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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of April 25 through 30, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider S. 1963, Interstate Banking and 
Branching Act.
  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of S. 1963, Interstate 
Banking and Branching Act.
  During the week, Senate also expects to consider S. 2042, to remove 
the United States arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina; conference reports, when available; and any cleared 
executive and legislative business.
  (Senate will recess from 12 noon until 3 p.m., on Tuesday, April 26, 
for party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: April 25, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for 
International Affairs and Commodity Programs, Natural Resources and 
Environment, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, 
Foreign Agriculture Service, Soil Conservation Service, and Federal 
Crop Insurance Corporation, all of the Department of Agriculture, 2 
p.m., SD-138.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for 
energy and water development programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold closed hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on National Foreign Intelligence Programs (NFIP) 
and Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities (TIARA), 10 a.m., 
S-407, Capitol.
  April 26 and 28, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1995, Tuesday, for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
and the Office of Justice Programs, both of the Department of 
Justice, 10 a.m.; Thursday, for the United States Information 
Agency, and the Federal Communications Commission, 10 a.m.; S-146, 
Capitol.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for foreign 
assistance programs, focusing on U.S. assistance to the former 
Soviet Union, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Federal 
Transit Administration, Department of Transportation, and the 
Washington Metro Transit Authority, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 28, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for 
the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Council on 
Environmental Quality, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Department of the Interior, 2:30 p.m., SD-116.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 26, Subcommittee on Nuclear 
Deterrence, Arms Control, and Defense Intelligence, to hold hearings 
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for 
the Department of Defense, and the future years defense program, 
focusing on the chemical demilitarization program, 9:30 a.m., SR-
222.
  April 26, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 1587, to 
revise and streamline the acquisition laws of the Federal 
Government, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 25, to 
hold hearings on S. 1945, to authorize funds for fiscal year 1995 
for certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  April 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Rear Adm. Robert E. Kramek, USCG, to be Commandant, and Rear Adm. 
Arthur E. Henn, USCG, to be Vice Commandant, both of the United 
States Coast Guard, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  April 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for the United States Coast Guard, 10:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  April 27, Full Committee, to resume hearings on S. 1350, to 
provide for an expanded Federal program of hazards mitigation and 
insurance against the risk of catastrophic natural disasters, such 
as hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 27, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and 
Forests, to hold hearings on S. 1549, to revise the act establishing 
Golden Gate National Recreation Area to provide for the management 
of the Presidio by the Secretary of the Interior, and S. 1639, to 
provide for the management of the portions of the Presidio under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 26, Subcommittee 
on Water Resources, Transportation, Public Buildings, and Economic 
Development, to hold hearings on S. 1760, to improve the process of 
constructing, altering, purchasing, and acquiring public buildings, 
and to review the General Services Administration's fiscal year 1995 
public buildings program, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 26, to resume hearings to examine 
health care issues, focusing on the tax treatment of employer-
provided health care, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  April 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the tax 
treatment of organizations providing health care services, and 
excise taxes on tobacco products, guns, and ammunition, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 27, business meeting, to 
consider pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: April 26, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  April 28, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the impact 
of unfunded Federal mandates on how State and local governments 
provide programs, services, and activities, and on related measures 
including S. 563, S. 648, S. 993, and S. 1604, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 26, to hold hearings to examine 
crime prevention for children who are at a greater risk of being 
abused, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Technology and the Law, to hold hearings 
to examine privacy and competitiveness issues in the 
telecommunications industry, focusing on the Administration's 
``clipper chip'' key escrow encryption program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  April 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 
2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: April 26, 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, focusing on foreign education, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism, 
to hold hearings on emerging issues regarding child abuse, 1:30 
p.m., SD-430.
