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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of May 23 through 28, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will consider H.R. 1933, to authorize 
appropriations for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday 
Commission, and to establish a National Service Day to promote 
community service.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of motions to close 
further debate on the nominations of Sam W. Brown, Jr., of California, 
for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Head of 
Delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and 
Derek Shearer, of California, to be Ambassador to Finland, with cloture 
votes to occur thereon, following disposition of H.R. 1933, Martin 
Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission.
  During the week, Senate may also consider S. 729, Lead Exposure 
Reduction Act; S. 1587, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act; 
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 
24, for party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations, May 24, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for 
the Department of Defense, focusing on strategic programs, 10 a.m., 
SD-192.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for foreign 
assistance programs, focusing on export promotion, 2:30 p.m., SD-
138.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings to examine issues relating to teenage 
pregnancy, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of the 
Interior, 10 a.m., S-128, Capitol.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Military Construction, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for military 
construction programs, focusing on Army and defense agencies, 10 
a.m., SD-116.
  May 26, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 24, business meeting, to discuss 
issues relating to markup of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  May 26, Full Committee, business meeting, to discuss procedures 
for markup of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1995, 9 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, May 24, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 1902, to improve the administration of export 
controls, and S. 1952, to authorize the minting of coins to 
commemorate the 175th anniversary of the founding of the United 
States Botanic Garden, and to consider the nominations of Alan S. 
Blinder, of New Jersey, to be a Member and Vice Chairman of the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Steven Mark Hart 
Wallman, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange 
Commission; and Philip N. Diehl, of Texas, to be Director of the 
Mint, Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  May 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on U.S. dual use exports 
to Iraq and their impact on the health of Gulf War veterans, 
Wednesday at 10 a.m. and Wednesday at 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, May 24, 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 public interest 
considerations, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  May 25, 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 education and telecommunications infrastructure, 10:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  May 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1350, to revise the 
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to provide for an expanded 
Federal program of hazard mitigation and insurance against the risk 
of catastrophic natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, 
and volcanic eruptions, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1989, to prohibit 
the transfer and novation of an insurance policy without the prior 
informed written consent of the policyholder, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, May 24, to hold 
hearings on the science concerning global climate change, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  May 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for programs of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act, and S. 2032, to revise the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
with respect to purchases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve by 
entities in the insular areas of the United States, 2:30 p.m., SD-
366.
  May 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine policy options 
for the disposition of excess weapons plutonium, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, May 26, 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 Finance, May 26, to hold hearings on provisions of S. 
1951 (pending on Senate calendar), to establish a comprehensive 
system of reemployment services, training and income support for 
permanently laid off workers, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, May 25, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, time to be announced, S-116, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, May 25, Permanent Subcommittee 
on Investigations, to hold hearings on organized crime and its 
impact on the United States, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  May 26, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
legislation and nominations, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 24, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Administrative Practice, to hold hearings to examine issues relating 
to medical malpractice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine fraud in the 
health care industry, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  May 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 
2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, May 24, business meeting, 
to resume markup of proposed legislation to provide for health care 
security, 8 a.m., SH-216.
  May 24, 25 and 26, Full Committee, business meeting, to continue 
markup of proposed legislation to provide for health care security, 
Tuesday at 2 p.m., Wednesday at 8 a.m., Wednesday at 2 p.m., 
Thursday at 8 a.m., and Thursday at 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, May 26, business meeting, 
to mark up S. 1824, Legislative Reorganization Act; H.R. 877, 
Smithsonian National African American Museum; an original bill 
authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the Federal 
Election Commission; S. Res. 196, printing resolution for Aging 
Committee; an original resolution authorizing the purchase of 1995 
wall calendars; H. Con. Res. 222, authorizing acceptance and 
placement of a bust in the Capitol; and other legislative business, 
9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business, May 26, to hold hearings to examine 
research by entrepreneurs on childhood diseases, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, May 24, to hold hearings on S. 2075, 
to reauthorize and improve programs of the Indian Child Protection 
and Family Violence Prevention Act, and provisions of S. 2074, to 
increase the special assessment for felonies and improve the 
enforcement sentences imposing criminal fines, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, May 24, business meeting, to 
mark up S. 2056, to revise the National Security Act of 1947 to 
improve the counterintelligence and security posture of the United 
States, 4 p.m., SD-116.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of the following 17 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 4425, Fiscal Year 1995 VA Medical Construction Authorization.
  2. S. 1654, to make certain technical corrections.
  3. H. Con. Res. 176, To Recognize and Encourage the Convening of a 
National Silver Haired Congress.
