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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of August 1 through 6, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1513, Improving 
America's Schools Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may also consider the 
following:
  H.R. 4624, VA/HUD Appropriations, 1995;
  H.R. 3355, Omnibus Crime Bill Conference Report;
  Further conference reports, when available; and
  Any cleared executive and legislative business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: August 5, 
Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing and Product 
Promotion, to hold hearings on S. 1557, to revise the Dairy 
Production Stabilization Act of 1983 to require that members of the 
National Dairy Promtion and Research Board be elected by milk 
producers and to prohibit bloc voting by cooperative associations of 
milk producers in the election of the producers, and S. 1564, to 
revise the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 to ensure that 
all persons who benefit from the dairy promotion and research 
program contribute to the cost of the program, to terminate the 
program on December 31, 1996, and to prohibit bloc voting by 
cooperative associations of milk producers in connection with the 
program, and to examine the beef industry long range plan of the 
Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, 10 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: August 1, to 
resume hearings to examine issues relating to Whitewater, 10:30 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: August 3, to 
hold hearings on S. 2101, to provide for the establishment of 
mandatory State-operated comprehensive one-call systems to protect 
all underground facilities from being damaged by any excavations, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: August 2, Subcommittee 
on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests, to hold hearings on S. 
1222, to revise the boundaries of the Blackstone River Valley 
National Heritage Corridor in Massaschusetts and Rhode Island; S. 
1342, to establish in the Department of the Interior the Essex 
Heritage District Commission; S. 1726, to provide for a competition 
to select the architectural plans for a museum to be built on the 
East St. Louis portion of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial; 
S. 1818, to establish the Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage 
Corridor in the State of Ohio as an affiliated area of the National 
Park System; S. 1871, to establish a Whaling National Historical 
Park in New Bedford, MA; S. 2064, to expand the boundary of the Weir 
Farm National Historical Site in Connecticut; S. 2234, to amend the 
Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission Act of 1989 to extend 
the term of the commission established under that Act; and S. 2303, 
to provide for the exchange of lands within the Gates of the Arctic 
National Park and Preserve, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and 
Forests, to hold hearings on S. 399 and H.R. 457, bills to provide 
for the conveyance of lands to certain individuals in Butte County, 
CA; S. 1250, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the operation of certain visitor facilities 
associated with, but outside the boundaries of, Rocky Mountain 
National Park in the State of Colorado; S. 1998, to provide for the 
acquisition of certain lands formerly occupied by Franklin D. 
Roosevelt family; S. 2001, to improve the administration of the 
Women's Rights National Historical Park in New York; S. 2033, to 
provide for the exchange of certain lands within Montana; S. 2078, 
to designate the Old Spanish Trail for potential inclusion in the 
National Trails System; H.R. 1716, to amend the Act of January 26, 
1915, establishing the Rocky Mountain National Park, to provide for 
the protection of certain lands in Rocky Mountain National Park and 
along North St. Vrain Creek; and S. 2249, to revise the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold joint hearings 
with the Committee on Indian Affairs on provisions of S. 2259, to 
provide for the settlement of the claims of the Confederated Tribes 
of the Colville Reservation concerning their contribution to the 
production of the hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam; S. 2319, to 
amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize 
additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of 
Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner; and S. 2236, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to enter into negotiations concerning the 
Nueces River project, Texas, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: August 3, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 1834, authorizing funds for programs of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (Superfund), 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: August 2, business meeting, to continue 
consideration of proposed legislation to implement the Uruguay Round 
of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: August 4, to hold a closed 
briefing on the Middle-East peace process, 10 a.m., S-116 Capitol.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: August 2, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  August 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings on full voting 
representation in Congress for the District of Columbia, 9:30 a.m., 
SH-216.
  August 5, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine Blue Cross/Blue Shield Federal contracts, 9 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: August 2, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of H. Lee Sarokin, of New Jersey, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  August 3, Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs, to hold 
hearings to review a report by the Commission on Immigration Reform 
on the impact of immigration on the United States, 10:15 a.m., SH-
216.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Constitution, to hold hearings on S.J. 
Res. 120, proposing an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the 
imposition of retroactive taxes on the American people, 2 p.m., SD-
226.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business 
Rights, to hold hearings on S. 2297, to facilitate obtaining 
foreign-located antitrust evidence by authorizing the Attorney 
General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission to 
provide, in accordance with antitrust mutual assistance agreements, 
antitrust evidence to foreign antitrust authorities on a reciprocal 
basis, 2:15 p.m., SR-385.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: August 3, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 1629, to revise the Public Health Service Act 
to provide for expanding and intensifying activities of the National 
Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases with 
respect to lupus, proposed legislation authorizing funds for the 
National Science Foundation, and proposed legislation relating to 
mental health and substance abuse programs, 9 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business: August 2, business meeting, to mark 
up proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Small 
Business Administration, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: August 5, to hold hearings to 
examine reproductive hazards associated with military service, 
focusing on the risks of radiation, Agent Orange, and Gulf War 
exposures, 10:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: August 1, business meeting, to mark 
up S. 2075, to authorize funds for and to strengthen programs of the 
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act, 2 p.m., 
SR-485.