  April 28, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the 
Committee on Labor and Human Resources' Subcommittee on Children, 
Family, Drugs and Alcoholism on methods for preventing youth 
violence, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  April 28, 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-628.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: April 28, to resume 
hearings on S. 1824, to improve the operations of the legislative 
branch of the Federal Branch, focusing on Subtitle A, Parts I and II 
of Title III, relating to Congressional biennial budgeting and 
additional budget process changes, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: April 27, to hold oversight 
hearings on dangerous exposures in the Persian Gulf War, 10 a.m., 
SD-G50.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 26, business meeting, to mark 
up S. 1526, to improve the management of Indian fish and wildlife 
and gathering resources; to be followed by an oversight hearing on 
the regulation of Indian gaming, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  April 28, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on water and 
sanitation issues in rural Alaska, 2 p.m., SR-485.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following 9 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 4013, Veterans Health Programs Improvements Act of 1994;
  2. S. 1636, Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994;
  3. H.R. 4250, to reauthorize Head Start, Community Services Block 
Grants, and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP);
  4. H.R. 1727, the Arson Prevention Act;
  5. H.J. Res. 279, Smithsonian Regent Appointment Ibanez;
  6. H.J. Res. 280, Smithsonian Regent Appointment Schrontz;
  7. H.R. 2135, Native American Veterans Memorial;
  8. H.R. 4204, to designate the Federal Building in Boston, 
Massachusetts, as the ``Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on 
Aging''; and
  9. H. Con. Res. 237, use of the Capitol grounds for the 13th Annual 
National Peace Officers' Memorial Service.
  (Recorded votes ordered on Suspensions will be postponed until after 
debate on all Suspensions).
  Wednesday, and Thursday, Consideration of H.R. 3221, Iraqi Claims Act 
(modified rule, one hour of general debate);
  Consideration of H.R. 2333, Conference report on State Department and 
related agencies authorization (subject to a rule being granted); and
  Consideration of H.R. 3245, National Science Foundation authorization 
subject to a rule being granted).
  Friday, No legislative business is scheduled.

  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later.


                            House Committees

[D21AP4-223]{D430}Committee
  Committee on Agriculture, April 27, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations and Nutrition, hearing to review the Mediterranean Fruit Fly 
Eradication Program, 2 p.m., 1302 Longworth.
[D21AP4-224]{D430}April 27,
  April 27, Subcommittee on Livestock, to continue consideration of H.R. 
4235, Dairy Producer Market Stabilization and Export Development Act of 
1994, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
[D21AP4-225]{D430}April 28,
  April 28, Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and Hunger, hearing to 
review high-value agricultural exports and the contribution to the rural 
economy, 9:30 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
[D21AP4-226]{D430}Committee
  Committee on Appropriations, April 25, Subcommittee on Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing and Related Agencies, on Congressional and 
Public Witnesses, 9 a.m., H-307 Capitol.
[D21AP4-227]{D430}April 25,
  April 25, Subcommittee on Interior, on Fish and Wildlife Service, 1 
p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-228]{D430}April 25,
  April 25, 26, 27 and 28, Subcommittee on Transportation, on 
Congressional and Public Witnesses, 11 a.m., on April 25, and 10 a.m., on 
April 26, 27 and 28, 2358 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-229]{D430}April 26,
  April 26, 27 and 28, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary, on Congressional and Public Witnesses, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., H-
310 Capitol.
[D21AP4-230]{D430}April 26,
  April 26, Subcommittee on Interior, on Indian Health Service, 10 a.m., 
and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-231]{D430}April 26,
  April 26, Subcommittee on Labor--Health and Human Services--Education, 
on Health Resources and Services Administration, 10 a.m., Centers for 
Disease Control, 11 a.m., and on National Center for Human Genome 
Research, Fogarty International Center, National Library of Medicine, and 
National Center for Research Resources, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-232]{D430}April 26,
  April 26, 27, and 28, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, 
on Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2360 
Rayburn on April 26 and H-143 Capitol on April 27 and 28.
