[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 26 (Thursday, February 29, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D126-D129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of March 4 through 9, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will meet in pro forma session.
  On Tuesday, Senate will consider the conference report on H.R. 927, 
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, and the conference report 
on H.R. 2546, D.C. Appropriations, with a vote on the conference report 
on H.R. 927 to occur at 2:15 p.m., following which a cloture vote on 
the conference report on H.R. 2546 will occur thereon.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider S. Res. 227, 
relative to the Whitewater investigation, and consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.

  (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, 
March 5, 1996, for respective party conferences.)


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled;
  Tuesday, Consideration of 3 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 2778, Special tax treatment to U.S. troops in Bosnia;
  2. H.R. 2853, Most favored nation status to Bulgaria; and
  3. H.R. 497, National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission Act.
  Wednesday and the balance of the week, Consideration of the following 
measures:
  H.R. 994, Small Business Growth and Administrative Accountability 
Act;
  Conference report on H.R. 927, Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
Solidarity Act;
  A measure to increase temporarily the public debt; and
  An omnibus appropriations or continuing resolution for fiscal year 
1996.
  Note:--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: March 5, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to 
examine possible solutions to the budget impasse for Labor, Health 
and Education programs, 8:30 a.m., SD-192.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Defense, 
9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 5, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 9:30 
a.m., SD-G50.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the 1996 Ballistic 
Missile Defense update review, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Budget: March 6, to hold hearings to review the 
current state of the U.S. economy, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 5, to hold 
hearings on the nominations of Thomas Paul Grumbly, of Virginia, to 
be Under Secretary of Energy, Alvin L. Alm, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Energy (Environmental Management), and 
Charles William Burton, of Texas, and Christopher M. Coburn, of 
Ohio, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United 
States Enrichment Corporation, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on issues 
relating to competitive change in the electric power industry, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 745, to require the National Park 
Service to eradicate brucellosis afflicting the bison in Yellowstone 
National Park, S. 796 and H.R. 238, bills to provide for the 
protection of wild horses within the Ozark National Scenic 
Riverways, Missouri, and prohibit the removal of such horses, and S. 


