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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of August 8 through 13, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 4606, Labor/HHS/
Education Appropriations, 1995, following which Senate will consider 
H.R. 4650, Department of Defense Appropriations, 1995.
  Also, Senate will consider the conference report on H.R. 4426, 
Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1995, and conference report on H.R. 
4453, Military Construction Appropriations, 1995.

  (Votes on any of the aforementioned measures will not occur prior to 
10 a.m., on Wednesday, August 10.)

  On Tuesday, Senate will begin consideration of S. 2351, to achieve 
universal health insurance coverage.
  Also, during the week, Senate may consider any of the following:
  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 11 and 
12, Subcommittee on Agricultural Research, Conservation, Forestry 
and General Legislation, to hold hearings on the Administration's 
proposed legislation on meat and poultry inspection, Thursday at 
8:30 a.m. in SR-332 and Friday at 8:30 a.m. in SR-385.
  Committee on Armed Services: August 10, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Walter B. Slocombe, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Under Secretary for Policy; Jan Lodal, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Under Secretary for Policy; Joseph Nye, of Massachusetts, to be 
Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs; Sandra K. 
Stuart, of North Carolina, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
Affairs; Judith A. Miller, of Ohio, to be General Counsel; and 
Philip Edward Coyle III, of the District of Columbia, to be Director 
of Operational Test and Evaluation, all of the Department of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  August 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
military implications of the Convention on Chemical Weapons, 2 p.m., 
SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: August 11, to 
hold hearings on S. 1991, to provide for the safety of journeyman 
boxers; to be followed by hearings on the oversight of activities of 
the Olympic Committee, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: August 10, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: August 8, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of Kay Collett Goss, of Arkansas, to be 
an Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(Preparedness, Exercise, and Training Directorate); Robert James 
Huggett, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator (Office of 
Research and Development), and William A. Nitze, of the District of 
Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator (Office of International 
Activities), both of the Environmental Protection Agency; and Bill 
Anoatubby of Oklahoma, Terrence L. Bracy of Virginia, Matt James of 
California, and Norma Udall of Virginia, each to be a Member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence 
in National Environmental Policy Foundation, 10:30 a.m., SD-406.
  August 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Economic 
Development Administration, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: August 9, to hold hearings on 
Richard Holbrooke, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of State 
for European and Canadian Affairs; Eileen A. Malloy, of Connecticut, 
to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic; and James W. Swihart, Jr., 
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, 2 p.m., 
SD-419.
  August 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the current 
status of the Law of the Sea Convention, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: August 8, Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to resume hearings to examine Blue 
Cross/Blue Shield-Federal contracts, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: August 9, Subcommittee on Patents, 
Copyrights and Trademarks, to hold hearings on S. 2272, to revise 
chapter 28 of title 35, United States Code, to provide a defense to 
patent infringement based on prior use by certain persons, and S. 
2341, to revise chapter 30 of title 35, United States Code, to 
afford third parties an opportunity for greater participation in 
reexamination proceedings before the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  August 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  August 12, Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on the Judiciary's 
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration on 
the implementation of the intellectual property provisions of the 
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn 
Building.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: August 10, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 1821, authorizing funds to provide a 
comprehensive program for the prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome; 
S. 1781, to make improvements in the Black Lung Benefits Act; S. 
1037, to eliminate the provision in the Civil Rights Act of 1991 
that would exempt the employer and employees involved in the Wards 
Cove Packing Co. versus Atonio case; and to consider pending 
nominations, 9 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business: August 9, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation to improve the Small Business Administration's 
8A Program, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  August 10, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 2060, 
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1995 through 1997 for programs of 
the Small Business Administration, 1:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: August 10, business meeting, to mark 
up S. 2269, to protect Native American cultures and to guarantee the 
free exercise of religion by Native Americans; S. 2036, to specify 
the terms of contracts entered into by the United States and Indian 
tribal organizations under the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act; S. 2150, to establish a Native Hawaiian 
Housing Program; S. 2259, to provide for the settlement of 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation claims concerning 
their contribution to the production of hydropower by the Grand 
Coulee Dam; and S. 2329, to provide for the settlement of certain 
Mohegan Indian land claims within the State of Connecticut; to be 
followed by hearings on pending nominations, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: August 10, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 10:30 a.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of the following 27 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 4386, Veterans' Persian Gulf War Benefits Act;
  2. H.R. 4088, Veterans' Benefits Act of 1994;
  3. H.R. 4489, NASA Authorization Act for fiscal year 1995-1996;
  4. H.R. 3110, Bruce R. Thompson United States Courthouse and Federal 
Building;
  5. H.R. 4543, Matthew J. Perry, Jr. United States Courthouse;
  6. H.R. 4790, Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse;
  7. H.R. 4727, Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building;
  8. H.R. 4772, Walter B. Jones Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse;
  9. H.R. 4812, To Direct the Administrator of General Services to 
acquire by transfer the Old United States Mint in San Francisco, 
California;
  10. Conference report, on H.R. 2739, Federal Aviation Administration 
Act of 1994;
  11. H. Con. Res. 250, Sense of Congress on Election in Mexico;
  12. S.J. Res. 204, Recognizing the American Academy in Rome on its 
100th Anniversary;
  13. Export-Import Bank Authorization;
  14. S. 725, Traumatic Brain Injury Act;
  15. H.R. 4752, Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendments of 1994;
  16. H.R. 4751, Energy Conservation and Production Act Amendments of 
1994;
  17. H.R. 4545, Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1994;
  18. H.R. 3342, ``Made in America'' Toll Free Number;
  19. H.R. 1562, Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 1994;
  20. H.R. 3964, Santa Fe National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 
1994;
  21. S. 1703, To Expand the Boundaries of The Piscataway National 
Park;
  22. H.R. 3050, To Expand the Boundaries of Red Rock Canyon National 
Conservation Area;
  23. H.R. 3905, Opal Creek Forest Preserve Act of 1994;
  24. H.R. 2942, Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area Act;
  25. H.R. 4230, American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments of 
1994;
  26. H.R. 4653, Mohegan Nation and Connecticut Land Claims Settlement 
Act of 1994; and
  27. H.R. 4757, Claims Settlement of the Confederated Tribes of the 
Colville Reservation Concerning the Production of Hydropower by the 
Grand Coulee Dam.

