[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REINVENTING GOVERNMENT

                                 ______


                               speech of

                            HON. BILL ORTON

                                of utah

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 21, 1995
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Utah [Mr. Orton] is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. ORTON. Madam Speaker, tonight I will talk about efforts taken by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development to revitalize and 
reinvent the FHA single family housing program.
  Created in 1934, the Federal Housing Administration--also known as 
FHA--has played a critical role in making homeownership a reality for 
more than 21 million Americans. Last year alone, FHA insured over 1.3 
million single family loans, including 450,000 for first-time 
homebuyers. FHA carries out its mission of expanding homeownership 
through private sector lenders who have direct contact with borrowers. 
And, it does so without costing the taxpayer a single dollar, since 
homeowner premiums fully fund a reserve against future losses and pay 
all related administrative costs.
  Commendably, however, FHA has not been content to rest on its record 
of accomplishments. It has aggressively developed and implemented 
changes in line with the overall reinventing government program. Let me 
tell you what has been done, and what is yet to be done.
  Several years ago, largely as a result of regional recessions in some 
parts of the country, some concern developed over the long-term health 
of the FHA single family mortgage fund. This problem was promptly 
resolved through a change in the premium structure--the source of 
revenues for the program. As a result, the FHA reserve account easily 
exceeds required capital ratios, and Price Waterhouse has attested to 
the financial health of the fund.
  As part of the reinventing government program, FHA has moved recently 
to cut costs, streamline operations, and improve customer service 
through consolidation of loan processing offices. Last year, FHA 
announced the opening of a regional loan processing center in Denver, 
CO. This center will perform loan processing that had been carried out 
by 17 HUD field offices in the Rocky Mountain and Southwest portions of 
the country. This consolidation should save approximately $4 million a 
year. It is also expected to reduce loan processing time--from an 
average of about 5 weeks down to an average of about 5 days.
  Just recently, FHA also announced changes in underwriting guidelines, 
to keep pace with procedures in the private sector. These changes more 
fully recognize second job and overtime income--a reflection of the 
increased 
 [[Page E407]] importance that family earnings power plays in 
qualifying for mortgages. FHA will also permit automated credit reports
 that provide faster turnaround time, at a lower cost to the borrower. 
The result of these changes should be a more responsive and market-
oriented FHA.

  Finally, there are changes FHA has proposed which cannot be 
accomplished by administrative action, but rather will require 
statutory legislation. For example, last year, FHA made recommendations 
which included a proposal to allow private mortgage lenders who 
underwrite FHA loans to issue their own mortgage certificates. I have 
heard from many FHA lenders who have complained bitterly about long 
bureaucratic delays in the actual paper issuance of these 
certificates--a delay that would be eliminated by this HUD proposal. 
Last year, the House responded by including this proposal in the housng 
bill. However, the Senate did not act on this bill, and the proposal 
died. This change alone could result in a substantial reduction in FHA 
personnel and improve responsiveness to lenders and borrowers.
  This change is just one provision included in legislation I have 
recently introduced to modernize the FHA program. Other provisions in 
my bill--H.R. 487, the FHA Modernization and Efficiency Act--include an 
elimination of the current prohibition against parental loans to help 
their children buy a home; a simplification of the down payment 
formula, permitting two-step mortgages; and others. I believe we should 
pass these provisions, to continue the effort to keep FHA an 
aggressive, innovative provider of homeownership opportunities.
  Finally, the future of FHA itself appears to be in question. We are 
beginning to hear calls for the end of HUD and the privatization of 
FHA. I believe this would be a serious mistake. Privatization of FHA 
would almost surely mean an end to the public mission to serve moderate 
income, first-time homebuyers. It would also mean an end to FHA's 
continued presence in geographic areas buffeted by recession.
  That is why I strongly support the administration's reinventing 
government proposal to make FHA an independent public corporation. This 
would maintain FHA's mission of increasing homeownership. It would 
accelerate the efforts I have discussed here tonight to modernize FHA, 
to make it more responsive to market demands and innovative products, 
and less like a bureaucracy. And, it would reaffirm the principle that 
creating opportunities for all Americans is what government should 
really be about.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank you for my time.
  


