[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 79 (Friday, May 12, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D597-D601]
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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of May 15 through 20, 1995

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will begin consideration of the motion to proceed 
to S. 395, Alaska Power Administration Sale Act.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 534, Solid Waste 
Disposal Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to complete 
consideration of S. 395, Alaska Power Administration Sale Act, and S. 
534, Solid Waste Disposal Act, and consider H.R. 483, Extended Use of 
Medicare Selected Policies; S. 652, Telecommunications Competition and 
Deregulation Act; the Concurrent Resolution on the Congressional 
Budget; conference reports, when available; and any cleared legislative 
and executive business.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, May 16, 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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 16, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of Karl N. Stauber, of Minnesota, to be 
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and 
Economics, and Eugene Branstool, of Ohio, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, 
9 a.m., SR-332.
  May 16, Full Committee, to resume hearings on proposed legislation 
to strengthen and improve United States agricultural programs, 
focusing on rural development and credit, 9:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 15 and 19, Subcommittee on 
Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 1996, Monday, for the Library of Congress, the 
Congressional Budget Office, and the U.S. Capitol Police, 2 p.m.; 
Friday, for the Architect of the Capitol, and the Government 
Printing Office, 10 a.m.; SD-116.
  May 17 and 19, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, 
Wednesday, to hold hearings to examine the National Academy of 
Public Administration's study on the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 9:30 a.m.; Friday, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 9:30 a.m.; Wednesday in SD-G50 and Friday in SD-
192.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 
for the Legal Services Corporation, 10:30 a.m., SD-116.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Defense, 
focusing on environmental programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for foreign 
assistance programs, 10:30 a.m., SH-216.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1996 for the National Institutes of Health, Department of 
Health and Human Services, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1996 for the Treasury Department, and the Federal Election 
Commission, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 15, Subcommittee on Personnel and 
Subcommittee on Readiness, to hold joint hearings on S. 727, 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of 
the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, 
focusing on military family housing issues, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Readiness, to resume hearings on S. 727, 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of 
the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, 
focusing on Department of Defense financial management, 9 a.m., SR-
232A.
  May 16, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to resume hearings on S. 727, 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of 
the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, 
focusing on the requirements for continued production of nuclear 
submarines, [[Page D598]] submarine industrial base issues, 
procurement strategy, and associated funding, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold closed hearings 
on S. 727, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense 
Program, focusing on the Department of Energy weapons activities, 
non-proliferation and national security programs, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology, to resume 
hearings on S. 727, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, and to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1996, 
focusing on dual-use technology programs, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  May 18, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to resume hearings on S. 727, 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of 
the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, 
focusing on the Marine Corps modernization programs and current 
operations, 1 p.m., SR-232A.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to resume hearings on S. 
727, to authorize funds for fiscal year 1996 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, 
focusing on bomber force issues, 3 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 16, 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to 
examine NASA's space shuttle and reusable launch vehicle programs, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 16, to hold 
hearings to review Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing 
activities with regard to the Department of Energy's Civilian 
Nuclear Waste Disposal Program and other matters within the 
jurisdiction of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  May 17, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
administration of timber contracts in the Tongass National Forest 
and administration of the Tongass Timber Reform Act of 1990, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation to extend the deadlines of certain 
hydroelectric projects, including S. 283, S. 468, S. 543, S. 547, S. 
