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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of September 26 through October 1, 1994

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of the conference report 
on H.R. 4624, VA/HUD Appropriations.
  On Tuesday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on 
the motion to request a conference with the House on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses relative to S. 3, Campaign Financing Reform.
  During the week, Senate may resume consideration of matters relating 
to S. 21, California Desert Protection Act, consideration of the 
amendments in disagreement to the conference report on H.R. 4696, 
District of Columbia Appropriations, and consider conference reports, 
when available, and any cleared executive and legislative business.
  (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, 
September 27, 1994, for respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: September 29, 
to hold hearings on the nomination of Marsha P. Martin, of Texas, to 
be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration, 10:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 27, closed business 
meeting, to consider certain pending military nominations, 9:30 
a.m., SR-222.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Force Requirements and Personnel, to 
hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense response to the 
Persian Gulf illness, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  September 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of 
general and to be Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, Lt. Gen. 
John J. Sheehan, USMC, for appointment to the grade of general and 
to be Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command, Gen. Robert L. 
Rutherford, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of general and to 
be Commander in Chief, United States Transportation Command and 
Commander, Air Mobility Command, and Lt. Gen. Daniel W. Christman, 
USA, for reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general and to be 
Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2 p.m., SR-
222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 28, to 
hold hearings to examine the condition of the United States capital 
markets and globalization of world capital markets, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 28, to hear 
and consider the nomination of Rhea Lydia Graham, of New Mexico, to 
be Director of the United States Bureau of Mines, Department of the 
Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  September 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Agreement for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy Between 
the United States and the European Atomic Energy Community 
(Euratom), 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 27, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 2233, Water Resources Development Act, S. 
2257, Economic Development Reauthorization Act, H.R. 4598, Coastal 
Barrier Resources System Technical Corrections, H.R. 3300, Sikes Act 
Reauthorization, S. 2395, naming the Theodore Levin Federal Building 
Courthouse in Detroit, Michigan, H.R. 4543, naming the Matthew J. 
Perry, Jr. Courthouse in Columbia, South Carolina, and H.R. 4727, 
naming the Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building in Youngstown, Ohio, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  September 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Kenneth Burton, of Virginia, David Michael Rappoport, of Arizona, 
and Anne J. Udall, of North Carolina, each to be a Member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence 
in National Environmental Policy Foundation, and Paul L. Hill Jr., 
of West Virginia, to be Chairperson, and Devra Lee Davis, of the 
District of Columbia, and Gerald V. Poje, of Virginia, each to be a 
Member, all of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, 
10 a.m., SD-406.
  September 29, 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 
public lands, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: September 27, 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-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 27, to hold hearings on 
the nominations of Robert E. Service, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay, Peter Jon de Vos, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, and Jerome 
G. Cooper, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, 9:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  September 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the Convention 
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Ex. 
R, 96th Congress, 2nd Session), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  September 27, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to 
hold hearings to review United States policy toward Taiwan, 3 p.m., 
SD-419.
  September 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination 
of David G. Newton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Yemen, 9:30 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  September 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the Convention 
on the Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in the 
Central Bering Sea (Treaty Doc. 103-27), 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  September 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Geraldine A. Ferraro, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador 
during her tenure of service as U.S. Representative on the Human 
Rights Commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United 
Nations, Thomas E. McNamara, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs, Robert 
B. Fulton, of Pennsylvania, to be Associate Director for Information 
of the U.S. Information Agency, and Vonya B. McCann, of Maryland, 
for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State for International Communications and 
Information Policy, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  September 28, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings on 
the proposed African conflict resolution, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  September 29, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 27, to hold hearings 
on the nomination of Alice M. Rivlin, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-342.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Regulation and Government 
Information, to hold hearings on S. 2136, to prohibit sponsorship of 
television violence by agencies of the Federal Government, 9:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 27, Subcommittee on 
Technology and the Law, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 11 a.m., SD-226.
