[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D192-D193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 14, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  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.
  Committee on the Budget, 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, Subcommittee 
on Aviation, to hold hearings on international aviation relations, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings on S. 
1425, to recognize the validity of rights-of-way granted under 
section 2477 of the Revised Statutes, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, to hold oversight 
hearings on wetland mitigation banking under section 404 of the 
Clean Water Act, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, 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, business meeting, to continue markup 
of S. 269 and S. 1394, bills to reform the United States immigration 
system, 9 a.m., SD-G50.

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  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.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E350-51 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, FDA, and Related Agencies, on Farm Credit 
Administration, 10 a.m., and on Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, public witnesses on Natural Resources, 
10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on congressional and public 
witnesses, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Office of the Secretary, 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  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 Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, to 
mark up H.R. 3070, Health Coverage Availability and Affordability 
Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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, 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 International Relations, to mark up the following 
resolutions: H. Res. 345, expressing concern about the deterioration 
of human rights in Cambodia; H. Res. 379, expressing the sense of 
the House of Representatives concerning the eighth anniversary of 
the massacre of over 5,000 Kurds as a result of a gas bomb attack by 
the Iraqi Government; H. Con. Res. 102, concerning the emancipation 
of the Iranian Baha'i community; H.J. Res. 158, to recognize the 
Peace Corps on the occasion of its 35th anniversary and the 
Americans who have served as Peace Corps volunteers; 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, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Crisis in the 
Taiwan Strait: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, to continue hearings on fiscal 
year 1997 national defense authorization request, 9:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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, to consider H.R. 2202, Immigration in the 
National Interest Act of 1995, 10:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, 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, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, to continue hearings on the Airport Improvement Program, 1 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to consider Budget Views and 
Estimates for submission to the Committee on the Budget, 3 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 3074, to amend the 
United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985 to 
provide the President with additional proclamation authority with 
respect to articles of the West Bank or Gaza Strip or a qualifying 
industrial zone; and to consider Budget Views and Estimates for 
submission to the Committee on the Budget, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  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 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, to hold hearings 
to examine the challenges to democracy in Albania, 11 a.m., 311 
Cannon Building.