[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 22 (Friday, February 3, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D138-D141]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of February 6 through 11, 1995

                             Senate Chamber

  During the week, Senate will continue consideration of H.J. Res. 1, 
Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment, and consider any cleared 
executive and legislative business.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, February 7, 1995, from 12:30 p.m. 
until 2:15 p.m., for respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 7, to 
hold hearings to examine what tax policy reforms will help 
strengthen agriculture and agribusiness, 9:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: February 9, Subcommittee on Foreign 
Operations, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1996 for foreign assistance programs, focusing on United States 
policy toward Russia and the New Independent States, 10 a.m., SD-
192.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 7, to hold hearings on 
United States national security strategy, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  February 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: February 7, to hold hearings on the 
President's economic plan, 9 a.m., SD-608.
  February 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the President's 
fiscal year 1996 budget for the Federal Government, 9:30 a.m., SD-
608.
  February 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 9, to hold 
hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
1996 for the Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: February 8, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed tax cuts contained in the President's fiscal year 1996 
budget for the Federal Government, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: February 7 and 8, to hold 
hearings to examine regulatory reform issues, Tuesday at 10 a.m. and 
Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 8, to hold hearings on 
pending nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  February 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the national drug 
control strategy, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: February 9, to hold 
hearings to examine employee involvement and worker management 
cooperation, 9:30 a.m., SD-430. [[Page D139]] 
  Committee on Small Business: February 10, to hold hearings on the 
future of the Small Business Administration, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 9, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to review the 
legislative recommendations of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, 
Jewish War Veterans, Retired Officers Association, Non-Commissioned 
Officers Association, and the Association of the United States Army, 
9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 9, to hold oversight 
hearings to review challenges facing Indian youth, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 8, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
                             House Chamber

  Monday, Complete consideration of H.R. 2, Line-Item Veto Legislation.
  Tuesday, and the balance of the week, Consideration of H.R. 665, 
Victim Restitution Act (subject to a rule being granted);
  H.R. 666, Exclusionary Rule Reform Act (subject to a rule being 
granted);
  H.R. 668, Criminal Alien Deportation Act (subject to a rule being 
granted);
  H.R. 667, Violent Criminal Incarceration Act (subject to a rule being 
granted); and
  H.R. 729, Effective Death Penalty Act (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

