[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 77 (Friday, June 17, 1994)]
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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of June 20 through 25, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider H.R. 4539, Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government Appropriations, 1995.
  On Tuesday, Senate will consider S. Res. 229, regarding hearings by 
the Senate Banking Committee, and an amendment to be proposed thereto, 
with a vote to occur thereon at 2:15 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider the following:
  H.R. 4426, Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1995;
  H.R. 4301, DOD Authorizations;
  A motion to proceed to consideration of S. 687, Product Liability 
Fairness Bill;
  Further appropriations bills and conference reports, when available; 
and
  Any cleared executive and legislative business.

  (Senate will recess from 1 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, June 21, 
for party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 20, to 
hold hearings on the nominations of Mary L. Schapiro, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Chairman, and Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, 
to be Commissioner, both of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission; Doyle Cook, of Washington, to be a Member of the Farm 
Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration; and Marilyn 
Fae Peters, of South Dakota, and Clyde Arlie Wheeler, Jr., of 
Oklahoma, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, 9:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 21, 
business meeting, to mark up S. 2049, to reduce homelessness, reform 
public housing, expand and preserve affordable housing and home 
ownership, ensure fair housing for all, and empower communities, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 22, to 
hold hearings on S. 2195, to direct the Federal Communications 
Commission to require the reservation, for public uses, of capacity 
on telecommunications networks, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation relating to public rights of way, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 21, Subcommittee 
on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests, to hold oversight 
hearings on the proposed location of the Disney's America project 
and its potential impact on the Manassas National Battlefield Park 
and other significant historic sites in northern Virginia, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  June 23, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
scientific and technological basis for radon policy, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold oversight 
hearings on the implementation of the Central Valley Project 
Improvement Act and the coordination of these actions with other 
Federal protection and restoration efforts in the San Francisco Bay/
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 23, open business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 20, Subcommittee on International 
Trade, to hold hearings on the Administration's proposal to renew 
the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 23, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Brian J. Donnelly, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador 
to Trinidad and Tobago, and George Charles Bruno, of New Hampshire, 
to be Ambassador to Belize, 2 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 21, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Government Operations' Subcommittee on 
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources to examine radioactive 
contamination at sewage treatment plants, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  June 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings on military 
construction, focusing on Federal building structures and base 
closings, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 21, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Administrative Practice, to hold hearings on S. 825, to amend title 
28 of the 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 a.m., SD-226.
  June 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 
2 p.m., SD-226.
  June 23, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 23, 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, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  June 23, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the 
operations of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, 10:30 
a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 21 and 23, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, Tuesday at 4 p.m. and Thursday at 
2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, House is not in session.
  Tuesday and the balance of the week, Consideration of H.R. 4568, HUD 
Supplemental Appropriations;
  Consideration of H.R. 2519, Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations 
for fiscal year 1995 (subject to a rule being granted);
  Consideration of H.R. 2520, Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations for fiscal year 1995 (subject to a rule being granted);
  Consideration of H.R. 2518, Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations 
for fiscal year 1995; and
  Consideration of H.R. 1188, Anti-Redlining In Insurance Disclosure 
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, June 23, Subcommittee on Environment, 
Credit, and Rural Development, to consider H.R. 4217, Federal Crop 
Insurance Reform Act of 1993, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and Hunger, hearing 
to review long-term trade strategy and export policies, 9:30 a.m., 
1302 Longworth.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources, 
hearing on H.R. 4063, Bull Run and Little Sandy Watershed Protection 
Act, 2 p.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 21, to consider the Labor, HHS, 
and Education appropriation for fiscal year 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 22, to mark up H.R. 4299, 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, June 21, 
Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade and 
Monetary Policy, oversight hearing on two reform measures adopted 
last year by the World Bank: (1) a new disclosure of information 
policy, (2) establishment of an independent inspection panel to 
review complaints about violations of the Bank's policies, 
procedures, and loan agreements, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance, hearing on 
different bank fees associated with maintaining depository, 
checking, and credit card accounts, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Credit Formation, 
hearing on legislative proposals to provide for financing assistance 
for projects fostering economic development and job creation, 2 
p.m., 2222 Rayburn.
  June 23, full Committee, hearing to discuss H.R. 4503, Derivatives 
Safety and Soundness Act of 1994; also recent reports on derivatives 
issued by the GAO and the Financial Accounting Standards Board, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 22, hearing on Interest Rates, 
Wages, Employment, and Inflation, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, June 21, 22, 23, and 24, to 
continue markup of H.R. 3600, Health Security Act, 9:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 21, Subcommittee on Health 
and the Environment, hearing on the status of the FDA's activities 
related to the regulation of nicotine containing tobacco products 
under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 9:45 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
the implementation, by January 1, 1995, of the reformulated gasoline 
(RFG) requirement of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and other 
Clean Air Act implementation issues, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, hearing 
on H.R. 4535, Unlisted Trading Privileges Act of 1994, and on the 
SEC staff study entitled, ``Market 2000: An Examination of Current 
Equity Market Development,'' 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on pipeline 
safety and the mandatory state-operated one-call system, 10 a.m., 
room to be announced.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, to continue 
oversight hearings on tobacco products, 10 a.m., room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 21, Subcommittee on Economic 
Policy, Trade and Environment, to consider GATT legislation, 1:30 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up H. Con. 
