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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 27 through July 2, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 687, Product 
Liability Fairness.
  On Tuesday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on 
S. 687, Product Liability Fairness.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will consider H.R. 4426, 
Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1995, complete consideration of S. 
2182, DOD Authorizations, and consider the following:
  H.R. 4506, Energy/Water Appropriations, 1995;
  Conference Reports, when available;
  Certain pending nominations; and
  Any cleared executive and legislative business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 29, to 
hold hearings on pending pesticide legislation, including S. 985, to 
revise the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act with 
respect to minor uses of pesticides; S. 1478, to revise the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to ensure that pesticide 
tolerances adequately safeguard the health of infants and children; 
and S. 2050, to revise the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 27, to hear and consider the 
nomination of Lt. Gen. Buster C. Glosson, USAF, to retire in grade, 
2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 29, 
Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings on S. 2120, to 
authorize appropriations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
for fiscal years 1997 through 1999, 2:30 p.m. SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 28, Subcommittee 
on Energy Research and Development, to hold hearings on S. 2104, to 
establish within the National Laboratories of the Department of 
Energy a national Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship 
Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings on S. 
1786, to increase the authorization of appropriations for the Belle 
Fourche Irrigation Project; S. 1988, to authorize the transfer of a 
certain loan contract to the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District; 
S. 2066, to expand the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project; S. 
2068, to authorize the construction of the Lewis and Clark Rural 
Water System and to authorize assistance to the Lewis and Clark 
Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the planning 
and construction of the water supply system; S. 2124, to provide for 
private development of power at the Mancos Project; and S. 2213, to 
make applicable the provisions of the act commonly known as the 
``Warren Act'' to the Central Utah Project, Utah, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 28, to hold 
hearings on S. 1834, authorizing funds for programs of the 
Comprehensive Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund), 
10 a.m. SD-406.
  June 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposals to reform 
current policies on floodplain management and flood control, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 27, business meeting, to mark up 
proposed health care reform legislation, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the Administration's 
proposed welfare reform legislation, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 27, to hold a closed briefing 
on United States policy toward China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, 4 p.m., 
S-116, Capitol.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the Agreement To 
Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management 
Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas (Treaty Doc. 103-24), 
10 a.m., SD-419.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps 
Affairs, to hold hearings to examine United States policy toward 
Haiti, 2 p.m. SD-419.
  June 29, Full Committee, 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, 9 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  June 29, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
nominations, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  June 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings on foreign policy 
issues, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 28, to hold hearings to 
examine issues relating to delinquent criminal debt, 10 a.m., SD-
324.
  June 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 29, to fully apply 
the rights and protections of Federal law to employment by Congress; 
S. 103, to fully apply the rights and protections of Federal civil 
rights and labor laws to employment by Congress; S. 579, to require 
Congress to comply with the laws it imposes on others; and S. 2071, 
to provide for the application of certain employment protection and 
information laws to the Congress, 9:00 a.m., SD-342.
  June 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Zoe 
Bush, Rhonda Reid Winston, and Judith Bartnoff, each to be an 
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 
2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  June 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
John A. Koskinen, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director 
for Management, Office of Management and Budget, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: Business meeting, to mark up S. 1757, 
American Health Security Act; S. 1936, to provide for the integrated 
management of Indian resources; S. 2067, to establish an Assistant 
Secretary of Health and Human Services for Indian Health; and S. 
2075, to revise and authorize funds for programs of the Indian Child 
Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 28, Subcommittee on Constitution, 
to hold oversight hearings on the implementation of the Hate Crime 
Statistics Act (P.L. 101-275), 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Guido Calabresi, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Second Circuit, and John R. Schmidt, of Illinois, to be 
Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice, 1 p.m., SD-226.
  June 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Alexander Williams, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Maryland, time to be announced, SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: June 30, business meeting, 
to consider pending nominations, time to be announced, S-217, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 29, business meeting, 
to consider the nominations of Lee Ann Elliott, of Virginia, and 
Danny Lee McDonald, of Oklahoma, each to be a Member of the Federal 
Election Commission, and other pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 28 and 30, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, Tuesday at 4 p.m. and Thursday at 
9 a.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of the following 11 Suspensions:
  1. S. 1458, General Aviation Revitalization Act;
  2. H.R. 2238, Federal Acquisition Improvement Act;
  3. H.R. 4635, to extend the Export Administration Act of 1979 until 
August 20, 1994;
  4. H.R. 4595, Marian Oldham Post Office;
  5. H.R. 4596, John L. Lawler, Jr. Post Office;
  6. H.R. 4400, Postal Inspection Service and Inspector General Act;
  7. H.R. 2559, to designate a Federal building located in Kansas City, 
Missouri, as the Richard Bolling Federal Building;
  8. H.R. 3567, The John F. Kennedy Center Act Amendments of 1994;
  9. H.R. 4576, to designate a Federal building in Washington, D.C., as 
the Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building;
  10. H.R. 4577, to designate a Federal building and United States 
courthouse in Bowling Green, Kentucky, as the William H. Natcher 
Federal Building; and
  11. S. 832, to designate the Plaza on the Federal Triangle property 
in Washington, D.C., as the Woodrow Wilson Plaza.
