[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D182-D183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                       WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal 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.
  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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, 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), 2 p.m., SD-419.

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  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations, to resume hearings to examine global proliferation 
of weapons of mass destruction, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to resume markup of 
S. 269 and S. 1394, bills to reform the United States immigration 
system, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, FDA, and Related Agencies, on Inspector General 
Overview, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on National Endowment for the Arts, 10 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Navy, 9:30 a.m., B-300 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on Commander in 
Chief, U.S. Pacific Command and the Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces 
Korea, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Railroad Administration 
and AMTRAK, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on the Risk 
Assessment of Banks, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Generational Accounting and 
Long-term Fiscal Prospects, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2596, 
to extend energy conservation programs under the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act through fiscal year 1999; H.R. 2967, to extend the 
authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 
1978; H.R. 2501, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in 
Kentucky; H.R. 2630, to extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Illinois; 
H.R. 2695, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
applicable to the construction of certain hydroelectric projects in 
the State of Pennsylvania; H.R. 2773, to extend the deadline under 
the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of 2 
hydroelectric projects in North Carolina; H.R. 2816, to reinstate 
the license for, and extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
applicable to the construction of, a hydroelectric project in Ohio; 
H.R. 2869, to extend the deadline for commencement of construction 
of a hydroelectric project in the State of Kentucky; and H.R. 1663, 
Waste Isolation Pilot Land Withdrawal Amendment Act, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on the 
Postal Service, oversight hearing on the U.S. Postal Service, 9:30 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, to consider Budget Views and 
Estimates for submission to the Committee on the Budget; followed by 
a hearing on Arms Transfers to Jordan, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up the following 
resolutions: H. Res. 345, expressing concern about the deterioration 
of human rights in Cambodia; and H. Con. Res. 148, expressing the 
sense of the Congress that the United States is committed to the 
military stability of the Taiwan Straits and United States military 
forces should defend Taiwan in the event of invasion, missile 
attack, or blockade by the People's Republic of China, 1:30 p.m., 
2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights and 
Subcommittee on Africa, joint hearing on Slavery in Mauritania and 
Sudan, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, to continue hearings on fiscal 
year 1997 national defense authorization request, 9:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  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, 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; and to consider a motion to go to 
conference for all bills previously reported, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, executive, to consider 
pending business, 2 p.m., HT-2M Capitol
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, to continue hearings on the Airport Improvement Program, 
9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on 
implementation of Uruguay Round Agreements and World Trade 
Organization, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.