[D21AP4-233]{D430}April 27,
  April 27, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on U.S. Space Command, 10 
a.m., and on DOD Medical Programs, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
[D21AP4-234]{D430}April 27,
  April 27, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Agencies, on International Response to AIDS aid, State, CDC, 
UNDP, and WHO, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-235]{D430}April 27,
  April 27, Subcommittee on Interior, on National Endowment for the 
Humanities, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-236]{D430}April 27,
  April 27, Subcommittee on Labor--Health and Human Services--Education, 
on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, 10 a.m., on Agency 
for Health Care Policy and Research, 11 a.m., and on Office of Assistant 
Secretary for Health, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-237]{D430}April 28,
  April 28, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Agencies, on U.S. Trade Investment Overseas, 10 a.m., 2362A 
Rayburn.
[D21AP4-238]{D430}April 28,
  April 28, Subcommittee on Interior, on Forest Service, 10 a.m., and 
1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-239]{D430}April 28,
  April 28, Subcommittee on Labor--Health and Human Services--Education, 
on Health Care Financing Administration, 10 a.m., and on SSA, 11 a.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-240]{D430}Committee
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, April 26, Subcommittee 
on Housing and Community Development, to continue hearings on H.R. 3838, 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-241]{D430}April 27,
  April 27, Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade and 
Monetary Policy, hearing on the Inter-American Development Bank, 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-242]{D430}April 28,
  April 28, Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance, hearing on 
consumer access to financial services with a focus on low- and moderate-
income consumers' difficulties in obtaining access to conventional 
services and the nature of the services they consequently use, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-243]{D430}Committee
  Committee on the District of Columbia, April 26, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 4242, to enforce the law regulating the height of 
buildings in the District of Columbia by prohibiting the District of 
Columbia from issuing any building or occupancy permit for the project 
described in Zoning Commission Case 93-9C unless the project is modified 
to conform to such law; and H.R. 4243, to confirm limitations on the 
height of buildings and roof structures in the District of Columbia, to 
expand the authority of the National Capital Planning Commission to 
enforce such limitations, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
[D21AP4-244]{D430}Committee
  Committee on Education and Labor, April 26 and 27, Subcommittee on 
Labor-Management Relations, to continue markup of H.R. 3600, Health 
Security Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-245]{D430}April 28,
  April 28, Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights, hearing on 
the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 
9:30 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-246]{D430}Committee
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness, hearing on H.R. 2607, 
Professional Boxing Corporation Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-247]{D430}April 28,
  April 28, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and 
Competitiveness, hearing on Metropolitan Life Insurance, 10 a.m., room to 
be announced.
[D21AP4-248]{D430}Committee
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 26, hearing on the Impact of 
Television on U.S. Foreign Policy, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-249]{D430}April 26,
  April 26, Subcommittee on International Security, International 
Organizations and Human Rights, to continue hearings on the Oversight of 
the State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1993 
and U.S. Human Rights Policy: Part 2, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-250]{D430}Committee
  Committee on Government Operations, April 27 and 28, Subcommittee on 
Information, Justice, Transportation and Agriculture, to continue 
hearings on H.R. 4077, Fair Health Information Practices Act of 1994, 
9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-251]{D430}April 27,
  April 27, Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, hearing on 
Effectiveness of Efforts to Address Deficiencies in the B-1B Bomber 
Program, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-252]{D431}April 29,
  April 29, Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources, 
hearing on Clean Air Protection Problems at National Parks Wilderness 
Areas, 9 a.m. 2247 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-253]{D431}Committee
  Committee on House Administration, April 28, Subcommittee on Accounts, 
to consider pending business, 2 p.m., H-328 Capitol.
[D21AP4-254]{D431}Committee
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 25, Subcommittee on Crime and 
Criminal Justice, hearing on H.R. 3527, Public Safety and Recreation 
Firearms Use Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-255]{D431}April 27,
  April 27, Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental 
Relations, hearing on H.R. 2289, Office of Government Ethics 
Authorization Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-256]{D431}Committee
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, April 27, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 3679, Junior Duck Stamp Conservation Program; H.R. 