  August 4, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Water and 
Power on provisions of S. 2259, to provide for the settlement of the 
claims of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation 
concerning their contribution to the production of the hydropower by 
the Grand Coulee Dam; S. 2319, to amend the Colorado River Basin 
Salinity Control Act to authorize additional measures to carry out 
the control of salinity upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective 
manner; and S. 2236, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
enter into negotiations concerning the Nueces River project, Texas, 
2 p.m., SD-366.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: August 2 and 4, to hold a closed 
briefing on intelligence matters, Tuesday at 4 p.m. and Thursday at 
9:30 a.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday: Consideration of the following 11 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 4768, Veteran's Education and Training Act;
  2. H.R. 4776, Veteran's Employment Act of 1994;
  3. H.R. 4724, Veteran's Housing Amendments of 1994;
  4. S. 725, Traumatic Brain Injury Act;
  5. H.R. 4535, Unlisted Trading Privileges Act;
  6. H.R. 2826, Providing for an Investigation of The Whereabouts of 
the United States Citizens Who Have Been Missing From Cyprus Since 
1974;
  7. S.J. Res. 195, To Designate August 1, 1994, as Helsinki Human 
Rights Day;
  8. H.R. 1690, To Authorize Certain Elements of the Yakima River Basin 
Water Enhancement Project;
  9. H.R. 4448, To Amend the Act Establishing Lowell National 
Historical Park;
  10. H.R. 3898, To Establish the New Bedford Whaling National 
Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts; and
  11. H.R. 4158, To Establish the Lower East Side Tenement Museum 
National Historical Site.

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

  Consideration of motion to go to conference on H.R. 4506, Energy and 
Water Development Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (subject to a 
rule being granted).
  Conference report on H.R. 4453, Military Construction Appropriations 
Act for Fiscal Year 1995.
  Tuesday, and the Balance of the Week, Call of the Private Calendar.
  Complete consideration of H.R. 4801, Small Business Reauthorization 
Act of 1994 (modified rule, one hour of general debate, rule previously 
adopted).
  Consideration of: H.R. 4003, Maritime Administration Authorization 
(subject to a rule being granted);
  S. 1357, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and Little Band 
of Ottawa Indians Act (subject to a rule being granted);
  S. 1066, Restoring Federal Services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 
Indians (subject to a rule being granted);
  H.R. 4217, Federal Crop Insurance 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. 4822, Congressional Accountability Act (subject to a rule being 
granted);
  H.J. Res. ----, Regarding China MFN Status (subject to a rule being 
granted);
  Conference report on H.R. 3355, Omnibus Crime Control Act (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. 3474, Community Development Financial 
Institutions/Interstate Bank Branching (subject to a rule being 
granted); and
  Conference report on H.R. 4426, Foreign Operations Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 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 Committee

  Committee on Agriculture, August 2, Subcommittee on Environment, 
Credit, and Rural Development, hearing to review budget and policy 
consequences of extending the Conservation Reserve Program, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  August 3, full Committee, to consider H.R. 2927, Plant Variety 
Protection Act Amendments of 1993, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, August 4, Subcommittee on Research 
and Technology, hearing on Telemedicine, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, August 2, hearing on H.R. 4605, 
Work and Responsibility Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights and 
the Subcommittee on Human Resources, joint hearing on H.R. 4086, 
Youth Development Block Grant Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, August 3, Subcommittee on Health 
and the Environment, to mark up H.R. 2919, Indoor Air Act of 1994; 
and Safe Drinking Water, 2 p.m., room to be announced.
  August 3, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to 
continue hearings on the health insurance industry, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  August 3, Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials, 
oversight hearing on activities of the Federal Trade Commission in 
the regulation of the franchising industry, 10 a.m., room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, August 1, Subcommittee on 
International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights 
and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, joint hearing on 
International Terrorism: Buenos Aires, Panama, and London, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  August 1, Subcommittee on International Security, International 
Organizations and Human Rights, hearing on Building Open Societies: 
Promises and Pitfalls, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  August 3, full Committee, to consider the following: Proposed 
legislative language to implement the Uruguay Round; H. Con. Res. 
