[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 22 (Friday, February 23, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D89-D91]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of February 26 through March 2, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senator Akaka will read Washington's Farewell Address.
  On Tuesday, Senate will consider the conference report on H.R. 2546, 
D.C. Appropriations, with a cloture vote to occur thereon.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to complete 
consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2546, D.C. 
Appropriations, and consider any cleared legislative and executive 
business.

  (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, 
February 27, 1996, for respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: February 27, closed business meeting, 
to consider certain pending military nominations, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review the role 
of the Department of Defense Joint Requirements Oversight Council 
(JROC), 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 27, 
to hold hearings to examine rail safety, focusing on the recent 
AMTRAK and MARC train accident in Maryland, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: February 28, to resume hearings on the 
bipartisan National Governors' Association proposals to reform the 
Federal Medicaid and welfare programs, focusing on the 
Administration's views, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 27, Subcommittee on Near 
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the ban 
on United States travel to Lebanon, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: February 28, to hold hearings 
to review the U.S./Euratom Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear 
Cooperation, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 27, to hold hearings on 
pharmaceutical patent issues, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Barry R. McCaffrey, of Washington, to be Director of National Drug 
Control Policy, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Government 
Information, to hold joint hearings with the Select Committee on 
Intelligence on proposed legislation to combat economic espionage, 
9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Youth Violence, to hold hearings on 
the changing nature of youth violence, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 2:15 p.m., SD-226.
  February 29, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: February 27, to hold 
oversight hearings on the Fair Labor Standards Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  February 28, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: February 29, to hold 
hearings to review the fiscal year 1997 budget and operations of the 
Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms, and Architect of the 
Capitol, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  February 29, Full Committee, to continue hearings to review the 
fiscal year 1997 budget and operations of the Secretary of the 
Senate, Sergeant at Arms, and Architect of the Capitol, 2 p.m., SR-
301.
  Committee on Small Business: February 28, to hold hearings on S. 
917, to facilitate small business involvement in the regulatory 
development processes of the Environmental Protection Agency and the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and S. 942, to 
promote increased understanding of Federal regulations and increased 
voluntary compliance with such regulations by small entities, to 
provide for the designation of regional ombudsmen and oversight 
boards to monitor the enforcement practices of certain Federal 
agencies with respect to small business concerns, and to provide 
relief from excessive and arbitrary regulatory enforcement actions 
against small entities, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 28, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the 
legislative recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans, 9:30 
a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 28, to hold joint 
hearings with the Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Technology, and Government Information on proposed 
legislation to combat economic espionage, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Special Committee on Aging: February 28, to hold hearings to 
examine mental illness among the elderly and the potential savings 
to the overall health care system that can result from prompt, 
accurate diagnosis and treatment of mental diseases, 9:30 a.m., SD-
562.

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  Special Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development 
Corporation and Related Matters: February 28, to resume hearings to 
examine certain issues relative to the Whitewater Development 
Corporation, 10 a.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, February 17, 28, and 29, Subcommittee 
on Energy and Water, on congressional and public witnesses, 10 a.m. 
and 2 p.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  February 27, 28, and 29, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, on public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Legislative, on House of 
Representatives, 1:30 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  February 27, 28 and 29, Subcommittee on Transportation, on 
congressional and public witnesses, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Interior, on Indian Programs (public 
witnesses), 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Legislative, on Joint Economic 
Committee and Capitol Police Board, 9:30 a.m., and on Congressional 
Budget Office, Architect of the Capitol, and Botanic Garden, 1:30 
p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Marsh Task 
Force, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Legislative, on Joint Committee on 
Taxation and GAO, 9:30 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Quality of 
Life in the Military, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, February 27, 
Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the 
Counterfeiting of U.S. Currency Abroad, 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, 
hearing on proposals for Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination, 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  February 28, full Committee, to consider pending Committee 
business, 9:45 a.m., and to hold a hearing on the Threat that 
Organized Criminal Groups Pose to the International Banking System, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on Rural Credit, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, February 27, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, oversight hearing on Electricity: State of the States, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on 
the Need for FDA Reform, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on H.R. 
2967, to extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings 
Radiation Control Act of 1978, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, 
hearing and markup of the SEC Reauthorization Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on Cancer Patient Access to Unapproved Treatments, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, 
hearing on the Public Broadcasting Self-Sufficiency Act of 1996, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunity, February 29, 
Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on the Office 
of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and H.R. 2128, Equal 
Opportunity Act of 1995, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, February 26, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, 
hearing on Using the Best Practices of Information Technology in 
Government, 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, 12 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  February 28, Subcommittee on the Postal Service, hearing on H.R. 
1963, Postmark Prompt Payment Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  February 29, full Committee, hearing on Census 2000: Putting Our 
Money Where It Counts, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on HUD's Management of Tenant Initiative 
Programs, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, February 27, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on worldwide 
persecution of Jews, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on The Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
Haiti: After The Departure of the U.S. Contingent from UNMIH, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 27 and 28, oversight hearings 
on Health Care Reform Issues: Antitrust, Medical Malpractice 
Liability, and Volunteer Liability; and a hearing on the following 
measures: H.R. 2925, Antitrust Health Care Advancement Act of 1996; 
H.R. 911, Volunteer Protection Act; and H.R. 2938, Charitable 
Medical Care Act of 1996, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the Independent 
Counsel Statute and H.R. 892, Independent Counsel Accountability and 
Reform Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing and markup of H.J. Res. 129, granting consent of Congress to 
the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact; 
and to mark up the following: H.R. 2604, Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 
1995, and a measure to reauthorize the Administrative Dispute 
Resolution Act, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, February 28, hearing on Ballistic 
Missile Defense, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.

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  February 29, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on the 
F-14 safety record, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, 
hearing on Ballistic Missile Defense, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, February 26, hearing on H.R. 497, National 
Gaming Impact and Policy Commission Act, 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, to mark 
up H.R. 1975, Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification Act of 
1995, 1:30 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, 
hearing on H.R. 2823, International Dolphin Conservation Act and 
H.R. 2856, International Dolphin Protection and Consumer Information 
Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  February 29, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, 
oversight hearing on the Forest Service's Draft 1995 Renewable 
Resources Planning Act Program, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, February 27, to consider the following: H.R. 
2854, Agricultural Market Transition Act; and Budget Views and 
Estimates, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, February 28, hearing on Allocating Federal 
Funds for Science and Technology, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on 
National Weather Service Modernization Program Status, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 28, hearing on small 
business' access to capital, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. February 27 and 
28, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearings on the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Airport 
Improvement Program, with emphasis on Airport Privatization, 9:30 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 28, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 2778, to provide that members of the Armed Forces 
peacekeeping effort in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina be 
entitled to certain tax benefits; and H.R. 2853, to authorize the 
extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of 
Bulgaria, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 29, hearing to review the current financial condition of 
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint hearing: February 28, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
to review the legislative recommendations of the Disabled American 
Veterans, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: February 28, to 
hold a briefing on the forthcoming elections in Bosnia and the role 
of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn Building.