[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D367-D369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 25, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for rural development 
programs, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of 
Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-192.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on domestic air service in the wake of airline 
deregulation, focusing on challenges faced by small communities, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 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 Foreign Relations, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  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.
  Special Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development 
Corporation and Related Matters, to continue hearings to examine 
issues relating to the Whitewater Development Corporation, 10 a.m., 
SH-216.


                                 NOTICE

  For a Listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E620-21 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, 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., on Commerce Department Inspector General and on Commerce 
Department Under Secretary for Technology; National Institute of 
Standards and Technology; and Patent and Trademark Office, 3 p.m., 
H-310 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Agencies, on congressional and public witnesses, 10 a.m., H-144 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., and on 
Forest Service, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the 
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 10 a.m., and on 
Buildings and Facilities, and Office of the Director, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, 
on Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Operations, 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies, on NASA, 9:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on the 
Administration's authorization requests for International Financial 
Institutions, 1 p.m., 2222 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, to 
continue hearings on ATM Surcharges, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on 
Financial Management and Accounting Reform, 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the 
Administration's Foreign Assistance Budget Request for Fiscal Year 
1997, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up H.R. 2740, Fan Freedom and 
Community Protection Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 1202, Captive Exotic Animal 
Protection Act of 1995, 1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, to mark up H.R. 3230, National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1997, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Readiness, to mark up H.R. 3230, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following: H.R. 3275, to 
amend the Indian Child Welfare Act to exempt from coverage of the 
act child custody proceedings involving a child whose parents do not 
maintain significant social, cultural, or political affiliation with 
the tribe of which the parents are members; omnibus adoption 
measure; H.R. 2982, Carbon Hill National Fish Hatchery Conveyance 
Act; H.R. 2464, to amend Public Law 103-93 to provide additional 
lands within the State of Utah for the Goshute Indian Reservation; 
H.R. 2560, to provide for conveyances of certain lands in Alaska to 
Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native Association, Inc., Ninilchik Native 
Association, Inc., Seldovia Native Association, Inc., Tyonek Native 
Corp., and Knikatnu, Inc. under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act; S. 1459, Public Rangelands Management Act of 1996; and a 
measure to establish guidelines for the designation of National 
Heritage Areas; and to consider a motion to authorize the issuance 
of a subpoena to compel the appearance of a witness, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.

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  Committee on Small Business, 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 Standards of Official Conduct, executive, to consider 
pending business, 2 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, hearing to review 
unauthorized Transit Projects and Legislative requests for fiscal 
year 1997, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on 
Tax Debt Collection Issues, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  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, 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: 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.