  Committee on Agriculture, February 7, to consider pending 
Committee business, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  February 7, 8, and 9, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, hearings on reforming the present 
welfare system, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 7, Subcommittee on 
Transportation, on the Secretary of Transportation, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  February 8, Subcommittee on Transportation, on the National 
Transportation Safety Board, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 9, Subcommittee on Transportation, on the ICC, 10 a.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  February 9, Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies, on Restructuring Government, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., H-143 
Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, February 9, to 
consider oversight plans for the 104th Congress for submission to 
the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and the Committee 
on House Oversight, 9:30 a.m., and to hold a hearing regarding the 
United States and international response to the Mexican financial 
crisis, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 10, to continue hearings regarding the United States and 
international response to the Mexican financial crisis, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 7, hearing on the 
Administration's Budget Submission for fiscal year 1996, 10 a.m., 
210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, February 7, to mark up Title III, Risk 
Assessment and Cost/Benefit Analysis for New Regulations, of H.R. 9, 
Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 8, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, oversight hearing on 
the Department of Energy's proposed budget for fiscal year 1996, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 9, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on the implementation and enforcement of the Clean Air Act 
Amendments of 1990, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, to 
continue hearings on Title II, Reform of Private Securities 
Litigation, of H.R. 10, Common Sense Legal Reform Act, 9:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, February 6 
and 7, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-
Long Learning, hearings on Training Issues, 1 p.m. on February 6 and 
10:30 a.m. on February 7, 2175 Rayburn.
  February 7, full Committee, to consider the following: oversight 
plans for the 104th Congress for submission to the Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight and the Committee on House 
Oversight; and the Committee Budget, 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 8, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing 
on Removing Impediments to Employee Participation/Electromation, 
9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 9, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on Block Grant/Consolidation Overview, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, February 7, 
Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on restructuring the Office 
of Personnel Management, 9:30 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  February 7, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on the following: 
reauthorization of the Paperwork Reduction Act; and Title III, Risk 
and Assessment and Cost/Benefit Analysis for New Regulations, of 
H.R. 9, Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  February 8, Subcommittee on National Growth, Natural Resources and 
Regulatory Affairs, to mark up the following: reauthorization of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act; and H.R. 450, Regulatory Transition Act of 
1995, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 10, full Committee, to mark up the following: 
reauthorization of the Paperwork Reduction Act; and H.R. 450, 
Regulatory Transition Act of 1995, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, 
and Technology, to hold an organizational meeting, 8:30 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn. [[Page D140]] 
  Committee on House Oversight, February 8, to consider pending 
business, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, February 7, Subcommittee on 
Africa, executive, to receive a closed briefing on United States 
Military Operations in Somalia, 9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 9, Subcommittee on Africa, executive, to receive a closed 
briefing on Central, West, and North Africa, 1 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 6, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, to continue hearings on H.R. 9, Job Creation 
and Wage Enhancement Act of 1995, issues in the Contract With 
America dealing with Title VI, Strengthening Regulatory Flexibility; 
Title VII, Regulatory Impact Analysis; and Title VIII, Protection 
Against Federal Regulatory Abuse, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  February 6 and 10, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property, hearing on issues related to the Legal Reform issues in 
the Contract With America, 10:30 a.m., on February 6 and 9:30 a.m., 
on February 10, 2237 Rayburn.
  February 7, full Committee, to consider oversight plans for the 
104th Congress for submission to the Committee on Government Reform 
and Oversight and the Committee on House Oversight, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  February 8, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to hold an 
organizational meeting; followed by an oversight hearing on the 
management practices of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
9:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on 
protecting private property rights with regulatory takings, 10 a.m., 
2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, February 8, hearing on the fiscal 
year 1996 National Defense authorization request, 9:30 a.m., and 
1:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, February 7, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests and Lands, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 694, 
Minor Boundary Adjustments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 
1995; and H.R. 606, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage 
Preservation Act of 1992, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 8, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
402, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; H.R. 421, to 
amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for the 
purchase of common stock of Cook Inlet Region; H.R. 715, Sea of 
Okhotsk Fisheries Enforcement Act; H.R. 716, to amend the 
Fishermen's Protective Act; H.R. 541, to reauthorize the Atlantic 
Tunas Convention Act of 1975; H.R. 622, to implement the Convention 
on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic 
Fisheries; H.R. 535, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey the Corning National Fish Hatchery to the State of Arkansas; 
H.R. 584, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a fish 
hatchery to the State of Iowa; and H.R. 614, to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to convey to the State of Minnesota the New London 
National Fish Hatchery production facility, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 9, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands and 
the Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies of the Committee 
on Appropriations, joint oversight hearing to review financial 
management in the National Park Service and the National Park 
Service Reorganization Plan, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 10, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands and 
the Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research, and Forestry of 
the Committee on Agriculture, joint oversight hearing on Forest 
Health and Emergency Salvage Sales, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, February 6, to consider the following: H.R. 
665, Victim Restitution Act of 1995; and H.R. 666, Exclusionary Rule 
Reform Act, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, February 8, to mark up the following: H.R. 
655, Hydrogen Future Act of 1995; and Title II, Risk Assessment and 
Cost/Benefit Analysis for new regulations of H.R. 9, Job Creation 
and Wage Enhancement Act of 1995; and to consider oversight plans 
for the 104th Congress for submission to the Committee on Government 
Reform and Oversight and the Committee on House Oversight, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 9, hearing on amendments to 
strengthen the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 10 a.m., 2359A Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 7, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on Amtrak's Fiscal Crisis, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 7, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing on the Water Resources Development Act of 1995, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  February 8, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, hearing on 
legislation to improve the National Highway System and Ancillary 
Issues relating to Highway and Transit Programs, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  February 9, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on the Metropolitan 
Washington Airports Authority Board of Review, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  February 9, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing on the reauthorization of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic 
Development, hearing on the Economic Development Administration and 
the Appalachian Regional Commission, 8:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on Amtrak's 
Current Situation, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 6, 7, and 10, Subcommittee 
on Health, hearings on Medicare related issues, 10:00 a.m., on 
February 6 and February 10, and 2 p.m., on February 7, 1100 
Longworth.
  February 6, Subcommittee on Human Resources, to continue hearings 
on H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, with emphasis on child 
support provisions, 12 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  February 7, 8, and 9, full Committee, hearings on the 
Administration's fiscal year 1996 budget proposals, 10:30 a.m. on 
February 7; 10 a.m. on February 8; and 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on 
February 9, 1100 Longworth. [[Page D141]] 
  February 8, full Committee, to mark up the following: oversight 
plans for the 104th Congress for submission to the Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight and the Committee on House 
Oversight; Budget recommendations for the report to the Committee on 
the Budget; Committee Budget; and H.R. 697, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to restore, for taxable years beginning in 
1994, the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed, 
1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on H.R. 553, Caribbean 
Basin Trade Security Act, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 7, executive, 
hearing on the Aldrich Ames Espionage Case, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
                             Joint Meetings

  Joint hearing: February 9, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
to review the legislative recommendations of the Paralyzed Veterans 
of America, Jewish War Veterans, Retired Officers Association, Non-
Commissioned Officers Association, and the Association of the United 
States Army, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.