[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D240-D241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 21, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1997 for Army and Navy military construction programs, 
9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
on the military strategies and operational requirements of the 
unified commands, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Sea Power, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
on Department of the Navy shipbuilding programs, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, to hold hearings on the readiness of 
the Guard and Reserve to support the National Military Strategy, 
2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,  Subcommittee on 
HUD Oversight and Structure, to hold hearings on the implementation 
of the 1992 Federal Housing Enterprises Safety and Soundness Act as 
it affects Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Parks, 
Historic Preservation and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 305, to 
establish the Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields and Commission 
in the Commonwealth of Virginia, H.R. 1091, to improve the National 
Park System in the Commonwealth of Virginia, S. 1225, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct an inventory of historic sites, 
buildings, and artifacts in the Champlain Valley and the upper 
Hudson River Valley, including the Lake George area, S. 1226, to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a study of 
battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and to 
establish an American Battlefield Protection Program, and S.J. Res. 
42, designating the Civil War Center at Louisiana State University 
as the United States Civil War Center, making the center the 
flagship institution for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration 
of the Civil War, 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), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation to enforce the Tenth Amendment, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to continue markup 
of S. 269 and S. 1394, bills to reform the immigration system, 10:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, business meeting, to mark 
up S. 1578, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1997 through 2002 
for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings on S. 1574, to 
create new opportunities for growth and jobs in economically 
distressed urban and rural communities, 10:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold a closed briefing on 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E398-99 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Food Safety, 10 a.m., and on Secretary of Agriculture, 1 p.m., 2362A 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works and Chief of Engineers, 10 
a.m. and 2 p.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on Haiti, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on National Foreign 
Intelligence Program, 10 a.m., and on Ballistic Missile Defense, 
1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Domestic and International Monetary Policy, oversight hearing on the 
Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the U.S. Mint, 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Budget, hearing on the Administration's fiscal year 
1997 budget submission, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing on H.R. 2024, Mercury-Containing and 
Rechargeable Battery Management Act, 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, to continue 
hearings on Federal Management of the Radio Spectrum, 9 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, to mark up 
the following bills: H.R. 1227, to amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of 
1947 relating to the payment of wages to employees who use employer-
owned vehicles; and H.R. 2531, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 to clarify the exemption for houseparents from the minimum 
wage and maximum hours requirements of that Act, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, hearing on Campaign-Finance Reform, 
10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following: a 
measure to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms 
Export Control Act to make improvements to certain defense and 
security assistance provisions under those Acts, to authorize the 
transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries; and the Iran 
Oil Sanctions Act of 1966, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing to review current 
issues in Nicaragua, 2 p.m. 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
oversight hearing on Fetal Death or Dangerous Deception? The effects 
of anesthesia During a Partial-Birth Abortion, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, to markup the following: H.R. 2092, Private 
Security Officer Quality Assistance Act of 1995; H.R. 2137, Megan's 
Law; H.R. 2453, Fugitive Detention Act of 1995; H.R. 2641, United 
States Marshals Service Improvement Act of 1995; H.R. 2803, Anti-Car 
Theft Improvements Act of 1995; 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; 
H.R. 2996, Law Enforcement and Industrial Security Cooperation Act 
of 1996; and a measure to amend title 18 with respect to threats 
against jurors, court officers or magistrates; and victim/witness 
tampering or retaliation, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations and Facilities, to continue hearings on national 
defense authorization, with emphasis on the military construction 
budget request, 2 p.m., 2122 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on H.R. 1646, Reserve 
Forces Revitalization Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Procurement and Subcommittee on Military 
Readiness, joint hearing on national defense authorization, with 
emphasis on Department of Defense and Department of Energy 
environmental programs, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, to continue 
hearings on national defense authorization, with emphasis on Air 
Force modernization, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on energy policy, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing 
on Marine Sanctuaries Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, oversight 
hearing on federal lands and federal regulation of private property, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 125, Gun Crime Enforcement 
and Second Amendment Restoration Act, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 
hearing on fiscal year 1997 Department of Energy, EPA, and National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration authorizations; and Safe 
Drinking Water Act reauthorization, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on the U.S. Small Business 
Administration Fiscal Year 1997 Budget, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, executive, to consider 
pending business, 2:30 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing to 
determine the impact of the Administration's Budget on the highway 
and aviation trust funds, 3 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to continue 
hearings on the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, 9:30 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Hospitals and 
Health Care, oversight hearing on VA Medical Care and Construction 
Priorities for Fiscal year 1997, 11:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following bills; H.R. 
2754, Shipbuilding Trade Agreement Act; and H.R. 2337, Taxpayer Bill 
of Rights 2, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, hearing on Aerial 
Reconnaissance, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees, on H.R. 2854, to modify the operation of certain 
agricultural programs, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Conferees, on H.R. 3019, making appropriations for fiscal year 
1996 to make a further downpayment toward a balanced budget, 2 p.m., 
S-207, Capitol.