fees, 2 p.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 8, to resume hearings to examine 
proposed health care reform issues, focusing on graduate medical 
education and academic health centers, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  March 9, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the results 
of the Uruguay Round trade negotiations, focusing on the Agreement 
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  March 10, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine health 
care reform issues, focusing on health care cost containment, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 8, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs, to hold hearings to examine 
United States policy toward Haiti, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., SD-419.
  March 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the Administration's 
proposal to seek modification of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile 
Treaty, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: March 10, to resume joint 
hearings with the Committee on Armed Services on S. 1587, to revise 
and streamline the acquisition laws of the Federal Government, 2 
p.m., SD-G50.
  March 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Federal 
policies governing the introduction of non-indigenous plants and 
animal species, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 8, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, time and room to be announced.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, to 
hold oversight hearings on the operation of the Patent and Trademark 
Office, Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Deval L. Patrick, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: March 8, to resume 
hearings on the Administration's proposed Health Security Act, to 
establish comprehensive health care for every American, focusing on 
mental health and substance abuse coverage, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Aging, to hold hearings on the 
Administration's proposed Health Security Act, to establish 
comprehensive health care for every American, focusing on women's 
health care coverage, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity, to hold 
hearings to examine methods for improving job training, focusing on 
the creation of a national employment training system, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  March 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act's (ERISA) preemption of State 
prevailing wage laws, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: March 10, to resume 
hearings on S. 1824, to improve the operations of the legislative 
branch of the Federal Government, focusing on Title I, relating to 
the Standing Rules of the Senate, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business: March 10, to hold hearings to examine 
the impact of health care reform on small business, 9:30 a.m., SR-
428A.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: March 10, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget requests for fiscal year 1995 for veterans programs, 
2 p.m., SR-418.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 9, to hold hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1995 for Indian 
programs within the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, 
Education, and Labor, and the Administration of Native Americans, 10 
a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 8 and 10, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Tuesday, Consideration of 1 Suspension: H.R. 3345, Federal Workforce 
Restructuring Act of 1993.
  (Recorded vote ordered on this Suspension will be postponed until 
Wednesday, March 9).
  Wednesday, Continued consideration of H.R. 6, Elementary and 
Secondary Education Amendments of 1993;
  Consideration of a motion to go to conference on S. 636, Freedom of 
Access to Clinic Entrances Act; and
  Consideration of H. Con. Res. ____, Budget Resolution for fiscal year 
1995.

  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 9, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops 
and Natural Resources, hearing on H.R. 2153, Giant Sequoia 
Preservation Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 7, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, on the Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., 2362B 
Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Rural Electrification 
Administration, Alternative Agriculture Research and 
Commercialization, Federal Grain Inspection Service and Packers and 
Stockyards Administration, 9:30 a.m., and on Members of Congress and 
Public Witnesses, 4 p.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Legal Services Corporation, 10 a.m., 310 Capitol.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Department of Energy (Environment, Safety and Health, Environment 
Restoration and Waste Management), 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Agencies, on AID Programs and Foreign Aid Reform, 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  March 8 and 9, Subcommittee on Interior, on Public Witnesses 
(Indian Programs), 9:45 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education, on Secretary of Labor, 2 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 8 and 9, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Highway 
Administration, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General 
Government, on Secretary of Treasury, 10 a.m., H-163 Capitol.
  March 8 and 9, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, 
on Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., H-143 
Capitol.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Farmers Home 
Administration, Rural Development Administration, and Agricultural 
Stabilization and Conservation Service, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Attorney General, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn, and on the Supreme 
Court, 2 p.m., H-310 Capitol.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Army Procurement 
Programs, 10 a.m., and on Nuclear Disarmament of Former Soviet 
Union, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Department of Energy (General Science, Basic Energy Sciences, 
Fusion, and on Supporting Technology), 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education, on Employment and 
Training Administration, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Air Force, Air 
Force Reserve, and on Air National Guard, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General 
Government, on Administrative Conference of the United States, 10 
a.m., and on Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 2 
p.m., H-163 Capitol.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Soil Conservation 
Service, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Secretary of Commerce, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn, and on Department 
of Commerce (Technology Administration, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology and National Technical Information 
Service), 2 p.m., H-310 Capitol.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Drug 
Interdiction, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Department of Energy (Solar and Renewables, Nuclear Fission, and 
Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities), 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, on International Financial Institutions, 10 a.m., 
H-308 Capitol.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Interior, on Energy Information 
Administration, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Economic Regulatory 
Administration, and Emergency Preparedness, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education, on Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, 10 a.m., on OSHA, 11 a.m., on Employment Standards 
Administration and Mine Safety and Health Administration, 2 p.m., 
and on Inspector General, 3 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General 
Government, on OPM, and on Office of Inspector General of OPM, 2 
p.m., H-163 Capitol.
  March 10, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Court of Veterans Appeals, 10 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 8 and 10, Subcommittee on 
Military Forces and Personnel, to continue hearings on fiscal year 
1995 national defense authorization request, 3 p.m., on March 8 and 
9:30 a.m., on March 10, 2212 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, to 
continue hearings on fiscal year 1995 national defense authorization 
request, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on fiscal year 1995 
national defense authorization request, 2 p.m., 2337 Rayburn.
