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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of March 21 through 26, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will consider S. 208, to reform the 
concessions policies of the National Park Service.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to consider the 
Congressional Budget Resolution, and consider conference reports, when 
available, and any cleared executive and legislative business.
  (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, 
March 22, for party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: March 21, 22 and 23, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995, Monday, for the 
Department of State, 1 p.m.; Tuesday, for the Department of 
Commerce, 10 a.m.; Wednesday, for the Office of the Attorney 
General, 10 a.m.; Monday in SR-253, Tuesday in S-146, Capitol and 
Wednesday in SR-253.
  March 22 and 24, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1995, Tuesday, for the Department of Education, 9:30 
a.m.; Thursday, for the Department of Labor, 9:30 a.m.; SD-138.
  March 22 and 24, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995, Tuesday, for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on manpower and personnel programs, 
10 a.m.; Thursday, for National Guard and Reserve programs, focusing 
on manpower and equipment requirements and the restructuring of 
brigades, 10 a.m., SD-116.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for foreign 
assistance programs, focusing on the U.S. role in the multilateral 
development banks, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  March 24, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Federal 
Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation, and the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK), 2 p.m., SD-138.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, General 
Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1995 for the Office of Management and Budget, and the Executive 
Office of the President, 10 a.m., SD-116.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 24, Subcommittee on Military 
Readiness and Infrastructure, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
on the operation and maintenance accounts and on the defense 
business operations fund, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 23, 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings on 
competition in the U.S. biotechnology industry, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 23, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and 
Forests, to hold hearings on S. 1270, to establish the Cache La 
Poudre River National Water Heritage Area in Colorado, S. 1324, to 
exchange certain lands of the Columbia Basin Federal reclamation 
project, Washington, S. 1402, to convey a certain parcel of public 
land to the county of Twin Falls, Idaho, for use as a landfill, S. 
1703, to expand the boundaries of the Piscataway National Park, and 
H.R. 194, to withdraw and reserve certain public lands and minerals 
within the State of Colorado for military uses, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  March 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the effect 
of the Administration's Superfund reauthorization proposals on the 
Department of Energy's Environmental Restoration and Waste 
Management Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: March 22, business meeting, to mark up S. 
1231, to provide for simplified collection of employment taxes on 
domestic services, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 22, to hold hearings on the 
Chemical Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-21); and to hold a 
business meeting to act on pending calendar business (approximately 
10:20 a.m.), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  March 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Edward W. Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be the U.S. Deputy 
Representative to the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, 
David E. Birenbaum, of the District of Columbia, to be the U.S. 
Representative to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, 
with the rank of Ambassador, Arvonne S. Fraser, of Minnesota, for 
the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as the U.S. 
Representative on the Commission on the Status of Women of the 
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and Henry Howard, 
Jr., of Virginia, to be an Associate Director for Management, and 
John P. Loiello, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Director for Educational and Cultural Affairs, both of the U.S. 
Information Agency, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  March 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United 
States policy toward Russia, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: March 22, Subcommittee on 
Federal Services, Post Office, and Civil Service, to hold hearings 
on assuring safe and adequate weapons for U.S. troops through 
operational testing, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  March 23, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office, and Civil 
Service, to hold hearings to review the Annual Report of the Post 
Master General, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 23, Subcommittee on 
Constitution, to hold hearings on S. 1882, to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to promote the safe use of guns and to reduce gun 
violence, focusing on public health and child safety, 9:30 a.m., SD-
628.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: March 22, to hold hearings 
to examine aspects of reforming the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  March 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
to authorize funds for the National Science Foundation, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, to hold 
hearings on S. 1513, authorizing funds for programs of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, focusing on 
professional development, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  March 25, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the 
Committee on Indian Affairs to examine headstart programs serving 
Native Americans, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 24, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the 
legislative recommendations of the AMVETS, American Ex-Prisoners of 
War, Vietnam Veterans of America, Veterans of World War I, 
Association of the U.S. Army, The Retired Officers Association, and 
the Military Order of the Purple Heart, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon 
Building.
