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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of June 13 through 18, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will not be in session.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1491, Federal 
Aviation Administration Authorization Act.
  (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., on Tuesday, June 
14, 1994, for party conferences.)
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider H.R. 4426, 
Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, 1995; H.R. 4454, Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1995; and any cleared executive and 
legislative business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: June 13, 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, 3 p.m., SD-138.
  June 15, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the District of 
Columbia court system and school system, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 14, to 
hold hearings on weather satellite convergence, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  June 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Dharmendra K. Sharma, of California, to be Administrator of the 
Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to hold hearings 
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for rail safety programs, 
3 p.m., SR-253.
  June 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  June 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the results 
of the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiations, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 14, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of Patricia Fry Godley, of Texas, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, and Joseph F. Vivona, to be 
Chief Financial Officer, both of the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  June 15, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings on implementation of the 
Department of Energy's alternative fuel vehicle and fleet programs, 
9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
regarding Hawaiian homelands, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 14, Subcommittee 
on Superfund, Recycling, and Solid Waste Management, business 
meeting, to mark up proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
Superfund programs, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Clean Water, Fisheries and Wildlife, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs 
of the Endangered Species Act, focusing on science and history of 
the endangered species conservation, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 15, 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, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 14, to hold hearings to 
examine the Uruguay negotiations, focusing on changing GATT to the 
World Trade Organization, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  June 15, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Trade, 
Oceans and Environment, business meeting, to mark up proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for foreign 
assistance programs, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 14, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation to authorize funds for the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency's (FEMA) emergency food and shelter program, 9:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office, and Civil 
Service, to hold hearings to examine the licensing process of the 
Departments of State and Commerce for the commercial export of arms, 
9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  June 16, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
legislation and nominations, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 15, Subcommittee on Constitution, 
to hold hearings to examine the President's constitutional authority 
with the use of the line item veto, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
to reform the immigration system, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Constitution, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the United States 
Commission on Civil Rights, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: June 15, business meeting, 
to mark up S. 1513, authorizing funds for programs of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act, and to consider pending nominations, 10 
a.m., SD- 430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 16, 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, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  June 16, Full Committee, business meeting, to resume markup of 
legislative reorganization legislation, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business: June 14, business meeting, to mark up 
S. 1830, to authorize funding for the small business defense 
conversion program of the Small Business Administration, and H.R. 
4322, to revise the Small Business Act to increase the authorization 
for the development company program, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 15, 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, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 14 and 16, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, Tuesday at 4 p.m. and Thursday at 
2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Program for Monday: Consideration of the following 4 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 3013, Center for Women Veterans;
  2. S. 1904, Veterans' Appeals Administrative Procedures Improvement 
Act of 1994;
  3. H.R. 1015, Fair Credit Reporting Act; and
  4. Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for fiscal year 1995.
  (Recorded votes ordered on Suspensions will be postponed until 
Tuesday, June 14.)
  Continue consideration of H.R. 518, California Desert Protection Act.
  Program for Tuesday and the balance of the week: Consideration of 
H.R. 4506, Energy and Water Development Appropriations for fiscal year 
1995 (rule waiving certain points of order);
  Complete consideration of H.R. 4539, Treasury Department, the U.S. 
Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and Certain 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995 (open 
rule, one hour of general debate);
  Consideration of H.R. 4556, Transportation Appropriations for fiscal 
year 1995 (subject to a rule being granted);
  Consideration of H.R. 4554, Agriculture Appropriations for fiscal 
year 1995 (subject to a rule being granted); and
  Consideration of the conference report on S. 24, Independent Counsel 
Reauthorization Act (rule waiving points of order).


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 14 and 15, Subcommittee on 
Department Operations and Nutrition, hearings to review the 
Administration's pesticide reform proposal, 2 p.m., on June 14, and 
9:30 a.m., on June 15, 1300 Longworth.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and Rural 
Development, hearing to review reports by GAO and the Commodity 
Futures Commission on derivative products, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  June 16, full Committee, to consider H.R. 3171, Department of 
Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 13, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
mark up the fiscal year 1995 appropriation, 3 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  June 14 and 15, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on 
Congressional and Public Witnesses, 10 a.m., H-301 Capitol.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Labor--Health and Human Services, 
Education--to mark up the fiscal year 1995 appropriation, 9:30 a.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 15, hearing and mark-up of H.R. 
