[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 54 (Friday, May 6, 1994)]
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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                     Week of May 9 through 14, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 978, National 
Environmental Technology Act and an amendment to be proposed thereto, 
following which Senate will consider S. 2019, Safe Drinking Water Act 
Amendments.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 2042, to remove 
the United States arms embargo of the government of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina.
  On Wednesday, Senate will consider H. Con. Res. 218, Congressional 
Budget Conference Report, and resume consideration of S. 1935, 
Congressional Gifts Reform Act, and S. 978, National Environmental 
Technology Act.
  During the week, Senate may also consider further conference reports, 
when available, and any cleared executive and legislative business.
  (Senate will recess from 12 noon until 2:30 p.m., on Tuesday, May 10, 
for party conferences.)
  (No rollcall votes will occur prior to 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 11, 
1994.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 11, to hold 
hearings to examine the Administration's crop insurance proposal, 10 
a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 10 and 12, Subcommittee on 
Defense, Tuesday, closed briefing on counter-proliferation, 10 a.m.; 
Thursday, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1995 for the Department of Defense, focusing on C-17, 2 p.m.; 
Tuesday in S-407, Capitol and Thursday in SD-192.
  May 10 and 12, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995, Tuesday, 
for the Government Printing Office, and General Accounting Office, 
10 a.m.; Thursday, for Architect of the Capitol, 10 a.m.; SD-116.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1995 for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the 
Farm Credit Administration, and the Food and Drug Administration, 
Department of Health and Human Services, 2:30 p.m., SD-116.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Corps of Engineers, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  May 11, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., S-128, Capitol.
  May 11, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, General 
Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1995 for the General Services Administration, 2:30 p.m., SD-
116.
  May 12, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings to review 
the proposed plan to make independent the air traffic control 
services of the Federal Aviation Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  May 12, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Corporation for National and Community Service, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  May 13, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for foreign 
assistance programs, focusing on the global land mines crisis, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  May 13, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1995 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 10, Subcommittee on Force 
Requirements and Personnel, 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 Reserve component manpower, personnel, and compensation 
issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  May 11, Subcommittee on Defense Technology, Acquisition, and 
Industrial Base, 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 
Technology Reinvestment Program, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  May 11, 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 ballistic 
missile defense program, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  May 12, Full Committee, to hold closed (SH-219) and open (SH-216) 
hearings on United States military operations in Somalia during 
United Nations Operations in Somalia II (UNOSOM II), 9 a.m., SH-219.
  May 12, Subcommittee on Coalition Defense and Reinforcing Forces, 
to hold hearings to examine United Nations peace operations, 1:30 
p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 10, to 
hold hearings on the nominations of Susan Ness, of Maryland, and 
Rachelle B. Chong, of California, each to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  May 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Alan 
Sagner, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 3 p.m., SR-253.
  May 11, Full Committee, to resume hearings on S. 1822, to 
safeguard and protect the public interest while permitting the 
growth and development of new communications technologies, focusing 
on electric utilities' entry into telecommunications, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  May 12, Full Committee, to continue hearings on S. 1822, to 
safeguard and protect the public interest while permitting the 
growth and development of new communications technologies, focusing 
on long-distance services, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 10, to hold 
oversight hearings on implementation of the Administration's Climate 
Change Action Plan and the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings on the 
potential role of Federal reclamation projects in meeting the water 
supply needs of the Colonias in Texas, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  May 11, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the Environmental 
Protection Agency's proposed renewable oxygenate standard, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  May 12, 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: May 11, Subcommittee on 
Clean Air and Nuclear Regulation, to hold hearings to examine the 
possible health effects to non-smokers of environmental tobacco 
smoke, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: May 10, to resume hearings to examine health 
care reform issues, focusing on deinstitutionalization, mental 
illness, and medications, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 10, 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), 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  May 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the International 
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 
(Ex. C. 95th Congress, 2nd Session), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 10, to hold hearings to 
examine health care reform issues, focusing on the Federal Employees 
Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP), 10 a.m., SD-342.
  May 13, Subcommittee on Regulation and Government Information, to 
hold hearings on adjusting poverty data for differences in cost-of-
living, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: May 10, Subcommittee on 
Disability Policy, to hold hearings to examine certain issues 
relating to family support for families of children with 
disabilities, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism, to 
hold hearings to examine child safety issues, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  May 11, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 1981, the 
Orphan Drug Act Amendments, and S. 784, Dietary Supplement Health 
and Education Act, and to consider pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  May 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1964, to authorize 
funds to States for programs for worker reemployment and retraining, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  May 12, Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 1513, authorizing funds for programs of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: May 12, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Federal Election Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business: May 12, Subcommittee on Export 
Expansion, to hold hearings to examine export assistance efforts for 
small business, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 10, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 10 a.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following 4 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 4278, Social Security Act Amendments of 1994;
  2. H.R. 2868, to designate the Federal Building located at 600 Camp 
Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the ``John Minor Wisdom United 
States Courthouse'';
  3. H.R. 3567, John F. Kennedy Center Act Amendments of 1994; and
  4. H. Con. Res. 176, to recognize and encourage the convening of a 
National Silver Haired Congress.
  (Recorded votes ordered on Suspensions will be postponed until 
Wednesday, May 11.)
  Wednesday and Thursday, Consideration of H.R. 2442, Economic 
Development Reauthorization Act of 1994 (open rule, 90 minutes of 
general debate);
  Consideration of the conference report on S. 2000, Head Start Act 
Amendments of 1994; and
  Consideration of H.R. 2473, the Montana Wilderness Act.