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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, February 23, 1995, may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              FEBRUARY 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the American Battle Monuments Commission, 
           Cemeterial Expenses, Army, Consumer Information Center, 
           Consumer Product Safety Commission, Office of Consumer 
           Affairs, and Court of Veterans Appeals.
                                                            SD-138
       Judiciary
       Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
         To resume hearings on S. 343, to reform the regulatory 
           process.
                                                            SD-226

                              FEBRUARY 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the Committee on Energy and 
           Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Energy Research and 
           Development to review the findings of the Task Force on 
           Alternative Futures for Department of Energy National 
           Laboratories.
                                                            SD-366
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Energy Research and Development Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the Committee on 
           Appropriations' Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
           Development to review the findings of the Task Force on 
           Alternative Futures for Department of Energy National 
           Laboratories.
                                                            SD-366
       Labor and Human Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of welfare reform, 
           focusing on children and their families.
                                                            SD-430
     10:00 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Shelia Cheston, of 
           the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the 
           Department of the Air Force.
                                                            SR-222
       Foreign Relations
         To hold open and closed (S-407) hearings on the 
           ratification of the Treaty Between the U.S. and the 
           Russian Federation on Further Reduction and Limitation 
           of Strategic Offensive Arms (The START II Treaty) 
           (Treaty Doc. 103-1).
                                                    S-116, Capitol
       Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting, to mark up S. 219, to ensure economy 
           and efficiency of Federal Government operations by 
           establishing a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking 
           actions.
                                                            SD-342
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Treasury, Postal Service, General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the United States Postal Service.
                                                            SD-116
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings on pending nominations.
                                                            SD-226

                                MARCH 1
     9:00 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposals to authorize State 
           and local governments to enact flow control laws and to 
           regulate the interstate transportation of solid waste.
                                                            SD-406
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the National Endowment for the Arts.
                                                            SD-192
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on the United States civilian 
           space program.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on S. 395, to authorize and direct the 
           Secretary of Energy to sell the Alaska Power Marketing 
           Administration, including title II, proposed Trans-
           Alaska Pipeline Amendment Act.
                                                            SD-366
       Governmental Affairs
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation to reform the 
           Federal regulatory process, to make government more 
           efficient and effective.
                                                            SD-342
       Labor and Human Resources
         To continue hearings to examine the impact of welfare 
           reform, focusing on the child care system.
                                                            SD-430
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative 
           recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans.
                                               345 Cannon Building
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
           Farm Credit Administration, and the Food and Drug 
           Administration of the Department of Health and Human 
           Services.
                                                            SD-138
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of State.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
     11:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the National Endowment for the 
           Humanities.
                                                            SD-192
     2:00 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 391, to authorize and direct the 
           Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to 
           undertake activities to halt and reverse the decline in 
           forest health on Federal lands.
                                                            SD-366
       Select on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings on intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                MARCH 2
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on S. 167, to revise certain provisions 
           of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and S. 443, to 
           reaffirm the Federal Government's commitment to 
           electric consumers and environmental protection by 
           reaffirming the requirement of the Nuclear Waste Policy 
           Act of 1982 that the Secretary of Energy provide for 
           the safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel beginning not 
           later than January 31, 1998.
                                                            SD-366
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Transportation.
                                                            SD-192
       Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting, to mark up S. 4, to grant the power to 
           the President to reduce budget authority, and S. 14, to 
           amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
           Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration 
           of certain proposed cancellations of budget items.
                                                            SD-342

                                MARCH 3
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the National Credit Union Administration, 
           the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, the Federal 
           Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Resolution Trust 
           Corporation--Inspector General.
                                                            SD-138

                         [[Page E409]] MARCH 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Joint Economic
         To hold hearings to examine the employment-unemployment 
           situation for February.
                                                            SD-562

                                MARCH 6
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Treasury, Postal Service, General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Office of National Drug Control 
           Policy.
                                                            SD-192

                                MARCH 7
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Resources' Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and 
           Lands to review the health of the National Park System.
                                                            SD-366
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative 
           recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
                                               345 Cannon Building
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Commerce.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to review Federal programs 
           which address the challenges facing Indian youth.
                                                            SR-485
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Labor.
                                                            SD-192

                                MARCH 8
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the United States Geological Survey, 
           Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-116
       Governmental Affairs
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation to reform the 
           Federal regulatory process, to make government more 
           efficient and effective.
                                                            SD-342
       Small Business
         To hold hearings on the proposed ``Regulatory Flexibility 
           Amendments Act''.
                                                           SR-428A
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for rural economic and community development 
           services of the Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138
     2:30 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the structure and 
           funding of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
                                                            SR-485

