[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 119 (Friday, July 21, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D902-D905]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of July 24 through 29, 1995

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider S. 101, Lobbying/Gift Rules 
Legislation, and may resume consideration of S. 641, Ryan White CARE 
Reauthorization Act.
  On Tuesday, Senate may resume consideration of S. 21, Bosnia Self 
Defense Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider available 
appropriations bills, including:
  H.R. 1905, Energy and Water;
  H.R. 1977, Interior;
  H.R. 2020, Treasury, Postal; and other legislation, including:
  S. 908, State Department Authorizations;
  S. 961, Foreign Assistance Authorizations;
  Conference reports, when available, and any cleared legislative and 
executive business.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, July 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: July 24, Subcommittee on Foreign 
Operations, to hold hearings to examine issues relating to 
democracy, human rights, and narcotics controls in Burma, 2 p.m., 
SD-192.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, business meeting, to mark up 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, 
11 a.m., SD-192.
  July 27, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up H.R. 1905, 
making appropriations for energy and water development for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and 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, 
3 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 26, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Maritime 
Security Program, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
to reform the Federal Communications Commission procedures in their 
use of auctions for the allocation of radio spectrum frequencies for 
commercial use, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 25, Subcommittee 
on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold hearings on S. 45, to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to sell Federal real and 
personal property held in connection with activities carried out 
under the Helium Act, S. 738, to prohibit the Bureau of Mines from 
refining helium and selling refined helium, and to dispose of the 
United States helium reserve, and S. 898, to cease operation of the 
government helium refinery, authorize facility and crude helium 
disposal, and cancel the helium debt, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
John Raymond Garamendi, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: July 25, to hold hearings to examine ways to 
improve the Medicare program and make it financially sound, focusing 
on private sector cost containment strategies, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  July 26, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine ways to 
improve the Medicare program and make it financially sound, focusing 
on the modernization of Medicare and giving senior citizens more 
choice in the kinds of plans that are available to them, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-215.
  July 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the Federal Medicaid 
matching formula, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 25, Subcommittee on East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings on the current status of 
United States--SINO relations, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 25, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management and The District of Columbia, to 
hold hearings on S. 946, to facilitate, encourage, and provide for 
efficient and effective acquisition and use of modern information 
technology by executive agencies, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 25 and 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 929, to 
abolish the Department of Commerce, Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. and 
Thursday at 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Post Office and Civil Service, to hold 
hearings to review the Annual Report of the Postal Service, 9:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 24, to hold hearings to examine 
fiberporn's impact on children, focusing on the scope of the 
technology and the need for Federal intervention, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine prison 
reform, focusing on enhancing the effectiveness of incarceration, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  July 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine punitive 
damages reform, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 27, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: July 25, to hold hearings 
on proposed legislation relating to employer group purchasing 
reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  July 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
to authorize funds for programs of the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  July 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on health insurance 
relative to domestic violence issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 25, to resume hearings on S. 
487, to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 26, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development 
Corporation and Related Matters: July 25, 26, and 27, to resume 
hearings to examine issues relative to the President's involvement 
with the Whitewater Development Corporation, focusing on certain 
events following the death of Deputy White House Counsel Vincent 
Foster, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of H.R. 70, To Permit Exports of Certain 
Domestically Produced Crude Oil (open rule, 1 hour of general debate); 
and
  Continue consideration of H.R. 2002, Transportation Appropriations 
for fiscal year 1996.
  Tuesday and the balance of the week, Joint Meeting on Wednesday for 
the purpose of receiving His Excellency Kim Young Sam, President of the 
Republic of Korea;
  Consideration of the following Corrections Calendar Measure: H.R. 
1943, San Diego Coastal Corrections Act of 1995;
  Complete consideration of H.R. 2002, Transportation Appropriations 
for fiscal year 1996;
  Consideration of H.R. 2076, Commerce-State-Justice Appropriations for 
fiscal year 1996 (open rule, 1 hour of general debate); and
  Consideration of H.R. 2099, VA-HUD Appropriations 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 25, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review 
H.R. 236, to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit 
participating households to use food stamp benefits to purchase 
nutritional supplements of vitamins, minerals, or vitamins and 
minerals, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research, and 
Forestry, hearing to review farm credit regulation and to mark up 
H.R. 2029, Farm Credit System Regulatory Relief Act of 1995, 9:30 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 24, to continue markup of the 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations for 
fiscal year 1996, 4 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on D.C. Finances, 
10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, July 25, Subcommittee 
on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on the Future 
of Money, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 26 and 27, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, hearings on Debt 
Issuance and Investment Practices on State and Local Government, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, July 24, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Hazardous Materials and the Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and Finance, joint hearing on H.R. 1756, Department of Commerce 
Dismantling Act, 2:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, oversight hearing on 
the implementation of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) 
Standards and related issues, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Allegations of FDA Abuses of Authority, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, to continue 
hearings on the Transformation of the Medicaid Program, 9 a.m., and 
1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, hearing 
on legislation to reauthorize the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, July 25, 
hearing on Departmental reorganization, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, to continue 
hearings on H.R. 1834, Safety and Health Improvement and Regulatory 
Reform Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, July 24, 25, 26, and 
28, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and 
Criminal Justice and the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on 
the Judiciary, to continue joint oversight hearings on Federal Law 
Enforcement Actions in Relation to the Branch Davidian Compound in 
Waco, Texas, 10 a.m., on July 24 and 28 and 9:30 a.m., on July 25 
and 26, 2154 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, oversight hearing on the Chief Financial Officer's Act, 
9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Postal Service, oversight hearing on the 
U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Postal Operations, 10 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on OPM 
Privatization Initiatives: Contracting Out Training, 2 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to mark up the 
District of Columbia Convention Center and Sports Arena Act, 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 27, full Committee, to mark up the following: H.R. 1670, 
Federal Acquisition Reform Act; and the District of Columbia 
Convention Center and Sports Arena Act, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, July 25, hearing on Voter 
Registration and Election Fraud, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, July 25, Subcommittee on 
Asia and the Pacific and the Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights, joint hearing on Indochinese Refugees: 
Comprehensive Plan of Action, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 26, full Committee, to mark up the following: to authorize 
the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries; H. Res. 
