[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 61 (Monday, April 3, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D465-D467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             APRIL 4, 1995

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to resume 
hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen and improve United 
States agriculture programs, focusing on market effects on Federal 
farm policy, 9:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on Air Force programs, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
to hold hearings to examine education technology, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to continue 
hearings on S. 565, to regulate interstate commerce by providing for 
a uniform product liability law, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, 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.
  Committee on Finance, to hold hearings to review the 1995 Trade 
Policy Agenda and 1994 Annual Report of [[Page D466]] the President 
of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program, 9:30 a.m. SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere 
and Peace Corps Affairs, to hold hearings to examine drug control 
strategies in the western hemisphere, 1:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings on the earned 
income tax credit, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings on punitive damages 
tort reform, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings to examine the Small 
Business Administration's 8(a) Minority Business Development 
Program, 10 a.m., SH-216.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E763-64 in today's Record.
                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on 
Congressional and Public Witnesses, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on Security Assistance/States and DOD, 10 a.m., H-144 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior (and Related Agencies), on Public 
Witnesses (Natural Resources), 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, executive, on Arabian Gulf 
Construction Program, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  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.
  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.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on the Budget, to consider Committee views and 
estimates, 10 a.m., and to hold a hearing on Medicaid: A Program in 
Need of Reform, 10:05 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, Subcommittee 
on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Identifying Conflicts 
and Inconsistencies in Workplace Regulations, 9:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, oversight hearing 
on the Department of Labor: Opportunities for Cost Savings, 10 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, hearing and markup of FCC 
Authorization, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on State Department 
Reorganization, 10 a.m., and a hearing on the Administration's 
International Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1996, 3 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations and Facilities, to continue hearings on the fiscal 
year 1996 national defense authorization request, 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, to continue hearings on the 
fiscal year 1996 national defense authorization request, 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, to continue 
hearings on the fiscal year 1996 national defense authorization 
request, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to continue consideration of H.R. 1215, 
Contract With America Tax Relief Act of 1995, time to be announced, 
H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Procurement, Exports, 
and Business Opportunities, hearing on Surety Bonds, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, executive, to consider 
pending business, 4 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up 
legislation to reauthorize and amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Covert Actions, 10 a.m., and executive, to consider pending 
business; and executive, followed by a hearing on Intelligence 
Personnel, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 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.
       *These figures include all measures reported, even if there 
     was no accompanying report. A total of 23 reports have been 
     filed in the Senate, a total of 96 reports have been filed in 
     the House. [[Page D 467]] 


                    Resume of Congressional Activity

            FIRST SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS


    The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative 
business transacted by the Senate and House.
    The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the 
Senate by the President for Senate confirmation.

                      DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY


                    January 4 through March 31, 1995

                                                                 STotal
     Days in session..............................................
     Time in session.................................486 hrs., 4..
     Congressional Record:
         Pages of proceedings.................................40..
         Extensions of Remarks.................................7..
     Public bills enacted into law................................
     Private bills enacted into law...............................
     Bills in conference..........................................
     Measures passed, total....................................1..
         Senate bills.............................................
         House bills..............................................
         Senate joint resolutions.................................
         House joint resolutions..................................
         Senate concurrent resolutions............................
         House concurrent resolutions.............................
         Simple resolutions.......................................
     Measures reported, total..................................*..
         Senate bills.............................................
         House bills..............................................
         Senate joint resolutions.................................
         House joint resolutions..................................
         Senate concurrent resolutions............................
         House concurrent resolutions.............................
         Simple resolutions.......................................
     Special reports..............................................
     Conference reports...........................................
     Measures pending on calendar.................................
     Measures introduced, total..............................1,6..
         Bills...............................................1,3..
         Joint resolutions........................................
         Concurrent resolutions...................................
         Simple resolutions....................................1..
     Quorum calls.................................................
     Yea-and-nay votes.........................................1..
     Recorded votes............................................2..
     Bills vetoed.................................................
     Vetoes overridden............................................
                  DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS


                    January 4 through March 31, 1995

     Civilian nominations, totaling 162, disposed of as 
       follows:

         Confirmed...........................................39...
         Unconfirmed........................................122...
         Withdrawn............................................1...

     Civilian nominations (FS, PHS, CG, NOAA), totaling 702, 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed..........................................696...
         Unconfirmed..........................................6...

     Air Force nominations, totaling 9,890, disposed of as 
       follows:

         Confirmed........................................9,490...
         Unconfirmed........................................400...

     Army nominations, totaling 3,361, disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed........................................2,627...
         Unconfirmed........................................734...

     Navy nominations, totaling 3,715, disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed..........................................884...
         Unconfirmed......................................2,831...

     Marine Corps nominations, totaling 886, disposed of as 
       follows:

         Confirmed...........................................94...
         Unconfirmed........................................792...

                                Summary
     Total nominations received this session.............18,716
     Total confirmed.....................................13,830
     Total unconfirmed....................................4,885
     Total withdrawn..........................................1