4246, Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995; 
H.R. 3982, Ocean Radioactive Dumping Ban Act of 1994; and H.R. 4236, to 
establish a National Underseas Research Program within the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
[D21AP4-257]{D431}April 28,
  April 28, Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, hearing on funding proposals 
for Maritime Reform, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
[D21AP4-258]{D431}Committee
  Committee on Natural Resource, April 26, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
3593, to establish the Ohio and Erie Canal National Corridor in the State 
of Ohio as an affiliated area of the National Parks System; and H.R. 
2633, to revise the boundaries of the Blackstone River Valley National 
Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
[D21AP4-259]{D431}April 26,
  April 26, Subcommittee on Native American Affairs, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 3508, Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1993; and H.R. 
4231, to prohibit regulations that classify, enhance, or diminish the 
privileges and immunities of an Indian tribe relative to other federally 
recognized Indian tribes, 9:11 a.m., 340 Cannon.
[D21AP4-260]{D431}April 27,
  April 27, full Committee, to consider the following bills: H.R. 3567, 
John F. Kennedy Center Act Amendments of 1993; S. 208, National Park 
Service Concessions Policy Reform Act of 1994; and H.R. 2866, Headwaters 
Forest Act, 9:45 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
[D21AP4-261]{D431}April 28,
  April 28, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1181, to increase Federal payments 
in lieu of taxes to units of general local government; and S. 455, to 
amend title 31, United States Code, to increase Federal payments to units 
of general local government for entitlement lands, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
[D21AP4-262]{D431}Committee
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, April 26, to continue 
oversight hearings on the U.S. Postal Service, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
[D21AP4-263]{D431}April 28,
  April 28, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on H.R. 2289, Office 
of Government Ethics Authorization Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
[D21AP4-264]{D431}Committee
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, April 27, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on the United States International Aviation Policy, 
9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-265]{D431}April 28,
  April 28, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on 
Aviation Infrastructure Needs, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-266]{D431}Committee
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, April 26, Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment and Aviation, hearing on Total Quality Management 
in Health Care, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-267]{D431}Committee
  Committee on Small Business, April 26, hearing on the GATT Uruguay 
Round: Implications for Small Business, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-268]{D431}April 27,
  April 27, hearing on H.R. 4263, Small Business and Minority Small 
Business Procurement Opportunities Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-269]{D431}April 28,
  April 28, hearing on SBA's Legislative Proposal, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-270]{D431}Committee
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 27, Subcommittee on Hospitals and 
Health Care, to mark up H.R. 3600, Health Security Act, 9 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
[D21AP4-271]{D431}April 28,
  April 28, Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, and Insurance, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 4088, Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments 
of 1994; H.R. 2997, to amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the 
addition by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of certain diseases to the 
list of diseases occurring in veterans that are considered to be service 
connected; H.R. 3159, to amend title 38, United States Code, to codify 
the addition by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of certain additional 
diseases to the list of diseases occurring in veterans that are 
considered to be service-connected; H.R. 69, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to provide reclassification of members of the Board of 
Veterans Appeals and to ensure pay equity between those members and 
administrative law judges; H.R. 3240, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to eliminate the terms for appointment for members of the Board of 
Veterans Appeals and to ensure pay equity between those members and 
administrative law judges; and H.R. 1986, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to provide that the effective date for discontinuance of 
compensation and pension paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
be the date on which the recipient dies, rather than the last day of the 
preceding month in the case of a veteran with a surviving spouse, 9:30 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
[D21AP4-272]{D431}Committee
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 27, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 4278, Social Security Act Amendments of 1994; and H.R. 4277, Social 
Security Administrative Reform Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
[D21AP4-273]{D431}Permanent
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 26, Subcommittee on 
Legislation, to continue hearings on Legislative Proposals, 2 p.m., H-105 
Capitol.
[D21AP4-274]{D431}April 27,
  April 27, full Committee, hearing on Counterintelligence, 1:30 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
[D21AP4-275]{D431}April 28,
  April 28, Subcommittee on Program and Budget Authorization, executive, 
to mark up Fiscal Year 1995 Intelligence Budget, 2 p.m., H-105 Capitol.