  March 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending veterans 
legislation, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 23, to hold hearings on S. 
1021, to assure religious freedom to Native Americans, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-485.
  March 25, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the 
Committee on Labor and Human Resources to examine headstart programs 
serving Native Americans, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 22 and 24, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, Tuesday at 4 p.m. and Thursday at 
2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of the following 15 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 3235, Money Laundering Suppression Act of 1994.
  2. H.R. 4067, Multi-family Housing Property Disposal Reform Act.
  3. S. 1574, To Authorize Appropriations for the Coastal Heritage 
Trail Route in the State of New Jersey.
  4. H.R. 3516, To Increase Highway Authorization for Chickamauga and 
Chattanooga National Military Park in Georgia.
  5. H.R. 4034, The Urban Recreation and At-Risk Youth Act of 1994.
  6. H. Con. Res. 124, Concerning the Emancipation of the Iranian 
Baha'i Community.
  7. H.R. 3813, Environmental Export Promotion Act of 1994.
  8. H.R. 3360, The Ballast Water Control Act.
  9. H.R. 3786, The Recreational Boating Safety Improvement Act.
  10. H.R. 3883, to amend the Boundaries of the Flower Garden Banks 
National Marine Sanctuary.
  11. H.R. 1394, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
Great Lakes Improvement Act.
  12. H.R. 2063, National Coastal Resources Development Act of 1993.
  13. H.R. 2760, The Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1993.
  14. H.R. 3664, To Convey to the State of Minnesota the New London 
National Fish Hatchery Production Facility.
  15. S. 476, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
  (Recorded votes on Suspensions will be postponed until the end of 
legislative business).
  Complete consideration of H.R. 6, elementary and Secondary Education 
Amendments of 1993.
  Tuesday, and the balance of the week, Consideration of the conference 
report on H.R. 3345, Federal Workforce Restructuring Act (rule waiving 
points of order);
  Consideration of H. Res. 369, Committee Funding Resolution (subject 
to a rule being granted); and
  Omnibus Crime Control Act (subject to a rule being granted).

  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later. At the close of the week's business, 
the House will recess until noon on Monday, April 11, for the Easter 
District Work Period.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 23, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations and Nutrition, hearing to review domestic and private 
food donation activities, 10:30 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Environment, Credit and Rural 
Development, hearing to review the impact of wetlands and nonpoint 
source pollution regulations on agricultural lands, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Environment, Credit and Rural 
Development, hearing to review the Administration's crop insurance 
reform proposal, 10:30 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 21, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Justice, State, and Judiciary, on Department of State (American 
Institute in Taiwan, Asia Foundation, Protection of Foreign 
Missions, and International Fisheries Commission), 2 p.m., H-310 
Capitol.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Department of Energy (Power Marketing Administration), 2 p.m., 2362B 
Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Interior, on Institute of Museum 
Services and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1 p.m., 
H-308 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Market Promotion 
Program and Foreign Market Development, 9:30 a.m., and on 
Congressional and Public Witnesses, 4 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Department of State (Salaries and Expenses) 10 a.m., and on 
Department of State (Contributions to International Organizations 
and Peacekeeping), 1:30 p.m., H-310 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Pacific Command, 
1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 22, 23 and 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, 
on Congressional and Public Witnesses, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2362B 
Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Interior, on Smithsonian Institution, 10 
a.m., and 1:30 p.m., H-308 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education, on Special 
Institutions for Disabled (Gallaudet, National Technical Institute 
for the Deaf, and American Printing House for the Blind), 10 a.m., 
on Howard University, 11:15 a.m., and on Secretary of Education, 2 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Military Construction, executive, on 
Pacific Region, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  March 22 and 23, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Coast Guard, 
10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General 
Government, on Compensation of the President, Official Residence of 
the Vice President, the White House Office, Special Assistance, 
Office of Administration, Unanticipated Needs and on Office of 
Policy Development, 10 a.m., H-163 Capitol.