                                MARCH 9
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the National Transportation Safety Board.
                                                            SD-192
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Health and Human 
           Services.
                                                            SD-138
       Appropriations
       Treasury, Postal Service, General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the United States Secret Service, Federal 
           Law Enforcement Training Center, and the Financial 
           Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of the Treasury.
                                                            SD-192

                                MARCH 10
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the National Science Foundation, and the 
           Office of Science and Technology Policy.
                                                            SD-138

                                MARCH 14
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-138

                                MARCH 15
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Smithsonian Institution.
                                                            SD-116
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for farm and foreign agriculture services of 
           the Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Justice.
                                              Room to be announced

                                MARCH 16
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 
           Drug Enforcement Agency, both of the Department of 
           Justice.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Federal Highway Administration, 
           Department of Transportation.
                                                            SD-192
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Education.
                                                            SD-192

                                MARCH 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the United States Fish and Wildlife 
           Service, Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-192
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Natural Resources Conservation 
           Service, Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138

                                MARCH 23
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Federal Railroad Administration, 
           Department of Transportation, and the National 
           Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak).
                                                            SD-192
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Treasury, Postal Service, General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
           Firearms and the United States Customs Service, 
           Department of the Treasury.
                                                            SD-192
     3:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the National Institutes of Health, 
           Department of Health and Human Services.
                                                            SD-138

                                MARCH 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Housing and Urban 
           Development.
                                                            SD-138

                         [[Page E410]] MARCH 27
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Treasury, Postal Service, General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Executive Office of the President, 
           and the General Services Administration.
                                                            SD-138

                                MARCH 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Bureau of Land Management, Department 
           of the Interior.
                                                            SD-116

                                MARCH 29
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, 
           Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
           Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain 
           Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, all 
           of the Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Judiciary, Administrative Office of 
           the Courts, and the Judicial Conference.
                                                    S-146, Capitol

                                MARCH 30
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative 
           recommendations of AMVETS, American Ex-Prisoners of 
           War, Vietnam Veterans of America, Blinded Veterans 
           Association, and the Military Order of the Purple 
           Heart.
                                               345 Cannon Building
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Federal Aviation Administration, 
           Department of Transportation.
                                                            SD-192

                                MARCH 31
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the 
           Court of Veteran's Appeals, and Veterans Affairs 
           Service Organizations.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 3
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Treasury, Postal Service, General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Internal Revenue Service, Department 
           of the Treasury, and the Office of Personnel 
           Management.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the National Park Service, Department of 
           the Interior.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the National Aeronautics and Space 
           Administration.
                                                            SD-192
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Agricultural Research Service, 
           Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension 
           Service, Economic Research Service, and the National 
           Agricultural Statistics Service, all of the Department 
           of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Immigration and Naturalization 
           Service, and the Bureau of Prisons, both of the 
           Department of Justice.
                                                    S-146, Capitol

                                APRIL 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
                                                            SD-138
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Treasury, Postal Service, General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of the Treasury and the 
           Office of Management and Budget.
                                                            SD-116

                                APRIL 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for energy conservation.
                                                            SD-116
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Food and Consumer Service, Department 
           of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Legal Services Corporation.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
     11:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for fossil energy, clean coal technology, 
           Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and the Naval Petroleum 
           Reserve.
                                                            SD-116

                                APRIL 27
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Federal Transit Administration, 
           Department of Transportation.
                                                            SD-192

                                 MAY 2
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Forest Service of the Department of 
           Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138

                                 MAY 3
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
           Council on Environmental Quality, and the Agency for 
           Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
                                                            SD-192
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138

                                 MAY 4
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the United States Coast Guard, Department 
           of Transportation.
                                                            SD-192

                                 MAY 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for Environmental Protection Agency science 
           programs.
                                                            SD-138

                          [[Page E411]] MAY 11
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department 
           of the Interior.
                                                            SD-116
     1:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Indian Health Service, Department of 
           Health and Human Services.
                                                            SD-116

                                 MAY 17
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-192

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                              FEBRUARY 23
     10:00 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the use of the exclusionary 
           rule, focusing on juries and the search for truth.
                                                            SD-226
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