  September 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: September 28, to hold 
hearings on Federal job training programs, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 29, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 10 a.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 29, to hold hearings to 
examine the sale of uninsured bank projects to older Americans, 9:30 
a.m., SD-628.


                             House Chamber

  Monday: Consideration of the following 2 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 4569, President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records 
Collection Extension Act of 1994; and
  2. H.R. 2461, Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
Amendments.
  (Recorded votes ordered on Suspensions will be postponed until the 
end of legislative business).
  Consideration of H.R. 4448, Lowell National Historical Park (open 
rule, one hour of general debate);
  H.R. 4008, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
Authorization Act (open rule, one hour of general debate); and
  Conference report on Treasury, Postal Service Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal year 1995.
  Tuesday and the balance of the week: Consideration of the following 3 
Suspensions:
  1. S. 783, Fair Credit Amendments;
  2. H.R. 5044, American Heritage Areas Partnership Program Act; and
  3. H.R. 4476, National Park Service Reform Act.
  Consideration of H.R. 3171, Department of Agriculture Reorganization 
Act (open rule, one hour of general debate);
  H.R. 3800, Superfund Reform Act of 1994 (subject to a rule being 
granted);
  H.R. 4779, Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act (subject to 
a rule being granted);
  H.R. 4926, National Treatment in Banking Act (open rule, one hour of 
general debate);
  H.R. 4683, Flow Control Act of 1994 (subject to a rule being 
granted);
  Consideration of the conference report on S. 349, Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1994;
  Conference report on Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 1995;
  Conference report on Transportation Appropriations Act for Fiscal 
Year 1995;
  Conference report on Department of Defense Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal Year 1995; and
  Conference report on Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1995 (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

[D23SE4-98]{D1124}Committee
  Committee on Agriculture, September 27, Subcommittee on Environment, 
Credit, and Rural Development, hearing on the Small Watershed Program, 
including the following bills: H.R. 1634, to provide assistance for 
projects designed to improve the supply of water in rural areas; H.R. 
2460, to provide assistance to construct reservoir structures for storage 
of water in rural areas; H.R. 4213, River and Watershed Protection and 
Restoration Act; and H.R. 4289, Waterways Restoration Act of 1994, 10 
a.m., 1302 Longworth.
[D23SE4-99]{D1124}September
  September 28, Subcommittee on Livestock, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 3646, Meat and Poultry Inspection Act Technical Amendments; 
H.R. 4625, Egg Products Inspection Act Technical Amendments; H.R. 559, 
Downed Animal Protection Act; and H.R. 649, Humane Methods of Poultry 
Slaughter Act, 1 p.m., 1302 Longworth.
[D23SE4-100]{D1124}September
  September 29, Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and Hunger, hearing 
to review the GAO report on cargo preference requirements, 9:30 a.m., 
1302 Longworth.
[D23SE4-101]{D1124}September
  September 29, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources, 
hearing on H.R. 5007, National Forest Stewardship Contracting Act of 
1994, 9 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
[D23SE4-102]{D1124}Committee
  Committee on Armed Services, September 27, Subcommittee on Military 
Forces and Personnel, hearing on reform of the military officer career 
management system, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-103]{D1124}September
  September 29, Subcommittee on Military Forces and Personnel, hearing 
and markup of H.R. 4570, Child Support Responsibility Act of 1994, 10 
a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-104]{D1124}Committee
  Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. September 28, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance, hearing on the community 
investment practices of mortgage banks, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-105]{D1124}September
  September 29, full Committee, hearing to examine the financial 
condition of the credit union industry and its share insurance fund, and 
to receive an update on the GAO report entitled ``Credit Unions: Reforms 
for Ensuring Future Soundness,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-106]{D1124}Committee
  Committee on the Budget, September 29, hearing on implementation of FCC 
Spectrum Auctions, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
[D23SE4-107]{D1124}Committee
  Committee on the District of Columbia, September 26, to mark up H.R. 
