[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 159 (Friday, October 13, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1205-D1207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of October 16 through 21, 1995

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will not be in session.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 927, Cuban 
Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, with a cloture vote to occur on 
the Dole substitute amendment.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider S. 908, State 
Department Authorizations/Reorganization, H.R. 2127, Labor, HHS, 
Education Appropriations, 1996, S. 1048, NASA Authorization Act, S. 
1318, Amtrak Authorizations, conference reports (when available), and 
any cleared legislative and executive business.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, October 17, 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: October 19, to 
hold hearings on the nominations of Michael V. Dunn, of Iowa, to be 
an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory 
Programs, and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, and John David Carlin, of Kansas, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional 
Relations; to be followed by a meeting to consider pending committee 
business, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Armed Services: October 17, to hold hearings to 
examine U.S. policy on Bosnia and the use of U.S. military forces to 
implement a peace agreement, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 17, 
Housing Opportunity and Community Development, to hold hearings on 
low income housing preservation reform proposals, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 18, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to 
hold oversight hearings on the implementation of the Amateur Sports 
Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-606), 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  October 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1043, to amend 
the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to provide for an 
expanded Federal program of hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance 
against the risk of catastrophic natural disasters, such as 
hurricane, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 18, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  October 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine the role of the Council on Environmental Quality 
in the decision-making and management processes of agencies under 
the Committee's jurisdiction (Department of the Interior, Department 
of Energy, and U.S. Forest Service), 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 19, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation to assure the safety of public 
water systems, 9 a.m., SD-409.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 17, to hold hearings on 
the peace process in the former Yugoslavia, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  October 19, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 17, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings on 
conserving judicial resources, focusing on the caseload of the 
District of Columbia Circuit and the appropriate allocation of 
judgeships, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  October 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine property 
rights issues, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 19, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 20, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the 
status of religious liberty in the United States, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: October 18, to hold 
hearings to examine the impact of emerging infections on the 
nation's health, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business: October 19, to hold hearings on 
proposals to revitalize America's rural and urban communities, 9:30 
a.m., SR-428A.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, House is not in session.
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following ten Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 1715, To Reverse the Supreme Court Decision in Adams Versus 
Barrett;
  2. H.R. 1606, Harry Kizirian Post Office Designation Act;
  3. H.R. 1026, Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office Designation Act;
  4. H.R. 587, Biotechnical Process Patents Act;
  5. H.R. 1506, Digital Performance Rights in Sound Recordings Act;
  6. H.R. 2070, Providing for the United States Distribution of the 
``Fragile Ring of Life'' Film;