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


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, May 9, Subcommittee on Interior, on 
Public Witness (National Endowment for the Humanities/Institute of 
Museum Services), 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Agencies, on Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 10 and 11, Subcommittee on Interior, on Members of Congress, 
10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., B-305 Rayburn.
  May 11, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Legal Services Corporation, 2:30 p.m., H-310 Capitol.
  May 11, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to consider Fiscal 
Year 1994 Supplemental, 10 a.m., H-310 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, May 10, 
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, hearing on D.C. 
Department of Public and Assisted Housing, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 12, Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Credit Formation, 
hearing on the Competitiveness Policy Council's report entitled: 
``Promoting Long-Term Prosperity: Third Report to the President and 
Congress,'' 2 p.m., 2222 Rayburn.
  May 12, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, to 
continue hearings on H.R. 3838, Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1994, with emphasis on H.R. 4310, Housing Choice and 
Community Development Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, May 11 and 12, Subcommittee on 
Labor-Management Relations, to continue markup of the following 
bills: H.R. 3600, Health Security Act; and H.R. 3960, American 
Health Security Act of 1994, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 10, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and Finance, oversight hearing on derivative 
financial markets, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 10, Subcommittee on 
International Security, International Organizations and Human 
Rights, to continue oversight hearings on the State Department's 
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1993 and U.S. Human 
Rights Policy: Part 2, 2200 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, hearing on 
Indigenous Peoples and the Natural Environment of Brazil, 1 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  May 11, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Bosnia and 
the Balkans, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 11, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Recent 
Developments in Cambodia, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, May 9 and 12, Subcommittee on 
Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources, hearings on Land 
Exchange Between National Park Service/Gettysburg National Park and 
Gettysburg College, 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn on May 9, and 9:30 
a.m., 2203 Rayburn on May 12.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 11, Subcommittee on Civil and 
Constitutional Rights, oversight hearing on the Voting Rights Act, 
9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  May 11, Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and 
Refugees, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3594, to prohibit 
direct Federal financial benefits and unemployment benefits to 
illegal aliens; and Title IV of H.R. 3860, Illegal Immigration 
Control Act of 1994, 9:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  May 12, Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental 
Relations, hearing on H.R. 2289, Office of Government Ethics 
Authorization Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  May 12, Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law, hearing on 
H.R. 3087, General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1993, 9:30 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, May 11, 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; H.R. 
4236, to establish a National Underseas Research Program within the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and H.R. 4008, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization of 
1994, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 10, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 3433, to provide for the management of portions of the Presidio 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and H.R. 
4078, to amend the Act establishing the Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 11, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: S. 208, to 
reform the concessions policies of the National Park Service; and 
H.R. 2866, Headwaters Forest Act, 9:45 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 12, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 3708, to reform the operation, maintenance, and 
development of the Steamtown National Historic Site, and to mark up 
the following bills: H.R. 3709, National Park System New Area Study 
Reform Act; and H.R. 1508, National Park System Reformation Act, 10 
a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, May 11, to consider 
the following bills: H.R. 115, Federal and Postal Service Employees 
Occupational Safety and Service Employees Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1994; H.R. 2721, Federal Employee Fairness Act of 
1994; H.R. 3863, to designate the Post Office building located at 
401 E. South Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``Medgar Wiley 
Evers Post Office''; H.R. 3839, to designate the U.S. post office 
located at 220 South 40th Avenue in Hattiesburg, MS, as the ``Roy M. 
Wheat Post Office''; H.R. 3984, to designate the U.S. post office 
located at 212 Coleman Avenue in Waveland, MS, as the ``John Longo, 
Jr., Post Office''; H.R. 4177, to designate the post office building 
located at 1601 Highway 35 in Middletown, NJ, as the ``Candace White 
United States Post Office''; H.R. 4190, to designate the U.S. post 
office located at 41-42 Norre Gade in Saint Thomas, VI, as the 
``Alvaro de Lugo United States Post Office''; and H.R. 4191, to 
designate the U.S. post office located at 100 Veterans Drive in 
Saint Thomas, VI, as the ``Aubrey C. Ottley United States Post 
Office,'' 9:45 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 12, hearing on the investigative procedures of the U.S. Postal 
Inspection Service, 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 12, Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, 
hearing on H.R. 3246, to exempt postal retirees who are reemployed 
as rural letter carriers or rural postmasters from the rules 
relating to reemployed annuitants, 2 p.m., 304 Cannon.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, May 12, Subcommittee 
on Surface Transportation, to mark up legislation to amend Title 23, 
United States Code, to designate the National Highway System, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, May 10, Subcommittee 
on Science, hearing on High Performance Computing and Communications 
Program, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 12, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on Careers for Women in 
Science and Technology, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 12, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, 
hearing on Tomorrow's Surface Transportation System, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 11, to continue hearings on the 
reauthorization of small business programs, including the following 
bills: H.R. 4297, to amend the Small Business Act; and H.R. 4298, to 
amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to permit payment of 
debentures issued by State and local development companies, 9:30 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 12, hearing on U.S. Policy Goals in Fostering Privatization, 
10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 11, Subcommittee on Hospitals 
and Health Care, to mark up H.R. 3600, Health Security Act, 9:30 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  May 12, Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care, to mark up 
Major Medical Construction Authorization bill, 9:30 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 11, Subcommittee 
on Legislation, to mark up H.R. 4299, Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1995, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  May 12, full Committee, executive, to mark up H.R. 4299, 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, 1:30 p.m., H-
405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Office of Technology Assessment: May 12, board meeting, to 
consider pending business, 9 a.m., EF-100, Capitol.