2902, Federal Payment Formula Revision Act of 1993, 5 p.m., H-301 
Capitol.
[D23SE4-108]{D1124}Committee
  Committee on Education and Labor, September 29, Subcommittee on Labor-
Management Relations, oversight hearing on ``The Impact on Collective 
Bargaining of the Antitrust Exemption in Baseball,'' 9:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
[D23SE4-109]{D1124}Committee
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 27, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and Finance, oversight hearing on the mutual fund 
industry's use of derivatives, the personal investment practices of fund 
managers, and several other fund-related issues, 9:30 a.m., room to be 
announced.
[D23SE4-110]{D1124}September
  September 28, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, executive, 
hearing on a report on insurance company solvency regulations, 2 p.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-111]{D1124}September
  September 29, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, oversight hearing on 
the 1990 Clean Air Act requirements for reformulated gasoline, 10:40 
a.m., room to be announced.
[D23SE4-112]{D1124}September
  September 29, Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on H.R. 4995, Ticket Fee Disclosure Act of 1994, 10:45 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
[D23SE4-113]{D1124}Committee
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 27, hearing on U.S. policy 
Toward, and Presence in Haiti, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-114]{D1124}September
  September 27, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Africa: Potential and 
Promise, 2 p.m., room to be announced.
[D23SE4-115]{D1124}September
  September 27, Subcommittee on International Operations, hearing on the 
U.S. Embassy Moscow Construction Project, 3:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-116]{D1124}September
  September 28, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Recent Developments in 
North Africa, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-117]{D1124}September
  September 28, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs and the 
Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment, joint hearing on 
the Summit of the America's Part II: Environment and Indigenous Rights 
Issues, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-118]{D1124}Committee
  Committee on Government Operations, September 26, Subcommittee on 
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, hearing on Mismanagement of 
BIA Trust Funds Resources, 11 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-119]{D1124}September
  September 28, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on Chemical Residues and Contaminants in Food, 9:45 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-120]{D1124}September
  September 28, Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, 
hearing on Cold War Era Human Subject Experimentation, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
[D23SE4-121]{D1124}September
  September 29, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on AFDC Waiver Demonstration Programs: Necessary 
Flexibility or Ad Hoc Decision Making, 10. a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-122]{D1124}Committee
  Committee on House Administration, September 27, Subcommittee on 
Personnel and Police, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 121 Cannon.
[D23SE4-123]{D1124}September
  September 29, Subcommittee on Accounts, to consider pending business, 2 
p.m., H-328 Capitol.
[D23SE4-124]{D1124}Committee
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 27, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Law and Governmental Relations, to mark up H.R. 4896, to 
grant the consent of the Congress to the Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan 
Culture District Compact and to consider private bills, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
[D23SE4-125]{D1125}September
  September 27, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial 
Administration, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 4357, Federal Courts 
Improvement Act of 1994; and H.R. 5081, to provide for a demonstration 
project by Federal Prison Industries, 1:30 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-126]{D1125}September
  September 28, and 29, the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional 
Rights, oversight hearings on Fair Housing Issues, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn 
on September 28 and 2226 Rayburn on September 29.
[D23SE4-127]{D1125}September
  September 29, Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, hearing on 
Heroin Trafficking, 10 a.m., B-352 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-128]{D1125}September
  September 29, Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration and 
Refugees, hearing on employer sanctions, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-129]{D1125}Committee
  Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, September 28 Subcommittee 
on Merchant Marine and the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, 
joint hearing on Cruise Ship Health and Safety Practices, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
[D23SE4-130]{D1125}Committee
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 28, to consider pending 
business, 9:45 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
[D23SE4-131]{D1125}September
  September 28, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
the Fort Peck Indian tribes-Montana Compact Act of 1994, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
[D23SE4-132]{D1125}September
  September 30, Subcommittee on Native American Affairs, to consider 
pending business, 9:45 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
[D23SE4-133]{D1125}Committee
  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, September 27, Subcommittee 
on Census, Statistics and Postal Personnel, to mark up the following: 
H.R. 4695, to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide for 
procedures under which persons wrongfully arrested by the Postal 
Inspection Service on narcotics charges may seek compensation from the 
U.S. Postal Service; and the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994; 
to be followed by a hearing to review the status of plans for the 2000 
census, 1:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.