549, S. 552, S. 595, and S. 611, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: May 15, Subcommittee on International Trade, 
to hold hearings on S. 529, to provide, temporarily, tariff and 
quota treatment equivalent to that accorded to members of the North 
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to Caribbean Basin beneficiary 
countries, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  May 16 and 17, Full Committee, to resume hearings on the fiscal 
solvency of Medicare and the status of the program's delivery of 
health care services, focusing on methods to preserve and improve 
the Medicare Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  May 18, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine various flat 
tax proposals, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 17, business meeting, to mark 
up proposed legislation to authorize funds for and to reorganize the 
State Department, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  May 18, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for foreign assistance programs, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 15, Subcommittee on Post 
Office and Civil Service, to hold hearings on Federal pension 
reform, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  May 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine proposals to 
reorganization the Executive Branch, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  May 18, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine proposals 
to reorganize the Executive Branch, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 18, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: May 16, Subcommittee on 
Disability Policy, to resume hearings to examine proposed 
legislation relating to the education of individuals with 
disabilities, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, to hold 
hearings to examine adult education programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: May 18, to resume hearings 
to examine management guidelines for the future of the Smithsonian 
Institution, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Small Business: May 18, to hold hearings to examine 
the Small Business Administration's 7(a) Business Loan Program, 9:30 
a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 18, to hold oversight hearings on 
the recommendations of the Joint Department of the Interior/Bureau 
of Indian Affairs/Tribal Task Force on Reorganization of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 17, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of the following three Suspensions:
  1. H. Res. --, Expressing the sense of the House that Japan should 
immediately eliminate barriers to U.S. exports of autos and auto parts;
  2. H.R. 1045, to eliminate the National Education Standards and 
Improvement Council; and
  3. H.R. 1266, The Greens Creek Land Exchange Act of 1995; and
  Continue consideration of H.R. 961, Clean Water Amendments of 1995.
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following Suspension: H.R. 1590, to 
require the trustees of the medicare trust funds to report 
recommendations on resolving projected financial insolvency in medicare 
trust funds; and
  Complete consideration of H.R. 961, Clean Water Amendments of 
1995. [[Page D599]] 
  Wednesday and Thursday, Consideration of H.R. 614, New London 
National Fish Hatchery Conveyance (open rule, one hour of general 
debate);
  H.R. 584, Fairport National Fish Hatchery Conveyance (open rule, one 
hour of general debate);
  H.R. 535, Corning National Fish Hatchery Conveyance (open rule, one 
hour of general debate); and
  H. Con. Res. --, Fiscal Year 1996 Budget Resolution (subject to a 
rule being granted).
  Friday, No legislative business is scheduled.
                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 16, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing on H.R. 
1627, to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act, 9:30 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, to continue 
hearings on federally sanctioned programs for dairy product 
promotion, research, and nutrition education, as well as the 
relationship of those programs to export policy following the 
implementation of the Uruguay Round, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, 
hearing on the 1995 Farm Bill--Sugar Title, 9:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, hearing on 
the export market for American dairy products, proposals to make 
Federal dairy policy more export-oriented, and the relationship of 
export policy to the future of the Dairy Price Support Program 
following the implementation of the Uruguay Round, 1 p.m., 1302 
Longworth.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research, and 
Forestry, hearing on the 1995 Farm Bill--Credit and Rural 
Development, 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 16, Subcommittee on National 
Security, on Public Witnesses, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  May 17, Subcommittee on National Security, on Bomber 
Modernization, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  May 18, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on D.C. Finances, 10 
a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, May 16, Subcommittee 
on General Oversight and Investigations, oversight hearing on the 
RTC, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 17 and 18, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearings on H.R. 1487, Federal 
Home Loan Bank System Modernization Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn on May 17 and 2220 Rayburn on May 18.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing on the broad issue of regulatory burden relief as 
well as those matters addressed in H.R. 1362, Financial Institutions 
Regulatory Relief Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, May 16, to consider pending committee 
business, 4:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 1323, Pipeline Safety Act of 1995; and H.R. 558, Low-
Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act, 2 p.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Health and Environment and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint oversight 
hearing on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in the Medicare Program, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, to mark up 
H.R. 1555, Communications Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue 
hearings on the Implementation and Enforcement of the Clean Air Act 
Amendments of 1990, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to continue oversight 
hearings on the status of the international global climate change 
negotiations, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, May 16, 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, to mark up 
Title 4 (Adult Education, Family Literacy and Library Technology 
Consolidated Grant) of H.R. 1617, Consolidated and Reformed 
Education, Employment and Rehabilitation Systems, 9:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and 
Life-Long Learning, to mark up H.R. 1617, Consolidated and Reformed 
Education, Employment and Rehabilitation Systems, 9:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, May 16, Subcommittee 
on Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on 
Consolidating Federal Programs and Organizations, 10 a.m., and 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on Buyouts: Boon or 
Boondoggle, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, oversight hearing on the Corporation for National and 
Community Service, 10:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  May 18, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, to mark up H.R. 994, Regulatory 
Sunset and Review Act of 1995, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, May 17, to consider pending 
business, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, May 15, to continue markup 
of Division B (Foreign Relations Authorizations) and Division C 
(Foreign Assistance Authorizations) of H.R. 1561, American Overseas 
Interests Act of 1995, 5 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Africa, to mark up H. Con. Res. 40, 
concerning the movement toward democracy in the Federal Republic of 
Nigeria, 10 a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  May 17, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, 
hearing on Chinese Population Control, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, hearing on the 
Administration's Reversal of U.S. [[Page D600]] Immigration Policy 
Toward Cuba, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 16, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on the reauthorization of the Legal 
Services Corporation, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to mark 
up the following bills: H.R. 587, to amend title 35, United States 
Code, with respect to patents on biotechnological processes; H.R. 