  March 9, full Committee, hearing on sexual harassment of military 
women and improving the military complaint system, 10 a.m., and 2 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 9, Military Application of Nuclear Energy Panel, hearing on 
fiscal year 1995 national defense authorization request, 2:30 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  March 10, full Committee, to continue hearings on fiscal year 1995 
national defense authorization request, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Military Acquisition, hearing on 
acquisition reform, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, March 8, 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and 
Deposit Insurance, hearing on Bank Sales of Mutual Funds, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, to 
continue hearings on H.R. 3838, Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, March 9, to continue markup of 
H.R. 1280, Comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act 
of 1993, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights, 
hearing on the reauthorization of Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 8, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, hearing on the Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 1995 
budget, 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
the Department of Energy worker exposure and the adequacy of DOE's 
health surveillance programs, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 8, Subcommittee on Economic 
Policy, Trade and Environment, hearing on GATT: The Impact on 
American Industries, and to mark up H. Res. 362, expressing the 
sense of the House of Representatives that the action taken by the 
Government of France against seafood imports from the United States 
is a totally unwarranted act of protectionism, 1:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, hearing on 
the Administration's Views on Fiscal Year 1995 Assistance for Latin 
America and the Caribbean, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, March 8, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary Affairs, hearing on Tax Systems 
Modernization and Its Implications for the IRS fiscal year 1995 
budget, 9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on NCI's Revision of Its Mammography Guidelines, 
10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, 
hearing on Statutory Use of Value Engineering in the Federal 
Government, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary 
Affairs, hearing on U.S. Customs Budget for Fiscal Year 1995, 10 
a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on Ending Welfare As We Know It: Progress or 
Paralysis, 10:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, March 8, Subcommittee on 
Accounts, to mark up H. Res. 369, providing amounts from the 
contingent fund of the House for the expenses of investigations and 
studies by certain committees of the House in the second session of 
the One Hundred Third Congress, 10 a.m., H-328 Capitol.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Elections, hearing on Federal Election 
Commission's Fiscal Year 1995 Budget and Recommendations, 2 p.m., H-
328 Capitol.
  March 9, full Committee, to consider pending business, 2 p.m., H-
328 Capitol.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, March 9, Subcommittee 
on Environment and Natural Resources, to mark up H.R. 2760, Marine 
Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, hearing on fiscal year 
1995 authorization of appropriations for the Maritime Administration 
and the Federal Maritime Commission, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Fisheries Management, hearing on 
France's unfair trade barriers against United States seafood 
products, 1:30 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 8, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, to continue hearings on H.R. 3920, Federal 
Nuclear Facilities Licensing and Regulation Act, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  March 8, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public 
Lands, hearing on H.R. 3050, to expand the boundaries of the Red 
Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  March 9, full Committee, to consider pending business, 9:45 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs, 
oversight hearing on the Federal response to the results of Puerto 
Rico's plebiscite on its future political status, 9:45 a.m., room to 
be announced.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, joint 
oversight hearing on Urban Recreation and Crime Prevention, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, March 8, Subcommittee 
on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on sexual harassment within 
Federal law enforcement agencies, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, to 
continue hearings to assess the impact of the Administration's 
budget proposals on Federal employees, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, March 8 and 10, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to continue hearings on the 
proposed National Highway System and Ancillary Issues Relating to 
Highway and Transit Programs, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on the implications for 
FAA Staffing for Fiscal Year 1995 and Beyond Budget Freeze, 1:30 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on 
the TVA, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, March 8, hearing to 
review the Hubble Space Telescope Mission, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, 
hearing on Strengthening Risk Assessment within the EPA, 1 p.m., 
2325 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, 
hearing on the Fiscal Year 1995 Department of Commerce Technology 
Administration Authorization, 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 8, Subcommittee on Hospitals 
and Health Care, hearing on the following: H.R. 3808, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs has the necessary authority and flexibility to provide 
staffing levels for the Veterans Health Administration of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs as necessary to meet the 
responsibility of the United States to provide health care services 
to eligible veterans and to permit implementation of national health 
care reform by the Department; and legislation to authorize a pilot 
program for VA participation in State Health reform, 9:30 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
recent VA actions to improve the provision of health care to women 
veterans and related issues, 8:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Education, Training and Employment, 
hearing on Veterans Education Assistance Programs, 9:30 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 8, 9, 10 and 11, Subcommittee 
on Health, to mark up H.R. 3600, Health Security Act, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on the current 
unemployment situation and the recommendations of the Advisory 
Council on Unemployment Compensation, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on measures to 
protect the integrity of the Social Security Disability Insurance 
program by insuring that people who are no longer disabled are 
terminated from the disability benefit rolls, 10 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 8 and 10, 
Subcommittee on Program and Budget Authorization, executive, to 
continue hearings on Fiscal Year 1995 Intelligence budget, 2 p.m., 
H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 10, to 
hold hearings to examine how the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina has 
affected the children of the region, 10 a.m., SD-562.