[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D149-D151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services, business meeting, to consider pending 
military nominations; to be followed by hearings on the nominations 
of Kenneth H. Bacon, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, Franklin D. Kramer, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
International Security Affairs, and Alvin L. Alm, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, 10 a.m., 
SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings to examine air bag safety issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 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. 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.
  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, Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the House International 
Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific to examine U.S.-Sino 
relations, focusing on

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the intellectual property rights agreement and related trade issues, 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn Building.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to resume 
consideration of S. 269 and S. 1394, proposed Immigration Reform 
Act, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to continue hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National Institutes 
of Health, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.


                                 NOTICE

  For a Listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E301-02 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies to 
continue on congressional and public witnesses, 1 p.m., 2362A 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, public witnesses on Department of Energy 
and other programs, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., B-308 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 Military Construction, on Air Force, 9:30 a.m., B-
300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, on fiscal year 1997 Defense 
Budget, 9 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on GAO, 10 a.m., and on National 
Transportation Safety Board, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Committee on Banking and Financial Services, 
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, to 
continue hearings on the Future of Money, Part III, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Corporate Welfare, 11 a.m., 
210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, 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.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, to mark up H.R. 
3005, Securities Amendments of 1996, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, Subcommittees 
on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to consider the 
following: Sections 356 and 523 of H.R. 2202, Immigration and 
National Interest Act of 1995; Special Committee Rules to obtain 
deposition testimony on the White House Travel Office matter; and a 
draft report entitled ``National Drug Policy: A Review of the Status 
of the Drug War,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, hearing to review the Administration testimony on the 
White House Travel Office matter; and the administration's 
certification program for Narcotics producing and transit countries 
in Latin America, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to mark 
up H.R. 2128, Equal Opportunity Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1143, 
to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to witness 
retaliation; H.R. 1144, to amend title 18, United States Code, with 
respect to witness tampering; H.R. 2092, Private Security Officer 
Quality Assurance Act of 1995; H.R. 2137, Megan's Law; H.R. 2453, 
Fugitive Detention Act of 1995; H.R. 2587, War Crime Act of 1995; 
H.R. 2607, Veterans' Memorials Protection Act of 1995; H.R. 2641, 
United States Marshals Service Improvement Act of 1995; H.R. 2650, 
Mandatory Federal Prison Drug Treatment Act of 1995; H.R. 2803, 
Anti-Car Theft Improvements Act of 1995; H.R. 2804, to amend the 
auto theft provisions of title 49, United States Code, to add air 
bag modules to the list of major auto parts protected under such 
provisions; H.R. 2974, Crimes Against Children and Elderly Persons 
Punishment and Prevention Act of 1995; H.R. 2980, Interstate 
Stalking Punishment and Prevention Act of 1996; and H.R. 2996, Law 
Enforcement and Industrial Security Cooperation Act of 1996, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations and Facilities, hearing on alternative authorities for 
construction and improvement of military housing, 2 p.m., 2216 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, to begin hearings on the 
fiscal year 1996 national defense authorization request, 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the Subcommittee on 
Military Research and Development, joint hearing on the fiscal year 
1997 national defense authorization request, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on H.R. 1813, Mineral Management Service Organic 
Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  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, 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, hearing on EPA's Progress in Reducing 
Unnecessary Regulations and Paperwork Burdens Upon Small Business, 2 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Regulation and Paperwork, hearing on rulemaking at 
the NLRB, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following: a resolution authorizing the 1996 Special Olympics Torch 
to be run through the Capitol Grounds; a resolution authorizing the 
use of the Capitol Grounds for the 15th Annual National Peace 
Officers' Memorial Service; pending water resolutions; H.R. 2747, 
Water Supply Infrastructure Assistance Act of 1995; and

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Views and Estimates Report to the Committee on the Budget, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Education, 
Training, Employment and Housing, oversight hearing on the 
Montgomery GI Bill, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
China, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  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, 10:30 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee 
on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the 
House International Relations' Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific 
to examine U.S.-Sino relations, focusing on the intellectual 
property rights agreement and related trade issues, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn Building.