[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 51 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D341-D345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of April 22 through 27, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S.J. Res. 21, 
proposing a constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms.
  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of S.J. Res. 21, 
Congressional term limits with a vote on a motion to close further 
debate on the committee substitute amendment to occur thereon, 
following which Senate will vote on H.R. 3103, Health Insurance Reform 
Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may resume consideration of S. 
1664, Illegal Immigration Reform, and may turn to the consideration of 
any item cleared for action, including:
  H.R. 3019, Omnibus Appropriations, 1996, Conference Report; and S. 
1271, Nuclear Waste Policy Act.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, April 23, 1996, from 12:30 p.m. until 
2:15 p.m. for respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: April 23, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the 
Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the U.S. Forest Service, 
9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the

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Department of Defense, focusing on Army programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year1997 for the Department of State, 10 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of 
Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 23, to 
hold hearings to examine the status of assets held in Swiss banks 
deposited by European Jews and others in the years preceding the 
Holocaust, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 23, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings to examine distance learning, and on S. 1278, to establish 
an education satellite loan guarantee program for communications 
among education, Federal, State, and local institutions and agencies 
and instructional and educational resource providers, 9:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 24, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 902, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to assist in the construction of a building to be 
used jointly by the Secretary for park purposes and by the city of 
Natchez as an intermodal transportation center, S. 951, to 
commemorate the service of First Ladies Jacqueline Kennedy and 
Patricia Nixon to improving and maintaining the Executive Residence 
of the President and to authorize grants to the White House 
Endowment Fund in their memory to continue their work, S. 1098, to 
establish the Midway Islands as a National Memorial, H.R. 826, to 
extend the deadline for the completion of certain land exchanges 
involving the Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas, and H.R. 1163, 
to authorize the exchange of National Park Service land in the Fire 
Island National Seashore in the State of New York for land in the 
Village of Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 23 and 24, to 
hold hearings on S. 1285, to reauthorize and amend the Comprehensive 
Environmental Recovery, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(Superfund), as modified by S. Amdt. 3563, in the nature of a 
substitute, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 23, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Prudence Bushnell, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Kenya, Charles O. Cecil, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, David C. Halsted, of Vermont, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Morris N. Hughes, Jr., of 
Nebraska, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, Tibor P. 
Nagy, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, 
Dane Farnsworth Smith, Jr., of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Senegal, George F. Ward, Jr., of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, and Sharon P. Wilkinson, of 
New York, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  April 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Princeton Nathan Lyman, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of 
State for International Organization Affairs, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  April 25, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 23, to hold hearings on a 
proposed constitutional amendment to establish a bill of rights for 
crime victims, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, 
to hold hearings to examine the need for additional bankruptcy 
judgeships and the role of the U.S. trustee system, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: April 23, to hold hearings 
to examine the need to increase organ and tissue donation, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  April 24, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. 1643, to 
authorize funds for fiscal years 1997 through 2001 for programs of 
the Older Americans Act, and S. 1360, to ensure personal privacy 
with respect to medical records and health care-related information, 
9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business: April 23, to hold hearings to examine 
issues affecting home-based business owners, 10:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: April 24, to hold hearings on the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1997 for veterans 
programs, 2 p.m., SR-418.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 23, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9 a.m., SR-485.
  April 25, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Resources on S. 1264, to provide for certain benefits 
of the Missouri River Basin Pick-Sloan Project to the Crow Creek 
Sioux Tribe, 9 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 24, to resume hearings on 
the roles and capabilities of the United States intelligence 
community, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  April 24, Full Committee, closed business meeting, to mark up 
proposed legislation relating to intelligence renewal and reform, 2 
p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: April 23, to hold hearings to examine 
issues relating to Alzheimer's Disease, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Special Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development 
Corporation and Related Matters: April 24 and 25, to resume hearings 
to examine issues relating to the Whitewater Development 
Corporation, 10 a.m., SH-216.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following 2 measures on the Corrections 
Calendar:
  (1) H.R. 3049--To Provide for the Continuity of the Board of Trustees 
of the Institute of American

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Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; and
  (2) H.R. 3055--To Permit Continued Participation by Historically 
Black Graduate Professional Schools in the Grant Program.