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

  Conference report on H.R. 4649, District of Columbia Appropriations 
Act for Fiscal Year 1995.
  Tuesday and the balance of the week, Conference report on H.R. 4506, 
Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act for fiscal year 1995;
  H.J. Res. 373, Regarding China MFN (80 minutes of general debate, 
rule providing for consideration in the House);
  Conference report on H.R. 3355, Omnibus Crime Control Act;
  H.R. 4822, Congressional Accountability Act (subject to a rule being 
granted);
  Conference report on H.R. 4277, Social Security administration Reform 
Act of 1994;
  H.R. ----, Full Budget Disclosure Act of 1994;
  H.R. ----, Emergency Spending Control Act of 1994 (subject to a rule 
being granted);
  H.R. 3433, To provide for the Management of the Presidio (subject to 
a rule being granted);
  S. 349, Conference report on Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1994;
  H.R. 3800, Superfund Reform Act of 1994; and
  H.R. 4908, Hydrogen and Fusion Research and Development Programs 
Authorization.

  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, August 11, Subcommittee on Environment, 
Credit, and Rural Development, hearing to review the status of 
conservation compliance provisions of the 1985 Food Security Act, 
10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  August 11, Subcommittee on Specialty Corps and Natural Resources, 
to consider H.R. 4063, Bull Run and Little Sandy Watershed 
Protection Act, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, August 10, 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and 
Deposit Insurance, to mark up H.R. 2443, Equitable Enhancement Act 
of 1994, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  August 11, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, 
Regulation and Deposit Insurance, hearing on ways of increasing 
access of low- and moderate-income Americans to financial services, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, August 11, to mark up H.R. 3396, 
Retirement Protection Act of 1993, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, August 9, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 2919, Indoor Air Act of 1993; H.R. 4864, 
Medical Device User Fee Act of 1994; H.R. 4779, State and Local 
Government Interstate Waste Control Act; H.R. 4683, Flow Control Act 
of 1994; H.R. 3434, Smoke-Free Environment Act of 1993; and H.R. 
3546, Propane Education and Research Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  August 10, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, 
oversight hearing on securities litigation reform, 9:30 a.m., room 
to be announced.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, August 10, Subcommittee on Economic 
Policy, Trade and Environment, to mark up the Jobs Through Trade 
Expansion Act; followed by an oversight hearing on the U.S. and 
Foreign Commercial Service, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  August 11, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on 
Developments in the ``Other'' South Asia--Afghanistan, Bangladesh, 
Nepal, and Sri Lanka, and to mark up the following: H. Con. Res. 
216, expressing the sense of Congress regarding human rights in 
Vietnam; and a resolution expressing a sense of Congress regarding 
United States policy toward Vietnam, 10 a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, August 9, Subcommittee on 
Employment, Housing and Aviation, hearing on Free Flight: FAA 
Stymied by High-Tech Advances, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  August 10, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary 
Affairs, hearing on Monetary Policy Forecasting, Economic 
Uncertainty, and Data Limitations, 9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  August 11, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, to mark up H.R. 4771, Federal Mandate Accountability and 
Reform Act of 1994, 2 p.m., Rayburn.
  August 12, Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural 
Resources, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, August 8, Subcommittee on Economic and 
commercial Law, hearing on H.R. 4781, International Antitrust 
Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994, 2:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  August 11, Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, 
hearing on the Digital Telephony Act, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  August 11, Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, oversight 
hearing on the implementation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic 
Entrances Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  August 11, Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and 
Refugees, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4413, to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to make permanent the visa waiver 
program and to authorize, under certain conditions, the designation 
of the European Union as visa waiver program country; H.R. 4145, to 
require the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to designate 
Ireland as pilot program country for purposes of this visa waiver 
pilot program; H.R. 4707, to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to make permanent the visa waiver program and to authorize, 
under certain conditions the designation of certain member states of 
the European Union as visa waiver program countries, 10 a.m., B-352 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, August 9, Subcommittee 
