[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 41 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D256-D259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of March 25 through 30, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider H.R. 1296, relating to Presidio 
properties.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 1296, relating 
to Presidio properties.
  During the week, Senate will also consider the following:
  H.R. 3019, Omnibus Appropriations, 1996, Conference Report;
  H.R. 2854, Farm Bill Conference Report;
  S. 4, Line Item Veto Conference Report;
  Debt Limit Increase legislation; and
  Any cleared legislative and executive business.
  (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, 
March 26, 1996, for respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: March 26, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for the Department of 
Agriculture, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Defense, 
focusing on Navy and Marine Corps programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 25, Subcommittee on Strategic 
Forces, 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 Ballistic Missile Defense 
programs and issues, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  March 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings on atomic energy 
defense activities under the purview of the Acting Under Secretary, 
Department of Energy, 11 a.m., SR-222.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Seapower, 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 Department of the Navy's Marine Corps programs, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-232A.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology, 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 proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 
and the impact of export controls on national security, 10 a.m., SR-
222.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Seapower, to continue hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing 
on the Department of the Navy's Submarine Development and 
Procurement programs, 1:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 28, Full Committee, 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.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Seapower, to hold hearings on the C-17 
airplane, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Airland Forces, 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 Army modernization programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, 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 cooperative threat programs, arms control, and chemical 
demilitarization, 10 a.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 26, to 
hold hearings on the nominations of Alan Greenspan, of New York, to 
be Chairman, Alice M. Rivlin, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member and 
Vice Chairman, and Laurence H. Meyer, of Missouri, to be a Member, 
all of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 11 
a.m., SD-538.
  March 27, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 26, 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings on 
the proposed budget request for fiscal year 1997 for the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and to examine recent 
developments in the Space Station program, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  March 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Spectrum's 
use and management, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  March 28, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 27, to hold 
hearings on S. 1605, to amend the Energy Policy

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and Conservation Act to manage the Strategic Petroleum Reserve more 
effectively, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  March 28, Full Committee, to resume oversight hearings on issues 
relating to competitive change in the electric power industry, 9:30 
a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 27, to hold 
hearings on proposals to improve prevention of, and response to, oil 
spills in light of the recent North Cape spill, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 25, Subcommittee on Social Security 
and Family Policy, to hold hearings to review the Social Security 
Advisory Council report on solving problems in the Social Security 
program, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 26, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Ernest G. Green, of the District of Columbia, and 
Henry McKoy, of North Carolina, each to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the African Development Foundation, Lawrence Neal 
Benedict, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cape 
Verde, Harold Walter Geisel, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Mauritius and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Federal Islamic 
Republic of The Comoros, Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of the Congo, Robert Krueger, of Texas, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana, and David H. Shinn, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador to Ethiopia, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  March 26, Full Committee, closed briefing on the verifiability of 
the Convention on Chemical Weapons (Treaty Doc. 103-21), 11 a.m., S-
407, Capitol.
  March 27, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
treaties and nominations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  March 28, Full Committee, to resume hearings on the Convention on 
Chemical Weapons (Treaty Doc. 103-21), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: March 25, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Robert E. Morin, to be an Associate Judge of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  March 26, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the 
Internal Revenue Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  March 27, 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: March 26, to hold hearings on S. 1284, 
to adapt the copyright law to the digital, networked environment of 
the National Information Infrastructure, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  March 26, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up proposed 
legislation relating to legal immigration (incorporating provisions 
of S. 1394), 2 p.m., room to be announced.
  March 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 
2 p.m., SD-226.