1443, Court Arbitration Authorization Act of 1995; H.R. 1170, to 
provide that cases challenging the constitutionality of measures 
passed by State referendum be heard by a three-judge court; 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., 
B-352 Rayburn.
  May 17, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on authorization 
and oversight of the Office of Government Ethics, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on law enforcement 
technologies, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing 
on legal immigration reform proposals, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 18, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 1528, Antitrust Consent 
Decree Reform Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, May 17, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations and Facilities, to mark up H.R. 1530, National Defense 
Authorization for Fiscal Year 1996, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  May 17, Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine, to mark up 
the following bills: H.R. 1347, Maritime Administration 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996; H.R. 1349, Panama Canal 
Commission Authorization for Fiscal Year 1996; and H.R. 1350, 
Maritime Security Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  May 17, Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation, 
to mark up H.R. 1530, National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 
1996, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, to mark up H.R. 1530, 
National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 1996, 1 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, to mark up H.R. 1530, 
National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 1996, 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on H.R. 699, Royalty Relief Act of 1995, 1 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on 
H.R. 1112, to transfer management of the Tishomingo National 
Wildlife Refuge to the State of Oklahoma, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 16, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, hearing 
on H.R. 1296, to provide for the administration of certain Presidio 
properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  May 17, full Committee, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  May 17, Task Force on Private Property, oversight hearing on 
Private Property Rights, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  May 18, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forest and Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 629, the Fall River Visitor Center Act 
of 1995; H.R. 238, Ozark Wild Horse Protection Act, and prohibit the 
removal of such horses; H.R. 826, to extend the deadline for the 
completion of certain land exchanges involving the Big Thicket 
National Preserve in Texas; and H.R. 1508, to require the transfer 
of title to the District of Columbia certain real property in 
Anacostia Park to facilitate the construction of National Children's 
Island, a cultural, educational and family-oriented park, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  May 18, Task Force on Endangered Species Act, to continue 
oversight hearings on the endangered Species Act, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, oversight 
hearing on the transfer of the Federal Power Marketing 
Administration, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, May 16, to consider the Budget Resolution for 
Fiscal Year 1996, 11 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, May 16, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing 
on FAA Research and Acquisition Management, 9:30 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 16, to mark up H.R. 1570, to 
amend the Small Business Act to reduce the level of participation by 
the Small Business Administration in certain loans guaranteed by the 
administration, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Tax and Finance, hearing on flat tax, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, May 16 and 17, 
executive, to consider pending business, 4 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 16, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing to explore increasing and improving options for Medicare 
beneficiaries, with emphasis on Experience in Controlling Costs and 
Improving Quality in Employer-Based Plans, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Federal 
Unemployment Compensation System and Consolidation of Job Training 
Programs, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Trade and the Subcommittee on Rules and 
Organization of the House of the Committee on Rules, to continue 
joint hearings on Extension of Fast Track Trade Negotiating 
Authority, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Trade, to mark up Extension of the GSP 
Program, and Extending Most-Favored-Nation Status to Cambodia and 
Bulgaria, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 16, executive, 
hearing on legislation to permit the President to 
[[Page D601]] defer imposition of sanctions when necessary to 
protect intelligence sources and methods, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  May 18, executive, to mark up the Budget Authorization for Fiscal 
Year 1996, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: May 17, to hold hearings to examine the 
use of the flat tax, focusing on the potential for economic growth, 
10 a.m., SD-106.
  May 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues 
relating to economically-targeted investments, 9:30 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Conferees: May 15, on H.R. 1158, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for additional disaster assistance and making 
rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 3 p.m., 
S-207, Capitol.