  (Recorded votes ordered on Suspensions will be postponed until 
Tuesday, June 28.)
  Continue consideration of H.R. 4603, Departments of Commerce, State, 
Justice and related agencies appropriations for fiscal year 1995.
  Consideration of H.R. 4606, Department of Labor, HHS and Education 
Appropriations for fiscal year 1995.
  Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Consideration of the following two 
Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 3626, Antitrust Reform Act; and
  2. H.R. 3636, National Communications Competition and Information 
Infrastructure Act.
  (Recorded votes ordered on suspensions will be postponed until 
legislative business on Tuesday.)
  Consideration of H.R. 4624, VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995 (subject to a rule being 
granted);
  H.R. ----, District of Columbia Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
1995 (subject to a rule being granted);
  H.R. ----, Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
1995 (subject to a rule being granted);
  H.R. 4600, Expedited Rescissions Act of 1994 (subject to a rule being 
granted);
  Continue consideration of H.R. 518, California Desert Protection Act; 
and
  Consideration of H.R. 1188, Anti-Redlining in Insurance Disclosure 
Act (subject to a rule being granted).
  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 business on Thursday, June 30, the House will adjourn 
until noon on Monday, July 11, for the Independence Day District Work 
Period.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 28, to consider legislation to 
implement the agricultural provisions of the Uruguay Round GATT 
Agreement, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 29, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, hearing to 
review general outlook for farm economy and commodity programs, 1:30 
p.m., 1302 Longworth.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources, 
hearing to review proposed regulations by the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service to establish prohibitions and restrictions 
concerning imported nonmanufactured wood articles, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and Rural 
Development, to consider H.R. 4217, Federal Crop Insurance Reform 
Act of 1994, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 27, to consider the Defense 
appropriation for fiscal year 1995, 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 29, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations and Facilities, hearing on natural resources 
management on military lands, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, June 28, 
Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade and 
Monetary Policy, hearing on international labor standards and the 
use of trade agreements and development assistance as mechanisms to 
promote them, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 29, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
4587, International Development Act of 1994; and H.R. 4455, to 
authorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States to provide 
financing for the export of nonlethal defense articles and defense 
services the primary end use of which will be for civilian purposes, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, 
hearing on actuarial soundness of the Federal Housing 
Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 29, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, to mark up the following: legislation extending oil 
emergency and conservation provisions of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975; and H.R. 3546, Propane Education and 
Research Act, 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing to 
examine the financial practices and changing organizational 
structures in the health insurance industry generally, as well as 
reviewing trends concerning community rating and preexisting 
conditions, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, oversight 
hearing on violence in video games and the ability of parents to 
block violent games delivered over cable or over mass delivery 
systems, 9 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 27, Subcommittee on 
International Security, International Organizations and Human 
Rights, hearing on International Organized Crime and Nuclear 
Security, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on United 
States Policy Toward Burma and to mark up a measure on United States 
Policy Toward Burma, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, hearing on 
Developments in Russia and the New Independent States, 9:30 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, June 28, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary Affairs, hearing on Chief Financial 
Officers Act Compliance and Financial Management in the Department 
of Commerce, 9:30 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  June 29, to consider the following: H.R. 4569, President John F. 
Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Extension Act of 1994; H.R. 
2461, to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949 to authorize the transfer to States of surplus personal 
property for donation to nonprofit providers of necessaries to 
impoverished families and individuals; H.R. 4549, to amend title 5, 
United States Code, to provide for travel and transportation 
expenses for the family of a career appointee in the Senior 
Executive Service who dies after transferring in the interest of the 
Government to an official duty station and who was eligible for an 
annuity at the time of death; H.R. 1873, to require certain payments 
made to victims of Nazi persecution to be disregarded in determining 
eligibility for and the amount of benefits or services based on 
need; S. 716, Vegetable Ink Printing Act of 1993; and draft reports, 
9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation and 
Agriculture, to consider the following: H.R. 716, Vegetable Ink 
Printing Act of 1993; and draft reports, 9 a.m., 2157 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, to 
consider the following: H.R. 4569, President John F. Kennedy 
Assassination Records Collection Extension Act of 1994; H.R. 2461, 
to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 to authorize the transfer to States of surplus personal 
property for donation to nonprofit providers of necessaries to 
impoverished families and individuals; H.R. 4549, to amend title 5, 
United States Code, to provide for travel and transportation 
expenses for the family of a career appointee in the Senior 
Executive Service who dies after transferring in the interest of the 
Government to an official duty station and who was eligible for an 
annuity at the time of death; and a draft report, 9 a.m., and a 
hearing on Budget Process Reform, 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on Are Existing Private Sector and State-Operated 
Health Care Alliances Working? 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation and 
Agriculture, hearing on Is There Competition in the Ticket 
Distribution Industry? 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, June 28, Subcommittee on 
