[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 104 (Friday, June 23, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D782-D785]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 26 through July 1, 1995

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 240, Private 
Securities Litigation Reform Act.
  During the balance of the week, following passage of S. 240, Private 
Securities Litigation Reform Act, Senate expects to consider S. 343, 
Regulatory Reform, and may consider the following:
  Conference report on H.R. 483, Extended Use of Medicare Selected 
Policies;
  Further conference reports, when available, and any cleared 
legislative and executive business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, June 27, 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: June 27, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for 
the Department of Defense, focusing on ballistic missiles, 9:30 
a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 26, Subcommittee on Personnel, 
closed business meeting, to mark up those provisions which fall 
within the subcommittee's jurisdiction of a proposed National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, 4 p.m., SR-222.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Readiness, business meeting, to mark up 
those provisions which fall within the subcommittee's jurisdiction 
of a proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1996, 9 a.m., SR-232A.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Airland Forces, closed business meeting, 
to mark up those provisions which fall within the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction of a proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1996, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  June 27, Subcommittee on SeaPower, closed business meeting, to 
mark up those provisions which fall within the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction of a proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1996, 4 p.m., SR-232A.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, closed business 
meeting, to mark up those provisions which fall within the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of a proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, 6 p.m., SR-222.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology, closed 
business meeting, to mark up those provisions which fall within the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of a proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 1996, 9 a.m., SR-232A.
  June 28, Full Committee, closed business meeting, to mark up a 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, 
and to receive a report from the Senate Select Committee on 
Intelligence on the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1996, 1 p.m., SR-222.
  June 29, Full Committee, closed business meeting, to continue 
markup of a proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1996, and to receive a report from the Senate Select Committee 
on Intelligence on the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1996, 9 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 28, 
business meeting, to mark up S. 883, to amend the Federal Credit 
Union Act to enhance the safety and soundness of federally insured 
credit unions, and to protect the National Credit Union Share 
Insurance Fund, and proposed legislation to extend and reauthorize 
the Defense Production Act, and to consider pending nominations, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 28, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 29, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings with the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works on energy and 
environmental implications of the Komi oil spills in the former 
Soviet Union, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 594, to provide for the 
administration of certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the 
Federal taxpayer, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 27, to hold 
hearings on proposals to supplement the legal framework for private 
property interests, with primary emphasis on the operation of 
Federal environmental laws, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  June 29, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings with the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on energy and 
environmental implications of the Komi oil spills in the former 
Soviet Union, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, 
and Nuclear Safety, to hold oversight hearings on the Clean Air 
Act's inspection and maintenance program, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 27, Subcommittee on Social Security and 
Family Policy, to hold hearings to examine the solvency of the 
Social Security Trust Fund, 10 a.m., SD-215.

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  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues 
relating to the Medicaid Program, focusing on the States' 
perspectives, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  June 29, Full Committee, to continue hearings on issues relating 
to the Medicaid Program, focusing on the program's historical 
perspective, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 29, to hold hearings on 
pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  June 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
John Todd Stewart, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Moldova, and Michael William Cotter, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkmenistan, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 29, Permanent Subcommittee 
on Investigations, to hold hearings to review the friendly fire 
incident during the Persian Gulf war, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 27, to hold hearings to examine 
the activities of the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 
2 p.m., SD-226.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold joint hearings with 
the House Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Immigration 
and Claims to review a report of the U.S. Commission on Immigration, 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn Building.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: June 28, business meeting, 
to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Aging, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Older Americans 
Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 28, to hold hearings on S. 814, 
to provide for the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 27, to hold hearings to examine 
the impact of breakthroughs in the treatment of catastrophic 
diseases on reductions in health care costs, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following Suspension: H.R. 1565, 
Extension of Health Care to Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange; and
  Continued consideration of H.R. 1868, Foreign Operations 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1996.
  Wednesday and the balance of the week, Complete consideration of H.R. 
1868, Foreign Operations Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1996;
  Consideration of H.J. Res. 79, Proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution authorizing Congress and the States to prohibit the 
physical desecration of the flag (subject to a rule being granted);
  Consideration of H.R. 1905, Energy and Water Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal Year 1996 (open rule, 1 hour of general debate);
  H.R.     , Interior Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (subject 
to a rule being granted);
  H.R.     , Agriculture Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1996 
(subject to a rule being granted); and
  H.R.     , 1995 Rescission and Disaster Supplemental Bill (subject to 
a rule being granted).

  Note: Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any 
further program will be announced later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 28, to mark up H.R. 1103, 
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 27, to continue markup of the 
following appropriations for fiscal year 1996: Agriculture and 
Interior, 8:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on D.C. Finances, 
10 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General 
Government, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 1996, 8:30 
a.m., B-307 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 27 and 28, to 
continue markup of H.R. 1362, Financial Institutions Regulatory 
Relief Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, June 27, to mark up H.R. 1872, Ryan White 
CARE Act Amendments of 1995, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 28 and 30, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, oversight 
hearings on High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal, 9:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, to continue 
hearings on the Transformation of the Medicaid Program, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, to continue 
hearings on H.R. 1627, Food Quality Protection Act of 1995, 1:30 
p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue 
hearings on the Implementation and Enforcement of the Clean Air Act 
Amendments of 1990, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, June 27, 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, to continue 
hearings on the Individuals with Disabilities Education, 2 p.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
D.C. School Reform, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, 
hearing on the Older American's Act, 9:30 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, to continue 
hearings on H.R. 1834, Safety and Health Improvement Reform Act of 
1995, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 29, full Committee, hearing on Departmental Reorganization, 
9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, June 27, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information