on Environment and Natural Resources, hearing on H.R. 833, National 
Wildlife Refuge System Management and Policy Act of 1993, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  August 10, Subcommittee on Fisheries Management, to mark up H.R. 
7870, to authorize the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act, 1:30 p.m., 1334 Rayburn.
  August 11, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3821, United States Passenger Vessel Development Act; H.R. 4391, 
Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1995; 
H.R. 4308, North American Wetlands Conservation Act; H.R. 3300, 
Natural Resources Management on Military Lands Act; H.R. 3987, 
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act; H.R. 4734, Trade and 
Environment Reporting Act; H.R. 4289, Waterways Restoration Act; 
H.R. 4408, Russian River Fisheries and Riverbed Restoration Act; 
H.R. 4477, Boating Improvement Act of 1994; and 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.
  August 11, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, hearing on 
Maritime Regulatory Reform, 9:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, August 9, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, oversight hearing on the Bonneville 
Power Administration report entitled ``BPA at a Crossroads,'' 9:45 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  August 10, full Committee, to consider pending business, 9:45 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  August 11, Subcommittee on Native American Affairs, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 1846, Native American Trust Fund Accounting 
and Management Act of 1993; and H.R. 4833, American Indian Trust 
Fund Management Reform Act of 1994, 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, August 10, to consider 
the following bills: H.R. 4361, Federal Employee Family Friendly 
Leave Act; H.R. 4570, Child Support Responsibility Act of 1994; H.R. 
3694, Child Abuse Accountability Act; H.R. 4884, Criminal Justice 
Information Service Placement Assistance Act; H.R. 2970, to 
reauthorize the Office of Special Counsel; H.R. 2289, Office of 
Government Ethics Authorization Act of 1994; H.R. 4551, to designate 
the post office building located at 301 West Lexington in 
Independence, MO, as the ``William J. Randall Post Office''; H.R. 
4452, to designate the post office building at 115 West Chester in 
Ruleville, MS, as the ``Fannie Lou Hamer United States Post 
Office''; H.R. 4571, to designate the U.S. post office located at 
103-104 Estate Richmond in Saint Croix, VI, as the ``Wilbert 
Armstrong United States Post Office''; H.R. 4192, to designate the 
U.S. post office located at 100 Veterans Drive in Saint Thomas, VI, 
as the ``Arturo R. Watlington, Sr., United States Post Office''; 
H.R. 4193, to designate the U.S. post office located at 100 Vester 
Gade, in Cruz Bay, Saint John, VI, as the ``Ubaldina Simmons United 
States Post Office''; and H.R. 4194, to designate the U.S. post 
office located in the Tutu Park Mall in Saint Thomas, VI, as the 
``Earl B. Ottley United States Post Office,'' 9:45 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  August 11, Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, 
hearing on the F.E.H.B.P. coverage of breast cancer treatment, 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, August 10, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, to mark up H.R. 4495, Airliner Cabin Air 
Quality Act of 1994, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  August 10, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing 
on Shortfall in Highway Trust Fund Collections, 9:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  August 10, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, hearing 
and mark up of H.R. 4704, to provide for the conveyance of certain 
lands and improvements in Hopewell Township, PA, to a nonprofit 
organization known as the Beaver County Corp. for Economic 
Development to provide a site for economic development, 8:30 a.m., 
2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, August 9, to consider the following: Full 
Budget Disclosure Act of 1994; and the Emergency Spending Control 
Act of 1994, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, August 10, hearing on ``The Impact of 
Discount Superstores on Small Business and Local Communities,'' 9 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committe on Ways and Means, August 9, to mark up H.R. 3800, 
Superfund Reform Act, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  August 9, Subcommittee on Human Resources, to continue hearings on 
welfare reform, with emphasis on transitional assistance, work, and 
the role of the States in welfare reform and financing issues, 1 
p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  August 9, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight, joint hearing on a proposal relating to 
certain health-related 501(c)(3) bonds, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, August 9, executive, 
hearing on Central Imagery Office, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint hearing: August 12, Senate Committee on the Judiciary's 
Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on 
Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration on the 
implementation of the intellectual property provisions of the 
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn 
Building.
  Office of Technology Assessment: August 10, board meeting, to 
consider pending business, 9 a.m., EF-100, Capitol.