Personnel and Police, to consider pending business, 10:30 a.m., H-
328 Capitol.
  June 30, full Committee, to continue hearings on congressional 
compliance provisions (H.R. 349, H.R. 2729, and H.R. 3801), 1:30 
p.m., H-328 Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 29, Subcommittee on Civil and 
Constitutional Rights, to continue oversight hearings on Term Limits 
for Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 10 a.m., 
2226 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judiciary 
Administration, to mark up H.R. 2576, Digital Performance Right in 
Sound Recordings Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, oversight 
hearing on Domestic Violence: Not Just a ``Family Matter,'' 12 p.m., 
2226 Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial 
Administration, hearing on H.R. 4357, Federal Courts Improvement Act 
of 1994, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, June 28, Subcommittee 
on Coast Guard and Navigation, hearing on the introduction of the 
20th United States Coast Guard Commandant, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico and the 
Outer Continental Shelf and the Subcommittee on Environment and 
Natural Resources, joint hearing on the implementation of the 
Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  June 29, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
4598, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical 
corrections to maps relating to the coastal Barrier Resources 
System; H.R. 3817, to amend the Fishermen's Protective Act; H.R. 
4253, Corning National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act of 1994; H.R. 
4504, Striped Bass Act of 1994; and H.R. 4422, Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 27, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 3433, to provide for the management of portions of the Presidio 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and H.R. 
4078, to amend the Act establishing the Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area, 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 28, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4607, to establish the 
Vancouver National Heritage Area; H.R. 2949, to establish the 
Augusta Canal National Heritage Corridor in the State of Georgia; 
H.R. 1685, to establish in the Department of the Interior the Essex 
Heritage District Commission; H.R. 3144, to authorize funding within 
the Department of the Interior to implement the plan of the Steel 
Industry Heritage Project; and H.R. 3988, to provide for the 
preservation and interpretation of certain lands, and structures 
relating to the coal mining heritage of the State of West Virginia 
and the Nation, 10 a.m., 1324 Rayburn.
  June 29, full Committee, to consider pending business, 9:45 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to mark up 
H.R. 1690, to authorize certain elements of the Yakima River Basin 
Water Enhancement Project, 3 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, June 29, 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Intelligent 
Vehicle Highway Systems, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 27, to H.R. 4624, making appropriations 
for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  June 28, to consider the following: the District of Columbia 
appropriation for fiscal year 1995; H.R. 4600, Expedited Rescissions 
Act of 1994; and H.R. 4299, Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1995, 10:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  June 29, to consider the following: the Defense appropriation for 
fiscal year 1995; and H.R. 1188, Anti-Redlining in Insurance 
Disclosure Act, 11 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  June 30, to consider H.R. 3937, Omnibus Export Administration Act 
of 1994, 10:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 28, Subcommittee 
on Energy, hearing on Women and K-12 Science and Mathematics 
Education, 1:30 p.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, 
hearing on Total Quality Management and Medical Care, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on Electric Vehicles and 
Advanced Battery Research, 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn. 
  Committee on Small Business, June 28, Subcommittee on Procurement, 
Taxation and Tourism, to continue hearings on Unfair Competition, 
1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 29, full committee, to continue markup of H.R. 4263, Small 
Business and Minority Small Business Procurement Opportunities Act 
of 1994, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn. 
  June 30, full Committee, hearing on Self-Regulation in 
Franchising: the IFA Code of Ethics, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 29, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on ``Barrier and Risks: VA Health Care 
Competitiveness and the Health Security Act,'' 8:30 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, and Insurance, to 
mark up pending legislation, 9:30 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs, oversight 
hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs Home Loan Guaranty 
Program, focusing on origination, loan servicing and property 
management, staffing levels, timeliness, and loan asset sales, 9:30 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 27 and 28, to continue markup of 
health care reform legislation, times to be announced, 1100 
Longworth.
  June 29, to mark up H.J. Res. 373, disapproving the extension of 
nondiscriminatory treatment--most-favored-nation treatment--to the 
products of the People's Republic of China, 10:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Trade, to complete consideration of draft 
Uruguay Round implementing legislative proposals, 8:30 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees: June 27, on H.R. 4454, making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 4 
p.m., H-301, Capitol.
  Conferees: June 29, on H.R. 322, to modify the requirements 
applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent 
with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.