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1451, to authorize an agreement between the Secretary of the Interior 
and a State providing for the continued operation by State employees 
of national parks in the State during any period in which the 
National Park Service is unable to maintain the normal level of park 
operations, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold hearings on S. 393 and H.R. 924, bills to prohibit the 
Secretary of Agriculture from transferring any national forest 
system lands in the Angeles National Forest in California out of 
Federal ownership for use as a solid waste landfill, 1 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 6, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Rita Derrick Hayes, of Maryland, for the rank of 
Ambassador during her tenure of service as Chief Textile Negotiator, 
10 a.m., SD-419.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to 
hold hearings to examine religious freedom in Pakistan, 2 p.m., SD-
419.
  March 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the Convention on 
Chemical Weapons, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: March 5, to hold hearings on S. 
1376, to terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal corporate 
subsidies, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Government Reform Committee to examine the implementation of the 
Government Performance and Results Act, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn 
Building.
  March 7, Full Committee, to resume hearings on S. 356, to declare 
English as the official language of the Government of the United 
States, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and 
The District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine the oversight 
of government-wide travel management, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 5, to hold oversight hearings on 
the implementation of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term 
Restoration Act, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
interstate transportation of human pathogens, 10 a.m., SD-2226.
  March 7, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: March 4, business meeting, 
to resume mark up of S. 1423, to amend the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 to make modifications to certain provisions, and 
to consider pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  March 6 and 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for the National Institutes of Health, 
9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  March 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 553, to amend the 
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to reinstate an 
exemption for certain bona fide hiring and retirement plans 
applicable to State and local firefighters and law enforcement 
officers, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 5, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the 
legislative recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 
a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 6, to hold hearings to 
examine the role and mission of U.S. intelligence, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  March 7, Full Committee, to hold a closed briefing on intelligence 
matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: March 6, to hold hearings to examine 
telemarketing scams that target the elderly, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 5, to consider H.R. 2202, 
Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 5, 6, and 7, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies, on congressional and public witnesses, 1 p.m., 
2362A Rayburn.
  March 5 and 6, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
congressional and public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., on March 5 
and 9:30 a.m., and 2 p.m., on March 6, 2362B Rayburn.
  March 5, 6, and 7, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, on public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Legislative, on Joint Committee on 
Printing and GPO, 9:30 a.m., and on Library of Congress, 1:30 p.m., 
H-144 Capitol.
  March 6, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on Financial 
Status of D.C., 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Program, on Jordan Arms Transfers, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 6, Subcommittee on the Interior, on National Endowments for 
the Humanities, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Legislative, on Members of Congress, 
Office of Compliance, and public witnesses, 9:30 a.m., H-144 
Capitol.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Army, 9:30 
a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Inspector General 
Reports, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General 
Government, on issues in Treasury Law Enforcement, 10 a.m., 345 
Cannon.
  March 6, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on NSF, 
10 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 7, Subcommittee on the Interior, public witnesses on 
Department of Energy and other programs, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Air Force, 9:30 
a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on National Security, on fiscal year 1997 
Defense Budget, 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Transportation, on GAO, 10 a.m., and on 
National Transportation Safety Board, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, March 7, Subcommittee 
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Policy, to continue hearings on the Future of Money, Part III, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, March 5, hearing on Federalism, 10 a.m., 
210 Cannon.
  March 7, hearing on Corporate Welfare, 11 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, March 6, to continue hearings on the 
Unanimous Bipartisan National Governors Association Agreement, 1 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on Health 
Care Reform: Reforming the Small Business Marketplace and the 
Individual Health Insurance Market, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue 
hearings on the Department of Energy: Travel Expenditures and 
Related Issues, 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, March 6, to 
mark up the following: H.R. 995, ERISA Targeted Health Insurance 
Reform Act of 1995; and Congressional Accountability Act 
Regulations, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, 
hearing on Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, March 5, 
Subcommittee on Civil Service, to mark up sections 356 and 523 of 
H.R. 2202, Immigration in the National Interest Act, 2 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, oversight hearing on IRS Financial Management, 1:30 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 7, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on the 
Financial and Management Status of the District of Columbia, 1:30 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, March 5, Subcommittee on the 
Western Hemisphere, hearing on Violations of the United States 
Embargo on Cuba, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing to review 
the Administration's certification program for Narcotics producing 
and transit countries in Latin America, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 6, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, hearing on H.J. Res. 159, proposing an amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States to require two-thirds 
majorities for bills increasing taxes, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the increased use of 
marijuana in America, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on minor and miscellaneous 
bills, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 1659, Patent and Trademark Office 
Corporation Act of 1995; and H.R. 2553, United States Intellectual 
Property Organization Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, March 5, Subcommittee on Military 
Research and Development, to begin hearings on the fiscal year 1997 
national defense authorization request, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 5, Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine, to begin 
hearings on the fiscal year 1997 Panama Canal Commission and U.S. 
Maritime Administration authorization requests, 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  March 6, full Committee, to begin hearings on the fiscal year 1997 
national defense authorization request, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, 
hearing on alternative authorities for construction and improvement 
of military housing, 2 p.m., 2216 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, to begin hearings on 
the fiscal year 1996 national defense authorization request, 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  March 7 and 8, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the 
Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, joint hearings on 
the fiscal year 1997 national defense authorization request, 10 
a.m., on March 7 and 9:30 a.m., on March 8, 2118 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, to 
begin hearings on the fiscal year 1997 national defense 
authorization request, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, March 5, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Lands, hearing on H.R. 2941, Housing Improvement Act for 
Land Management Agencies, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 6, full Committee, hearing on the following: a measure to 
resolve certain conveyances under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act related to Cape Fox Corporation; H.R. 2505, to amend 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make certain 
clarifications to the land bank protection provisions; and H.R. 
1786, to regulate fishing in certain waters of Alaska, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals Resources, hearing on 
H.R. 1813, Mineral Management Service Organic Act, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, oversight 
hearing on dam safety and deferred maintenance issues at Bureau of 
Reclamation facilities, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, March 6, hearing on Global Change Research 
Programs: Data Collection and Scientific Priorities, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on 
Department of Energy's Restructured Fusion Energy Sciences Program, 
9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 6, hearing on assessing the 
Small Business Technology Transfer Pilot Program and Small Business 
Innovation Research Program, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 7, hearing on EPA's Progress in Reducing Unnecessary 
Regulations and Paperwork Burdens Upon Small Business, 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Regulation and Paperwork, hearing on 
rulemaking at the NLRB, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 5, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on Rail Safety Oversight: Human 
Factors and Grade Crossing Issues, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Aviation and the Subcommittee on 
Railroads, joint hearing on reauthorizing the National 
Transportation Safety Board, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to mark 
up H.R. 2747, Water Supply Infrastructure Assistance Act of 1995, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Aviation, to continue hearings on the 
Airport Improvement Program, with emphasis on revenue diversion, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 7, Subcommittee on 
Education, Training, Employment and Housing, oversight hearing on 
the Montgomery GI Bill, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 5, Subcommittee 
on Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, executive, 
hearing on Counterterrorism, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 6, full committee, Brown/Rudman briefing, 10:30 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  March 7, executive, hearing on China, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: March 8, to hold hearings to examine the 
employment-unemployment situation for February, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Conferees: March 5, 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; and to responsibly reduce the authorizations of 
appropriations for the United States foreign assistance programs for 
fiscal years 1996 and 1997, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Joint hearing: March 5, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
review the legislative recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Joint hearing: March 6, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Government Reform Committee to 
examine the implementation of the Government Performance and Results 
Act, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 6, to hold 
hearings on the Chechen conflict and Russian democratic development, 
10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn Building.