3937, Export Administration Act of 1994, and to mark up H.R. 2238, 
Federal Acquisition Improvement Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, June 14, 
Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade and 
Monetary Policy, to mark up legislation authorizing U.S. 
contributions to the following: the restructured Global Environment 
Facility; Inter-American Development Bank and the Fund for Special 
Operations (the Bank's soft-loan window); and the African 
Development Fund (the soft-loan window of the African Development 
Bank), 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 15 and 16, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 3838, Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the District of Columbia, June 14, Subcommittee on 
Fiscal Affairs and Health, hearing on H.R. 3728, District of 
Columbia Pension Liability Funding Reform Act of 1994, 8:30 a.m., 
1310 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and Labor, June 14, 15, 16, and 17, to 
continue mark up of H.R. 3600, Health Security Act, 9:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 14, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and Finance, oversight hearing on developing a 
secondary market for commercial loans, 9:30 a.m., room to be 
announced.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
the Federal Government's response to serious management problems 
within the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on H.R. 4545, Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 
1994, 9:30 a.m., room to be announced.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, hearing on 
the reauthorization of the Orphan Drug Act, 10 a.m., room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 14, Subcommittee on Europe and 
the Middle East, hearing on Developments in the Middle East, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 15, full Committee, hearing on East Asia Policy, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on International Security, International 
Organizations and Human Rights and the Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere Affairs, joint hearing on Counternarcotics Strategy for 
the Western Hemisphere: A New Direction? 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, June 16, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary Affairs, hearing on SBA's 
Management of Specialized Small Business Investment Companies 
Program, 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations and the Subcommittee on Information, Justice, 
Transportation and Agriculture, joint hearing on Fresh vs. Frozen 
Chickens and Other Issues Involving USDA's Regulation of Poultry 
Products, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, June 14, hearing on 
Congressional Compliance Provisions (H.R. 349/2729, and H.R. 3801), 
1 p.m., HC-5 Capitol.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Office Systems, to consider pending 
business, 11 a.m., H-328 Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 14, Subcommittee on Economic and 
Commercial Law, to mark up S. 1458, General Aviation Revitalization 
Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law, hearing on 
Antitrust provisions of H.R. 3600, Health Security Act, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and 
Refugees, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3663, Haitian Refugee 
Fairness Act; and H.R. 4114, Governors Island Reinforcement Act of 
1994, 9 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial 
Administration, to mark up H.R. 4307, to amend title 35, United 
States Code, with respect to applications for process patents, 10 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, June 14, Subcommittee 
on Coast Guard and Navigation, hearing on H.R. 3821, United States 
Passenger Vessel Development Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the 
Outer Continental Shelf, hearing regarding the impact of the Ocean 
Dumping Act and Federal dredging policy on regional dredging issues, 
10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Fisheries Management, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 3817, to amend the Fishermen's Protective Act; 
H.R. 4253, Corning National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act of 1994; 
and H.R. 4504, Striped Bass Act of 1994, 1:30 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, hearing on dredging and 
its impact on U.S. port competitiveness, maritime and transportation 
labor, and the national transportation system, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 14, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 3898, to establish the New Bedford Whaling National Historical 
Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts; and H.R. 4448, to amend the Act 
establishing Lowell National Historical Park, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  June 15, full Committee, to consider pending business, 9:45 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Insular and International Relations, 
hearing on H.R. 3797, to transfer certain administrative functions 
of the Department of the Interior relating to the United States 
territories to the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., room to be 
announced.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, oversight 
hearing on Western Power Administration proposals to determine the 
allocation of 7,000 megawatts of Federal hydroelectric power, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 16, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public 
Lands, to mark up 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; H.R. 2577, the Fall 
River Visitor Center Act of 1993; H.R. 3708, to reform operation, 
maintenance, and development of the Steamtown National Historic 
Site; H.R. 4364, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to 
transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands for 
inclusion in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreation Area; 
H.R. 3953, to authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain 
lands in Florida to a political subdivision of the State of Florida; 
H.R. 2926, and S. 1402, Twin Fall County Landfill Act of 1993; and 
S. 859, to reduce the restrictions on lands conveyed by deed under 
the Act of June 8, 1926, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  June 17, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public 
Lands, hearing on H.R. 2080, to improve the management of public 
lands used for military purposes, to require assessments of future 
needs for withdrawals of public lands for such uses, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, June 15, Subcommittee 
on Postal Operations and Services, hearing and markup of H.R. 4400, 
Postal Inspection Service and Inspector General Act, 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, June 14, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, oversight hearing on Motor 
Carrier Safety, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 14, to consider the following: H.R. 4556, 
making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995; and 
H.R. 4554, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 10:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 14, Subcommittee 
on Science, hearing on the Future of the U.S. High Energy Physics, 
Part II, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 15, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 4306, Risk Assessment 
Improvement Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 1116, Clean Water Research 
Amendments of 1993; and H.R. 4489, NASA, Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1995 and 1996 (Aeronautics Portion), 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 15 and 16, Subcommittee on 
Procurement, Taxation, and Tourism, hearings on Unfair Competition, 
10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 15, Subcommittee on 
Education, Training and Employment, hearing to review the 
implementation and effectiveness of programs administered by the 
Department of Labor which provide employment and training 
opportunities for veterans, 9 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 14, 25, 16 and 17, to continue 
markup of health care reform legislation, times and rooms to be 
announced.
  June 15, to mark up H.R. 3937, Export Administration Act of 1994, 
9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 15, executive, to 
mark up H.R. 3937, Omnibus Export Administration Act of 1994, 2 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.