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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of May 16 through 21, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Senate will resume consideration 
of S. 2019, Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments.
  During the week, Senate may also consider conference reports, when 
available, and any cleared executive and legislative business.

  (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, May 
17, for party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 16, to hold 
hearings on S. 1614, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1998 for 
programs of the Child Nutrition Act and the National School Lunch 
Act, 2 p.m., SR-332.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Agricultural Production and Stabilization 
of Prices, to hold hearings on S. 2095, to reform the Federal crop 
insurance program, 10 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 17, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for 
the Department of Defense, focusing on environmental programs, 10 
a.m., SD-192.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for foreign 
assistance programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to resume hearings on the childhood immunization program, 
10 a.m., SD-192.
  May 19 and 20, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995, 
Thursday, for the Department of Veteran's Affairs, and the Selective 
Service System, 10 a.m.; Friday, for the Departments of Veteran's 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and independent agencies, 
9 a.m.; Thursday in SD-106 and Friday in SD-138.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 17, 
business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the earthquake 
disaster program, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  May 18, 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 Titles I-
III relating to competition for local telephone service and universal 
service, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for rail safety programs, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 17, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests, 
to hold hearings on S. 112, to establish the Hudson River Artists 
National Historical Park in the State of New York; S. 1660 and H.R. 
3498, bills to establish the Great Falls Historic District; S. 1683, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds for the 
Palisades Interstate Park Commission for acquisition of land in the 
Sterling Forest area of New York/New Jersey Highlands Region; and S. 
1999, to establish the Lower East Side Tenement Museum National 
Historic Site, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests, 
to hold hearings on H.R. 3252, to provide for the conservation, 
management, or study of certain rivers, parks, trail and historic 
sites; H.R. 4034, to revise the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery 
Act of 1978 to authorize grants for the expansion of recreation 
opportunities for at risk youth in urban areas with a high 
prevalence of crime; S. 523, to expand the Fort Necessity National 
Battlefield; S. 2089, to authorize the establishment of the 
Steamtown National Historic Site, and other pending bills and 
resolutions, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 17, Subcommittee on 
Toxic Substances, Research and Development, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation to authorize funds for programs of the Toxic 
Substances and Control Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  May 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineer Civil Works Program and its policies on recreation and 
environmental protection, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 16, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Joseph R. Paolino, Jr., of Rhode Island, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, 4 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  May 17, Full Committee, to resume hearings, in open session, 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), to be followed by closed 
hearings (S-407, Capitol), 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  May 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Frank G. Wisner, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of India, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  May 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Jan 
Piercy, of Illinois, to be United States Executive Director of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and Sally A. 
Shelton, of Texas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency 
for International Development, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  May 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Timothy A. Chorba, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Singapore, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 17, to hold hearings to 
examine issues relating to bomb exports in the 1990's, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-342.
  May 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings on regulatory review of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Regulation and Government Information, to 
hold hearings to examine whether certain medical device materials 
are a threat to public health, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 17, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Administrative Practice, to hold hearings on S. 825, to revise title 
28, United States Code, to permit a foreign state to be subject to 
the jurisdiction of Federal or State courts in any case involving an 
act of international terrorism, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: May 17, to hold joint 
hearings with the Committee on Labor and Human Resources' 
Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism on preventing 
youth violence, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 1513, authorizing funds for programs of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  May 19, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider proposed 
legislation to provide for health care security, 8 a.m., SD-430.
  May 19, Full Committee, business meeting, to continue mark up of 
proposed legislation to provide for health care security, 2 p.m., 
SD-430.
  May 20, Full Committee, to continue mark up of proposed 
legislation to provide for health care security, 8 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business: May 17, to hold hearings on the Small 
Business Administration's prepayment penalties for Section 503 
Development Company Loans and to examine the status of the Section 
504 Development Company Loan Program, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 17, to hold oversight hearings on 
proposals to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 2:30 p.m., SR-
485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 17, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of the following 3 Suspensions:
  1. H. Con. Res. 176, To Recognize and Encourage the Convening of a 
National Silver Haired Congress;
  2. Conference report on H.R. 965, Child Safety Protection Act; and
  3. H.R. 3869, Minority Health Improvement Act.

  (Recorded votes ordered on Suspension will be postponed until 
Tuesday, May 17.)
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following 2 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 3419, Tax Simplification and Technical Corrections Act; and
  2. H.R. 4277, Social Security Administrative Reform Act of 1994.

  (Recorded votes ordered on Suspensions will be postponed until the 
end of all legislative business.)

