[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 60 (Friday, March 31, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D455-D459]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of April 3 through 8, 1995

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on 
the Conference Report on H.R. 831, Self-Employed Health Insurance Tax 
Credit.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will resume consideration of 
H.R. 1158, making additional supplemental appropriations and 
rescissions, and consider any cleared executive and legislative 
business.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, April 4, 1995, from 12:30 p.m. until 
2:15 p.m., for respective party conferences.)

  (The official photo of the Senate will take place on Tuesday, April 
4, 1995, at 2:15 p.m., in the Senate Chamber.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: April 4, to 
resume hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen and improve 
United States agricultural programs, focusing on market effects of 
Federal farm policy, 9:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: April 3 and 6, Subcommittee on 
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, to hold hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996, Monday, for the 
Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, and the Office 
of Personnel Management, 2 p.m.; Thursday, for the Department of the 
Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget, 2 p.m.; Monday in 
SD-138 and Thursday in SD-116.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine the Kirtland Air Force Base closure in New 
Mexico, 2:30 p.m., SD-116.
  April 4 and 6, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996, Tuesday, for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on Air Force programs, 9:30 a.m.; 
Thursday, for the Department of Defense, focusing on Navy programs, 
9:30 a.m.; SD-106.
  April 5 and 6, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996, 
Wednesday, for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
9:30 a.m.; [[Page D456]] Thursday, for the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 9:30 a.m.; Wednesday in SD-192 and Thursday in 
SD-138.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, 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, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 5 and 6, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1996, Wednesday, for the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
and the Bureau of Prisons, both of the Department of Justice, 10 
a.m.; Thursday, for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration and the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, both of the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m.; S-146, 
Capitol.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Federal 
Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-
192.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 4, Subcommittee on Seapower, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal 
year 1996 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense 
program, focusing on surface shipbuilding programs and the 
Department of the Navy's plans for modernization and 
recapitalization, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  April 4, 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, focusing on Department of 
Energy national security issues, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Personnel, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
on the Department of Defense Quality of Life Programs, 9:30 a.m., 
SH-216.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Airland Forces, to hold hearings on the 
future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 2:30 p.m., 
SR-222.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology, to resume 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
1996 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense 
program, focusing on the implementation of acquisition management 
reform, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 3 and 4, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to 
hold hearings on S. 565, to regulate interstate commerce by 
providing for a uniform product liability law, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  April 6, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 565, to 
regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform product 
liability law, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 5, Subcommittee 
on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold oversight hearings on 
the U.S. Forest Service land management planning process, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 4, business 
meeting, to consider the nomination of Shirley Ann Jackson, of New 
Jersey, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk 
Assessment, to resume oversight hearings on the implementation of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (P.L. 102-426), 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to 
resume hearings on S. 440, to provide for the designation of the 
National Highway System, focusing on issues related to the Woodrow 
Wilson Bridge and the innovative financing of transportation 
facilities, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 3, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS 
Oversight, to hold hearings to examine whether the research and 
development tax credit (enacted in 1981) should be made a permanent 
part of the Tax Code, allowed to expire, or restructured, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-215.
  April 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review the 1995 Trade 
Policy Agenda and 1994 Annual Report of the President of the United 
States on the Trade Agreements Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  April 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine various flat 
tax proposals, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  April 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues 
related to the Consumer Price Index, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 4, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs, to hold hearings to examine drug 
control strategies in the western hemisphere, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  April 5, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on International Relations' Subcommittee on 
African Affairs to examine the crisis in Rwanda and Burundi, 2 p.m., 
SR-325.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: April 4 and 5, to hold hearings 
on the earned income tax credit, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 3, Subcommittee on Antitrust, 
Business Rights, and Competition, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, time and room to be announced.
  April 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings on punitive damages tort 
reform, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 5, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 343, to 
reform the Federal regulatory process, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the right to 
own property, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: April 5, to hold hearings 
to examine activities of the Department of Health and Human 
Services' Food and Drug Administration, focusing on the future of 
American biomedical and food industries, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  April 6, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 454, to 
reform the health care liability system and improve health care 
quality through the establishment of quality assurance programs; to 
be followed by hearings to [[Page D457]] continue to examine 
activities of the Department of Health and Human Services' Food and 
Drug Administration, focusing on the future of American biomedical 
and food industries, 9 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business: April 4, to hold hearings to examine 
the Small Business Administration's 8(a) Minority Business 
Development Program, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 5, to hold hearings on 
providing direct funding through block grants to tribes to 
administer welfare and other social service programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-
485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 5, to hold hearings to 
examine allegations of United States involvement in two murders in 
Guatemala, 10 a.m., SD-106.
