[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 31 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D167-D171]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of March 11 through 16, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider H.R. 3019, Continuing Appropriations, 
1996.
  On Tuesday, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
conference report on H.R. 2546, D.C. Appropriations, 1996 at 2:15 p.m., 
to be followed by a vote to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to 
the consideration of S. Res. 227, Whitewater Committee Extension.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.
  (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, 
March 12, 1996, for respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: March 12, Subcommittee on Foreign 
Operations, to hold hearings to examine international crime, 
terrorism, and narcotics, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold closed hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for intelligence 
programs, 8:30 a.m., SD-117.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 12, to resume hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the 
Department of Defense, and the future years defense plan, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-222.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold closed and 
open hearings on the Department of Energy Atomic Energy Defense 
Programs (Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship and Management), 9:30 a.m., 
SR-232A.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal

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year 1997 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense 
program, focusing on manpower, personnel, and compensation programs, 
10 a.m., SR-222.
  March 13, Full Committee, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense plan, 2 p.m., SR-
222.
  March 14, Full Committee, to continue hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense plan, 10 a.m., 
SR-222.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Readiness, to hold hearings on current 
and future military readiness as the armed forces prepare for the 
21st century, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Airland Forces, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on tactical aviation programs, 9:30 
a.m., SR-222.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
1997 for the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on the Budget: March 12, to hold hearings to examine 
immigration and public welfare benefits, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  March 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
budgetary and economic implications of alternative spectrum use 
policies, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 13, 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to 
examine recent developments in the Space Station program, 10:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 13, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  March 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1425, to 
recognize the validity of rights-of-way granted under section 2477 
of the Revised Statures, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 14, to hold 
oversight hearings on wetland mitigation banking under section 404 
of the Clean Water Act, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 11, Subcommittee on Social Security 
and Family Policy, to hold hearings to examine the Social Security 
program in relation to future retirees, focusing on the original 
intent of the program, expectations of different generations, and 
changes necessary to ensure that retirees born after 1946 will be 
treated fairly relative to current and past retirees, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 12, to resume hearings on 
the Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Production, 
Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, 
opened for signature and signed by the United States at Paris on 
January 13, 1993 (Treaty Doc. 103-21), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  March 12, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine the prospects for peace and democracy in Angola, 2 p.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: March 11, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Thomas A. Fink, of Alaska, to be a Member of the 
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. , 10 a.m., SD-342.
  March 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings on human radiation 
experiments, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  March 13, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to resume 
hearings to examine global proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Post Office and Civil Service, to hold 
hearings to examine issues relating to United States Postal Service 
customers, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 12, Subcommittee on Youth 
Violence, to hold hearings to examine how youth violence programs 
should be funded in the future, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 13, Full Committee, business meeting, to resume markup of S. 
269 and S. 1394, bills to reform the United States immigration 
system, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: March 13, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 1477, to improve the Federal regulation of 
food, drugs, devices, and biological products, and proposed 
legislation to amend the Older Americans Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: March 13, to resume 
hearings on S. 46, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 to provide for a voluntary system of spending limits and 
partial public financing of Senate primary and general election 
campaigns, and to limit contributions by multicandidate political 
committees, S. 1219 and S. 1389, bills to reform the financing of 
Federal elections, and S. 1528, to reform the financing of Senate 
campaigns, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: March 14, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the 
legislative recommendations of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, 
the Jewish War Veterans, the Retired Officers Association, the 
Association of the U.S. Army, the Non-Commissioned Officers 
Association, and the Blinded Veterans Association, 9:30 a.m., 345 
Cannon Building.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 13, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 1 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, House is not in session.
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following measure on the Corrections 
Calendar: H.R. 2685, to repeal the Medicaid and Medicare Coverage Data 
Bank.
  Consideration of the following 3 Suspensions:
  H.R. 2972, Securities and Exchange Commission Reauthorization;
  H.R. 2276, Federal Aviation Administration Revitalization Act; and
  H.J. Res. 78, Bi-State Development Agency by the States of Missouri 
and Illinois;
  Consideration of the conference report on H.R. 1561, the American 
Overseas Interests Act (rule waiving points of order); and

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  Consideration of H.R 2703, Effective Death Penalty and Public Safety 
Act (rule providing for one hour of general debate only).
  Wednesday and the balance of the week: Complete consideration of 
Crime bill; and
  Possible consideration of conference reports on debt limit and 
balanced budget downpayment measures.

  Note: Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, March 12, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies, on Food and Drug Administration, 1 p.m., 2362A 
Rayburn.
  March 12, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Corporation for National and Community Service and 
Federal Meditation and Conciliation Service, 10 a.m., and on the 
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, the National 
Commission on Libraries and the National Council on Disability, 2 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 12, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Coast Guard, 10 a.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  March 12, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on developments in financial law enforcement, 2 p.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Inspector General 
Overview, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Interior, on National Endowment for the 
Arts, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on the National Mediation Board and the Railroad 
Retirement Board, 10 a.m., and on Armed Forces Retirement Home, the 
Physician Payment Review Commission and the Prospective Payment 
Assessment Commission, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Navy, 9:30 
a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on 
Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command and the Commander in Chief, 
United States Forces Korea, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Railroad 
Administration and AMTRAK, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 13 and 14, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, 
on the EPA, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn on March 13 and 10 
a.m., H-143, Capitol on March 14.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Farm Credit 
Administration, 10 a.m., and on Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Interior, public witnesses on Natural 
Resources, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the U.S. 
Institute of Peace, 10 a.m., and the National Education Goals Panel 
and the NLRB, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Congressional 
and public witnesses, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on 
Commander in Chief, Special Operations Command, 10 a.m. and, 
executive, on Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command, 1:30 p.m., 
H-140, Capitol.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Office of the 
Secretary, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on tax systems modernization, 10 a.m. and on IRS 
operations, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, March 12, 
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, 
oversight hearing on the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  March 13, full Committee, hearing on the Risk Assessment of Banks, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, March 13, hearing on Generational 
Accounting and Long-term Fiscal Prospects, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, March 14, to 
mark up the following: H.R. 2570, Older Americans Amendments of 
1995; a measure amending section 326 of title III of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965; a measure amending section 1505 of the Higher 
Education Amendments of 1986; and a measure to authorize the Native 
Americans Program Act of 1974, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, March 11, 
Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, 
hearing on the status to identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome, Part 1, 
10:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on the Postal Service, oversight hearing on 
the U.S. Postal Service, 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, to mark up H.R. 2086, Local Empowerment and Flexibility 
Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, March 12, to consider pending 
business, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, March 12, hearing on PLO 
Commitment Compliance and the Terrorist Threat to Israel, 10 a.m, 
2172 Rayburn.
  March 12, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, 
hearing on exports, growth and jobs and reauthorizing Federal Export 
Assistance programs, Part II, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  March 13, full Committee, to consider Budget Views and Estimates 
for submission to the Committee on the