  Complete consideration of H.R. 2473, Montana Wilderness; and
  Consideration of H.R. 518, California Desert Protection Act (open 
rule, 1 hour of general debate).
  Wednesday and the balance of the week, Joint meeting to receive His 
Excellency, P.V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of the Republic of 
India, on Wednesday, May 18;
  Recess for the purpose of receiving former Members of Congress on 
Thursday, May 19;
  Consideration of H.R. 4301, National Defense Authorization Act of 
fiscal year 1995 (subject to a rule being granted); and
  H.R. 2108, Black Lung Benefits Restoration Act (subject to a rule 
being granted).
  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 18, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops 
and Natural Resources, hearing on H.R. 3905, Opal Creek Forest 
Preserve Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and Hunger, hearing to 
review the agricultural implications of trade with Cuba, 9:30 a.m., 
1302 Longworth.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources and 
the Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and Rural Development, 
hearing on H.R. 3732, Idaho Wilderness, Sustainable Forests and 
Communities Act of 1994, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 17, Subcommittee on the District 
of Columbia, on Governmental Direction and Support and on Public 
Safety and Justice, 10 a.m., H-301 Capitol.
  May 17 and 18, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, 
on NASA, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn on May 17 and H-143 
Capitol on May 18.
  May 18, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on Public Safety 
and Justice and on Public Education System, 10 a.m., H-301 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 17, hearing on the C-17 aircraft 
program, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, May 19, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance, hearing on H.R. 3298, 
National Property Reinsurance Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade 
and Monetary Policy, hearing on the African Development Fund, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, May 17 and 18, 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., on May 17 and 10:30 a.m., on 
May 18, 2175 Rayburn.
  May 18, full Committee, to markup H.R. 8, to amend the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1996 and the National School Lunch Act to extend 
certain authorities contained in such Acts through fiscal year 1998, 
9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 17, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, to mark up S. 473, Department of Energy National 
Competitiveness Technology Partnership Act, 10 a.m., room to be 
announced.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, to continue 
oversight hearings on tobacco products, 9:45 a.m., room to be 
announced.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on legislation 
pertaining to pipeline safety and to a mandatory state-operated one-
call system protecting underground facilities from damage done by 
excavations, 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and 
Competitiveness, hearing on H.R. 3342, to establish a toll-free 
number in the Department of Commerce to assist consumers in 
determining if products are American made, 10 a.m., room to be 
announced.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, to 
continue hearings on the impact of derivatives on the Nation's 
financial markets, 9:30 a.m., room to be announced.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 17, Subcommittee on 
International Security, International Organizations and Human 
Rights, hearing on Tensions in United States-United Nations 
Relations, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 18, full Committee, to consider the following: H. Con. Res. 
111, concerning the establishment of a South Pacific Nuclear Free 
Zone; legislation to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to 
certain foreign countries; and the Omnibus Export Administration Act 
of 1994, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, May 18, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on Unfunded 
Federal Mandates, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, hearing 
on International Procurement and the Commercial Effects of the 
Multilateral Government Procurement Agreement, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 18, Subcommittee on Intellectual 
Property and Judicial Administration, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 2576, Digital Performance Right in Sound Recording Act 
of 1993; and H.R. 4307, to amend title 35, United States Code, with 
respect to applications for process patents, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, oversight 
hearing on Coordination or Overlap Between the FBI's Drugfire 
Program and the BATF's Ceasefire Program, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial 
Administration, hearing on H.R. 703, Prison Inmate Training and 
Rehabilitation Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, May 17, Subcommittee 
on Environment and Natural Resources, hearing on 3987, Rhinoceros 
and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, to mark up the 
Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, to mark up H.R. 4003, 
Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the 
Outer Continental Shelf, oversight hearing on the state of research 
and development in offshore technology, 1:30 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 17, Subcommittee on Native 
American Affairs, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4228, Auburn 
Indian Restoration Act; H.R. 3605, and S. 282, Mowa Band of Choctaw 
Indians Recognition Act, 9:45 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 17, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1716, to amend the Act of 
January 26, 1915, establishing Rocky Mountain National Park, to 
provide for the protection of certain lands in Rocky Mountain 
National Park and along North St. Vrain Creek; and H.R. 2577, the 
Fall River Visitor Center Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  May 19, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, 
to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3707, American Heritage Areas 
Partnership Program Act of 1993; H.R. 2416, National Partnership 
System of Heritage Areas Act: H.R. 3709, National Park System New 
Area Study; and H.R. 1508, National Park System Reformation Act, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, May 17 to continue 
oversight hearings on the U.S. Postal Service, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, 
hearing on H.R. 4361, Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act, 2 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services, hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 4070, to provide for criminal and civil 
penalties for mail and wire fraud; and H.R. 4071, to grant the 
United States Postal Service the authority to issue civil 
investigative demands, 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, May 17, to mark up 
the following: GSA's Fiscal Year 1995 Capital Improvement Program; 
GSA 11(b) resolutions; Corps of Engineers Survey resolutions; 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; H.R. 2680, to 
amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959 concerning the calculation of 
public building transactions. 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. Con. Res. 236, authorizing the 1994 Special Olympics 
torch relay to be run through the Capitol Grounds; H. Con. Res. 238, 
authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the Greater 
Washington Soap Box Derby; H.R. 3087, General Aviation 
Revitalization Act of 1993; and H.R. 4385, National Highway System 
Designation Act of 1994, 9:30 a.m. 2167 Rayburn.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Airline Cabin Air 
Quality, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, May 17, to consider the following: H.R. 4301, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995; and H.R. 
2108, Black Lung Benefits Restoration Act of 1993, 11 a.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space and Technology, May 17, Subcommittee 
on Technology, Environment and Aviation, hearing on the America's 
Dual-Use Technology Future--Are We Prepared? 1:30 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, to 
mark up H.R. 4306, Risk Assessment Improvement Act of 1994, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, 
hearing on the Clean Car Initiative, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 16, Subcommittee on Regulation, 
Business Opportunities, and Technology, hearing on a report on 
negotiations between European and American interests to transfer 
anti-progestin technology to the United States in order to make 
available new drugs and medical therapies, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 17 and 18, full Committee, 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 20, Subcommittee on Minority Enterprise, Finance and Urban 
Development, hearing on Discrimination in the Telecommunications 
Industry, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 17, to mark up pending 
legislation, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Social Services for Vietnam Veterans and Their Families: Current 
Programs and Future Directions, 8:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 16, Subcommittee on Trade, to 
consider draft Uruguay Round implementing proposal, 3 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  May 18 and 19, full Committee, to mark up health care reform 
legislation, 10:30 a.m. on May 18 and 10 a.m. on May 19, 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 17, executive, to 
mark up H.R. 4299, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1995, 2 p.m., H-405, Capitol.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Evaluation, executive, 
hearing on Foreign Intelligence Threat to the United States, 2 p.m., 
H-405 Capitol.