                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of the following 4 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 1345, the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Act of 1995;
  2. H.R. 716, the Fisherman's Protective Act Amendments;
  3. H. Res. 120, the Resolution Expressing the Sense of Congress 
Regarding the American Citizens Held in Iraq; and
  4. H.R. 1271, the Family Privacy Protection Act.
  Tuesday, and the Balance of the Week, Consideration of H.R. 660, the 
Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 (subject to a rule being 
granted);
  H.R. 1240, the Sexual Crimes Against Children Prevention Act of 1995 
(subject to a rule being granted); and
  H.R. 1215, the Tax Fairness and Deficit Reduction Act (subject to a 
rule being granted).

  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 4, to mark up H.R. 618, to extend 
the authorization for appropriations for the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission through fiscal year 2000, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research, and 
Forestry, hearing on Agricultural Wetlands and Wetland Issues in the 
1995 Farm Bill, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 3, Subcommittee on Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies, on Congressional and Public Witnesses, 1 p.m., 2362A 
Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Interior (and Related Agencies), on 
Office of the Secretary, Office of the Solicitor, and on the 
Inspector General, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Agriculture, on Congressional and Public 
Witnesses, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary 
(and Related Agencies), on NOAA, 10 a.m., and on SEC and Commission 
on Civil Rights, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, on Security Assistance/State and DOD, 10 a.m., H-
144 Capitol.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Interior (and Related Agencies), on 
Public Witnesses (Natural Resources), 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education (and Related Agencies), on Corporation for National and 
Community Service and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 10 
a.m., and on Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, 
National Commission on Libraries, and on the National Council on 
Disability, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Military Construction, executive, on 
Arabian Gulf Construction Program, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on National Security, on Fiscal Year 1996/97 
Navy/Marine Corps Budget Overview, 10 a.m., and on Navy/Marine Corps 
Acquisition Programs, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 4, 5, and 6, Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, Housing and 
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies, on Congressional and 
Public Witnesses, 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Secretary of 
Agriculture, 12:30 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary 
(and Related Agencies), on Overview of International Trade Promotion 
and Enforcement Programs, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Interior (and Related Agencies), on 
National Endowment for the Arts, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education (and Related Agencies), on National Mediation Board and 
Railroad Retirement Board, 10 a.m., and on Occupational Safety and 
Health Review Commission, Physician Payment Review Commission, and 
on Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on Russian 
and Other Submarine Threats, 1 p.m., and executive, on Navy 
Submarine Program, 2 p.m., and on Submarine Industry Perspective, 
3:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary 
(and Related Agencies), on Staffing and Operation of Overseas 
Missions, 10 a.m., and on Department of Justice Prisons and Related 
Issues, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Interior (and Related Agencies), on 
Holocaust Memorial Council and Bureau of Land Management, 10 a.m. 
and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education (and Related Agencies), on Members of Congress, 10 a.m. 
and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn. [[Page D458]] 
  April 6, Subcommittee on National Security, on Readiness Issues, 
10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Interior (and Related Agencies), on 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission, National Capital 
Planning Commission, and on Pennsylvania Avenue Development 
Corporation, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education (and Related Agencies), on Members of Congress and Armed 
Forces Retirement Home, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, April 4 and 5, to 
continue hearings on the following: H.R. 1062, Financial Services 
Competitiveness Act of 1995; Glass-Steagall Reform; and related 
issues, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on the Administration's response to the Mexican Financial 
Crisis, 10 a.m., 2222 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing on HUD Reinvention: From Blueprint, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, April 4, hearing on Medicaid: A Program 
in Need of Reform, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, April 3, to mark up H.R. 483, to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit Medicare select 
policies to be offered in all States, 6 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on the 
reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, April 4, 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Identifying 
Conflicts and Inconsistencies in Workplace Regulations, 9:30 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  April 5, full Committee, hearing on Executive Order 12954, and 
H.R. 1176, to nullify an Executive order that prohibits Federal 
contracts with companies that hire permanent replacements for 
striking employees, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, April 4, 
Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, 
oversight hearing on the Department of Labor: Opportunities for Cost 
Savings, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Civil Service, to continue hearings on 
Contracting Out: Part 2, 1:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, oversight hearing on the Department of Education: 
Opportunities for Cost Savings, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, 
and Criminal Justice, hearing on the Effectiveness of the National 
Drug Control Strategy and the Status of the Current Drug War, 8 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, April 4, hearing and markup of FCC 
Authorization, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  April 5, full Committee, hearing on Franking Reform, 10 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, April 3, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on Chinese Prison 
System, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 4, full Committee, hearing on State Department 
Reorganization, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 4, full Committee, hearing on the President's International 
Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1996, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 6, full Committee, hearing on Middle East Overview and U.S. 