  Consideration of the following 7 Suspensions:
  (1) H.R. 2024--Mercury Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management 
Act;
  (2) H.R. 1965--Coastal Zone Management Reauthorization Act of 1995;
  (3) H.R. 2160--Cooperative Fisheries Management Act of 1995;
  (4) H.R. 1772--Authorizing Acquisition of Certain Interests in the 
Waihee Marsh for Inclusion in the Oahu National Wildlife Refuge 
Complex;
  (5) H.R. 1836--Authorizing Acquisition of Property in East Hampton, 
New York for Inclusion in the Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge;
  (6) H.R. 2660--Increasing the Amount Authorized for the Tensas River 
National Wildlife Refuge; and
  (7) H.R. 2679--Revising the Boundary of the North Platte National 
Wildlife Refuge.
  Consideration of the President's Veto of H.R. 1561, American Overseas 
Interests Act of 1995.
  Wednesday and Thursday, Consideration of H.R. 3019, Fiscal Year 1996 
Omnibus Appropriations Conference report (subject to a rule being 
granted);
  Consideration of H.R. 1675, National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act 
of 1995 (subject to a rule being granted); and
  Consideration of H.R. 2715, Paperwork Elimination Act of 1995 
(subject to a rule being granted).
  Friday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Note: Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 24, Subcommittee on Livestock, 
Dairy, and Poultry, hearing on meat and poultry inspection in 
foreign countries; comparison to Federal and State inspection; and 
requirements of trade agreements, 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 22, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, on National Institute of 
Neurological Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute on Mental 
Health; the National Institute on Drug Abuse; and the National 
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, 
on SBA; Minority Business Development Agency; and the Economic 
Administration, 2 p.m., H-310 Capitol.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Interior, on Smithsonian Institution, 10 
a.m., and on Fish and Wildlife Service, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, on 
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and on 
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 10 
a.m., and on National Center for Human Genome Research, the National 
Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, and on the 
Office of AIDS Research, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on 
National Guard and Reserve Programs, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Reforming the Grievance Process, 2 p.m., 2362 
Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 2360 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, on Secretary of State, 10 a.m., and on Office of Justice 
Programs and Juvenile Justice, 2 p.m., H-310 Capitol.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, on AID Administrator, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of the Interior, 
10 a.m., and on Bureau of Land Management, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on National Cancer Institute and Fogarty International 
Center, 10 a.m., and on National Institute of Environmental Health 
Sciences, National Center for Research Resources, and National 
Library of Medicine, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on National Security, on Defense Medical 
Programs, 10 a.m., and on Readiness, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Office of Management and Budget, 10 a.m., B-307 
Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, Housing and Urban 
Development, on Council on Environmental Quality, 10 a.m., on 
Selective Service System, 11 a.m., and on Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the 
Judiciary, on Federal Maritime Commission and Maritime 
Administration, 10 a.m., on Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
11 a.m., and on Secretary of Commerce; Commerce Department Under 
Secretary for Technology; National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; and Patent and Trademark Office, 2 p.m., H-310 Capitol.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Agencies, on congressional and public witnesses, 10 a.m., H-
144 Capitol.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of Energy, 10 
a.m., and on Forest Service, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on National Institute of Child Health and Human 
Development and National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 10 
a.m., and on Buildings

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and Facilities, and Office of the Director, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General 
Government, on Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Operations, 
10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies, on NASA, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 
H-143 Capitol.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal 
and Skin Diseases; National Institute on Aging; National Institute 
of Dental Research; and National Institute of Nursing Research, 9 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, April 24 and 25, 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearings 
on ATM Surchargers, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, hearing on the Administration's authorization requests for 
International Financial Institutions, 1 p.m., 2222 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, April 24, Subcommittee on Health and 
Environment, hearing on the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 
1996, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to 
continue hearings on the Department of Energy: Travel Expenditures 
and Related Issues, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, April 23, 
Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Lifelong 
Learning, hearing on Higher Education: Who Plays, Who Pays, Who 
Goes, 1 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 3268, IDEA Improvement Act of 
1996; and H.R. 3269, Impact Aid Technical Amendments Act of 1996, 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
the Abuse of Power at the Department of Labor, 9:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, April 23, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, 
hearing on Federal Budget and Financial Management Reform, 9:30 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  April 24, full committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
2700, to designate the United States Post Office building located at 
7980 FM 327, Elmendorf, Texas, as the ``Amos F. Longoria Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 3184, Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996; and H.R. 