  March 22, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
NSF, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Food and Nutrition 
Service, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Department of State (Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings 
Abroad), 10 a.m., Department of State (Representation Allowances, 
Emergencies in the Diplomatic Service, Foreign Service Retirement, 
U.S. Bilateral Science and Technology Agreements and on Office of 
Inspector General), 2 p.m., H-310 Capitol.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Defense, on DOD Environmental Program, 
10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Interior, on Fossil Energy Research and 
Development, Strategic Petroleum Reserves, Naval Petroleum and Oil 
Shale Reserves, and Clean Coal Technology, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., 
H-308 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education, on Elementary and 
Secondary Education and Bilingual and Minority Languages Affairs, 10 
a.m., on Vocational Adult Education, 2 p.m., and on Educational 
Research and Improvement, 3 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General 
Government, on Postal Service, 10 a.m., Congressional and Public 
Witnesses, 1 p.m., H-163 Capitol.
  March 23, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Office of Science and Technology Policy, 10 a.m., and on NSF, 2 
p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Foreign Agriculture 
Service, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Federal Trade Commission, EEOC, and on Civil Rights Commission, 
10 a.m., H-310 Capitol.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Marine Corps 
Procurement and RDT&E, 10 a.m., and executive, on U.S. European 
Command, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Interior, on National Park Service, 10 
a.m., and 1:30 p.m., H-308 Rayburn.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education, on Postsecondary 
Education, 10 a.m., on Education Departmental Management, 2 p.m., 
and on Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, 3 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Military Construction, executive, on 
European Construction and NATO Infrastructure, 9:30 a.m., B-300 
Rayburn.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General 
Government, on the OMB, 10 a.m., H-163 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on FDIC, and on 
Resolution Trust Corporation, 9:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, March 22, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance, hearing on H.R. 3153, 
Home Equity Protection Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Credit Formation, to 
continue hearings on Renewing the Economic Development 
Administration: Improving the Delivery of Economic Development 
Services, 10 a.m., 2222 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, 
Regulation and Deposit Insurance, hearing on H.R. 2443, Equitable 
Escheatment Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, 
hearing on ``Lumber Prices and Housing Affordability,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, 
Trade and Monetary Policy, hearing on international labor and 
environmental standards, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, March 22, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing on Juvenile Crime and Delinquency: Do We Need 
Prevention, 10 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Human Resources and the Subcommittee on 
Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, joint 
hearing on the reauthorization of the Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Program, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights, 
oversight hearing on the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, 
9:30 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational 
Education, hearing on H.R. 8, to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 and the National School Lunch Act to extend certain authorities 
contained in such Acts through fiscal year 1998, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 23, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness, hearing on the 
agreement reached in the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations under 
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
concerning documents subpoenaed by the Subcommittee relevant to its 
environmental crimes investigation, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to continue hearings 
on the restructuring of the Department of Energy's Multiprogram 
Laboratories, 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 22, Subcommittee on 
International Security, International Organizations and Human 
Rights, hearing on Sexual Exploitation of Women and Children, 10:15 
a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment, 
to mark up H.R. 3765, Peace, Prosperity and Democracy Act of 1994, 
1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, hearing on 
U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Middle East, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, hearing on 
Foreign Assistance to Russia and the New Independent States, 9:30 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, March 22, Subcommittee on 
Employment, Housing, and Aviation and the Subcommittee on General 
Oversight, Investigations, and the Resolution of Failed Financial 
Institutions of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, 
joint hearing on Public Housing: Vacant Units, Wasted Federal 
Dollars, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary 
Affairs, to continue hearings on United States-Japan Framework Talks 
on Trade, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, 
hearing to review GSA's Reform Initiative, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural 
Resources, hearing on the Federal Government's Role in Siting Hazard 
Waste Treatment Facilities, 9 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 24, Subcommittee on Intellectual 
Property and Judicial Administration, hearing on H.R. 703, Prison 
Inmate Training and Rehabilitation Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, March 22, Subcommittee 
on Environment and Natural Resources, hearing on Pending Clean Water 
Act Legislation (H.R. 350, Wetlands Reform Act of 1993; H.R. 1330, 
Comprehensive Wetlands Conservation and Management Act of 1993; H.R. 
