[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 114 (Friday, July 14, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D858-D861]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of July 17 through 22, 1995

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 343, Comprehensive 
Regulatory Reform Act, with a vote on a motion to close further debate 
on the Dole amendment in the nature of a substitute to occur thereon.
  On Tuesday, Senate expects to complete consideration of S. 343, 
Comprehensive Regulatory Reform Act, following which Senate may 
consider legislation relating to Bosnia/Arms Embargo.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider available 
appropriations bills, including:
  H.R. 1817, Military Construction;
  H.R. 1854, Legislative Branch;
  H.R. 1905, Energy and Water; and
  Consider conference reports, when available, and any cleared 
legislative and executive business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, July 18, 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: July 18, 
business meeting, to mark up proposed legislation to strengthen and 
improve U.S. agricultural programs, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  July 19 and 20, Full Committee, business meeting, to continue to 
mark up proposed legislation to strengthen and improve U.S. 
agricultural programs, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 18, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for 
the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 18, to hold 
hearings to review existing oil production at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska 
and opportunities for new production on the coastal plain of arctic 
Alaska, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine First Amendment activities, including sales of 
message-bearing merchandise, on public lands managed by the National 
Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.

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  July 19, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 852, to 
provide for uniform management of livestock grazing on Federal land, 
8:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 19, Subcommittee 
on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, to 
hold oversight hearings on the implementation of Section 404 
(relating to wetlands) of the Clean Water Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  July 20, Drinking Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife, to resume 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of 
the Endangered Species Act, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 18, to hold hearings on deficit 
reduction fuel taxes and diesel dyeing requirements, 9 a.m., SD-215.
  July 19 and 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
Medicare payment policies, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, to 
hold hearings to examine international control population policies, 
9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  July 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine foreign tax 
issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 17, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Sandra J. Kristoff, of Virginia, for the rank of 
Ambassador as U.S. Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic 
Cooperation, John Raymond Malott, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
Malaysia, Kenneth Michael Quinn, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to 
Cambodia, William H. Itoh, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador of the 
Kingdom of Thailand, J. Stapleton Roy, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  July 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Frances D. Cook, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate of 
Oman, Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Lebanon, and Thomas W. Simons, Jr., of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 2 
p.m., SD-419.
  July 20, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine the situation in Nigeria, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 19, to hold hearings to 
review criminal debt collection efforts, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 18, Subcommittee on Youth 
Violence, to hold hearings to examine the Federal government's role 
in helping prevent guns in schools, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 
2 p.m., SD-226.
  July 20, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 8:30 a.m., SD-226.
  July 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain 
activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of the 
Department of the Treasury, and recent events in Tennessee, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: July 18, to hold hearings 
to examine issues relating to health insurance reform, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-430.
  July 19, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 856, to 
amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 
1965, the Museum Services Act, and the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity 
Act to improve and extend the Acts, S. 916, to amend the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act to extend the Act, and proposed 
legislation relating to health centers consolidation, and to 
consider the nominations of Marys S. Furlong, of California, to be a 
Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information 
Science, Richard J. Stern, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Arts, National Foundation on the Arts and 
the Humanities, and Lynn Waihee, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the 
National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  July 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
on organ transplantation, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 19, to hold hearings to 
examine intelligence roles and missions, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development 
Corporation and Related Matters: July 18, 19 and 20, to hold 
hearings to examine issues relating to the President's involvement 
with the Whitewater Development Corporation, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of the rule on H.R. 1976, Agriculture 
Appropriations for fiscal year 1996 (open rule, 1 hour of general 
debate); and
  Complete consideration of H.R. 1977, Interior Appropriations for 
fiscal year 1996 (rule providing for further consideration).
  Tuesday and the balance of the week, Complete consideration of H.R. 
1976, Agriculture Appropriations for fiscal year 1996;
  Consideration of H.R. 2020, Treasury-Postal Service Appropriations 
Act of fiscal year 1996;
  Consideration of H.R. 2002, Transportation Appropriations Act of 
fiscal year 1996 (subject to a rule being granted);
  H.J. Res. 96, Disapproval of Most-Favored-Nation treatment to China 
(subject to a rule being granted); and
  H.R. --------, Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary 
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1996 (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, July 18, to mark up the following bills; 
H.R. 714, Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995; H.R. 701, to 
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands to the city 
of Rolla, MO; and H.R. 1874, to modify the boundaries of the 
Talladega National Forest, AL, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