2086, Local Empowerment and Flexibility Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on Financial Management and Accounting Reform, 
9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, April 23, hearing on U.S. 
Policy Toward Bosnia, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 24, hearing on Developments in the Middle East, 1 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 22, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, oversight hearing regarding the origins and scope of 
Roe v. Wade, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 24, full committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
2740, Fan Freedom and Community Protection Act of 1995; H.R. 3235, 
Office of Government Ethics Authorization Act of 1996; H.R. 1802, 
Reorganization of the Federal Administrative Judiciary Act; 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. 
2650, Mandatory Federal Prison Drug Treatment Act of 1995; H.R. 
2803, Anti-Car Theft Improvement 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; and H.R. 3120, to amend title 18, United States Code, 
with respect to witness retaliation, witness tampering and jury 
tampering, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 1202, Captive 
Exotic Animal Protection Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, April 24, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations and Facilities, to mark up H.R. 3230, National Defense 
Authorization for Fiscal Year 1997, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 24, Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine, to 
consider recommendations on the fiscal year 1997 Maritime 
Administration and Panama Canal Commission authorizations, 4 p.m., 
2216 Rayburn.
  April 24, Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and 
Recreation, to consider recommendations on H.R. 3230, National 
Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 1997, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, to mark up H.R. 
3230, National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 1997, 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, to mark up H.R. 
3230, National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 1997, 10 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, April 23, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 3198, National Geologic Mapping 
Reauthorization Act of 1996, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 23, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 3127, Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 
1996, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  April 24, full committee, oversight hearing on Department of the 
Interior activities, programs, and fiscal year 1997 budget, 1:30 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 25, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, April 23, to consider the following: 
Conference Report to accompany H.R. 3019, making appropriations for 
fiscal year 1996 to make a further downpayment toward a balanced 
budget; H.R. 1675, National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of 1995; 
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2715, Paperwork Elimination Act of 1996, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, April 24, to mark up the following: the 
Omnibus Civilian Science Authorization Act of 1996; and H.R. 3060, 
Antarctic Environmental Protection Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 25, hearing on intellectual 
property issues of importance to small business, with emphasis on 
examining different approaches to pressing patent term and patent 
disclosure issues that are contained in pending legislation (H.R. 
359 and H.R. 1733), 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 24, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, to continue hearings on Problems in the 
U.S. Aviation Relationship with the United Kingdom and Japan, 9:30 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic 
Development, hearing on Federal Building Security, 8:30 a.m., 2253 
Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing on the Coast Guard Budget Authorization for Fiscal Year 1997 
and the Federal Maritime Commission Budget Authorization for Fiscal 
Year 1997, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic 
Development, hearing on the GSA's fiscal year 1997 Capital 
Investment Program, 8:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, hearing to 
review unauthorized Transit Projects and Legislative requests for 
fiscal year 1997, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 24, Subcommittee on 
Hospitals and Health Care, oversight hearing concerning the 
effectiveness of community care clinics, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 23, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing on Department of Commerce proposed antidumping regulations 
and other antidumping issues, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  April 24, full committee, hearing on the impact on small business 
of replacing the Federal Income Tax, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Tax Debt 
Collection Issues, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on H.R. 2795, to amend 
the Trade Act of 1974 and the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify the 
definitions of domestic industry and like articles in certain 
investigations involving perishable agricultural products, 2 p.m., 
B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 23, to consider 
pending business; followed by, executive, a hearing on Community 
Management, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  April 25, executive, hearing on Bosnia Arms, 10 a.m., and, 
executive, a briefing on Unwarned Sensors, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint hearing: April 25, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Resources on S. 
1264, to provide for certain benefits of the Missouri River Basin 
Pick-Sloan Project to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, 9 a.m., SR-485.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 23, to 
hold hearings to examine the consequences of the 1986 Chernobyl 
nuclear disaster and the international community's response, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 26, to 
hold a briefing on the ethnic Turkish minority of Greece, 10 a.m., 
2200 Rayburn Building.