2543, Nonpoint Sources Water Pollution Prevention Act of 1993; H.R. 
2873, Natural Disaster Protection Act of 1993; and H.R. 3465, 
Wetlands Protection and Management Act), 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Fisheries Management, hearing on 
allegations of conflict of interest involving members of the 
Regional Fishery Management Councils, 1:30 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 22, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 3707, to establish an American Heritage Areas Partnership 
Program in the Department of the Interior; and H.R. 2416, to provide 
for the preservation, interpretation; development and beneficial use 
of natural, cultural, historic and scenic resources that are a 
source of values important to the people of the United States 
through a national partnership system of heritage areas, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  March 23, full Committee, to consider pending business, 9:45 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  March 24, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public 
Lands, to mark up H.R. 2866, Headwaters Forest Act, 10 a.m., 340 
Cannon.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, March 22, Subcommittee 
on Postal Operations and Services, hearing on the use of mail to 
send bombs, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Civil Service and the Subcommittee on 
Census, Statistics and Postal Personnel, joint hearing on H.R. 115, 
Federal and Postal Service Employees Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1993, 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on H.R. 3975, to 
establish temporary measures to facilitate the reemployment of 
Federal employees who are involuntarily separated from teaching 
positions abroad; to amend title 5, United States Code, with respect 
to continuing health benefits for such employees, 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, March 23, to 
consider and mark up the following: various 11 (b) reports; H.R. 
3693, to designate the U.S. courthouse under construction in Denver, 
CO, as the ``Byron White United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 3770, to 
designate the United States courthouse located at 940 Front Street 
in San Diego, CA, and the Federal building attached to the 
courthouse as the ``Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse and Federal 
Building;'' S. 1206, to designate the Federal building located at 
380 Trapelo Road in Waltham, Massachusetts, as the ``Frederick C. 
Murphy Federal Center;'' and H.R. 3567, John F. Kennedy Center Act 
Amendments of 1993, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, hearing on H.R. 
1719, High Risk Drivers, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, March 22, 
Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on the ``Status of Natural Gas 
Vehicle Research, Development and Demonstration'', 1:30 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  March 23, full Committee, to mark up the following: H.R. 3254, 
National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1993; H.R. 3476, to 
amend the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976; and a Committee Report on Oversight Visit-
Baikonur Cosmodrome, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, 
hearing on ``Global Positioning System: What Can't It Do?'' 9:30 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 24, Subcommittee on Regulation, 
Business Opportunities, and Technology, hearing on Medical Insurance 
(Part B) program is administered by private insurance carriers, 9:30 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 23, to mark up pending 
legislation, 9 a.m. 334 Cannon.
  March 23, Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care, hearing on 
VA's plans for implementing national health care reform, 9:30 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  March 24, full Committee, to receive the Legislative Presentations 
of AMVETS, American Ex-Prisoners of War, Vietnam Veterans of 
America, Veterans of World War I, Association of U.S. Army, the 
Retired Officers Association and Military Order of the Purple Heart, 
9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 21, 22 and 23, Subcommittee on 
Health, to continue markup of H.R. 3600, Health Security Act, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth on March 21, 1310 Longworth on March 22 and 
following full Committee on March 23, 1310 Longworth.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures and the 
Subcommittee on Human Resources, joint hearing on the Implementation 
of the Empowerment Zone Provision of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing to reevaluate 
the accuracy and readability of notices sent to beneficiaries by the 
Social Security Administration, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  March 23, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 4066, to suspend 
temporarily the duty on articles imported for certain international 
sports events; and to consider the 1993 Comprehensive Oversight 
Initiative Report of the Committee, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 22, 23 and 24, 
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: March 24, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
review the legislative recommendations of the AMVETS, American Ex-
Prisoners of War, Vietnam Veterans of America, Veterans of World War 
I, Association of the U.S. Army, The Retired Officers Association, 
and the Military Order of the Purple Heart, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon 
Building.
  Office of Technology Assessment: March 24, board meeting, to 
consider pending business, 9 a.m., EF-100, Capitol.