[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 92 (Friday, July 15, 1994)]
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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of July 18 through 23, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider H.R. 4554, Agriculture 
Appropriations, 1995.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to consider the 
following:
  H.R. 4649, District of Columbia Appropriations, 1995;
  H.R. 4603, Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary Appropriations, 1995;
  H.R. 4556, Transportation Appropriations, 1995;
  H.R. 4624, VA/HUD Appropriations, 1995;
  Conference Reports, when available; and
  Any cleared executive and legislative business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 20, to hold 
hearings to review the Federal Reserve's semi-annual monetary policy 
report, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  July 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review the Department 
of the Treasury's report to Congress on international economic and 
exchange rate policy, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 21, to 
hold hearings on issues relating to international fisheries, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 19, to hold 
hearings on S. 2151, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain lands in the State of California, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 20, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 19, Subcommittee 
on Clean Water, Fisheries and Wildlife, to resume hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the 
Endangered Species Act, focusing on conservation on private lands, 9 
a.m., SD-406.
  July 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review the 
Administration's Floodplain Management Task Force report on the 1993 
Midwest floods, and to examine the current flood situation in 
Georgia, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Toxic Substances, Research and 
Development, to hold hearings on S. 1545, to authorize funds for 
fiscal years 1994 through 1996 for environmental research, 
development, and demonstration, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 19, business meeting, to mark up 
proposed legislation to implement the Uruguay Round of Multilateral 
Trade Negotiations, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 20, to hold hearings to 
examine the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  July 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Robert A. Pastor, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Panama, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 19, to hold hearings to 
examine high risk and emerging fraud with the student loan program, 
the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office, and Civil 
Service, to hold hearings to examine the Federal role in child 
support enforcement, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: July 19, to hold hearings 
on S. 2238, to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of 
sexual orientation, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  July 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Gilbert F. Casellas, of Pennsylvania, Paul M. Igasaki, of 
California, and Paul Steven Miller, of California, each to be a 
Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  July 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine health 
insurance coverage for American and foreign employees of 
multinational corporations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 19, to hold hearings on S. 2230, 
to revise the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 2 p.m., SD-G50.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following 5 Suspensions:
  1. H. Con. Res. 261, to honor the U.S. Astronauts who flew in space 
to explore the Moon;
  2. H.R. 4322, Development company program increases;
  3. H.R. 3246, relating to reemployed annuitant shall not apply with 
respect to Postal retirees who are reemployed, on a temporary basis, to 
serve as rural letter carriers or rural postmasters;
  4. H.R. 3499, to amend the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay 
and Personnel Practices Act; and
  5. H.R. 512, to provide that group life insurance benefits be paid 
out to an insured individual who is terminally ill.
  Consideration of a motion to go to conference on H.R. 820, the 
National Competitive Act (one hour of general debate);
  Consideration of H.R. 4299, Intelligence Authorization for fiscal 
year 1995 (open rule, one hour of general debate).
  Wednesday and the balance of the week, Complete consideration of H.R. 
3937, Export Administration Act;
  Consideration of H.R. 1188, Anti-Redlining in Insurance Disclosure 
Act (open rule, 1 hour of general debate);
  Consideration of H.R. 4604, Budget Control Act of 1994 (subject to a 
rule being granted);
  Complete consideration of H.R. 518, California Desert Protection Act;
  Consideration of H.R. 3838, Housing and Community Development Act 
(subject to a rule being granted); and
  Consideration of H.R. 3870, Environmental Technologies Act of 1994 
(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, July 20, to consider H.R. 4217, Federal 
Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and Rural 
Development, hearing on H.R. 4129, Rural Credit and Development Act 
of 1994, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 19, Subcommittee on Military 
Forces and Personnel, hearing on the role of the Department of 
Defense in health-care reform, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Military Forces and Personnel, to mark up 
legislation relating to the role of the Department of Defense in 
health-care reform, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  July 21, full Committee, to mark up legislation relating to the 
role of the Department of Defense in health-care reform, time to be 
announced, 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, July 21, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance, hearing on the 
community investment practices of financial institutions not 
currently subjected to Community Reinvestment Act requirements, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Credit Formation, 
hearing on the state of the economy (Humphrey-Hawkins), 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, July 19, Subcommittee on Labor-
Management Relations, hearing on H.R. 3396, Retirement Protection 
Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights, 
hearing on the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act, 10 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational 
Education, oversight hearing on school violence, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights and the 
Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits of the Committee 
on Post Office and Civil Service, joint hearing on the Fair Pay Act 
of 1994, 10 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 19, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 4111, Amtrak Investment Act of 1994; H.R. 
