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                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1994

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 1995 for the Office of the Attorney General, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for energy and water 
development programs, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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 Department of Energy national security programs and on 
safety issues at the Department of Energy defense nuclear 
facilities, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold hearings 
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Federal Transit 
Authority, focusing on operating assistance to transit authorities 
and the New Starts light rail program, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 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, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  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.
  Committee on Finance, to resume hearings to examine the result of 
the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and what more 
needs to be accomplished before the trade agreements are to be 
signed on April 15, 1994, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to examine United 
States policy toward Russia, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation to authorize funds for the National Science 
Foundation, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold hearings on S. 1021, to 
assure religious freedom to Native Americans, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations 
and Nutrition, hearing to review domestic and private food donation 
activities, 10:30 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  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.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Food and Nutrition Service, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on DOD Environmental Program, 10 a.m., H-
140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Congressional and 
Public Witnesses, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Fossil Energy Research and 
Development, Strategic Petroleum Reserves, Naval Petroleum and Oil 
Shale Reserves, and Clean Coal Technology, 10:30 a.m., and 1:30 
p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to continue on the Coast Guard, 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General Government, on 
Postal Service, 10 a.m., Congressional and Public Witnesses, 1 p.m., 
H-163 Capitol.
  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.
  Committee on Armed Services, to continue hearings on the fiscal 
year 1995 national defense authorization, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Development, hearing on ``Lumber Prices and 
Housing Affordability,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  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, 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.
  Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights, oversight 
hearing on the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, 9:30 a.m., 
2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials, hearing on 
the Amtrak Investment Act of 1994, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International 
Security, International Organizations and Human Rights, hearing on 
Stemming the Plutonium Tide: Limiting the Accumulation of Excess 
Weapon-Usable Nuclear Material, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Consumer, and Monetary Affairs, to continue hearings on United 
States-Japan Framework Talks on Trade, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 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, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 2843, to establish the Wheeling National Heritage Area in the 
State of West Virginia; H.R. 3498, to establish the Great Falls 
Historic District; 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; and S. 1654, to make certain technical corrections, 9:45 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, 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.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, 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, 10:30 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to continue consideration of H.R. 4092, 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 10:30 a.m., 
H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 3254, National Science Foundation Authorization Act 
of 1993; H.R. 3476, National Science and Technology Policy, 
Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976; H.R. 3870, Environmental 
Technologies Act of 1994; and a Committee Report on Oversight 
Visit--Baikonur Cosmodrome, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space, hearing on NASA Authorization: Space 
Transportation, 1:30 p.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 4013, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs with necessary flexibility in staffing 
the Veterans Health Administration, to authorize the Secretary to 
establish pilot programs for health care delivery; and H.R. 1617, to 
authorize the establishment on the grounds of the Edward Hines, Jr., 
Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL, of a facility to 
provide temporary accommodations for family members of severely ill 
children being treated at a nearby university medical center, 9 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care, hearing on VA's plans 
for implementing national health care reform, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 4066, to suspend 
temporarily the duty on personal effects of participants in, and 
certain other individuals associated with, the 1994 World Cup Soccer 
Games, the 1994 World Rowing Championships, the 1995 Special 
Olympics World Games, the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 1996 
Paralympics, and to consider the 1993 Comprehensive Oversight 
Initiative Report of the Committee, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Health, to continue markup of H.R. 3600, Health 
Security Act, following full Committee, 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.