[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D108-D109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                      WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services, 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 Finance, 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 Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings to review the 
United States/Euratom Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation, 
9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Subcommittee on Youth Violence, to hold hearings on the changing 
nature of youth violence, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, Business Meeting, to consider pending calendar 
business, time and room to be announced.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 2:15 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, 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, 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, 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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                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water, to 
continue on Congressional and public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 
2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Indian Programs (public witnesses), 
10 a.m. and 1 p.m., B308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
to continue on public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Marsh Task Force, 9:30 
a.m., B300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to continue on Congressional and 
public witnesses, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on Commerce, 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.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, hearing and markup 
of H.R. 2972, Securities and Exchange Commission Authorization Act 
of 1996, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on the 
Postal Service, hearing on H.R. 1963, Postmark Prompt Payment Act of 
1995, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere Affairs, hearing on Haiti: After The Departure of the 
U.S. Contingent from UNMIH, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue hearings on Health Care 
Reform Issues: Antitrust, Medical Malpractice Liability, and 
Volunteer Liability, including discussion of 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.
  Committee on National Security, hearing on Ballistic Missile 
Defense, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Allocating Federal Funds for 
Science and Technology, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on small business' access to 
capital, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, to continue hearings on the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following bills: 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; H.R. 2853, to authorize the extension of 
nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Bulgaria; and H.R. 
2969, Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees, on H.R. 927, to seek international sanctions against 
the Castro Government in Cuba, and to plan for support of a 
transition government leading to a democratically elected government 
in Cuba, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Conferees, on H.R. 1561, to consolidate the foreign affairs 
agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1996 and 
1997; to responsibly reduce the authorizations of appropriations for 
the United States foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 
and 1997, 4 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Joint Hearing: 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.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 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.