  March 28, Full Committee, to resume markup of proposed legislation 
relating to legal immigration (incorporating provisions of S. 1394), 
10 a.m., room to be announced.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: March 26, Subcommittee on 
Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine the gap between 
Federal services and charitable services, focusing on how best to 
meet program needs, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  March 27, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 1477, to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health 
Service Act to improve the regulation of food, drugs, devices, and 
biological products, S. 969, to require that health plans provide 
coverage for a minimum hospital stay for a mother and child 
following the birth of the child, and proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for the Older Americans Act, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: March 27, to hold hearings 
to review certain issues with regard to the Government Printing 
Office, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 27, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the 
legislative recommendations of the Veterans of World War I, AMVETS, 
the American Ex-Prisoners of War, the Vietnam Veterans of America, 
and the Military Order of the Purple Heart, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon 
Building.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 28, to hold oversight hearings 
on the recent settlement and accommodation agreements concerning the 
Navajo and Hopi land dispute, 9 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 27, to resume hearings on 
the future of United States intelligence, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  March 27 and 28, Full Committee, to hold a closed briefing on 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: March 28, to hold hearings to examine 
adverse drug reactions in the elderly, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following 7 Suspensions:
  1. H. Con. Res. 146, 1996 Special Olympics Torch Relay;
  2. H. Con. Res. 147, 1996 National Peace Officers' Memorial Service;
  3. H. Res. 345, expressing concern about the deterioration of human 
rights in Cambodia;
  4. H. Res. 379, expressing the sense of the House concerning the 
anniversary of the massacre of Kurds by the Iraqi government;
  5. H. Con. Res. 102, concerning the emancipation of the Iranian 
Baha'i Community;
  6. H.J. Res. 158, to recognize the Peace Corps on the occasion of the 
35th anniversary and the Americans who have served as Peace Corps 
volunteers; and
  7. H.R. 3121, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the 
Arms Export Control Act to make improvements to certain defense and 
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assistance provisions and to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to 
certain foreign countries.
  Recorded votes if ordered on Suspensions will be postponed until 
Wednesday, March 27.
  Wednesday and the balance of the week, Consideration of Senate 
amendments to H.R. 1833, Partial Abortion Ban Act (rule providing for 
concurrence in Senate amendments);
  Consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2854, Agriculture 
Market Transition Act (subject to a rule being granted);
  Consideration of H.R. 3103, Health Coverage Availability and 
Affordability Act of 1996 (subject to a rule being granted);
  Consideration of H.J. Res. ----, making further appropriations for 
fiscal year 1996 (subject to a rule being granted); and
  Consideration of H.R. ----, Debt Limit Increase (subject to a rule 
being granted).
  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 27, Subcommittee on Resource 
Conservation, Research, and Forestry, hearing to review the goals 
and priority setting mechanisms of federally supported agricultural 
research, education, and extension, 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 26, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies, on Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 1 p.m., 
2362A Rayburn.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Department of Energy and Environmental Management and Nuclear Waste 
Issues, 2 p.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Interior, on Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
1. p.m., and on Indian Health Service, 2:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Research and Special 
Programs Administration, 12:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Natural Resources and 
Environment, 10 a.m., and on Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, 
1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Attorney General, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of Reclamation, 10 a.m., 
on NRC, 2 p.m.; and on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 3 p.m., 
2362B Rayburn.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Export Financing and 
Related Programs, on Secretary of State, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Secretary of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., and 
on Director, NIH, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 27, Subcommittee on National Security, on fiscal year 1997 
Air Force Posture, 10 a.m., on Air Force Acquisition Programs, 1:30 
p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Transit 
Administration and on the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority, 
2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on White House Operations, 1 p.m., and on U.S. Postal 
Service, 2 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  March 27, Subcommittee on VA, and Independent Agencies, on 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn 
and 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Departmental 
Administration/Office of Chief Financial Officer, 10 a.m., and on 
Rural Economic and Community Development, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Federal Judiciary, 11 a.m., and on the Supreme Court, 2 p.m., H-
309 Capitol.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Appalachian Regional Commission, 10 a.m., on TVA, 11 a.m., and, 
executive, on Naval Reactors, 1 p.m., and, executive, on Department 
of Energy Atomic Energy Defense Activities, 2 p.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Export Financing and 
Related Programs, on Export-Import Bank, Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation, and Trade Development Agency, 10 a.m., H-144 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on National Cancer Institute, 10 a.m., and on National 
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institute of Dental 
Research, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney 
Diseases, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Budget 
Overview, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on National Security, on fiscal year 1997 
Army Posture, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn, and on Army Acquisition 
Programs, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Council of Economic Advisors, 10 a.m., B-307 Rayburn, 
and on Overall Treasury Operations, 2 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  March 28, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Department of Veterans' Affairs, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on Members of Congress, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, March 27, hearing on 
Issues Related to Recent Developments in Electronic Benefits 
Transfer, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, to markup the Enterprise Resource 
Bank Act of 1996, 1:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, March 27, hearing on Prospects for 
Economic Growth, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.

