[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 144 (Friday, September 15, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1101-D1103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
  No Committee meetings were held.
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                       CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of September 18 through 23, 1995

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will consider H.R. 1976, Agriculture 
Appropriations, following which Senate will consider H.R. 2076, Commerce, 
Justice, State, the Judiciary Appropriations, 1996.
  Also, on Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 4, Welfare 
Reform, with final passage to occur thereon.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider further 
appropriations, including H.R. 1868, Foreign Operations, 1996, and 
Conference reports, when available; and
  Any cleared legislative and executive business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, September 19, 1995, from 12:30 until 2:15 
p.m. for respective party conferences.)


                            Senate Committees

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: September 19, 
business meeting, to consider recommendations which it will make to the 
Committee on the Budget with respect to spending reductions and revenue 
increases to meet reconciliation expenditures as imposed by H. Con. Res. 
67, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, 
9 a.m., SR-328.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 18, closed business meeting, to 
consider recommendations which it will make to the Committee on the 
Budget with respect to spending reductions and revenue increases to meet 
reconciliation expenditures as imposed by H. Con. Res. 67, setting forth 
the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for fiscal 
years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, 3 p.m., SR-222.
  September 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, USA, for reappointment as Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 19, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation relating to public housing reform, 9:30 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: September 19, to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on the Budget to examine fiscal year 1996 Government 
operations during funding hiatus, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 21, 
business meeting, to consider recommendations which it will make to the 
Committee on the Budget with respect to spending reductions and revenue 
increases to meet reconciliation expenditures as imposed by H. Con. Res. 
67, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 20, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 19, business 
meeting, to consider the nomination of Greta Joy Dicus, of Arkansas, to 
be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and reconciliation 
issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 21, Subcommittee on African 
Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the situation in Liberia, 2 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 19, business meeting, to 
consider recommendations which it will make to the Committee on the 
Budget with respect to 

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spending reductions and revenue increases to meet reconciliation 
expenditures as imposed by H. Con. Res. 67, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 19, 20 and 21, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Technology, and Government Information, to resume hearings to 
examine certain Federal law enforcement actions with regard to the 1992 
incident at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, Tuesday at 10 a.m., Wednesday at 2 p.m. 
and Thursday at 2 p.m., SD-G50.
  September 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 483, to amend 
Federal copyright provisions regarding preemption of laws concerning 
duration of copyrights, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 21, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 22, Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property 
Rights, to resume hearings to examine the status and future of 
affirmative action, focusing on minority contracting, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: September 20, business meeting, 
to consider recommendations which it will make to the Committee on the 
Budget with respect to spending reductions and revenue increases to meet 
reconciliation expenditures as imposed by H. Con. Res. 67, setting forth 
the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for fiscal 
years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, to mark up H.R. 1180, 
to provide for health performance partnerships, and S. 1221, to authorize 
appropriations for the Legal Services Corporation, and to consider 
pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business: September 19 and 20, to hold hearings to 
examine tax issues impacting small business, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: September 19, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative 
recommendations of the American Legion, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon Building.
  September 20, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider 
recommendations which it will make to the Committee on the Budget with 
respect to spending reductions and revenue increases to meet 
reconciliation expenditures as imposed by H. Con. Res. 67, setting forth 
the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for fiscal 
years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, and to consider other 
pending business, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 20, to hold oversight hearings 
on the implementation of Title III of the National Indian Forest 
Resources Management Act (P.L. 101-630); and to consider the nomination 
of Paul M. Homan, of the District of Columbia, to be Special Trustee, 
Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the 
Interior, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 20, to hold hearings to 
examine intelligence roles and missions, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
                              House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of the following 11 Suspensions:
  1. S. 464, Extension of District Court Demonstration Projects;
  2. S. 532, Clarifying Rules Governing Venue;
  3. H. Res. 181, Encouraging the Peace Process in Sri Lanka;
  4. H. Res. 158, Congratulating the People of Mongolia;
  5. H. Con. Res. 42, Supporting Dispute Resolution in Cyprus;
  6. H.R. 1091, Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields Partnership Act of 
1995;
  7. H.R. 260, National Park System Reform Act of 1995;
  8. H.R. 402, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Amendments;
  9. H.R. 1872, Ryan White Care Act Amendments of 1995;
  10. H.R. 558, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent 
Act; and
  11. H.R. 1296, Providing for the Administration of Certain Presidio 
Properties; and
  Consideration of H.R. 39, Fisheries Conservation and Management Act 
(subject to a unanimous-consent agreement).
  Tuesday and the balance of the week, Consideration of H.R. 1617, Careers 
Act (subject to a rule being granted);
  H.R. 927, Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1995 (subject to 
a rule being granted);
  H.R. 2274, National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (subject to a 
rule being granted); and
  H.R. 1323, Pipeline Safety Act of 1995 (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, September 20, to consider Budget 
Reconciliation, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, September 19, Subcommittee on the District 
of Columbia, to mark up fiscal year 1996 appropriations, 2 p.m., H-144 
Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, September 19, to consider 
Budget Reconciliation recommendations, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 21, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, to mark up a measure relating to the reform of the deposit 
insurance system and the merger of the bank and thrift charters, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, September 19, to continue mark up of Department 
of Commerce Abolition and to begin markup of Power Marketing 
Administrations for transmittal to the Committee on the Budget for 
inclusion in Budget Reconciliation, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 20, 21, and 22, to mark up a measure entitled 
``Transformation of the Medicaid Program'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 19, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, to 
mark up the following bills: 

