[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 36 (Monday, February 27, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                 HEARING CARE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ACT

                                 ______


                        HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, February 27, 1995

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce legislation H.R. 
1057 which would cover audiology services for Federal employees.
  More specifically, this measure would amend the statute governing the 
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program [FEHBP] by requiring FEHBP 
insurance carriers to guarantee direct access to, and reimbursement 
for, audiologist-provided hearing care services when hearing care is 
covered under a FEHBP plan.
  The statute that this legislation would amend is 5 U.S.C., section 
8902(k)(1), which allows direct access to services provided by 
optometrists, clinical psychologists and nurse midwives, yet fails to 
allow direct access to services provided by audiologists in FEHBP plans 
covering hearing care services.
  My legislation would not increase health care costs since it would 
not mandate any new insurance benefits. On the contrary, the bill 
should reduce the costs of hearing care by facilitating direct access 
to health care providers who are uniquely qualified and generally used 
to diagnose the extent and causes of hearing impairment.
  Accordingly, I urge my colleagues to cosponsor this measure, 
H.R.1057.
  At this point in the Record I request that the full text of my bill 
be inserted for review by my colleagues.

                               H.R. 1057

       Be it enacted by the House of Representatives of the United 
     States of America in Congress assembled,
       Section 1. This Act may be cited as the ``Hearing Care for 
     Federal Employees Act''.
       Sec. 2. Section 8902(k)(1) of title 5, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting the word ``audiologist,'' after the 
     word ``optometrist'' wherever it appears in that section.
  


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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, 
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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 
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Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, February 28, 1995, may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                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
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Energy, focusing on 
           atomic energy defense activities.
                                                            SD-116
       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
       Finance
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation to change the 
           Social Security earnings limit and repeal the tax on 
           85% of Social Security benefits.
                                                            SD-215
       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
       Foreign Relations
         To continue hearings on the ratification of the Treaty 
           Between the United States and the Russian Federation on 
           Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive 
           Arms (START II Treaty) (Treaty Doc. 103-1).
                                                            SD-419
     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
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to review the recommendations of the 
           President's Airline Commission.
                                                            SR-253

                                MARCH 2
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of 
           Defense and the future years defense program.
                                                            SR-222
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting, to consider the nomination of Robert 
           Pitofsky, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade 
           Commissioner.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on S. 167, to revise certain provisions 
           of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, S. 433, 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, S. 429, to revise the 
           Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to allow commercial 
           nuclear utilities that have contracts with the 
           Secretary of Energy under section 302 of that Act to 
           receive credits to offset the cost of storing spent 
           fuel that the Secretary is unable to accept for storage 
           on and after Jan. 31, 1998, and S. 473, to establish as 
           the nuclear energy policy of the U.S. that no new 
           civilian nuclear power reactors shall be built until 
           adequate waste emplacement capacity is available.
                                                            SD-366
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine middle income tax proposals.
                                                            SD-215
       Labor and Human Resources
       Education, Arts and Humanities Subcommittee
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for programs of the National Foundation on the 
           Arts and Humanities Act of 1965, focusing on the 
           National Endowment for the Humanities.
                                                            SD-430
       Special on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine Social Security and 
           disability policy issues, focusing on the large growth 
           of the Supplemental Security Income and Social Security 
           Disability Insurance programs.
                                                            SD-562
     9:45 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on U.S. telecommunication policy.
                                                            SR-253
     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
       Environment and Public Works
       Drinking Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on efforts by the United 
           States Forest Service and the National Marine Fisheries 
           Service to comply with recent court decisions requiring 
           consultation on forest plans under Section 7(a)(2) of 
           the Endangered Species Act.
                                                            SD-406
       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
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
         Business meeting, to mark up H.R. 889, making emergency 
           supplemental appropriations and rescissions to preserve 
           and enhance the military readiness of the Department of 
           Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995.
                                                    S-128, Capitol
       Foreign Relations
       Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. policy towards Iran and 
           Iraq.
                                                            SD-419

                         [[Page E455]] 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
     10:00 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine proposals to reform Federal 
           habeas corpus regulations, focusing on the elimination 
           of prisoners' abuse of the judicial process.
                                                            SD-226

                                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
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on S. 333, to direct the Secretary of 
           Energy to institute certain procedures in the 
           performance of risk assessments in connection with 
           environmental restoration activities.
                                                            SD-366
       Joint Printing
         Organizational meeting to consider pending committee 
           business.
                                                    H-164, Capitol

                                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
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the jury process, focusing on 
           the search for truth in trials.
                                                            SD-226
       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
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold oversight hearings on domestic petroleum 
           production and international supply.
                                                            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
       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
     2:00 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on Forest Service appeals.
                                                            SD-366
     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
     9:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen 
           and improve United States agricultural programs, 
           focusing on cost issues of certain farm programs.
                                                            SR-332
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting, to consider the nomination of Wilma A. 
           Lewis, of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector 
           General, Department of the Interior; to be followed by 
           a closed briefing on international aspects of petroleum 
           supply.
                                                    S-407, Capitol
     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
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings on S. 227, to provide an exclusive right 
           to perform sound recordings publicly by means of 
           digital transmissions.
                                                            SD-226
     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
       Joint Economic
         To hold hearings to examine the employment-unemployment 
           situation for February.
                                                            SD-562

                                MARCH 14
     9:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen 
           and improve United States agricultural programs, 
           focusing on wetlands and farm policy.
                                                            SR-332
       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
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
     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
     9:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen 
           and improve United States agricultural programs, 
           focusing on taxpayers' stake in Federal farm policy.
                                                            SR-332
      [[Page E456]] 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

                                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.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen 
           and improve United States agricultural programs, 
           focusing on agricultural credit.
                                                            SR-332
       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.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen 
           and improve United States agricultural programs, 
           focusing on market effects of Federal farm policy.
                                                            SR-332
       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

                         [[Page E457]] 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

                                 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

                             CANCELLATIONS

                              FEBRUARY 28
     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
       Special on Aging
         Business meeting, to consider pending committee business.
                                                            SD-562

                                MARCH 1
     9:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation to reform the 
           Federal regulatory process, to make government more 
           efficient and effective.
                                                            SD-342
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