Res. 216, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding human 
rights in Vietnam, 3 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  June 22, 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.
  June 23, Subcommittee on International Security, International 
Organizations and Human Rights, hearing on revitalized Arms Control 
and Disarmament Agency in the Post-Cold War World, 1:30 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, June 21 and 23, Subcommittee 
on Legislation and National Security, hearings on Strengthening 
Public and Fiscal Accountability: Implementation of the Chief 
Financial Officer Act of 1990, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural 
Resources, hearing on Superfund Reform Issues, 9 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 21, to mark up the following: S. 
1458, General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994, and private 
claims bills, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law, hearing on 
medical malpractice provisions of H.R. 3600, Health Security Act, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial 
Administration, hearing on Patent and Trademark Office Authorization 
Act, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, June 21, Subcommittee 
on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf, 
hearing regarding proposals to elevate the Office of Ocean and 
Coastal Resource Management to the Assistant Administrator level 
within NOAA, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, hearing on 
Coast Guard Shipbuilding Standards, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 21, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 359, to improve the administration of the Women's Rights 
National Historical Park in the State of New York; H.R. 3408 and S. 
1586, to establish the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park in 
the State of Louisiana; and H.R. 4158, to establish the Lower East 
Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  June 22, full Committee, to consider pending business, 9:45 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint oversight 
hearing on the Economic Health of the Domestic Offshore Oil and Gas 
Industry, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 23, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public 
Lands, to mark up H.R. 3732, Idaho Wilderness, Sustainable Forests 
and Communities Act of 1994, and to hold an oversight hearing on 
Everglades Issues, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, June 22, to consider 
the following: 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. 512, 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; H.J. Res. 131, to designate December 7 of each year 
as ``National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day''; H.R. 4400, Postal 
Inspection Services and Inspector General Act; legislation to 
designate the ``Marian Oldham Post Office''; and legislation to 
designate the ``John L. Lawler, Jr., Post Office,'' 9:45 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Civil Service, to mark up H.R. 2289, 
Office of Government Ethics Authorization Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, June 20, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on the 
Federal Review of the Operation of Water Treatment Facilities for 
the Metropolitan Washington Area, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on the Water Resources Development Act of 1994 and Issues Related to 
Reauthorization of the Civil Works Program of the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 21, to consider the Interior 
appropriation for fiscal year 1995, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 21, Subcommittee 
on Technology, Environment and Aviation, hearing on the 
Establishment of a Design Council at the Department of Commerce, 
1:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, to 
mark up H.R. 1116, Clean Water Act Research Amendments of 1993; to 
be followed by a hearing on the EPA Laboratory Structure, 9:30 a.m., 
2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 22, Subcommittee on Procurement, 
Taxation and Tourism, to continue hearings on Unfair Competition, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Procurement, Taxation and Tourism, 
hearing on Subchapter S Corporation Reform, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprise, Exports, and the 
Environment, hearing on Health Care Reform, Rural Small Businesses, 
and the Rural Health Delivery System Development Act of 1994, 2 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 24, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
4263, Small Business and Minority Small Business Procurement 
Opportunities Act of 1994; and H.R. 4322, to amend the Small 
Business Act to increase the authorization for the development 
company program, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 20, Subcommittee on Trade, to 
continue consideration of draft Uruguay Round implementing 
legislative proposals, 2:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 21, 22, 23, and 24, full Committee, to continue markup of 
health care reform legislation, times and rooms to be announced.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 21, Subcommittee 
on Oversight and Evaluation, executive, hearing on Intelligence 
Support to Policy and Law Enforcement on International Organized 
Crime, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Legislation, hearing on confirmation of 
CIA Officials, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 22, to hold hearings on 
facilitating pension investments for economic growth and 
development, 10:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Conferees: June 21, On H.R. 3355, to amend the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow grants to increase 
police presence, to expand and improve cooperative efforts between 
law enforcement agencies and members of the community to address 
crime and disorder problems, and otherwise to enhance public safety, 
2:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn Building.
  Joint hearing: June 21, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Government 
Operations' Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural 
Resources to examine radioactive contamination at sewage treatment 
plants, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Office of Technology Assessment: June 23, board meeting, to 
consider pending business, 9 a.m., EF-100, Capitol.