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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 4, 1994

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 2467, to approve and implement the trade 
agreements concluded in the Uraguay Round of multilateral trade 
negotiations, and to consider the nomination of Marsha P. Martin, of 
Texas, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm 
Credit Administration, 10:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Bernard D. Rostker, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Gil Coronado, of Texas, 
to be Director of the Selective Service, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on S. 2467, to approve and implement the trade agreements 
concluded in the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to examine the 
status report on United States assistance to the New Independent 
States, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting, to vote on the nominations of 
Robert A. Pastor, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Panama, and Lori Esposito Murray, of Connecticut, to be Assistant 
Director for the Bureau of Multilateral Affairs of the United States 
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 11:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Martha F. Riche, of Maryland, to be Director of the 
Census, Department of Commerce, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of James H. 
Atkins, of Arkansas, and Scott B. Lukins, of Washington, each to be 
a Member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, 10:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of George J. 
Opfer, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and Vanessa Ruiz, to be an Associate Judge of the 
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 2:45 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Diana E. Murphy, of Minnesota, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Eighth Circuit; Elaine F. Bucklo, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; Robert W. Gettleman, to 
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Illinois; Sven E. Holmes, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Oklahoma; Vicki Miles-LaGrange, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma; and 
William H. Walls, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Jersey, 4:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings on the 
Department of Labor's Job Corp Program for at-risk youth, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold a closed briefing on 
intelligence matters, 4 p.m., SH-219.

                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E2035 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Department Operations and the Subcommittee on 
Livestock, joint hearing on H.R. 4744, National Aquaculture 
Development, Commercialization, and Promotion Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 
1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Research and 
Technology, hearing on uses of military technology and information 
in the war against breast cancer, 11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up H. Con. Res. 14, 
expressing the sense of Congress with respect to certain regulations 
of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on 
South Africa: Since the Historic Elections, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, hearing on 
Developments in the Middle East, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Operations, to mark up H.R. 5128, Federal 
Mandates Relief for State and Local Government Act of 1994, 4 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, 
hearing on Minority Women and Breast Cancer, 2:30 p.m., 2203 
Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to consider pending business, 2 
p.m., H-328 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Office Systems, to consider pending business, 
11:30 a.m., H-328 Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Administrative Law and 
Governmental Relations, to mark up H.R. 4560, to provide the consent 
of Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to consider a motion to go to 
conference on S. 21, California Desert Protection Act of 1994, 9 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Full Committee and the Committee on Agriculture, joint hearing on 
the forest fire and forest health policies of the Department of 
Agriculture and the Department of the Interior in the western United 
States, following full Committee meeting, 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs, to mark up H.R. 
4741, Guam War Restitution Act; and to hold a hearing on H.R. 3831, 
to authorize and direct the transfer of certain lands on the Island 
of Vieques, PR, to the Municipality of Vieques, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Native American Affairs, to mark up H.R. 4783, 
National Indian Research Institute Act, 2 p.m., 1310A Longworth.
  Committee on Public Works and Transportation, Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight, hearing on the FAA's Oversight of 
Foreign Airline Safety, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 5110, Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act; and H.J. Res. 416, providing limited 
authorization for the participation of U.S. Armed Forces in the 
multinational force in Haiti and providing for the prompt withdrawal 
of U.S. Armed Forces from Haiti, 11 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Energy, hearing on DOE's Human Genome Project--Issues Arising From 
Research, 1:30 p.m.. 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Science, hearing on Internet Access, 9:30 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing on proposals for alternative investment of the Social 
Security Trust Fund reserves, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
       *These figures include all measures reported, even if there 
     was no accompanying report. A total of 173 reports has been 
     filed in the Senate; a total of 357 reports has been filed in 
     the House.
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                    Resume of Congressional Activity

            SECOND SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS


    The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative 
business transacted by the Senate and House.
    The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the 
Senate by the President for Senate confirmation.

                      DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY


                 January 25 through September 30, 1994

                                                                 STotal
     Days in session...........................................1..
     Time in session...............................1,832 hrs., 3..
     Congressional Record:
         Pages of proceedings...............................24,344
         Extensions of Remarks...............................2,028
     Public bills enacted into law.............................118
     Private bills enacted into law..............................3
     Bills in conference..........................................
     Measures passed, total....................................736
         Senate bills..........................................1..
         House bills...........................................1..
         Senate joint resolutions.................................
         House joint resolutions..................................
         Senate concurrent resolutions............................
         House concurrent resolutions.............................
         Simple resolutions....................................1..
     Measures reported, total.................................*603
         Senate bills..........................................1..
         House bills...........................................1..
         Senate joint resolutions.................................
         House joint resolutions..................................
         Senate concurrent resolutions............................
         House concurrent resolutions.............................
         Simple resolutions.......................................
     Special reports..............................................
     Conference reports...........................................
     Measures pending on calendar..............................2..
     Measures introduced, total..............................2,787
         Bills...............................................1,4..
         Joint resolutions.....................................1..
         Concurrent resolutions................................1..
         Simple resolutions....................................2..
     Quorum calls.................................................
     Yea-and-nay votes.........................................1..
     Recorded votes............................................2..
     Bills vetoed.................................................
     Vetoes overridden............................................
                  DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS


                 January 25 through September 30, 1994

     Civilian nominations, totaling 668, (including 172 
       nominations carried over from the first session), 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed..........................................462...
         Unconfirmed........................................206...

     Civilian nominations (FS, PHS, CG, NOAA), totaling 2,478, 
       (including 38 nominations carried over from the first 
       session), disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed........................................2,191...
         Unconfirmed........................................287...

     Air Force nominations, totaling 8,394, (including 4 
       nominations carried over from the first session), 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed........................................7,414...
         Unconfirmed........................................980...

     Army nominations, totaling 9,517, (including 1,686 
       nominations carried over from the first session), 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed........................................9,510...
         Unconfirmed..........................................7...

     Navy nominations, totaling 11,912, (including 657 
       nominations carried over from the first session), 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed.......................................11,877...
         Unconfirmed.........................................33...
         Withdrawn............................................2...

     Marine Corps nominations, totaling 1,373, (including 15 
       nominations carried over from the first session), 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed........................................1,372...
         Unconfirmed..........................................1...

                                Summary
     Total nominations carried over from first session....2,572
     Total nominations received this session.............31,770
     Total confirmed.....................................32,826
     Total unconfirmed....................................1,514
     Total withdrawn..........................................2