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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of July 25 through 30, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider H.R. 4602, Interior Appropriations, 
1995. During the balance of the week, Senate also expects to consider 
the following:
  S. 1513, Improving America's Schools Act;
  Conference reports, when available; and
  Any cleared executive and legislative business.

  (Senate will meet in a joint meeting with the House of 
Representatives on Tuesday, July 26, 1994, at 11 a.m., to receive an 
address by His Majesty Hussein I, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of 
Jordan, and His Excellency Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of the State 
of Israel.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 28, 
Subcommittee on Agricultural Research, Conservation, Forestry and 
General Legislation, to hold hearings on S. 985, S. 1478, and S. 
2050, bills to improve existing legislative authority regulating the 
use of pesticides and to insure public health and environmental 
benefits, 2:30 p.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 25, Subcommittee on Defense, 
business meeting, to mark up H.R. 4650, making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1995, 10 a.m., SD-116.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 29, to hold 
hearings to examine issues relating to Whitewater, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 26, 
Subcommittee on Foreign Commerce and Tourism, to hold hearings to 
examine Pacific rim trade policy, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC), 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 26, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Elizabeth Anne Moler, of Virginia, to 
be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department 
of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings on S. 
2253, to modify the Mountain Park Project in Oklahoma; S. 2262, to 
amend the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act; and 
S. 2266, to amend the Recreation Management Act of 1992, 2 p.m., SD-
366.
  July 28, Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests, 
to hold hearings on S. 2121, to promote entrepreneurial management 
of the National Park Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 25, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Dorothy Myers Sampas, of Maryland, to be Ambassador 
to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania; E. Michael Southwick, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda; Carl Burton 
Stokes, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles; and 
Brady Anderson, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the United Republic 
of Tanzania, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  July 26, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine the crisis in Central Africa, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  July 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Ralph Earle II, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director 
of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  July 27, Full Committee, to hold a closed briefing on the status 
of negotiations on Bosnia, 4 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 25, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, to hold oversight hearings on 
the Environmental Protection Agency's implementation of the non-
attainment provision of the Clean Air Act in the Lake Michigan 
region, 1:30 p.m., SD-342.
  July 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the pricing 
of prescription drugs, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine financial 
problems at Federal agencies, focusing on recent audits, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-342.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Regulation and Government Information, to 
hold joint hearings with the Committee on the Judiciary's 
Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice to examine the video rating system, 
focusing on violent video games, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 26, to hold oversight hearings on 
the activities and programs of the Department of Justice, 2 p.m., 
SD-226.
  July 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Lois Jane Schiffer, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, to hold joint hearings 
with the Committee on Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on 
Regulation and Government Information to examine the video rating 
system, focusing on violent video games, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: July 26, Subcommittee on 
Labor, to hold hearings on helping workers make successful 
transitions, focusing on S. 1964, to establish a comprehensive 
program for worker reemployment, and S. 1969, to revise the Worker 
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to minimize the adverse 
effects of employment dislocation (bills pending on Senate 
calendar), 9 a.m., SD-430.
  July 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine recent 
research on sickle cell disease, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Full Committee, Business meeting, to consider pending nominations, 
time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  July 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 2238, to prohibit 
employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: July 28, to hold hearings 
on S. Res. 230, to designate and assign two permanent Senate offices 
to each State, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: July 28, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Linda Marie Hooks, of Georgia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Acquisition and Facilities), and 
pending legislation, 2 p.m., SR-418.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 25, to resume hearings on S. 
2230, to revise the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 12:30 p.m., SD-
106.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 26, to hold a closed 
briefing on intelligence matters, 4 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of the following 10 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 868, Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention 
Act;
  2. Conference report on H.R. 2243, Federal Trade Commission Act 
Amendments;
  3. H.R. 2826, Providing for an Investigation of the Whereabouts of 
the United States Citizens who Have Been Missing From Cyprus Since 
1974;
  4. H.J. Res. 388, Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Warsaw 
Uprising;
  5. H. Res. 476, Congratulating the Citizens of Berlin on the Occasion 
of the Withdrawal of United States Troops from Berlin and Reaffirming 
United States Berlin Friendship;
  6. H. Res. 471, To Urge the Government of Burma to Release Daw Aung 
San Suu Kyi; and
  7. H. Con. Res. 151, Concerning the Movement Toward Democracy in the 
Federal Republic of Nigeria;
  8. H.R. 4228, Auburn Indian Restoration Act;
  9. H.R. 1426, Indian Dams Safety Act; and
  10. S. 1066, Restoring Federal Services to the Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians.

  (Recorded votes ordered on Suspensions will be postponed until the 
end of legislative business).