181, encouraging the peace process in Sri Lanka; H. Con. Res. 80, 
expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should 
recognize the concerns of the peoples of Oceania and call upon the 
Government of France to cease all nuclear testing at the Moruroa and 
Fangataufa atolls; and H. Con. Res. 40, concerning the movement 
toward democracy in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Hong 
Kong After 1997, 9:30 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 26, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 1802, Reorganization of the 
Federal Administrative Judiciary Act, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, to 
continue hearings on the Reauthorization of the Legal Services 
Corporation, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to mark 
up the following bills: H.R. 1734, National Film Preservation Act of 
1995; H.R. 1270, Madrid Protocol Implementation Act; H.R. 1295, 
Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995; H.R. 632, to enhance 
fairness in compensating owners of patents used by the United 
States; and H.R. 1506, Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings 
Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, July 26, to mark up a joint 
resolution pursuant to PL 101-510, the Defense Base Closure Act of 
1990, concerning the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Commission, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 28, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on the B-2 
bomber, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 25, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 773, 
National Parks Service Concession Policy Reform Act of 1995; H.R. 
1527, to amend the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to 
clarify the authorities and duties of the Secretary of Agriculture 
in issuing ski area permits on National Forest system lands and to 
withdraw lands within ski area permit boundaries from the operation 
of the mining and mineral leasing laws; H.R. 721, Public Resources 
Deficit Reduction Act of 1995; and H.R. 2028, Federal Land 
Management Agency Concession Reform Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, oversight 
hearing on the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management 
Program, 1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 26, full Committee, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on the management alternatives of Outer Continental shelf 
oil and gas resources, including the Administration's proposals to 
(1) sell the royalty stream, and (2) transfer of the Minerals 
Management Service to another Federal agency, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing 
to consider technical changes to the Coastal Barrier Resources Act 
and to consider H.R. 1741, to provide for the conveyance of the 
C.S.S. Hubley to the State of South Carolina, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  July 27, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 2081, to recognize the validity of rights-of-way 
granted under section 2477 of the Revised Statutes, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 25, to consider a measure making 
appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996, 10:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol
  Committee on Science, July 25, to mark up H.R. 2043, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 1996, 9:30 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Basic Research and Subcommittee on 
Technology, joint hearing on Cyberporn: 

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Protection Our Children From the Back Alleys of the Internet, 9:30 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 26, hearing on OSHA Reform, 2 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Taxation and Finance, hearing on the need 
to clarify the status of independent contractors, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, July 24, 25, 26, and 
27, executive, to continue to take testimony regarding the ethics 
investigation of Speaker Gingrich, 3 p.m., on July 24, 9:30 a.m., on 
July 25, 8:30 a.m., on July 26 and 10 a.m., on July 27, HT-2M 
Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 25, 
Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, to mark 
up the Economic Development Administration reform and 
Reauthorization, 8:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, hearing on the 
following: H.R. 2017, District of Columbia Emergency Highway Relief 
Act; and other proposals to waive the D.C. Local Matching Share for 
Certain Federal-Aid Highway Projects, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on reasons for, and 
reporting of, Airline Flight Delays, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic 
Development, hearing on the GSA Leasing Program, 10 a.m., 2253 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 25, Subcommittee on Health, to 
continue hearings on Saving Medicare and Budget Reconciliation 
Issues, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Trade, to mark up the following: H.R. 
927, Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1995; and 
Miscellaneous and Technical Trade measures, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Health and 
Environment of the Committee on Commerce, joint hearing on Standards 
for Health Plans Providing Coverage in the Medicare Program, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 25, executive, 
hearing on Guatemala, 9:30 a.m., H-504 Capitol.
  July 26, full Committee, executive, briefing on the O'Grady 
Shootdown, 9:30 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 26, full Committee, executive, briefing on China 
Proliferation, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 27, full Committee, to continue hearings on IC21, 9 a.m., 
room to be announced.