[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 149 (Friday, September 22, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1139-D1141]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of September 25 through 30, 1995

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider H.R. 2099, VA/HUD Appropriations, 
1996.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to consider:
  H.R. 2127, Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations, 1996;
  H.R. 2076, Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary Appropriations, 
1996; Conference reports, when available; and
  Any cleared legislative and executive business.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, September 26, 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 27, 
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-332.
  September 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the use 
of ethanol's impact on clean air and the farm economy, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-328A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 27, 
business meeting, to mark up S. 650, to increase the amount of 
credit available to fuel local, regional, and national economic 
growth by reducing the regulatory burden imposed upon financial 
institutions, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  September 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation to reform public housing and tenant based section 8 
assistance, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 26, 
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.
  September 27, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings on S. 
1239, to amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to the 
regulation of interstate transportation by common carriers engaged 
in civil aviation, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 28, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of Derrick L. 

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Forrister, of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs), Patricia J. Beneke, 
of Iowa, to be Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, and Eluid 
Levi Martinez, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, 
both of the Department of the Interior, and Charles William Burton, 
of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United 
States Enrichment Corporation, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 27, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Kathleen A. McGinty, of Pennsylvania, 
to be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: September 26, 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., 
SH-216.
  September 27 and 28, Full Committee, business meeting, to continue 
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., SH-216.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 26, to hold hearings on 
the nominations of James A. Joseph, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of South Africa, and Charles H. Twining, of Maryland, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  September 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Joan M. Plaisted, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of the Marshall Islands and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Kiribati, 
and Don Lee Gevirtz, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Fiji, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, Ambassador to 
the Kingdom of Tonga, and Ambassador to Tuvalu, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 28, Subcommittee on 
Immigration, to hold hearings to examine non-immigrant immigration 
issues, 1:30 p.m., SD-106.
  September 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  September 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
religious liberty in the United States, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: September 26, business 
meeting, to resume their review of certain 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., SD-430.
  September 27, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 
1180, to amend title XIX of the Public Health Service Act to provide 
for health performance partnerships, and S. 1221, to authorize 
appropriations for the Legal Services Corporation Act, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 27, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Tuesday, House not in session.
  Wednesday and the balance of the week, Consideration of H.R. 743, 
Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995 (open rule, 1 hour of 
general debate);
  H.R. 1170, Three-Judge Court Review for State-Wide Reference Act 
(open rule, 1 hour of general debate);
  H.R. 1601, International Space Station Authorization Act of 1995 
(open rule, 1 hour of general debate);
  H.R.     , District of Columbia Appropriations Act fiscal year 1996 
(subject to a rule being granted); and
  H.R.     , Continuing Resolution for fiscal year 1996 (subject to a 
rule being granted).

  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program may be brought up at any time.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, September 27 and 28, 
Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, oversight hearings on the Federal Home Loan Bank 
System, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 27, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, to mark up the Thrift Charter Convergence Act of 1995, 1 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 29, hearing on the proposed United States Housing Act of 
1995, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, September 27, to continue consideration of 
Budget Reconciliation issues, time to be announced, 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, September 27, 
Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on National 
Labor Relations Board Reform, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  September 28, full Committee, to mark up instructions contained in 
the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 28, 
Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2326, Health Care Fraud and 
Abuse Prevention Act of 1995; and H.R. 1850, Health Care Fraud and 
Abuse Prevention Act, 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  September 28, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory, hearing on Taxpayer-funded Political 
Advocacy, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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  Committee on International Relations, September 27, to mark up the 
Committee's Response to the House's Reconciliation Instructions, 3 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 28, hearing on Terrorism in Latin America/AMIA Bombing 
in Argentina, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 28, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on Bosnian Refugees, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 27, to continue mark up of 
H.R. 2202, Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 1241, DNA Identification Grants Improvement Act; H.R. 
1533, to amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalty 
for escaping from a Federal prison; H.R. 1552, False Identification 
Act of 1995; H.R. 2359, to clarify the method of execution of 
Federal prisoners; and H.R. 2360, to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to permit Federal prisoners to engage in community service 
projects, 9:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  September 29, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 497, National 
Gambling Impact and Policy Commission Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 27, to consider pending 
business, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on the Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992 (P.L. 
102-440), 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 28, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 194, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to make matching contributions toward the purchase of 
the Sterling Forest in the State of New York; H.R. 1256, Sterling 
Forest Protection Act of 1995; and the Snow Basin Land Exchange Act 
of 1995, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, September 27, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on the Space Shuttle in Transition: Keeping 
Safety Paramount, 3 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Impact of 
Government Regulatory, Tax and Legal Policy on Technology 
Development and Competitiveness, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 28, hearing on SBA's 
Venture Capital Programs, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 28, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on H.R. 2276, Federal Aviation 
Administration Revitalization Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 27, Subcommittee on 
Hospitals and Health Care, hearing on illegal activities at 
Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, 9:30 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 27, 28 and 29, to mark up 
the Medicare Preservation Act, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.