[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 12 (Friday, January 20, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D65-D67]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of January 23 through 28, 1995

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1, Unfunded 
Mandates.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to continue 
consideration of S. 1, Unfunded Mandates.

  (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, 
January 24, 1995, for respective party conferences.)
  (Senate will meet in joint session with the House of Representative 
on Tuesday, January 24, 1995, at 9 p.m., to receive a message from the 
President of the United States on the State of the Union.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: January 26, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Armed Services: January 24, to hold hearings on the 
requirements for ballistic missile defenses, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  January 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the security 
implications of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement with North 
Korea, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on the Budget: January 24, to hold hearings to examine 
the Federal Government in the 21st Century, 9:30 a.m., SD-608.
  January 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review the 
Congressional Budget Office annual report, 9:30 a.m., SD-608.
  January 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nation's 
economic and budget outlook, 9:30 a.m., SD-608.
  January 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine government 
restructuring proposals, 9:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: January 26, to 
hold oversight hearings on activities of the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: January 24, to hold hearings to examine the 
merits of static, behavioral, and dynamic methods of estimating the 
impact of Federal fiscal policies on Federal revenues, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-215.
  January 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
national economic outlook, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  January 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Federal budget outlook, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 24 and 25, to hold 
hearings on the United States-North Korea Nuclear Agreement, Tuesday 
at 10 a.m. and Wednesday at 2 p.m., SD-419.
  January 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Mexico 
economic situation and U.S. efforts to stabilize the peso, Thursday 
at 10 a.m. and Thursday at 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: January 25, to hold hearings to 
examine Federal Government reform issues, focusing on welfare 
reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: January 24, Subcommittee on 
Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights, to hold hearings on 
S.J. Res. 16, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States to grant the President line-item veto authority, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  January 25, Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property 
Rights, to hold hearings on S.J. Res. 19, proposing an amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting 
congressional terms, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: January 24, to hold 
hearings on activities of the National Endowment for the Arts, 9:30 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: January 25, business 
meeting, to mark up proposed legislation authorizing biennial 
expenditures by standing, select, and special committees of the 
Senate, and to consider other pending legislative and administrative 
business, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: January 25, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
                             House Chamber

  Monday, Continue consideration of H.R. 5, Unfunded Mandates Reform.
  Tuesday, Continue consideration of H.R. 5, Unfunded Mandates Reform.
  House will recess at 6:00 p.m. and reconvene at 9:00 p.m. in order to 
receive the President of the United States in a joint session for the 
State of the Union Address.
  Wednesday, Consideration of H.J. Res. 1, Balanced Budget Amendment 
(subject to a rule being granted).
  Thursday and Friday, Continued consideration of H.J. Res. 1, Balanced 
Budget Amendment.

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


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, January 24, Subcommittee on Interior 
and Related Agencies, on Public Witnesses (National Endowment for 
the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities), 1:30 p.m., B-
308 Capitol.
  January 24, 25, 26, and 27, Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, on Public Witnesses, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn. [[Page D66]] 
  January 24, Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, on Restructuring Government, 10 a.m., and 2 
p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  January 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and State and the 
Judiciary, in Review of U.N. Operations and Peacekeeping, 2 p.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  January 25, Subcommittee on National Security, on Secretary of 
Defense and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff--Ongoing Defense 
Operations, 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  January 26, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Finance, 
and Related Agencies, on Foreign Operations in an Era of Budget 
Reductions, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, January 24, 
Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on the Age 
Discrimination in Employment Act, Public Safety Exemption, 9:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  January 25, full Committee, to continue hearings on the Contract 
With America: Nutrition, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  January 26, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on Re-examining Old Assumptions, time to be announced, 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, January 25, to mark 
up H.R. 2, Line Item Veto Act, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, January 24, hearing on H.R. 
7, National Security Revitalization Act, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  January 24, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, briefing on the 
Demographic and Security Overview of the Asia-Pacific Region, 1 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  January 25, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on the 
Cuban ``March 13th'' Tugboat Incident, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  January 26, full Committee, to continue hearings on Evaluating 
U.S. Foreign Policy, Part III, 9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  January 26, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 7, National Security 
Revitalization Act, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, January 25, hearing on Title 2 of 
H.R. 7, National Security Revitalization Act, 9:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  January 26, executive, briefing on regional hotspots, 9:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, January 24, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests and Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 531, 
to designate the Great Western Scenic Trail as a study trail under 
the National Trails System Act; H.R. 536, to extend indefinitely the 
authority of the Secretary of the Interior to collect a commercial 
operation fee in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; 
H.R. 517, Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 1995; H.R. 529, to 
authorize the exchange of National Forest System lands in the 
Targhee National Forest in Idaho for non-Federal lands within the 
forest in Wyoming; and H.R. 562, to modify the boundaries of Walnut 
Canyon National Monument in the State of Arizona, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  January 25, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, 
hearing on the following: Sea of Okhotsk Fisheries Enforcement Act; 
H.R. 541, to reauthorize the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975; 
High Seas Fisheries Licensing Act of 1995; a measure to extend 
authorization of the Fishermen's Protective Act until the year 2000; 
H.R. 535, Corning National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act; a measure 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Fairport 
National Fish Hatchery to the State of Iowa; H.R. 542, to approve a 
governing international fishery agreement between the United States 
and the People's Republic of China; and H.R. 543, to approve a 
governing international fishery agreement between the United States 
and the Republic of Estonia, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  January 26, full Committee, oversight hearing on Federal Efforts 
to Introduce Canadian Gray Wolves into Yellowstone National Park and 
the Central Idaho Wilderness, 9:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  January 26, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 531, to designate the Great 
Western Scenic Trail as a study trail under the National Trails 
System Act; H.R. 536, to extend indefinitely the authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior to collect a commercial operation fee in 
the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; H.R. 517, Chacoan 
Outliers Protection Act of 1995; H.R. 529, to authorize the exchange 
of National Forest System lands in the Targhee National Forest in 
Idaho for non-Federal lands within the forest in Wyoming; and H.R. 
562, to modify the boundaries of Walnut Canyon National Monument in 
the State of Arizona, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, January 23, to consider H.J. Res. 1, proposing 
a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  January 24, to receive a briefing on H.R. 2, Line Item Veto Act, 4 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, January 23, hearing on Regulation--
Strengthening the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  January 25, oversight hearing on SBA 7(a) Lending Program, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  January 26, hearing on Tax--Capital Gains, Productivity and Tax 
Reform, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  January 27, hearing on Regulation--Paperwork Reduction Act, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, January 26, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on Disposition of the ICC's Rail 
Merger Authority, 9 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, January 23 and 27, Subcommittee on 
Human Resources, to continue hearings on H.R. 4, Personal 
Responsibility Act, 12 p.m., on January 23 and 10 a.m., on January 
27, 1100 Longworth.
  January 23, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on child welfare, 
10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  January 24, 25, and 26, full Committee, to continue hearings on 
the Contract With America, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth. [[Page D67]] 
  January 27, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the health 
insurance tax deduction for the self-employed, 12 p.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  January 27, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Internal Revenue 
Code section 1071 (the operation and administration of the provision 
which allows the FCC to grant tax relief with respect to the sales 
of radio, television, and other properties under certain 
circumstances), 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: January 23, to resume hearings on 
proposals to amend the Constitution of the United States to require 
a balanced budget, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.