[D23SE4-134]{D1125}September
  September 27, Subcommittee on the Civil Service, to mark up the 
following: a measure to provide competitive status to certain FDIC and 
RTC employees; H.R. 4719, Federal Service Priority Placement Program Act 
of 1994; and a measure to provide senior level pay to the Executive 
Director of the Personnel Appeals Board of GAO, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
[D23SE4-135]{D1125}September
  September 27, Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, to 
mark up H.R. 4488, to amend the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 
1994 to provide that the duties performed by individuals separating from 
Government service in order to receive a voluntary separation incentive 
payment may not be performed by any person under contract with the United 
States, 10:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
[D23SE4-136]{D1125}September
  September 29, Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, 
oversight hearing on the Thrift Savings Plan, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
[D23SE4-137]{D1125}Committee
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, September 26, hearing and 
markup of the following: H.R. 4967, to designate the Federal building and 
U.S. courthouse in Detroit, MI, as the ``Theodore Levin Federal Building 
and United States Courthouse; H.R. 4910, to designate the U.S. courthouse 
under construction in White Plains, NY, as the ``Thurgood Marshall United 
States Courthouse;'' H.R. 4939, to designate the U.S. courthouse located 
at 201 South Vine Street in Urbana, IL, as the ``Frederick S. Green 
United States Courthouse;'' and pending prospectuses, 3 p.m., 2253 
Rayburn.
[D23SE4-138]{D1125}September
  September 27, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to mark up H.R. 
4394, Comprehensive One-Call Notification Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
[D23SE4-139]{D1125}Committee
  Committee on Rules, September 26, to consider the following: Conference 
Report to accompany S. 349, Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1994; and the 
Conference Report to accompany H.R. 4602, making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995, 4:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
[D23SE4-140]{D1125}September
  September 27, to consider the following: H.R. 4779, Local Government 
Interstate Waste Control Act; and H.R. 4683, Flow Control Act of 1994, 
3:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
[D23SE4-141]{D1125}Committee
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 27, Subcommittee 
on Technology, Environment and Aviation, hearing on the Status of Air 
Travel Security Technology, 1:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-142]{D1125}September
  September 28, full Committee, hearing on Gene Therapy-Status, Prospects 
for the Future, and Government Policy Implications, 1:30 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
[D23SE4-143]{D1125}September
  September 29, Subcommittee on Space, hearing on Global Trade in 
Satellites and Launch Services, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-144]{D1125}Committee
  Committee on Small Business, September 27, Subcommittee on Procurement, 
Taxation, and Tourism, hearing on Interstate Sales Tax Collection, 1:30 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-145]{D1125}September
  September 28, full Committee, hearing on Telemarketing Fraud: Putting 
Phone Scams on Hold, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-146]{D1125}Committee
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 28, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on Hispanic Veterans: Contributions to the 
Nation and Community, Receipt of Federal Veterans Benefits and Related 
Issues, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
[D23SE4-147]{D1125}Committee
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 27, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4245, Social Security 
Long-Range Solvency Act of 1994; H.R. 4275, Social Security Entitlement 
Reform Amendments of 1994; and other bills to restore the Long-Term 
Solvency of Social Security, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-148]{D1125}September
  September 28, full Committee, to consider Uruguay Round Implementation 
Act, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
[D23SE4-149]{D1125}September
  September 29, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on motor fuel excise 
tax refund fraud, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
[D23SE4-150]{D1125}September
  September 29, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on the 
Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, 10 a.m., 1100 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

[D23SE4-151]{D1125}Office of
  Office of Technology Assessment: September 28, Board Meeting, to 
consider pending business, 9 a.m., EF-100, Capitol.