[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 66 (Monday, April 24, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D508-D509]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of April 25 through 29, 1995

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 956, Product 
Liability Fairness Act. Also, Senate will vote on S.J. Res. 110, 
condemning the bombing in Oklahoma City, at 12 Noon.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to continue 
consideration of H.R. 956, Product Liability Fairness Act, and consider 
conference reports, when available, and any cleared legislative and 
executive business.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, April 25, 1995, from 12:30 p.m. until 
2:15 p.m., for respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: April 26, Subcommittee on Interior, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996, 
Wednesday, for energy conservation, 9 a.m.; for fossil energy, clean 
coal technology, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and the Naval 
Petroleum Reserve, 10:15 a.m.; Wednesday at 9 a.m. and Wednesday at 
10:15 a.m., SD-116.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1996 for the Food and Consumer Service, Department of 
Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1996 for the Legal Services Corporation, 10 a.m., S-146, 
Capitol.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Federal 
Transit Administration, Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-
192.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on issues of waste, fraud, and abuse in 
the Medicaid Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 25, Subcommittee on Strategic 
Forces, 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 Energy's 
Environmental Management Program, and the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board Reauthorization, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to continue hearings 
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for 
the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 
focusing on the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, and to 
examine the future of the ABM Treaty, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Readiness, to hold hearings on the near 
and long term readiness of the Armed Forces as it relates to the 
future years defense program, 9 a.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on the Budget: April 27, business meeting, to mark up a 
proposed concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1996 budget for 
the Federal Government, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 26, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
resume oversight hearings on the U.S. Forest Service land management 
planning process, focusing on the coordination of and conflicts 
between Federal forest management and general environmental 
statutes, 9:45 a.m., SD-366. [[Page D509]] 
  April 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 537 and H.R. 402, 
bills to make certain technical corrections to the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act of 1971, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 26, Subcommittee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold oversight hearings on 
the General Services Administration activities on the U.S. Food and 
Drug Administration consolidation project, the proposed Federal 
Communications Commission lease consolidation, and the U.S. Patent 
Trademark Office consolidation, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk 
Assessment, to hold oversight hearings on the implementation of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (CERCLA), 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 26, to resume hearings to examine 
welfare reform proposals, focusing on programs for children, 9:30 
a.m., SD-215.
  April 27, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine welfare 
reform proposals, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 27, Subcommittee on European 
Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the future of NATO, focusing on 
problems, threats and U.S. interests, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 26, business meeting, to resume 
markup of S. 343, to reform the Federal regulatory process, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  April 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nature 
and extent of the threat of international terrorism in the United 
States, focusing on possible legislative responses, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: April 25, business 
meeting, to resume markup of S. 454, to reform the health care 
liability system and improve health care quality through the 
establishment of quality assurance programs, and to consider the 
nomination of Harriet M. Zimmerman, of Florida, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace, 9:30 
a.m., SD-430.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, to hold 
hearings to examine vocational education programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 26, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of John M. Deutch, of Massachusetts, to be Director 
of Central Intelligence, 10 a.m., SH-216.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E881-82 in today's Record.
                            House Committees

  Committee on the Budget, April 27, hearing on the Administration's 
Defense Budget: Bottom Up or Belly Up? 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.