  4. H.R. 4429, To Authorize the Transfer of Naval Vessels to Certain 
Foreign Countries.
  5. H.R. 4246, Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1995.
  6. H.R. 3679, Junior Duck Stamp Conservation Program.
  7. H.R. 3982, Ocean Radioactive Dumping Ban Act.
  8. H. Con. Res. 238, Authorizing the Use of the Capitol Grounds for 
the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.
  9. H.R. 3840, The Sam B. Hall, Jr., Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse.
  10. H.R. 3724, The Brien McMahon Federal Building.
  11. Conference Report on H.R. 965, Child Safety Protection Act.
  12. H.R. 3839, To Designate The Roy M. Wheat Post Office.
  13. H.R. 3863, To Designate The Medgar Wiley Evers Post Office.
  14. H.R. 3984, To Designate The Jon Longo, Jr., Post Office.
  15. H.R. 4177, To Designate The Candace White United States Post 
Office.
  16. H.R. 4190, To Designate The Alvaro de Lugo United States Post 
Office.
  17. H.R. 4191, To Designate The Audrey C. Ottley United States Post 
Office.
   (Recorded votes ordered on Suspensions will be postponed until the 
end of legislative business).
  Continue consideration of H.R. 4301, National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1995.
  Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Complete consideration of H.R. 
4301, National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1995.
  Consideration of H.R. 4385, National Highway System Designation 
(subject to a rule being granted);
  H.R. 4453, Military Construction Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
1995 (subject to a rule being granted);
  H.R. ----, Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (subject to a rule being 
granted); and
  H.R. 4454, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1995 
(subject to a rule being granted);
  Consideration of the conference report on S. 24, Independent Counsel 
Reauthorization Act (subject to a rule being granted); and
  Complete consideration of H.R. 518, California Desert Protection Act.
  Friday, House is not in session.
  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later. At the close of the week's business, 
the House will adjourn until noon on Wednesday, June 8, for the 
Memorial Day District Work Period.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 24, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations and Nutrition, hearing on H.R. 2927, Plant Variety 
Protection Act Amendments, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Livestock, to consider H.R. 4235, Dairy 
Producer Market Stabilization and Export Development Act of 1994, 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 23, to mark up the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs appropriation for 
fiscal year 1995, 3 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 23, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to mark up 
fiscal year 1995 appropriation, 1 p.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, overview on fiscal 
year 1995 Budget, Governmental Direction and Support and Financing 
and other uses, 10 a.m., H-301 Capitol.
  May 25, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on Human Support 
Services and Economic Development and Regulation, 10 a.m., H-301 
Capitol.
  May 26, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on Public Works and 
Public Education System, 10 a.m., H-301 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, May 24, 
Subcommittee on General Oversight, Investigations and the Resolution 
of Failed Financial Institutions, hearing to examine the findings of 
HUD's April 19, 1994 Report to Congress on the Federal Home Loan 
Bank System, 10 a.m., 2222 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade 
and Monetary Policy, hearing on a proposal to amend the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 25 and 26, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, 
to mark up H.R. 3838, Housing and Community Development Act of 1994, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, May 24, 25 and 26, 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, 10 a.m., on May 24 and 26 and 12 p.m., 
on May 25, 2175 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, hearing on 
H.R. 4050, Reemployment Act of 1994, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 24, Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Hazardous Materials, to mark up H.R. 4111, Amtrak 
Investment Act of 1994, 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on extending oil 
emergency and conservation provisions of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975, 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, to 
continue oversight hearings on derivative financial markets, 9:30 
a.m., room to be announced.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on regulatory 
oversight of registered holding company transactions in light of the 
Ohio Power decision, 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, to continue 
oversight hearings on tobacco products, 10 a.m., room to be 
announced.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, hearing on 
the authorization of appropriations for the FCC for fiscal year 
1995, 2:30 p.m., room to be announced.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 24, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere Affairs, hearing on the recent election in the Dominican 
Republic, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment, 
hearing on Tied Aid Practices of U.S. Competitors, 1:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, May 25, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing to review FDA's 
Food Safety Programs, 9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation and 
Agriculture, hearing on Drugs in the 90's: Emerging Trends, The 
Challenges Facing the DEA, the Justice Department and the Coast 
Guard, 9:30 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation and 
Agriculture, to consider a draft report and to hold a hearing on the 
Vegetable Ink Printing Act (H.R. 1595 and S. 716, Vegetable Ink 
Printing Act of 1993), 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, May 25, Subcommittee on 
Accounts, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., H-328 Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 25, Subcommittee on Administration 
Law and Governmental Relations, to mark up the following: H.R. 2289, 
Office of Government Ethics Authorization Act of 1994; and the 
reauthorization of the Administrative Conference of the United 
States, followed by consideration of private claims, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, oversight 
hearing on the Voting Rights Act, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Administration Law and Governmental 