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  7. H.R. 629, Fall River Visitor Center Act;
  8. S. 268, Collection of Fees for Triploid Grass Carp Certification 
Inspection;
  9. H.R. 1743, Water Resources Research Act Amendments of 1995; and
  10. H.R. 2353, Extending Certain Veterans Affairs Health and Medical 
Care Expiring Authorities.
  Wednesday and Thursday, Complete consideration of H.R. 39, Fishery 
Conservation and Management Amendments of 1995;
  H.R. 2259, Disapproving Certain Sentencing Guidelines (subject to a 
rule being granted); and
  H.R. 2425, Medicare Preservation Act of 1995 (subject to a rule being 
granted).
  Friday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 19, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, to markup 
reauthorization of the Food for Peace Program (P.L. 480), 2 p.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, October 16, hearing 
on the Japanese Financial System, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing on the recent trend in bank consolidation and 
interstate mega-mergers as it relates to the implementation of the 
Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994, 
1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, October 18 and 19, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials, hearings on the Reform of 
Superfund Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on 
Hydroelectric License Extensions (H.R. 657, H.R. 680, H.R. 1011, 
H.R. 1014, H.R. 1051, H.R. 1290, H.R. 1335, H.R. 1366 and H.R. 
1835), 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, October 17, 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on AmeriCorps, 
9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, 
hearing on English as the Common Language, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, October 17, 
Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, 
oversight hearing on OSHA: New Mission for a New Workplace, 2 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  October 18, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on Taxpayer-funded 
Political Advocacy, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 19, Subcommittee on Postal Service, hearing on H.R. 1963, 
Postmark Prompt Payment Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, October 18, hearing on U.S. 
Policy Towards Bosnia, 3:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 17, to markup the following 
bills: H.R. 632, to enhance fairness in compensating owners of 
patents used by the United States; H.R. 1295, Federal Trademark 
Dilution Act of 1995; and H.R. 2294, to amend the Federal Judgeship 
Act of 1990 to allow affected judicial districts to receive the full 
benefit of temporary judgeship positions as provided in that act; 
and to continue markup of H.R. 2202, Immigration in the National 
Interest Act of 1995, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 18, to continue markup of H.R. 2202, Immigration in the 
National Interest Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 19, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing and markup of the following: H.R. 2064, to grant the consent 
of Congress to an amendment of the Historic Chattahoochee Compact 
between the States of Alabama and Georgia; and H.J. Res. 78, to 
grant the consent of the Congress to certain additional powers 
conferred upon the Bi-State Development Agency by the States of 
Missouri and Illinois; and to markup H.R. 394; to amend title 4 of 
the United States Code to limit State taxation of certain pension 
income, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 19, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on 
the United States Commission on Civil Rights, 10 a.m., B352 Rayburn.
  October 19, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1127, Medical Procedures 
Innovation and Affordability Act; and H.R. 2419, Inventor Protection 
Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, October 17 and 18, hearings on 
deployment of U.S. ground forces to Bosnia, 2 p.m., on October 17 
and 9:30 a.m., on October 18, 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, October 17, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests and Lands, to mark up 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 Sumper, 
OR; H.R. 207, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter 
into a land exchange involving the Cleveland National Forest, 
California, and to require a boundary adjustment for the national 
forest to reflect the land exchange; 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, NY; H.R. 1585, the 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. 826, to extend the deadline 
for the completion of certain land exchanges involving the Big 
Thicket National Preserve in Texas; H.R. 924, to prohibit the 
Secretary of Agriculture from transferring 

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any National Forest System lands in the Angeles National Forest in 
California out of Federal ownership for use as a solid waste 
landfill; H.R. 2402, to authorize an exchange of lands in the State 
of Utah at Snowbasin Ski Area; and H.R. 2437, to provide for the 
exchange of certain lands in Gilpin County, Colorado, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs, 
hearing to review Puerto Rico Status Plebiscite, 1 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, to 
markup the following bills: H.R. 33, Stuttgart National Aquaculture 
Research Center Act of 1995; and H.R. 1965, to reauthorize the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972; followed by an oversight 
hearing on Disaster Relief Assistance for Fishermen, 9:30 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  October 19, full Committee, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, October 17, to consider H.R. 2259, to 
disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments, 4:30 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  October 18, to consider H.R. 2425, Medicare Preservation Act of 
1995, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  October 19, to consider the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1995, 10 
a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, October 17, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD): Are 
We Covered?, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Technology, to mark up H.R. 2196, 
Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 1995; to be followed by a 
hearing on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards Program: An 
Oversight Review From Its Inception, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 19, full Committee, hearing on United States-Japanese 
Cooperation in Human Spaceflight, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, October 19, hearing on Effects of 
Superfund Liability on Small Business, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, October 17, executive, 
to consider pending business, 9:30 a.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 18, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on H.R. 
1856, Natural Disaster Protection Partnership Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  October 19, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Regulation of 
Public Aircraft by the FAA under Public Law 103-411 and on proposed 
Restrictions on the use of Certain Special Purpose Aircraft under 
H.R. 1320, to impose restrictions on the use of certain special 
purpose aircraft, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 19, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic 
Development, hearing on the proposed sale of the House Building 
Annex located at 501 1st Street, S.E., 8:45 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 18, Subcommittee on 
Hospitals and Health Care, hearing on VA/DOD sharing, 9:30 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, October 18, to 
continue hearings on the Future of Technology--IC21, 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees: October 17, On H.R. 2002, making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1996, 2 p.m., H-140, Capitol.
  Conferees: October 17, Closed, on H.R. 1655, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the 
Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement and Disability System, 3 p.m., S-407, Capitol.