[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 38 (Tuesday, April 12, 1994)]
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                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1994

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
oversight hearings on disaster assistance programs, 10 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Department of Energy, focusing on fossil energy and clean coal 
programs, 10 a.m., SD-116.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the United States Coast 
Guard, Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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 logistics 
and ammunition programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  Subcommittee on Coalition Defense and Reinforcing Forces, to 
resume hearings on proposed legislation to authorize funds for 
fiscal year 1995 for the Department of Defense, and the future years 
defense program, focusing on policy and plans for multinational 
peace operations, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold 
oversight hearings on Government Sponsored Enterprises housing 
goals, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Surface Transportation, to hold hearings on S. 2002, to authorize 
funds for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, and S. 1942, 
to authorize funds for the local rail freight assistance program, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Arnold 
Gregory Holz, of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings 
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National Science 
Foundation, 3:15 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to resume hearings on the 
Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Production, 
Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, 
opened for signature and signed by the United States at Paris on 
January 13, 1993 (Treaty Doc. 103-21), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Charles H. 
Twining, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Cambodia, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings on S. 774, to 
authorize funds for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday 
Commission, extend such Commission, and establish a national Service 
Day to promote community service, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, business meeting, to mark 
up S. 1995, to authorize funds for migrant, community and homeless 
health center programs of the Public Health Service Act, S. 2000, to 
authorize funds for fiscal years 1995 through 1998 to carry out the 
Head Start Act and the Community Services Block Grant Act, and H.R. 
1036, to revise the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
to provide that such Act does not preempt certain State laws, and to 
consider pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings to examine 
interstate sales tax collection, 2 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, business meeting, to mark up S. 1216, 
to resolve the 107th Meridian boundary dispute between the Crow 
Indian Tribe, the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe, and the United 
States and various other issues pertaining to the Crow Indian 
Reservation, S. 1526, to improve the management of Indian fish and 
wildlife and gathering resources, and S. 720, to clean up open dumps 
on Indian lands; to be followed by a hearing on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
9:30 a.m., SR-485.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Agricultural 
Marketing Service, 9:30 a.m., and on Congressional and Public 
Witnesses, 4 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on 
Department of Commerce (Bureau of the Census and Economics and 
Statistical Analysis), 10 a.m., and on Department of Commerce 
(General Administration and Inspector General), 2 p.m., H-310 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Defense Conversion, 10 a.m., and 
executive, on Intelligence, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Energy Conservation, 10 a.m., and 
1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Transit Administration, 
10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on EPA, 10 a.m., 
and 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Acquisition, 
to mark up H.R. 1432, Department of Energy Laboratory Technology Act 
of 1993; and to hold a hearing on the fiscal year 1995 national 
defense authorization, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Research and Technology, to continue hearings on 
the fiscal year 1995 national defense authorization request, 9:30 
a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, hearing on the 
risks that hedge funds pose to the banking system, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Credit Formation, to mark up 
H.R. 2442, Economic Development Administration Reauthorization Act 
of 1993, 2 p.m., 2222 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, April 13, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 2108, Black Lung Benefits Restoration Act of 
1993; H.R. 1517, to extend the coverage of certain Federal labor 
laws to foreign documented vessels; H.R. 1231, to amend the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (known as the Davis-Bacon Act), to revise the standard 
for coverage under that Act; and H.R. 2721, Federal Employee 
Fairness Act of 1993, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Federal government's response to the 
falsification of breast cancer research at St. Luc Hospital, 
Montreal, funded by the National Cancer Institute as part of the 
National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe and the 
Middle East, hearing on U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Middle East, 
9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Libraries and 
Memorials, to consider pending business, 9:30 a.m., H-328 Capitol.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Subcommittee on 
Merchant Marine, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3821, United 
States Passenger Vessel Development Act; and H.R. 3822, United 
States Passenger Vessel Development Tax Act, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing to review recent developments in the FAA's 
Advanced Automation System Program, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on the 
Cleanup of the Tijuana River, 9:30 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Subcommittee on Rules of the House, to 
continue hearings on H.R. 3801, Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1994, 9:30 a.m., Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to mark up H.R. 3870, 
Environmental Technologies Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy, to mark up H.R. 1432, Department of Energy 
Laboratory Technology Act of 1993, 3 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space, hearing on Space Station, Part I, 1:30 
p.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Legislation, executive, to continue hearings on Legislative 
Proposals, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
       *These figures include all measures reported, even if there 
     was no accompanying report. A total of 28 reports have been 
     filed in the Senate; a total of 57 reports have been filed in 
     the House.
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                    Resume of Congressional Activity

            SECOND SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS


    The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative 
business transacted by the Senate and House.
    The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the 
Senate by the President for Senate confirmation.

                      DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY


                   January 25 through March 31, 1994

                                                                 STotal
     Days in session..............................................
     Time in session.................................184 hrs., 4..
     Congressional Record:
         Pages of proceedings................................6,220
         Extensions of Remarks.................................603
     Public bills enacted into law..............................18
     Private bills enacted into law...............................
     Bills in conference..........................................
     Measures passed, total....................................137
         Senate bills.............................................
         House bills..............................................
         Senate joint resolutions.................................
         House joint resolutions..................................
         Senate concurrent resolutions............................
         House concurrent resolutions.............................
         Simple resolutions.......................................
     Measures reported, total..................................*97
         Senate bills.............................................
         House bills..............................................
         Senate joint resolutions.................................
         House joint resolutions..................................
         Senate concurrent resolutions............................
         House concurrent resolutions.............................
         Simple resolutions.......................................
     Special reports..............................................
     Conference reports...........................................
     Measures pending on calendar..............................1..
     Measures introduced, total................................877
         Bills.................................................4..
         Joint resolutions........................................
         Concurrent resolutions...................................
         Simple resolutions.......................................
     Quorum calls.................................................
     Yea-and-nay votes............................................
     Recorded votes...............................................
     Bills vetoed.................................................
     Vetoes overridden............................................
                  DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS


                   January 25 through March 31, 1994

     Civilian nominations, totaling 293 (including 172 
       nominations carried over from the first session), 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed..........................................167...
         Unconfirmed........................................126...

     Civilian nominations (FS, PHS, CG, NOAA), totaling 1,192 
       (including 38 nominations carried over from the first 
       session), disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed..........................................418...
         Unconfirmed........................................774...

     Air Force nominations, totaling 6,612 (including 4 
       nominations carried over from the first session), 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed........................................6,584...
         Unconfirmed.........................................28...

     Army nominations, totaling 5,565 (including 1,686 carried 
       over from the first session), disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed........................................4,912...
         Unconfirmed........................................653...

     Navy nominations, totaling 5,019 (including 657 
       nominations carried over from the first session), 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed........................................4,479...
         Unconfirmed........................................540...

     Marine Corps nominations, totaling 1,089 (including 15 
       nominations carried over from the first session), 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed..........................................305...
         Unconfirmed........................................784...

                                Summary
     Total nominations carried over from the first session2,572
     Total nominations received this session.............17,198
     Total confirmed.....................................16,865
     Total unconfirmed....................................2,905