[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 173 (Friday, November 3, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1307-D1309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of November 6 through 11, 1995

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate may consider S. 908, State Department 
Authorizations/Reorganizations.
  On Tuesday, Senate will consider H.R. 1833, Partial Birth Abortion 
Bill.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider conference 
reports (when available), and any cleared legislative and executive 
business.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, November 7, 1995, from 12:30 until 
2:15 p.m. for respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 7, 
business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 7, 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold hearings 
on S. 1371, entitled the ``Snowbasin Land Exchange Act of 1995'', S. 
590, for the relief of Matt Clawson, S. 985, to provide for the 
exchange of certain lands in Gilpin County, Colorado, and S. 1196, 
to transfer certain National Forest System lands adjacent to the 
townsite of Cuprum, Idaho, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 231 and H.R. 562, bills to modify 
the boundaries of Walnut Canyon National Monument in Arizona, S. 
342, to establish the Cache La Poudre River National Water Heritage 
Area in Colorado, S. 364 and H.R. 629, bills to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the operation of certain 
visitor facilities associated with, but outside the boundaries of, 
Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, S. 489, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to enter into an appropriate form of 
agreement with, the town of Grand Lake, Colorado, authorizing the 
town to maintain permanently a cemetery in the Rocky Mountain 
National Park, and S. 608, to establish the New Bedford Whaling 
National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 7, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of Rear Admiral John C. Albright, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to be a Member of 
the Mississippi River Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: November 8, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management and The District of Columbia, to 
hold hearings to examine the courthouse construction program, 9 
a.m., SD-342.
  November 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings on H.R. 1271, to 
provide protection for family privacy, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 7, to hold hearings to 
examine contingency fee abuses, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine mandatory 
victim restitution, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 9, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: November 8, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 1324, to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to revise and extend the solid-organ procurement and transplantation 
programs, and the bone marrow donor program, and to consider pending 
nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business: November 8, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Small Business to examine small business 
concerns regarding railroad consolidation, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth 
Building.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 7, business meeting, to mark 
up S. 1341, to provide for the transfer of certain lands to the Salt 
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and the city of Scottsdale, 
Arizona; to be followed by hearings on S. 1159, to establish an 
American Indian Policy Information Center, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 7 and 8, closed 
briefing on intelligence matters, Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. and Wednesday 
at 2 p.m., SH-219.
  November 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to assess the damage 
to U.S. intelligence activities resulting from the Adler Ames case, 
9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Special Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development 
Corporation and Related Matters: November 7, to resume hearings to 
examine certain issues relative to the President's involvement with 
the Whitewater Development Corporation, 10 a.m., SH-216.

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                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following 13 Suspensions:
  1. H.J. Res. 69, Reappointing Homer Alfred Neal to the Smithsonian 
Board of Regents;
  2. H.J. Res. 110, Appointing Howard H. Baker, Jr. to the Smithsonian 
Board of Regents;
  3. H.J. Res. 111, Appointing Anne D'Harnoncourt to the Smithsonian 
Board of Regents;
  4. H.J. Res. 112, Appointing Louise Gerstner to the Smithsonian Board 
of Regents;
  5. H.R. 2527, Permitting Electronic Filing and Preservation of 
Federal Election Commission Reports;
  6. H.R. 238, Free-Roaming Horses in the Ozark National Scenic 
Riverways;
  7. H.R. 207, Cleveland National Forest Land Exchange Act of 1995;
  8. H.R. 2437, Exchange of Certain Lands in Gilpin County, Colorado;
  9. H.R. 1585, Modoc National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act;
  10. H.R. 1581, Land Conveyance, City of Sumpter, Oregon;
  11. H.R. 1163, Land Exchange at Fire Island National Seashore;
  12. H.R. 924, Prohibition of Certain Transfers of National Forest 
Land; and
  13. H.R. 826, Extending Deadline for Land Exchanges Involving the Big 
Thicket National Preserve in Texas; and
  Consideration of the further conference report on H.R. 1977, 
Department of the Interior Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1996 
(rule waiving points of order).