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  Committee on Appropriations, July 18, to consider the following: 
Revised Section 602(b) Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 1996; and 
VA, HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations for fiscal year 
1996, 8:15 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 19, full Committee, to consider Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary appropriations for fiscal year 1996, 8:15 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on D.C. 
Finances, 10 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, July 19, Subcommittee 
on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on the state 
of the economy, interest rates and price stability (Humphrey-
Hawkins), 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 20, full Committee, to meet to consider authorizing the 
Chairman to apply for a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum, and 
if necessary, to issue a subpoena to secure presence and testimony 
of former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell at the upcoming 
hearings on Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, July 18, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Hazardous Materials, to continue hearings on the reauthorization 
of the Superfund program, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, to continue 
hearings on the Future of the Medicare program, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 1801, Federal Power Asset Privatization Act of 
1995; and H.R. 1122, Alaska Power Administration Sale Act, 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Health and Environment and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue joint 
oversight hearings on Waste, Fraud and Abuse in the Medicare 
Program, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on the Corrective Action Cleanup Program under the Resources 
Conservation and Recovery Act and its relationship to the Superfund 
Program, including the following: Land Disposal Program Flexibility 
Act; and legislation to authorize the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to exempt certain small land fills 
from the ground water monitoring requirements contained in landfill 
regulations promulgated by the Agency, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on H.R. 1663, 
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Amendment Act, 9:30 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on 
Research Efforts with Respect to Combatting Parkinson's Disease and 
Other Neurological Disorders, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
the Implementation and Enforcement of the Clean Air Act Amendments 
of 1990, with emphasis on provisions of Title III of the Act 
relating to the control of Hazardous Air Pollutants, 10 a.m., 2325 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, July 19, 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on 
Military Connected Children and Impact Aid, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 20, full Committee, to mark up the following: H.R. 1594, 
Pension Protection Act of 1995; legislation to amend the General 
Education Provisions Act to make a technical correction to the 
Family Education Privacy Act; legislation to amend the General 
Education Provision Act to change the statute of limitations on the 
audit requirement; legislation to amend the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act to require publication of all policy 
memos in the Federal Register; H.R. 1224, to amend the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 to exempt employees who perform certain court 
reporting duties from the compensatory time requirements applicable 
to certain public agencies; and H.R. 1114, to authorize minors who 
are under the child labor provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 and who are under 18 years of age to load materials into 
balers and compactors, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, July 18, to mark up 
the following bills: H.R. 1655, Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1996; and the Regulatory Sunset and Review Act of 1995, 
1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 19, 20 and 21, Subcommittee on National Security, 
International Affairs, and Criminal Justice, and Subcommittee on 
Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, joint oversight hearings on 
Executive Branch Conduct regarding the Matter of the Branch 
Davidians, 10 a.m., on July 19, and 9:30 a.m., on July 20 and 21, 
2141 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, oversight hearing on the Administration's progress on 
the Post-Federal Telecommunications System (Post-FTS2000) 
Acquisition program, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on the The Federalism Debate: Why Doesn't 
Washington Trust the States? 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, July 18, to consider pending 
business, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, July 18, Subcommittee on 
Asia and the Pacific and the Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy and Trade, joint hearing on the Future of Asia-Pacific 
Economic Cooperation (APEC), 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on the Beijing Conference on Women, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  July 19, full Committee, to mark up H. Con. Res. 42, supporting a 
resolution to the long standing dispute regarding Cyprus; and to 
hold a hearing on United States Policy Towards Cyprus, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on the 
Future of the People's Republic of China: Perspectives on the Post-
Deng Xiaoping Era, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 17, Subcommittee on Immigration 
and Claims, to continue markup of H.R. 

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1915, Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995, 6:30 p.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  July 18, full Committee, to continue markup of H.R. 1833, Partial-
Birth Ban Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing 
on H.R. 1270, Madrid Protocol Implementation Act; and H.R. 1295, 
Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing regarding the 
authorization and oversight of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources. July 18, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 1975, Royalty Fairness Act, 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight 
hearing to assess the governmental reorganizations's effect on 
marine affairs, wildlife resources and oceanography, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  July 18, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 238, Ozark Wild Horses Protection 
Act; H.R. 1280, Technical Assistance Act of 1995; H.R. 1301, 
American Heritage Areas Act of 1995; and H.R. 1745, Utah Public 
Lands Management Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 19, full Committee, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  July 20, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1838, to provide for an 
exchange of lands with the Water Conservancy District of Washington 
County, UT; H.R. 1581, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
convey certain lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
Agriculture to the City of Sumpter, Oregon; H.R. 207, Cleveland 
National Forest Land Exchange Act of 1995; H.R. 1163, to authorize 
the exchange of National Park Service land in the Fire Island 
National Seashore in the State of New York for land in the Village 
of Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York; H.R. 1585, Modoc National 
Forest Boundary Adjustment Act; H.R. 1784, to validate certain 
conveyances made by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company 
within the cities of Reno, NV, and Tulare, CA; H.R. 1697, to provide 
for the continuation of certain commercial activities at the Red's 
Horse Ranch area of Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallowa and Whitman 
National Forests, OR; H.R. 1922, to provide for the exchange of 
certain lands in Gilpin County, CO; H.R. 2021, to release 
restrictions imposed on the use of certain real property conveyed by 
the Secretary of the Interior to Lawrence County, OH; and H.R. 2023, 
to provide for a land exchange between the Ironton Country Club of 
Ironton, Ohio, and the Secretary of Agriculture involving Wayne 
National Forest, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, hearing on 
H.R. 1906, Central Valley Project Reform Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 17, to consider H.R. 2020, making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal 
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
Independent Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 
4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 19, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on the NASA Authorization for fiscal year 1996, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 18, oversight hearing on the 
Administration's Regulatory Reduction Efforts Regarding Small 
Businesses, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Government Programs, to continue hearings 
on SBA's Low-Documentation (LowDoc) Loan Program, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  July 20, full Committee, hearing regarding the implementation of 
PL 103-355, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994, 10:30 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 19, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on the Status of the New York 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Commuter Railroads Under the 
Railway Labor Act, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Aviation Relations 
Between the United States and Japan, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic 
Development, hearing on GSA Court Construction Program, 10 a.m., 
2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 19, hearing on eligibility 
reform initiatives, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 18, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on the IRS's Taxpayer Compliance Measurement Program, 10 
a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the Organization for 
Economic Cooperation and Development Agreement on Shipbuilding, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 19 and 20, Subcommittee on Health, hearings on Saving 
Medicare and Budget Reconciliation Issues, 9:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 18, executive, 
briefing on Denial and Deception, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 20, executive, briefing on Yugoslavia, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 21, executive, hearing on the O'Grady Shootdown, 10 a.m., H-
405 Capitol.