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  March 28, hearing on the Implications of Taking the Transportation 
Trust Funds Off-Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, March 27, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Department of Energy: Furloughs and 
Financial Management, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 27 and 28, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, 
hearings on FCC Reform, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, oversight hearing on 
Technological, Environmental, and Financial issues Raised by 
Increasingly Competitive Electricity Markets, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on reauthorization of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, March 28, 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on 
reviewing the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, March 27, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, 
hearing on Federal Budget Process Reform, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to continue 
hearings on implementation of Public Law 104-8, District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, 12 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, to continue hearings on the Status of Efforts to Identify 
Persian Gulf War Syndrome, Part 11, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, 
Technology, hearing on Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, 9:30 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, March 28, hearing on 
Developments in Iraq, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 29, to mark up H.R. 361, Omnibus Export Administration Act 
of 1995, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 28, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 1802, Reorganization of the 
Federal Administrative Judiciary Act, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, March 27 and 28, to continue 
hearings on the fiscal year 1997 national defense authorization, 1 
p.m., on March 27 and 9:30 a.m., and 2 p.m., on March 28, 2118 
Rayburn.
  March 27, Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and 
Recreation, hearing on the fiscal year 1997 national defense 
authorization, with emphasis on morale, welfare and recreation, 10 
a.m., 2216 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Military Procurement Procurement and the 
Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, to continue joint 
hearings on the fiscal year 1997 national defense authorization, 
with emphasis on Navy modernization, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, March 26, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Lands, oversight hearing on Forest Service's decision-
making process, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on fiscal year 1997 budget requests from Fish and 
Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, and NOAA; and 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2909, Silvio O. Conte National 
Fish and Wildlife Refuge Eminent Domain Prevention Act, and H.R. 
2982, Carbon Hill National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act, 1 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  March 28, full committee, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, March 28, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on NASA Posture, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 27, Subcommittee on Government 
Programs, hearing on H.R. 2715, Paperwork Elimination Act of 1995, 2 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 27, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, to mark up a measure to reauthorize the 
National Transportation Safety Board; followed by a hearing on 
Problems in the United States Aviation Relationship with the United 
Kingdom and Japan, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Railroads and the Subcommittee on 
Technology of the Committee on Science, joint hearing on Rail Safety 
Oversight: High Technology Train Control Devices, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, hearing on the 
Importance of Transportation Infrastructure Investments to the 
Nation's Future, 11:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 29, hearing on fiscal year 
1997 budget request, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 27, to continue hearings on 
Replacing the Federal Income Tax, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on IRS Budget for 
fiscal year 1997 and the 1996 Tax Return Filing Season, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on United States-Japan 
Trade Relations, 2:30 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 27, executive, 
hearing on Analysis/Exploitation, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 28, executive, hearing on Dissemination, 10 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint hearing: March 27, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
review the legislative recommendations of the Veterans of World War 
I, AMVETS, the American Ex-Prisoners of War, the Vietnam Veterans of 
America, and the Military Order of the Purple Heart, 9:30 a.m., 345 
Cannon Building.