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Title I of H.R. 1756, Department of Commerce Dismantling Act; and H.R. 
2234, Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 20, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, to continue hearings on H.R. 2086, Local Empowerment and 
Flexibility Act of 1995, (Part II) 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 20, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on Taxpayer-funded Political 
Advocacy, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 21, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1756, Department of Commerce Dismantling Act (Title I); H.R. 2234, Debt 
Collection Improvement Act of 1995; and S. 790, Federal Reports 
Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 19, to mark up the 
following: Response to the House's Reconciliation Instructions; 
Recommendations with respect to the Dismantlement of the Department of 
Commerce; H.R. 2070, to provide for the distribution within the United 
States of the U.S. Information Agency film entitled ``Fragile Ring of 
Life;'' and a measure to authorize the Transfer of Naval Vessels to 
Certain Foreign Countries, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 19, 20, and 21, to mark up H.R. 
2202, Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, September 20, to mark up reconciliation 
recommendations, 11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 19, to mark up Budget Reconciliation, 
11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 19, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1129, to amend the National Trails 
Systems Act to designate the route from Selma to Montgomery as a National 
Historic Trail; and H.R. 924, to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture 
from transferring any National Forest System lands in the Angeles 
National Forest in California out of Federal ownership for use as a solid 
waste landfill, 9 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 20, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2275, Endangered Species 
Conservation and Management Act of 1995, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 21, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing 
on the following: H.R. 33, Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center 
Act of 1995; H.R. 1358, to require the Secretary of Commerce to convey to 
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service 
Laboratory located on Emerson Avenue in Gloucester, MA; and to hold an 
oversight hearing on Fish Hatcheries, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 18, to consider the following: H.R. 927, 
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1995; and H.R. 1617, 
Consolidated and Reformed Education, Employment, and Rehabilitation 
Systems Act, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  September 19, to consider the following: H.R. 2274, National Highway 
System Designation Act of 1995; and H.R. 1323, Pipeline Safety Act of 
1995, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, September 20, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Stratospheric Ozone: Myths and Realities, 9:30 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, September 18, executive, to 
continue to take testimony regarding the ethics investigation of Speaker 
Gingrich, 5 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 20, to mark up the following: 
report to the Committee on the Budget of legislative recommendations for 
reconciliation; a measure to grant a disability compensation and DIC COLA 
to eligible veterans; a measure including provisions on VA housing 
programs, USERRA and the Department of Labor's VETS program; and H.R. 
2219, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring 
authorities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 18, 19, and 20, to mark up 
Budget Reconciliation recommendations: revenue items, 5 p.m., on 
September 18 and 10 a.m., on September 19 and 20, 1100 Longworth.
  September 21, hearing on Saving Medicare, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
                             Joint Meetings

  Joint hearing: September 19, Senate Committee on the Budget, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Committee on the Budget to examine fiscal 
year 1996 Government operations during funding hiatus, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Joint hearing: September 19, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
review the legislative recommendations of the American Legion. , 9:30 
a.m., 334 Cannon Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 19, to hold 
hearings to examine issues affecting United States-Turkish relations, 
including human rights and the Kurdish situation, 10 a.m., B352 Rayburn 
Building.