250, expressing the sense of the Congress in support of efforts by 
the Government of Mexico, and the major political parties and 
concerned members of civil society in Mexico, to reform Mexico's 
political and electoral processes and ensure free and fair 
elections; and S.J. Res. 204, recognizing the American Academy in 
Rome, an American overseas center for independent study and advanced 
research on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding, 9 
a.m., to be followed by a hearing on Implementation of the Chemical 
Weapons Convention, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  August 3, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment, 
hearing on Market Development in Food for Peace: Is It Working? 1:30 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  August 3, Subcommittee on International Security, International 
Organizations and Human Rights and the Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere Affairs, joint hearing on U.S. Relations With Colombia, 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Population and 
Development in Africa, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, August 2, Subcommittee on 
Information, Justice, Transportation and Agriculture, hearing on New 
Challenges Facing the DEA: Heroin, Methamphetamine, and CAT, 10 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Employment, Housing and Aviation, 
hearing on Options for Restructuring the Federal Employment and 
Training System, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, to 
continue hearings on Budget Process Reform, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  August 5, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on the Impact of Health Care Reform on Minority 
Providers, 9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, August 2, to mark up H.R. 3600, Health 
Security Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  August 3, Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental 
Relations, hearing on H.R. 4560, Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact, 
and to mark up Private Claims Bills, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, oversight 
hearing on Witness Intimidation: Showdown in the Streets--Breakdown 
in the Courts, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  August 4, 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, August 2, Subcommittee 
on Environment and Natural Resources and the Subcommittee on 
Fisheries Management, hearing on Pacific Salmon Treaty, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, August 2, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 3905, Opal Creek 
Forest Preserve Act of 1994, 9 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  August 2, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
H.R. 4757, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Grand 
Coulee Dam Settlement Act, 9:45 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  August 3, full Committee, to consider pending business, 9:45 a.m., 
1310 Longworth.
  August 4, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1826, Saguaro National 
Park Establishment and Expansion Act of 1993; S. 316, to expand the 
boundaries of the Saguaro National Monument; H.R. 4697, Walnut 
Canyon National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 1994; H.R. 
4746, Anaktukuk Pass Land Exchange and Wilderness Redesignation Act 
of 1994; and H.R. 4754, Anaktuvuk Pass Land Exchange and Wilderness 
Redesignation Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Native American Affairs, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 4709, to make certain technical corrections, 
and H.R. 4180, to prohibit the withdrawal of acknowledgement or 
recognition of an Indian tribe or Alaska Native group or of the 
leaders of an Indian tribe or Alaska Native group, absent an Act of 
Congress, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  August 5, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources and the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, joint hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4800, Texas 
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act; and H.R. 
4814, Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact 
Amendments Consent Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  August 5, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, to mark up 
the following bills: H.R. 4800, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
Disposal Compact Consent Act; and H.R. 4814, Central Midwest 
Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Amendments Consent 
Act of 1993, following joint hearing, 1324 Longworth.
  August 5, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral resources, to mark up 
the following bills: H.R. 4800, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
Disposal Compact Consent Act; and H.R. 4814, Central Midwest 
Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Amendments Consent 
Act of 1993, following joint hearing, 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, August 2, Subcommittee 
on Census, Statistics and Postal Personnel, oversight hearing to 
review the availability and quality of global demographic data to 
support policy development and programmatic solutions at the U.N. 
International Conference on Population and Development, 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  August 3, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on the following: 
A proposal to convert National Guard Civilian technicians from 
excepted to competitive civil service status; and legislation to 
grant competitive civil service status to certain FBI personnel, 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services, 
oversight hearing on the mail delivery performance of the Postal 
Service, 1 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Rules, August 1, to consider the following: H.R. 
4003, Maritime Administration and Promotion Reform Act of 1993; S. 
1357, to reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationships of the 
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Little River Band 
of Ottawa Indians as distinct federally recognized Indian tribes; 
and S. 1066, to restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  August 2, to consider the conference report to accompany 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, 10:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, August 2, 
Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on Fusion Energy, 1:30 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  August 3, full Committee, to mark up the following: Hydrogen and 
Fusion Research Authorization Act of 1994, and H.R. 4684, Department 
of Energy High Energy Nuclear Physics Authorization Act of 1994, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Science, hearing on Science in the 
National Interest, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, August 4, hearing on Health Care 
Reform and Small Business, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, August 3, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Improving Services to 
Veterans: Initiatives and Innovations in the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 8:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, August 4, executive, 
hearing on Intelligence Support to Arms Control Policy, 2 p.m., H-
405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: August 2, to hold hearings on economic 
implications of health care reform, 10 a.m., 2255 Rayburn Building.
  August 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
employment-unemployment situation for July, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn 
Building.
  Conferees: August 2, Closed, on H.R. 4301, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
programs of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, 2:30 p.m., S-5, 
Capitol.