  Motion to go to conference on H.R. 4301, Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1995.
  Tuesday, and the balance of the week, On Tuesday, the House will 
recess immediately, and reconvene at approximately 11:00 a.m. to 
receive His Majesty Hussein I, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 
and His Excellency Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel in a joint 
meeting.
  Complete consideration of H.R. 518, California Desert Protection Act;
  Complete consideration of H.R. 3937, Export Administration Act;
  Consideration of H.R. 3870, Environmental Technologies Act of 1994 
(subject to a rule being granted);
  S. 208, National Park Service Concessions Policy Reform Act (subject 
to a rule being granted);
  H.R. 3433, To provide for the management of the Presidio (subject to 
a rule being granted);
  H.R. 4801. Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1994 (subject to a 
rule being granted);
  Conference report on H.R. 4277, Social Security Administrative Reform 
Act of 1994 (subject to a rule being granted);
  Conference report on H.R. 3355, Omnibus Crime Control Act (subject to 
a rule being granted); and
  Conference report on H.R. 3474, Community Development Financial 
Institutions/Interstate Bank Branching (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 26, to consider legislation to 
implement the agricultural provisions of the Uruguay Round GATT 
agreement, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition, to 
consider the following bills: H.R. 2927, Plant Variety Protection 
Act Amendments of 1993; and H.R. 1627, Food Quality Protection Act 
of 1993, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 28, Subcommittee on Treasury, 
Postal Service, General Government, hearing on the U.S. Postal 
Service, 9:30 a.m., H-164 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 27, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on Department of Defense policy on 
defense industry mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring, 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Research and Technology, hearing on 
telemedicine, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, July 26, pursuant 
to H. Res. 394, to express the sense of the House that Congress has 
a constitutional obligation to conduct oversight of matters related 
to the operation of the Government, the Committee will hold a 
hearing on the completed aspects of the investigation conducted by 
Independent Counsel on the so-called ``Whitewater Affair,'' 9:30 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, July 26, Subcommittee on Labor 
Standards, Occupational Health and Safety, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 2607, Professional Boxing Corporation Act of 1993; 
H.R. 3311, Boxing Safety, Retirement, and Retraining Act of 1993; 
and H. Con. Res. 14, expressing the sense of Congress with respect 
to certain regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, 10 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights, 
oversight hearing on Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 26, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and Finance, hearing on S. 479, Small Business 
Incentive Act of 1993, and to review a proposal to encourage 
relational investing, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
the problems with budgeting and financial control systems involving 
major publicly held contractors on the Space Station, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials, 
oversight hearing on the following: Groundwater monitoring in small 
rural landfills; H.R. 2654, to authorize the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to exempt certain small landfills 
from the groundwater monitoring requirements contained in landfill 
regulations promulgated by the Agency; and Ash generated from the 
burning of municipal solid waste in waste-to-energy incinerators, 
9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 28, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and 
Competitiveness, hearing on stipends for student athletes, 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  July 28, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, oversight 
hearing on global information infrastructure, focusing on the 
creation of a competitive satellite industry and on proposals for 
the privatization of INTELSAT and INMARSAT, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance and the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Power, joint oversight hearing on 
proposals to lift the current diversification restrictions on 
telecommunication activities of registered public utility companies, 
9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 27, hearing on American Public 
Attitudes Toward Foreign Policy, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Ethiopia: The 
Challenges Ahead, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 28, full Committee, hearing on Middle East Peace and Other 
Vital Interests, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, July 26, Subcommittee on 
Employment, Housing and Aviation, hearing on Section 8 Housing--
Waste and Mismanagement, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 27, full Committee, to consider the following: H.R. 3600, 
Health Security Act; and a draft report, 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, to consider H.R. 3600, Health Security Act, 11 a.m., 2157 
Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation and 
Agriculture, to consider the following: H.R. 3600, Health Security 
Act; and a draft report, 9:45 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 28, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on Invasive Strep A: What Do We Need to Know? 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, July 28, to mark up 
Congressional compliance provisions, 1 p.m., H-328 Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 27, to mark up H.R. 3600, Health 
Security Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 28, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial 
Administration, to mark up H.R. 4608, Patent and Trademark Office 
Authorization Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, July 26, Subcommittee 
on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf and 
the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the Committee on 
Natural Resources, joint hearing on H.R. 3678, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to negotiate agreements for the use of 
Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and shell resources, 1 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 25, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 746 and S. 1033, to establish the Shenandoah National 
Battlefields and Commission in the Commonwealth of Virginia; and 
H.R. 3714 and S. 986, to provide for an interpretive center at the 
Civil War Battlefield of Corinth, Mississippi; and an oversight 
hearing on Civil War Advisory Commission, 12:30 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Native American Affairs, hearing on S. 
