[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 107 (Friday, August 5, 1994)]
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                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


                      committee on small business

  Mr. BUMPERS. Mr. President, the Committee on Small Business has 
scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, August 9, 1994. The purpose of the 
hearing is to receive testimony regarding recommendations to improve 
the Small Business Administration's [SBA] Minority Small Business and 
Capital Ownership Development Program [more commonly known as the SBA 
Section 8(a) Program]. The hearing will be conducted in the committee's 
hearing room, SR-428A, commencing at 10 a.m. The Senator from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry] will chair the hearing.
  The committee expects to receive testimony from SBA's Deputy 
Administrator, Cassandra M. Pulley, regarding SBA's concept for a new 
Minority Enterprise Development [MED] Program.
  Testimony will also be received from representatives of the minority 
business enterprise community regarding SBA's MED Program proposal and 
the Business Development Opportunity Act of 1994, being proposed by the 
Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry]. Representatives are expected 
from the Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and Education Fund 
[MBELDEF], the Latin American Management Association [LAMA], the 
National Federation of 8(a) Companies, the National Association of 
Minority Business [NAMB], and others.
  Further information concerning this hearing may be obtained from the 
committee's procurement policy counsel, William B. Montalto. Bill may 
be reached at 224-5175.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. BUMPERS. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Senate 
Committee on Indian Affairs will be holding a markup on Wednesday, 
August 10, 1994, beginning at 10 a.m., in 216 Hart Senate Office 
Building on S. 2036, the Indian Self-Determination Contract Reform Act 
of 1994; S. 2150, the Native Hawaiian Housing Assistance Act of 1994; 
S. 2259, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Grand 
Coulee Dam Settlement Act; S. 2269, the Native American Cultural 
Protection and Free Exercise of Religion Act of 1994; S. 2329, the 
Mohegan Nation of Connecticut Land Claims Settlement Act; and, for 
other purposes to be followed immediately by confirmation hearings for 
Harold Monteau to serve as the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming 
Commission and Gary Kimble to serve as the Commissioner for the 
Administration for Native Americans.
  Those wishing additional information should contact the Committee on 
Indian Affairs at 224-2251.


                      committee on small business

  Mr. BUMPERS. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Small 
Business Committee has rescheduled the markup of the Small Business 
Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1994. The markup will be held on 
Wednesday, August 10, 1994, at 1:30 p.m., in room 428A of the Russell 
Senate Office Building. The markup had previously been scheduled for 
Wednesday, August 3, 1994. For further information, please call 
Patricia Forbes, Deputy Staff Director of the Small Business Committee 
at 224-5175.

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