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and Technology, hearing on Government Performance and Results Act 
Compliance, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 27 and 28, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Affairs and Criminal Justice, hearings on Illicit Drug Availability: 
Are Interdiction Efforts Hampered by a Lack of Agency Resources, 
9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on Funding Civil 
Service Retirement, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Postal Service, to continue oversight 
hearings on the U.S. Postal Service, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 29, Full Committee and the Subcommittee on Government 
Management, Information and Technology, joint hearing on Investment 
Budgeting in Other Countries, State and Local Governments, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, to continue oversight hearings on Delays in the FDA's 
Food Additive Petitions and GRAS Affirmation Process, 2 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and 
Technology, hearing on Investment Budgeting in Foreign, State and 
Local Governments, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on Political Advocacy with 
Taxpayers Dollars, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on the 
Closing of Pennsylvania Avenue, 12 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, June 27, hearing on the 
Value of Microenterprise Development, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up H. Res. 
158, congratulating the people of Mongolia on the fifth anniversary 
of the first democratic multiparty elections held in Mongolia on 
July 29, 1990, and a hearing on U.S. Security Interests in Asia, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 28, full Committee, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 
927, Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1995; and H.J. 
Res. 83, relating to the United States-North Korea Agreed Framework 
and the obligations of North Korea under that and previous 
agreements with respect to the denuclearization of the Korean 
Peninsula and dialog with the Republic of Korea, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, hearing on 
the An Examination of the Cienfuegos Nuclear Plant in Cuba, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  June 29, full Committee, Hearing on International Terrorism, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 28, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on State taxation of nonresidents' 
pension income, including the following bills: H.R. 371, to prohibit 
a State from imposing an income tax on the pension income of 
individuals who are not residents or domiciliaries of that State; 
H.R. 394, to amend title 4 of the United States Code to limit State 
taxation of certain pension income; and H.R. 744, to limit State 
taxation of certain pension income, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to 
continue hearings on H.R. 1506, Digital Performance Right in Sound 
Recordings Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on Voluntary Environmental Self-Evaluation Act, 10 a.m., 
2237 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on H.R. 
1915, Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on amendments to 18 U.S.C. 
1001--filing false statement with agencies of the Federal 
Government, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, June 28, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing on United States OIW/MIA's in Laos, 9 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 27, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, hearing on legislation to amend the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 consistent with granting 
primacy to states with approved regulatory programs, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, to mark 
up the following bills: S. 268, to authorize the collection of fees 
for expenses for triploid grass carp certification inspection; and 
H.R. 1675, National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of 1995, 2 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  June 27, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 1296, to provide for the 
administration of certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the 
Federal taxpayer; H.R. 629, The Fall River Visitor Center Act of 
1995; 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.
  June 28, full Committee, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  June 29, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, 
hearing on legislation regarding Utah Wilderness, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 27, to consider H.J. Res. 79, proposing 
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing 
the Congress and the State to prohibit the physical desecration of 
the flag of the United States, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 27, Subcommittee on Technology and the 
Subcommittee on Basic Research, joint hearing on Technology 
Transfer, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 28, 29, and 30, full Committee, hearing on Restructuring the 
Federal Scientific Establishment, 9:30 a.m., and to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 1815, American Technology Advancement Act of 
1995; H.R. 1175, Marine Resources Revitalization Act of 1995; H.R. 
1601, International Space Station Authorization Act;

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H.R. 1870, American Technology Advancement Act of 1995; H.R. 1852, 
National Science Foundation Authorization Act; and H.R. 1851, the 
United States Fire Administration Authorization Act, 12 p.m., on 
June 28 and 29, and 10 a.m., on June 30, 2318 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Effective 
Standards on International Competition, 9:30 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 28, Subcommittee on Taxation and 
Finance, to continue hearings on the Burden of Payroll Taxes on 
Small Businesses, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Government Programs, hearing on SBA's 
Low-Documentation (LowDoc) Loan Program, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Procurement, Exports and Business 
Opportunities, to continue hearings on the appropriate role and the 
effectiveness of various Federal Government programs in helping 
small businesses find export opportunities around the world, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 29, full Committee, to mark up the Reauthorization of the 
SBA, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 27, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to continue 
hearings on the reauthorization and reform of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 
(Superfund), 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing on the Privatization of Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service 
Systems, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 29, Subcommittee on 
Education, Training, Employment and Housing, oversight hearing on 
the Veterans Employment Training Service reorganization, 
implementation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment 
Act and One-Stop Employment Centers, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 27, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on H.R. 1818, Family Medical Savings and Investment Act of 
1995, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the Economic 
Relationship Between the United States and Cuba After Castro, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 27, hearing on 
NSA 2 Percent Waiver, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint hearing: June 28, Senate Committee on the Judiciary's 
Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims 
to review a report of the U.S. Commission on Immigration, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn Building.