[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 44 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 21, 1994

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
closed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 
for the Department of Defense, focusing on intelligence programs, 10 
a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Department of State, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Federal Aviation 
Administration, Department of Transportation, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Nuclear Deterrence, 
Arms Control, and Defense Intelligence, 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 Department of Energy's environmental restoration and 
waste management programs, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of Ricardo Martinez, of Louisiana, to be 
Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and 
T. R. Lakshmanan, of New Hampshire, to be Director, Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics, both of the Department of Transportation, 
and Carrye Burley Brown, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Administrator, United States Fire Administration, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of William D. 
Hathaway, of Maine, and Joe Scroggins, Jr., of Florida, each to be a 
Federal Maritime Commissioner, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, National Parks and Forests, to hold hearings on S. 1509, to 
transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, 
S. 1897, the Santa Fe National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act, S. 
1975 and H.R. 2921, bills to establish a grant program to restore 
and preserve historic buildings at historically black colleges and 
universities, S. 1980, the Cane River Creole National Historical 
Park and National Heritage Area Act, and S. 1919, the Rio Puerco 
Watershed Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance, to resume hearings on health care reform 
issues, focusing on access to medical care in rural and urban areas, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Narcotics and International Operations, to continue hearings on 
recent developments in transnational crime affecting United States 
law enforcement and foreign policy, the Mutual Legal Assistance 
Treaty in Criminal Matters with Panama (Treaty Doc. 102-15), and the 
1994 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 10 a.m. and 2 
p.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of William J. 
Crowe, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Ralph R. Johnson, of 
Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
Coordinator of the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) 
Program, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, time and room to be announced.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Carl E. 
Stewart, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Fifth Circuit; James G. Carr, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Ohio' Mary M. Lisi, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Rhode Island; Frank M. Hull, to 
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Georgia; W. Louis Sands, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Georgia, and Clarence Cooper, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 2:30 p.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Education, 
Arts and Humanities, to resume hearings on S. 1513, authorizing 
funds for programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965, 10 a.m., SD-430.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E734-E736 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and 
Rural Development, hearing to review the Administration's crop 
insurance reform proposal, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Livestock, to continue markup of the following 
bills: H.R. 2644, Dairy Budget Reconciliation and Self-Help 
Initiative Act; and H.R. 4235, Dairy Producer Market Stabilization 
and Export Development Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and Judiciary, on Legal Services Corporation, and 
International Trade Commission, 10 a.m., and on U.S. Information 
Agency, Board for International Broadcasting and National Endowment 
for Democracy, 2 p.m., H-310 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Navy Procurement and RDT&E, 
10 a.m., and executive, on Chemical Demilitarization, 1:30 p.m., H-
140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on Human Rights, 9 a.m., and on Assistant Secretary of 
State for Human Rights, 12:00 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Geological Survey, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor--Health and Human Services--Education, on 
National Eye Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive 
and Kidney Disease, National Institute of Child Health and Human 
Development, and on National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and 
Alcoholism, 10 a.m., and on National Institute of Arthritis and 
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of Mental 
Health, National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication 
Disorders, and National Institute on Aging, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Congressional and Public 
Witnesses, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Selective 
Service System, 10 a.m., and on Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
2 p.m. H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1432, Department of Energy Laboratory Technology Act of 1993; and 
H.R. 2238, Federal Acquisition Improvement Act of 1993, 9 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Acquisition and the Subcommittee Research 
and Technology, executive, to continue joint hearings on the fiscal 
year 1995 national defense authorization, receiving an overview 
briefing on Defense Department special access programs, 11:30 a.m. 
H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Military Forces and Personnel, to continue 
hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense authorization, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue hearings 
on the fiscal year 1995 national defense authorization, 2 p.m., 2337 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, to continue hearings on the fiscal year 
1995 national defense authorization, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, to mark up H.R. 
2442, Economic Development Association Reauthorization Act of 1994, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 3842, Head Start Act Amendments of 1994; H.R. 4084, Community 
Services Block Grant Amendments of 1994; and H.R. 4085, Low-Income 
Home Energy Assistance Amendments of 1994, 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, to mark up H.R. 3600, 
Health Security Act, 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights, oversight 
hearing on the Environmental Education Act, 2 p.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness, hearing on H.R. 1910, 
Fairness in Product Liability Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International 
Security, International Organizations and Human Rights, hearing on 
Challenges to U.S. Security in the 1990's, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Administrative Law and 
Governmental Relations, oversight hearing on the reauthorization of 
the Administrative Conference of the United States, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3567, John F. Kennedy Center Act Amendments of 1993; H.R. 743, to 
amend the National Park Service Concession Policy Act to foster 
competition among concessioners, to improve the management of 
concessions consistent with the preservation of resources and the 
purpose of the National Parks System; and H.R. 1493, H.R. 2146, and 
S. 208, to reform the concessions policies of the National Park 
Service, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Subcommittee on 
Census, Statistics and Postal Personnel, to mark up H.R. 115, 
Federal and Postal Service Employees Occupational Safety and Health 
Act, 9:45 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight, hearing on Highway, Bridge and Transit 
Infrastructure Needs, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, hearing and markup 
of the following: GSA Fiscal Year 1995 Capital Improvement Program, 
which includes construction and major repair and alteration 
projects; 11(b) resolutions; H.R. 3840, to designate the Federal 
building and U.S. courthouse located at 100 East Houston Street in 
Marshall, TX, as the ``Sam B. Hall, Jr., Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse; H.R. 3724, to designate the U.S. courthouse 
located in Bridgeport, CT, as the ``Brien McMahon Federal 
Building;'' H.R. 4204, to designate the Federal building located at 
711 Washington Street in Boston, MA, as the ``Jean Mayer Human 
Nutrition Research Center on Aging;'' H.R. 3914, to designate the 
Federal building located at 1655 Woodson Road in Overland, MO, as 
the ``Sammy L. Davis Federal Building;'' H. Con. Res. 237, 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 13th annual 
National Peace Officers' Memorial Service; H. Con. Res. 236, 
authorizing the 1994 Special Olympics torch relay to be run through 
the Capitol Grounds; and H. Con. Res. 238, authorizing the use of 
the Capitol grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby; and 
to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1638, to amend the Excellence 
in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education Act of 1990 to 
establish the National Academy of Science, Space, and Technology at 
State universities, to expand the scholarship program associated 
with such Academy, to direct the Administrator of General Services 
to construct a public building to provide space for the headquarters 
of such Academy; and H.R. 2680, to amend the Public Buildings Act of 
1959 concerning the calculation of public building transactions, 
8:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 3221, Iraq 
Claims Act of 1993; and H.R. 3254, National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act of 1994, 12:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Energy, hearing on Fusion Policy, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, hearing on 
``The GATT Subsidies Code and Its Impact on R&D,'' 9:30 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Legislation, executive, to continue hearings on Legislative 
Proposals, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee, to hold a roundtable discussion on the 
economics of health care, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to hold a 
briefing to review the results of the Commission on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe Migrant Workers Seminar, held March 21-25, 
1994 in Warsaw, Poland, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn Building.