Relations, to mark up Legal Services Reauthorization Act of 1994, 10 
a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial 
Administration, hearing on H.R. 4446, to amend section 1332 of title 
28, United States Code, to require that the plaintiff in a diversity 
case not be a resident of the State in which the case is brought; 
and section 305 of H.R. 4357, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 
1994, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, May 24, Subcommittee 
on Merchant Marine, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 4003, 
Maritime Administration Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1995; and 
H.R. 4391, the Federal Maritime Commission Authorization of 
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1995, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the 
Outer Continental Shelf, hearing on reauthorizations of the Coastal 
Zone Management Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, to mark up 
H.R. 4422, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  May 26, full Committee, to mark up the following: H.R. 4003, 
Maritime Administration Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1995 (Title 
I) and the Maritime Security and Trade Act of 1994 (Title II), 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 24, Subcommittee on Insular 
and International Affairs, hearing on H.R. 4442, to provide 
consultations for the development of Articles of Relations and Self-
Government for insular areas of the United States, 10, a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  May 24, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1562 and S. 310, to amend title 
V of Public Law 96-550, designating the Chaco Culture Archeological 
Protection Sites; H.R. 3204, to transfer a parcel of land to the 
Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico; and H.R. 3964, to expand the 
boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 3954, to expand the Mni Wiconi Rural Water 
Supply Project; and H.R. 4439, to expand the scope of the Belle 
Fourche Unit irrigation project, 9:45 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 25, full Committee, to consider pending business, 9:45 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  May 26, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2741, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide funds to the Palisades 
Interstate Park Commission for acquisition of lands in the Sterling 
Forest areas of the New York/New Jersey Highland Region; and H.R. 
3107, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make matching 
contributions toward the purchase of the Sterling Forest in the 
State of New York, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, May 24, to continue 
oversight hearings on the U.S. Postal Service, 9:30 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 3297, to amend title XII, United 
States Code, to extend the treatment currently afforded to Federal 
judges under the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program to 
certain other judicial officials; H.R. 412, FEGLI Living Benefits 
Act; H.R. 3246, to provide that provisions of chapters 83 and 84 of 
title 5, United States Code, relating to reemployed annuitants shall 
not apply with respect to postal retirees who are reemployed on a 
temporary basis, to serve as rural letter carriers or rural 
postmasters; H.R. 3499, to amend the Defense Department Overseas 
Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act; and H.R. 4361, Federal 
Employees Family Friendly Leave Act, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, May 24 and 26, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearings on H.R. 
3948, Water Quality Act of 1994, and issues related to Clean Water 
Act Reauthorization, 10 a.m. on May 24, and 9:30 a.m. on May 26, 
2167 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and the 
Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials of the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, joint oversight hearing to review 
the General Functions of the ICC, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, May 23, to consider H.R. 4453, making 
appropriations for military construction for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 4 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  May 24, to consider the following: Conference Report to accompany 
S. 24, Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994; H.R. 4385, 
National Highway System Act of 1994; and the Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing and Related Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 
1995, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  May 25, to consider H.R. 4454, making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 11 
a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, May 23, Subcommittee 
on Science, hearing on the Future of High Energy Physics, Part I, 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, 
hearing on Export Control and High Technology, 9:30 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, 
hearing on Electronic Commerce and Interoperability in the National 
Information Infrastructure, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 23, Subcommittee on Regulation, 
Business Opportunities, and Technology, to continue hearings on the 
status 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 24, full Committee, to continue hearings on H.R. 4263, Small 
Business and Minority Small Business Procurement Opportunities Act 
of 1994, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 25, 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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 24, Subcommittee on Housing 
and Memorial Affairs, hearing on the operation of VA National 
Cemeteries, Arlington National Cemetery, American Battle Monuments 
Commission and related legislation, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Education, Training and Employment, 
hearing to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of 
transition assistance programs and review of the implementation of 
the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act of 
1992, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 24 and 25, to continue markup of 
health care reform legislation, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Trade, to continue consideration of a 
draft Uruguay Round implementing proposal, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee, May 26, to hold hearings on deficit 
reduction issues, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, May 24, to hold 
hearings on Russian foreign policy toward other former republics of 
the Soviet Union and the implications for United States policy, 10 
a.m., 2226 Rayburn Building.