[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 69 (Thursday, April 27, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D523-D525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                     Week of May 1 through 6, 1995

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 956, 
Product Liability Fairness Act.
  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, May 2, 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: May 1 and 4, Subcommittee on 
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, Monday, to hold 
hearings on the Oklahoma City bombing, 2 p.m.; Thursday, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the 
United States Postal Service and the Office of Management and 
Budget, 2 p.m.; Monday in SD-106 and Thursday in SD-138.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Forest Service of the 
Department of Agriculture, 9 a.m., SD-138.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Defense, 
focusing on the ballistic missile program, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1996 for the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  May 4, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the United States 
Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  May 4, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for foreign 
assistance programs, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  May 4 and 5, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1996, Thursday, for the National Institutes of Health, 
Department of Health and Human Services, 2 p.m.; Friday, to hold 
hearings on issues of waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare 
program, 9:30 a.m.; SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 2, 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 space programs, and to review the 
Department of Defense's Space Management Initiative, 9:30 a.m., SR-
222.
  May 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Gen. 
Dennis J. Reimer, USA, to be Chief of Staff of the Army, and for 
reappointment to the grade of [[Page D524]] general, and Lt. Gen. 
Charles C. Krulak, USMC, to be Commandant of the Marine Corps, and 
for appointment to the grade of general, 3 p.m., SR-222.
  May 3, 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 the Marine Corps modernization programs and current operations, 9 
a.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 2 and 3, 
Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief, to hold hearings to 
examine issues relating to regulatory burden, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 3, Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, business meeting, to mark up S. 
440, to provide for the designation of the National Highway System, 
10 a.m., SD-406.
  May 4, Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk 
Assessment, to resume oversight hearings on the implementation of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold 
oversight hearings on 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.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 2 and 4, Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to review the Navy 
class oiler contract, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 2, Subcommittee on Administrative 
Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine the costs of 
the legal system, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and 
Competition, to hold hearings to examine antitrust issues as 
contained in proposals to reform the telecommunications industry, 
2:15 p.m., SD-G50.
  May 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Peter C. Economus, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Ohio, John Garvan Murtha, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Vermont, Mary Beck Briscoe, of 
Kansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, and 
George A. O'Toole Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Massachusetts, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: May 2, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Henry W. Foster, Jr., of Tennessee, to be Medical 
Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, 
Department of Health and Human Services, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  May 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine primary health 
care services, focusing on access to care in a changing health care 
delivery system, 9 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 2, to hold oversight hearings on 
the implementation of the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration 
Project Authorities by the Indian Health Service, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 3, closed business meeting, 
to consider pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
                             House Chamber

  Legislative program will be announced later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, May 2, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Justice, State, and Judiciary, on Congressional and Public 
Witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Defense, on Munitions Issues, 1:30 p.m., H-
140 Capitol.
  May 2 and 3, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., 
2360 Rayburn on May 2 and H-143 Capitol on May 3.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on 
Legal Services Corporation, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Defense, on Navy/Marine Corps Acquisition, 
10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, May 2, Subcommittee 
on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on the 
Administration's plan for authorization of the fiscal year 1996 
funding for the International Financial Institutions, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, 
hearing on the proposed One Dollar Coin, 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government 
Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on H.R. 718, Markets and Trading 
Reorganization and Reform Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, May 2, hearing on the Impact of Federal 
Regulation on State and Local Governments, 1 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Commitee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, May 2, 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on 
Adult Education, 9:30 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
Affirmative Action, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-
Long Learning and the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, 
Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight, joint hearing on Privatizing 
Government Sponsored Entities, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, May 2, Subcommittee 
on Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on 
the National Performance Review, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 2, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs and the Subcommittee on Rules and 
Organization of the House of the Committee on Rules, joint hearing 
on ``Corrections Day Policy and Procedures,'' 9:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
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  May 2, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, to continue hearings on H.R. 994, 
Regulatory Sunset and Review Act of 1995, Part 2, 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on the Compliance with Public Law 100-440: The 
Adequacy of GSA's Staffing Levels of the Federal Protective Service, 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, May 2, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing on U.S. Sanctions 
on Iran: Next Steps, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 3, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Intellectual Property, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1443, 
Court Arbitration Authorization Act of 1995; H.R. 1445, to amend 
rule 30 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to restore the 
stenographic preference for depositions; S. 464, to make the 
reporting deadlines for studies conducted in Federal court 
demonstration districts consistent with the deadlines for pilot 
districts; and S. 532, to clarify the rules governing venue, 2 p.m., 
2226 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the issue of domestic 
terrorism, 9 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, May 3, to continue hearings on the 
fiscal year 1996 national defense authorization request, 9:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 3, to mark up H.R. 39, Fishery 
Conservation and Management Amendments of 1995, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, May 1, to consider H.R. 655, Hydrogen Future 
Act of 1995, 5:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 3, Subcommittee on Education, 
Training, Employment and Housing, oversight hearing on the Veterans 
Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling Service and the Veterans 
Employment and Training Service, 9 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 2, hearing on Medicare Hospital 
Insurance Trust Fund, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Physician Self-Referral, 
9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: May 5, to hold hearings to examine the 
employment-unemployment situation for April, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: May 1, to hold 
hearings to examine the crisis in Chechnya, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn 
Building.