4545, Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1994; H.R. 4535, 
Unlisted Trading Privileges Act of 1994; H.R. 3342, to establish a 
toll free number in the Department of Commerce to assist consumers 
in determining if products are American made; H.R. 4752, Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act Amendments of 1994; and H.R. 4751, to 
reauthorize appropriations for the weatherization program under 
section 422 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and 
Competitiveness, hearing on Deceptive Practices in the Sale of Life 
Insurance, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to continue hearings on 
Electricity Issues that have followed the enactment of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 19, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 2826, to provide for an investigation of the 
whereabouts of the United States citizens who have been missing from 
Cyprus since 1974; a resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary 
of the Warsaw Uprising; H. Res. 476, congratulating the people of 
Germany and the citizens of Berlin on the occasion of the withdrawal 
of United States troops from Berlin and reaffirming the United 
States-Berlin friendship; H. Res. 471, to urge the Government of 
Burma [Myanmar] to release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; and H. Con. Res. 
151, concerning the movement toward democracy in the Federal 
Republic of Nigeria, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and the Subcommittee 
on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment, joint hearing on the 
Summit of the Americas, Part I: ``Prospects for Trade within the 
Hemisphere,'' 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 19, Subcommittee on Crime and 
Criminal Justice, oversight hearing on the Deceit That Sickens 
America: Health Care Fraud and Its Innocent Victims, 12 p.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law, to mark up 
H.R. 9, Insurance Competitive Pricing Act of 1993, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, oversight 
hearing on Firearms Technology: Using Innovation to Stop Gun 
Violence, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, July 19, Subcommittee 
on Environment and Natural Resources, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 4481, National Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Act; and 
H.R. 4289, Waterways Restoration Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, hearing on 
Interim Final Rule for Vessel Certificates of Financial 
Responsibility, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 19, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 4228, to extend the Federal recognition to the United 
Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; and 
H.R. 3600, Health Security Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, to mark up 
H.R. 3967, Helium Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
illegal water use practices on Bureau of Reclamation projects, 9:45 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 19, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4213, to amend the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to establish a national registry of rivers and watersheds 
to be protected and restored; H.R. 4010, to improve the water 
quality within the Rio Puerco watershed and to help restore the 
ecological health of the Rio Grande through the cooperative 
identification and implementation of best management practices which 
are consistent with ecological, geological, cultural, sociological, 
and with economic conditions in the region; H.R. 233, to apply 
certain provisions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to a segment of 
the North Folk of the Payette River in Idaho; and H.R. 4083, to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating the Lower Salmon 
River in Idaho as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  July 20, full Committee, to consider pending business, 9:45 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  July 21, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public 
Lands, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1562 and S. 310, Chacoan 
Outliers Protection Act of 1993; H.R. 3964, Sante Fe National Forest 
Boundary Adjustment Act of 1994; H.R. 3204, to transfer a parcel of 
land to the Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico; H.R. 3050, to expand 
the boundaries of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area; 
H.R. 4533, to promote entrepreneurial management of the National 
Park Service; and S. 1703 and H.R. 3973, to expand the boundaries of 
the Piscataway National Park, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Native American Affairs, to mark up H.R. 
4653, to settle Indian land claims within the State of Connecticut; 
and to hold a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2549, to 
establish administrative procedures to extend recognition to certain 
Indian groups; H.R. 4462, Indian Federal Recognition Administration 
Procedures Act of 1994; and H.R. 4709, to make certain technical 
corrections, 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, July 19, Subcommittee 
on Compensation and Employee Benefits, hearing on the Select 
Preferred Provider Program of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of the National 
Capital Area, 11 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Census, Statistics and Postal Personnel, 
hearing to review proposed legislation to permit address list 
sharing by the Census Bureau, 10 a.m., 211 Cannon.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, July 19, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1994 and Issues Related to the 
Reauthorization of the Civil Works Program of the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, hearing on 
Legislation to Preempt State Motor Carrier Regulations Pertaining to 
Rates, Routes, and Services, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on 
Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, July 19, to consider H.R. 4604, Budget Control 
Act of 1994, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 19, Subcommittee 
on Space, hearing on Allocation of Single Stage to Orbit Research 
Funds, 12:30 p.m., followed by a hearing and markup of H.R. 4008, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 
1994, 1:30 p.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  July 20, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
4306, Risk Assessment Improvement Act of 1994; H.R. 4489, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1995 and 1996; and H.R. 4008, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Energy, to mark up the following: H.R. 
3546, Propane Education and Research Act of 1993; and the Hydrogen 
Fusion Research Authorization Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Space, hearing on H.R. 4621, to establish 
a National Academy of Space, 2:30 p.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 20, hearing on Key Issues 
Confronting Minor League Baseball, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  July 21, hearing on Crime and Small Business, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 19, Subcommittee on 
Education, Training and Employment, to mark up pending business, 9 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
``VA Health Care and Communication and Information Technologies,'' 
8:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 21, full Committee, to mark up pending legislation, 9:30 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs, to mark up 
pending legislation, 9 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 20 and 21, to continue 
consideration of draft Uruguay Round implementing proposals, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 22, to mark up H.R. 3396, Retirement Protection act of 1993, 
9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Human Resources, to mark up H.R. 4040, 
Reemployment Act of 1994, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: July 22, to hold open and closed 
hearings to examine the economic conditions in China, 9 a.m., SD-
628.