Assistance to the Palestinians, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on the Threat of Islamic 
Extremism in Africa, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 3, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, oversight hearing on group preferences and the law, 1 
p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing 
on H.R. 1170, to provide that cases challenging the 
constitutionality of measures passed by State referendum be heard by 
a three-judge court, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the Government Policies 
Associated With the Second Amendment, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing 
on the impact of illegal immigration on public benefit programs and 
the American labor force, 1:30 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  April 6, full Committee, hearing on International Terrorism: 
Threats and Responses, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn
  Committee on National Security, April 4, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations and Facilities, to continue hearings on the fiscal 
year 1996 national defense authorization request, 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, to continue hearings 
on the fiscal year 1996 national defense authorization request, 2 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the Subcommittee 
on Military Research and Development, to continue joint hearings on 
the fiscal year 1996 national defense authorization request, 2 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, executive, to receive 
a briefing on the Ranger training deaths, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, to continue 
hearings on the fiscal year 1996 national defense authorization 
request, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 6, Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine, hearing 
on Maritime Security Program, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 6, Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and 
Recreation, to continue hearings on the fiscal year 1996 national 
defense authorization request, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, April 5, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 541, Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1995; H.R. 1139, to amend 
the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act; H.R. 1141, Sikes Act 
Improvement [[Page D459]] Amendments of 1995; H.R. 1175, Marine 
Resources Revitalization Act of 1995; H.R. 898, to prohibit high 
seas fishing vessels from engaging in harvesting operations on the 
high seas without specific authorization from the Secretary of 
Commerce; and H.R. 1266, Greens Creek Land Exchange Act of 1995, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs, to 
mark up H.R. 1332, Rongelap Recovery and Community Self-Reliance 
Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, April 3, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
1271, Family Privacy Protection Act of 1995; H.R. 660, Housing for 
Older Persons Act of 1995; and H.R. 1240, Sexual Crimes Against 
Children Prevention Act of 1995, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, April 4, Subcommittee on Procurement, 
Exports, and Business Opportunities, hearing on Surety Bonds, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 6, full Committee, hearing on SBA's Office of Advocacy, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, April 4, executive, to 
consider pending business, 4 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 4 and 5, to 
mark up legislation to reauthorize and amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, 10 a.m. on April 4, and 1 p.m. on April 5, 
2167 Rayburn.
  April 5, to mark up the following: Coast Guard Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1996; and the Natural Gas and Hazardous Pipeline 
Safety Programs, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 6, Subcommittee on Hospitals 
and Health Care, hearing on reorganization of the Veterans Health 
Administration, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 3, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on the Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease (Kidney Failure) 
Program, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 4, executive, 
hearing on Covert Actions, 10 a.m., and executive, a hearing on 
Intelligence Personnel, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: April 5, to resume hearings to examine 
the Administration's proposal to raise the minimum wage, 9 a.m., 
1100 Longworth Building.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
employment-unemployment situation for March, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Joint hearing: April 5, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations' 
Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on International Relations' Subcommittee on African 
Affairs to examine the crisis in Rwanda and Burundi, 2 p.m., SR-325.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 3, to hold 
a closed briefing on recent developments in Croatia and Bosnia-
Herzegovina, 3 p.m., 2318 Rayburn Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 4, to hold 
hearings to examine the extent to which ethnic cleansing, 
destruction of cultural sites, and associated war crimes in Bosnia 
and Herzegovina and other parts of the former Yugoslavia constitute 
genocide, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 6, to hold 
hearings to examine United Nations and NATO activities in the former 
Yugoslavia, focusing on the development of a new mandate for United 
Nations peacekeepers in Croatia and efforts to restore peace and 
stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10 a.m., 2261 Rayburn Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 7, to hold 
a closed briefing on the United Nations High Commission for Refugees 
(UNHCR) activities and concerns in the former Yugoslavia and several 
of the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union, 10 a.m., 
2255 Rayburn Building.