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Budget; followed by a hearing on Arms Transfers to Jordan, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, 
to mark up H.R. 361, Omnibus Export Administration Act of 1995, 1 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights and Subcommittee on Africa, joint hearing Slavery in 
Mauritania and Sudan, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 14, full committee, to mark up the Iran Oil Sanctions Act of 
1996, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 12, to mark up the following: 
H.R. 2925, Antitrust Health Care Advancement Act of 1996; Budget 
Views and Estimates for submission to the Committee on the Budget; 
H.R. 2937, for the reimbursement of legal expenses and related fees 
incurred by former employees of the White House Travel Office with 
respect to the termination of their employment in that Office on May 
19, 1993; H.R. 2511, Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 
1995; H.R. 1861, to make technical corrections in the Satellite Home 
Viewer Act of 1994 and other provisions of title 17, United States 
Code; H.R. 1734, National Film Preservation Act of 1995; H.R. 2977, 
Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996; H.J. Res. 129, 
granting the consent of Congress to the Vermont-New Hampshire 
Interstate Public Water Supply Compact; and H.R. 2604, to amend 
title 28, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of 
additional bankruptcy judges, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on H.R. 1989, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1995, 10 
a.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, March 12, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, to continue hearings on the fiscal year 1997 national 
defense authorization request, to receive a quality-of-life and 
compensation review, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 12, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, to begin hearings 
on the fiscal year 1997 national defense authorization request, with 
emphasis on the Department of Energy budget, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 12, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, to 
continue hearings on the fiscal year 1997 national defense 
authorization request, with emphasis on the chemical-biological 
defense program and response to urban terrorism, 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  March 13 and 14, full Committee, to continue hearings on fiscal 
year 1997 national defense authorization request, 9:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, 
to begin hearings on the fiscal year 1997 national defense 
authorization request, with emphasis on the recapitalization and 
modernization of facilities, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, March 13, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 1823, to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of 
repayment contracts between the United States and the Central Utah 
Water Conservancy District dated December 28, 1965, and November 26, 
1985; H.R. 2824, Snowbasin Land Exchange Act of 1995; H.R. 1965, to 
reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972; H.R. 2160, to 
authorize appropriations to carry out the interjurisdictional 
Fisheries Act of 1966 and the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act; H.R. 
2107, Visitor Services Improvement and Outdoor Legacy Act of 1995; 
H.R. 1527, to amend the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 
to clarify the authorities and duties of the Secretary of 
Agriculture in issuing ski area permits on National Forest System 
lands and to withdraw lands within ski area permit boundaries from 
the operation of the mining and mineral leasing laws; H.R. 1999, to 
establish the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area in the State of 
Georgia; and H.R. 1975, Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification 
and Fairness Act of 1995, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, to mark 
up the following bills: H.R. 1772, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to acquire certain interests in the Waihee Marsh for 
inclusion in the Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex; H.R. 1836, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire property in 
the town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, for inclusion in 
the Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge; H.R. 2660, to increase the 
amount authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the 
Interior for the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge; and H.R. 
2679, to revise the boundary of the North Platte National Wildlife 
Refuge, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, March 12, to consider H.R. 2703, Effective 
Death Penalty and Public Safety Act of 1996, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, March 13, hearing on U.S. Space Launch 
Strategy, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on U.S. 
Energy Outlook and Implications for Energy R&D, 9:30 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 13 and 14, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, to continue hearings on the Airport 
Improvement Program, 10:15 a.m., on March 13, and 1 p.m., on March 
14, 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 14, to consider Budget Views 
and Estimates for submission to the Committee on the Budget, 2 p.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 12, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing on the causes of poverty, with a focus on out-of-
wedlock births, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on implementation of 
Uruguay Round Agreements and World Trade Organization, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  March 14, full committee, to mark up miscellaneous trade measures, 
and to consider Budget Views and Estimates for submission to the 
Committee on the Budget, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 12, executive, 
hearing on NRO forward funding, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 14, executive, hearing on community management, 9 a.m., H-
405 Capitol.

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                             Joint Meetings

  Joint hearing: March 14, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
review the legislative recommendations of the Paralyzed Veterans of 
America, the Jewish War Veterans, the Retired Officers Association, 
the Association of the U.S. Army, the Non-Commissioned Officers 
Association, and the Blinded Veterans Association, 9:30 a.m., 345 
Cannon Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 14, to 
hold hearings to examine the challenges to democracy in Albania, 11 
a.m., 311 Cannon Building.