  Wednesday and Thursday, Motion to go to conference on H.R. 956, 
Common Sense Product Liability Reform Act;
  Consideration of the conference report on S. 395, Alaska Power 
Administration Sale Act (subject to a rule being granted);
  Conference report on H.R. 1058, Securities Litigation Reform Act 
(subject to a rule being granted); and
  H.J. Res.       , Continuing Resolution for fiscal year 1996 (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, November 8, Subcommittee on Resource 
Conservation, Research, and Forestry, to mark up H.R. 2542, 
Conservation Consolidation and Regulatory Reform Act of 1995, 12:30 
p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, November 8, to 
continue markup of H.R. 2406, United States Housing Act of 1995, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, November 8, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Trade, and Hazardous Materials, to continue markup of H.R. 2500, 
Reform of Superfund Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on the 
Energy Policy Conservation Act Reauthorization of 1995, 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Health and Environment and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint oversight 
hearing on the Implementation and Enforcement of the Clean Air Act 
Amendments of 1990, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, November 9, 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, to mark up H.R. 
2570, Older Americans Amendments of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, November 9, 
Subcommittee on Civil Service, to continue hearings on Civil Service 
Reform IV: Streamlining Appeals Procedures, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, oversight hearing on HUD Tenant Empowerment Funds, 10 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, November 8, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing on Strengthening 
U.S. Export Competitiveness: Industry Views, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  November 8, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights and the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, joint hearing 
on Human Rights in Vietnam, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  November 8, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, hearing on 
an Evaluation of Democracy in Nicaragua, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and the 
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, joint 
hearing on countdown to Osaka: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or 
Confrontation, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 8, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 2564, lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; and H.R. 497, 
National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission Act, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  November 8, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on H.R. 1446, Law Enforcement Officers Civil Liability Act 
of 1995, 1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on H.R. 1861, to make technical corrections in the Satellite 
Home Viewer Act of 1994 and other provisions of title 17, United 
States Code, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, November 8, hearing on operational 
implications of the proposed development of United States ground 
forces to Bosnia, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Resources, November 7, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 2560, to provide for the conveyances of certain lands in 
Alaska to Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native Association, Inc., Ninilchik 
Native Association, Inc., Seldovia Native Association, Inc., Tyonek 
Native Corp., and Knikatnu, Inc. under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act; and H.R. 1561, Glacier Bay National Park and 
Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  November 7, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 1741, for the conveyance of the 
C.S.S. Hunley to the State of South Carolina; H.R. 2243, Trinity 
River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Reauthorization Act; and 
H.R. 2100, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical 
corrections to maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources 
System, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  November 8, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1784, to validate certain conveyances made by the Southern Pacific 
Transportation Company within the cities of Reno, NV, and Tulare, 
CA; and H.R. 2402, Snowbasin Land Exchange Act of 1995, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
on H.R. 2372, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1995, 
9:45 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, oversight 
hearing on Bureau of Reclamation's Safety of Dams Program and 
Deferred Maintenance Issues including a report on the gate failure 
at Folsom Dam, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, November 7, to consider the following: a 
resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
1996; and the conference report to accompany S. 395, Alaska Power 
Administration Asset Sale and Termination Act, 5 p.m., H-313, 
Capitol.
  November 7, to continue hearings on H. Res. 250, to amend the 
Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for gift reform, 2 
p.m., H-313, Capitol.
  Committee on Science, November 8, hearing on NASA Purchasing in 
the Earth-Space Economy, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Basic Research, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 884, authorizing appropriations for a 
retirement incentive for certain employees of National Laboratories; 
and H.R. 2301, to designate an enclosed area of the Oak Ridge 
National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee as the ``Marilyn Lloyd 
Environmental, Life, and Social Sciences Complex'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, to continue 
hearings on the Space Shuttle Program In Transition: Keeping Safety 
Paramount, Part 2, 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 8, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on H.R. 
2500, Reform of Superfund Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Federal Aviation 
Administration's Expanded East Coast Plan, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 6, executive, 
Imagery Intelligence Panel briefing, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  November 8, executive, briefing on Ames Damage Assessment, 1 p.m., 
H-405 Capitol.
  November 9, executive, full Committee, briefing on Iraq, 10 a.m., 
H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint hearing: November 8, Senate Committee on Small Business, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Small Business to 
examine small business concerns regarding railroad consolidation, 2 
p.m., 1100 Longworth Building.