[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 25, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                   TRIBUTE TO NATIONAL TAP DANCE DAY

                                 ______


                         HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR.

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 25, 1994

  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, tap dancing is widely recognized as 
America's only original form of dance, yet for years it has been in 
danger of becoming a lost art. I introduced a resolution that 
established May 25, 1989, as National Tap Dance Day. As a result, 
people all over the country are coming together to celebrate National 
Tap Dance Day. On May 25, we celebrate tap through both performance and 
study and examine the incredible contributions made by legendary 
dancers such as Howard ``Sandman'' Sims, the Nicholas Brothers and 
contemporary dancers such as Gregory Hines.
  I chose May 25 as National Tap Dance Day because it was the birthday 
of Bill ``Bojangles'' Robinson. Bojangles is credited with bringing 
this unique art form to perfection. Moreover, Bojangles was genuinely 
talented and well know worldwide for his work in movies and 
contributions to tap. National Tap Dance Day is a great way of 
recognizing Bojangles' outstanding contributions to the art of tap 
dancing on both stage and film.
  Tap dancing has had an influence on other types of American art, 
including music, vaudeville, Broadway musical theater, and film, as 
well as other dance forms. However, if tap is not encouraged, the form 
will become extinct. Unless we continue to undertake the task of 
preserving tap we are in danger of losing an art form that is uniquely 
an American creation.
  By passing the resolution designating May 25 as National Tap Dance 
Day, we have focused national attention on this great art form. 
Moreover, people around the country have come to better appreciate tap 
as an important part of our cultural heritage. I am happy to know that 
the enactment of National Tap Dance Day has served to increase public 
recognition and support along with causing National Tap Dance Day to be 
celebrated across this country.
  


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, May 26, 1994, may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 MAY 27
     8:00 a.m.
       Labor and Human Resources
         Business meeting, to continue markup of proposed 
           legislation to provide for health care security.
                                                            SH-216
     10:00 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine monetary policy.
                                                            SD-538

                                 JUNE 7
     8:00 a.m.
       Labor and Human Resources
         Business meeting, to resume markup of proposed 
           legislation to provide for health care security.
                                                            SH-216
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1995 for the Fish and Wildlife Service, Department 
           of the Interior.
                                                    S-128, Capitol
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1995 for the National Aeronautics and Space 
           Administration.
                                                            SD-138
       Labor and Human Resources
         Business meeting, to continue markup of proposed 
           legislation to provide for health care security.
                                                            SH-216

                                 JUNE 8
     8:00 a.m.
       Labor and Human Resources
         Business meeting, to continue markup of proposed 
           legislation to provide for health care security.
                                                            SH-216
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To resume hearings on issues relating to teenage 
           pregnancy.
                                                            SD-192
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 1936, to provide for the 
           integrated management of Indian resources, and S. 2067, 
           to establish an Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, 
           and to provide for the organizational independence of 
           the Indian Health Service within the Department of 
           Health and Human Services.
                                                            SR-485
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1995 for the Department of Energy.
                                                    S-128, Capitol
       Foreign Relations
       International Economic Policy, Trade, Oceans and 
           Environment Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 1995 for foreign assistance 
           programs.
                                                            SD-419
     2:00 p.m.
       Labor and Human Resources
         Business meeting, to continue markup of proposed 
           legislation to provide for health care security.
                                                            SH-216
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine water quality and quantity 
           problems and opportunities facing the lower Colorado 
           River area.
                                                            SD-366

                                 JUNE 9
     8:00 a.m.
       Labor and Human Resources
         Business meeting, to continue markup of proposed 
           legislation to provide for health care security, and to 
           mark up S. 1513, authorizing funds for programs of the 
           Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
                                                            SH-216
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To continue hearings on water quality and quantity 
           problems and opportunities facing the lower Colorado 
           River area.
                                                            SD-366
       Rules and Administration
         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.
                                                            SR-301
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting, to consider Indian health care 
           provisions of the proposed American Health Security 
           Act.
                                                            SR-485
     10:00 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting, to consider pending legislation and 
           nominations.
                                                            SD-342
     2:00 p.m.
       Labor and Human Resources
         Business meeting, to continue markup of proposed 
           legislation to provide for health care security, and S. 
           1513, authorizing funds for programs of the Elementary 
           and Secondary Education Act.
                                                            SH-216

                                JUNE 10
     8:00 a.m.
       Labor and Human Resources
         Business meeting, to continue markup of proposed 
           legislation to provide for health care security.
                                                            SH-216
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings on activities of off-
           reservation boarding schools.
                                                            SR-485
     10:30 a.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Briefing 
           on crime and corruption in Russia.
                                              Room to be announced

                                JUNE 14
     10:00 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on weather satellite conversions.
                                                            SR-253
       Environment and Public Works
       Superfund, Recycling, and Solid Waste Management 
           Subcommittee
         Business meeting, to mark up proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for Superfund programs.
                                                            SD-406
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for rail safety programs.
                                                            SR-253

                                JUNE 15
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 2036, to specify the terms of 
           contracts entered into by the United States and Indian 
           tribal organizations under the Indian Self-
           Determination and Education Assistance Act.
                                                            SR-485
     10:00 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
           Administration, Department of Commerce.
                                                            SR-253
       Finance
         To hold hearings on S. 1780, to revise the Employee 
           Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
           Revenue Code of 1986, to provide security for workers, 
           to improve pension plan funding, to limit growth in 
           insurance exposure, and to protect the single-employer 
           plan termination insurance program.
                                                            SD-215
     2:30 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To resume hearings on S. 1021, to protect and preserve 
           the rights of Native Americans to express and exercise 
           their traditional religious beliefs, focusing on an 
           amendment in the nature of a substitute.
                                                            SR-485

                                JUNE 16
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on implementation of the Department of 
           Energy's alternative fuel vehicle and fleet programs.
                                                            SD-366
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings on S. Res. 69, to require that an 
           evaluation of the financial impact that any Federal 
           mandates would have on State and local governments be 
           included in the committee report accompanying each bill 
           or resolution containing such mandates, S. Res. 157, to 
           require a supermajority for committee approval of bills 
           containing unfunded Federal mandates, and S. Res. 158, 
           to require a supermajority for Senate approval of bills 
           or amendments containing unfunded Federal mandates.
                                                            SR-301

                                JUNE 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Lee Ann Elliott, 
           of Virginia, and Danny Lee McDonald, of Oklahoma, each 
           to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission.
                                                            SR-301
     10:30 a.m.
       Rules and Administration
         To hold oversight hearings on the operations of the 
           Office of the Architect of the Capitol.
                                                            SR-301

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                 MAY 26
     9:00 a.m.
       Armed Services
         Business meeting, to discuss procedures for markup of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
           Year 1995.
                                                            SR-222