720, Indian Lands Open Dump Cleanup Act of 1994, 9:30 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  July 27, full Committee, to consider pending business, 9:45 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  July 28, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: S. 1980, to establish the 
Cane River Creole National Historical Park and the Cane River 
National Heritage Area in the State of Louisiana; H.R. 4720, to 
establish the Hudson River Valley American Heritage Area; H.R. 793, 
to provide for the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of 
the historical, cultural and architectural values of the Town of 
Bramwell, West Virginia, for the educational and inspirational 
benefit of present and future generations; and H.R. 4692, to 
establish the Appalachian Coal Heritage Area, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Native American Affairs, oversight 
hearing on Indian Self-Determination Act regulations, 9:30 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, July 26, Subcommittee 
on Compensation and Employee Benefits, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 3694, Child Abuse Accountability Act; H.R. 4570, to 
improve and strengthen the child support collection system; and H.R. 
4361, Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act, 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  July 27, full Committee, to consider pending business, 9:45 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, July 26, 
Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, hearing and markup of 
the following: H.R. 4727, to designate the Federal building located 
at 125 Market Street in Youngstown, OH, as the ``Thomas D. Lambros 
Federal Building''; ``H.R. 4772, to designate the Federal building 
and U.S. courthouse located at 215 South Evans Street in Greenville, 
NC, as the ``Walter B. Jones Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''; ``H.R. 4790, to designate the U.S. courthouse under 
construction in St. Louis, MO, as the ``Thomas F. Eagleton United 
States Courthouse''; H.R. 4812, to direct the Administrator of 
General Services to acquire by transfer the Old U.S. Mint in San 
Francisco; the Fiscal Year 1995 General Services Administration 
Leasing Program; and an 11(b) resolution, 8:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to 
continue hearings 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.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Legislation and 
Regulations Affecting Scenic Overflights Above National Parks, 9:30 
a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to mark 
up H.R. 3800, Superfund Reform Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 28, full Committee, to mark up the following: H.R. 3110, to 
designate the United States courthouse and Federal building to be 
constructed at the southeastern corner of Liberty and South Virginia 
Streets in Reno, NV, as the ``Bruce R. Thompson United States 
Courthouse and Federal Building''; H.R. 4543, to designate the 
United States courthouse to be constructed at 907 Richland Street in 
Columbia, SC, as the ``Matthew J. Perry, Jr., United States 
Courthouse''; H.R. 4727, to designate the Federal building located 
at 125 Market Street in Youngstown, OH, as the ``Thomas D. Lambros 
Federal Building''; ``H.R. 4772, to designate the Federal building 
and U.S. courthouse located at 215 South Evans Street in Greenville, 
NC, as the ``Walter B. Jones Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''; ``H.R. 4790, to designate the U.S. courthouse under 
construction in St. Louis, MO, as the ``Thomas F. Eagleton United 
States Courthouse''; H.R. 4812, to direct the Administrator of 
General Services to acquire by transfer the Old U.S. Mint in San 
Francisco; H.R. 3800, Superfund Reform Act of 1994; the Fiscal Year 
1995 General Services Administration Leasing Program; and an 11(b) 
resolution, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, July 26, to consider S. 208, National Park 
Service Concessions Policy Reform Act of 1994, 1 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 26, Subcommittee 
on Science, to mark up H.R. 4684, Department of Energy High Energy 
and Nuclear Physics Authorization Act of 1994, 9:30 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, 
hearing on Technology Deployment and Interoperability in the 
National Information Infrastructure, 1:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 27, full Committee, hearing on EPA Laboratory Structure, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 28, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, 
hearing on ``Is the FAA Caught in the Wake Vortex Turbulence?'' 9:30 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 28, Subcommittee on Development 
of Rural Enterprises, Exports, and the Environment, to continue 
hearings on Health Care Reform and Rural Small Business, 2 p.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 25, hearing on the financing 
provisions of H.R. 3800, Superfund Reform Act of 1994, 11 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  July 26, 27, 28, and 29, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearings 
on Welfare Reform, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 26, executive, 
hearing on Counterintelligence Restructuring, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: July 26, to hold hearings to examine the 
prospects of Japanese economic growth in the next decade, 9:30 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn Building.