[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 16, 1994)]
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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 17, 1994

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the National Institutes of 
Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 9:30 a.m., SD-116.
  Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the United States Air Force, 10 
a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the 
National Science Foundation, and the Office of Science Technology 
Policy, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Office of Inspector 
General, Department of Transportation, and the Interstate Commerce 
Commission, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Vice Adm. Leighton W. Smith, Jr., USN, for appointment to the 
grade of Admiral and to be Commander in Chief, Allied Forces 
Southern Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, Maj. 
Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA, for appointment to the grade of 
Lieutenant General and to be Director for Strategic Plans and Policy 
of the Joint Staff, and Rear Adm. John B. LaPlante, USN, for 
appointment to the grade of Vice Admiral and to be Director for 
Logistics of the Joint Staff, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on the Budget, business meeting, to continue markup of a 
proposed concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1995 budget for 
the Federal Government, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to resume 
hearings on S. 1822, to safeguard and protect the public interest 
while permitting the growth and development of new communications 
technologies, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance, to resume hearings to examine health care 
reform issues, focusing on premiums and subsidies, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings to examine 
contract and financial management at the Department of Energy, 9:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar, 10:15 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, to resume hearings on S. 
1824, to improve the operations of the legislative branch of the 
Federal Branch, focusing on Title I, relating to the Standing Rules 
of the Senate, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings to examine the Small 
Business Administration's microloan demonstration program and 
business development program, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative 
recommendations of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the Jewish War 
Veterans, the Blinded Veterans Association, and Non Commissioned 
Officers Association, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E460-62 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing on Rural Health Care Reform: to 
explore the implications for rural citizens of the various health 
care reform bills, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on 
Secretary of State, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Space Programs, 10 a.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., and on Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 11 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Office of the Secretary, Office of 
the Inspector General and Office of the Solicitor, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education, on Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting, Railroad Retirement Board and Institute of Peace, 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Amtrak, and Federal Railroad 
Administration, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General Government, on 
Federal Election Commission, Executive Residence, Council of 
Economic Advisers, National Security Council, and on Merit Systems 
Protection Board, 10 a.m., H-163 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, executive, to continue hearings on 
the fiscal year 1995 national defense authorization, receiving an 
intelligence community briefing on the situation in Russia and the 
other states of the former Soviet Union, 9 a.m., and to continue 
hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense authorization, 
10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Economic Growth and Credit Formation, to continue hearings on 
Renewing the Economic Development Administration, 10 a.m., 2222 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, to continue 
hearings on H.R. 3838, Housing and Community Development Act of 
1994, with emphasis on Public Housing and Section 8 Housing 
Assistance Payments Program, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on the 1994 reauthorization of Community Services Block 
Grant, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights, hearing on the 
reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 
10 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, to continue oversight hearings on Emergency Energy Responses 
to Extreme Weather Conditions, 10 a.m., 2218 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, hearing on H.R. 3434, 
Smoke-Free Environment Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials, hearing on 
Title VIII of H.R. 3800, Environmental Insurance Resolution Fund, 
9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing on United States Assistance to East Asia and the 
Pacific, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Security, International 
Organizations and Human Rights, hearing on Challenges to U.S. 
Security in the 1990's, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Legislation 
and National Security and the Subcommittee on Human Resources and 
Intergovernmental Relations, joint hearing on The Fraud and Abuse 
Provisions in H.R. 3600, Health Security Act, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of H.R. 3981, to 
provide mandatory life imprisonment for persons convicted of a third 
violent felony and to mark up the following bills; H.R. 3968, 
Violent Repeat Offender Incarceration Act; H.R. 4032, to provide the 
penalty of death for certain crimes; H.R. 4035, to establish 
constitutional procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; 
H.R. 4018, Habeas Corpus Revision Act of 1994; H.R. 4017, Racial 
Justice Act; H.R. 4033, Crime Prevention and Community Justice Act 
of 1994; H.R. 4031, Juvenile Prosecution Act of 1994; and H.R. 3993, 
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Act of 1994, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Subcommittee on 
Merchant Marine, hearing on the Administration's proposal for a 
Maritime Security Program, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
joint oversight hearing on Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, 
9:45 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, to mark 
up the following bills: H.R. 2843, to establish the Wheeling 
National Heritage Area in the State of West Virginia; H.R. 1104, to 
establish the Great Falls Historic District Commission for the 
preservation and redevelopment of the Great Falls National Historic 
District in Paterson, New Jersey; H.R. 3498, to establish the Great 
Falls Historic District; and H.R. 2473, to designate certain 
National Forest lands in the State of Montana as wilderness, to 
release other National Forest lands in the State of Montana for 
multiple use management, 1 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, to continue hearings on FAA Staffing from Fiscal Year 1995 
and Beyond Budget Freeze, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Energy, hearing on Department of Energy Budget Fiscal Year 1995 
Overview, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, to continue 
hearings on Health Care Reform, with emphasis on the Role of Medical 
Technologies View of the Administration, 9:30 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on the status of the 
Administration's credit availability initiatives, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, to continue 
markup of H.R. 3600, Health Security Act, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, and the Subcommittee on 
Trade, joint hearing on H.R. 2229, Free Trade with Cuba Act, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Program and Budget Authorization, executive, to continue hearings on 
Fiscal Year 1995 Intelligence budget, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
review the legislative recommendations of the Paralyzed Veterans of 
America, the Jewish War Veterans, the Blinded Veterans Association, 
and Non Commissioned Officers Association, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon 
Building.