[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 60 (Friday, May 3, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D420-D423]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                            NEW PUBLIC LAWS

(For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D405)
  S.J. Res. 53, making corrections to Public Law 104-134. Signed May 2, 
1996. (P.L. 104-140)


                              BILL VETOED

  H.R. 956, to establish legal standards and procedures for product 
liability litigation. Vetoed May 2, 1996.


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                     Week of May 6 through 11, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 2937, relating to 
former employees of the White House Travel Office.
  On Tuesday, Senate expects to complete consideration of H.R. 2937, 
relating to former employees of the White House Travel Office, with a 
vote on a motion to close further debate on the bill to occur at 2:15 
p.m., and may begin consideration of the following:
  S. 1318, AMTRAK Authorizations;
  H.R. 849, Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1995; or
  Any legislative or executive item cleared for consideration.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, May 7, 1996, from 12:30 p.m. until 
2:15 p.m. for respective party conferences.)


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following 2 suspensions:
  1. H.R. 2137, Megan's Law; and
  2. H.R. 2980, Interstate Stalking Punishment and Prevention Act of 
1996.
  Consideration of H.R. 2974, Crimes against Children and Elderly 
Persons Increased Punishment Act (open rule, 1 hour of general debate); 
and
  Consideration of H.R. 3120, Regarding witness retaliation, witness 
tampering and jury tampering (open rule, 1 hour of general debate).
  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Consideration of H.R. 3322, 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for civilian science 
activities of the Federal Government;
  Consideration of H. Res. 416, establishing a Select Subcommittee of 
the Committee on International Relations to investigate the United 
States role in Iranian arms transfer to Croatia and Bosnia;
  Consideration of H. Res. 417, providing amounts for the expenses of 
the Select Subcommittee on the United States role in Iranian Arms 
Transfers to Croatia and Bosnia of the Committee on International 
Relations in the Second Session of the 104th Congress;
  Consideration of H.R. 3286, to help families defray adoption costs 
and promote the adoption of minority children (subject to a rule); and
  Consideration of H. Con. Res.   , FY 1997 Budget Resolution (subject 
to a rule).

  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later.


                           Senate Committees

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: May 8, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for 
the Department of Defense, focusing on environmental programs, 9:30 
a.m., SD-192.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the National Endowment for 
the Arts, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  May 8 and 9, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1997, Wednesday, for the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m.; 
Thursday, for the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the 
Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, 10 a.m.; for the Small 
Business Administration, 2 p.m.; Wednesday at 10 a.m.,

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Thursday at 10 a.m. and Thursday at 2 p.m., S-146, Capitol.
  May 8, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1997 for the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the 
Treasury, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Federal 
Transit Administration, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1997 for the Department of Labor, 1 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 7, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to 
hold oversight hearings on the Federal Trade Commission, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries, to hold hearings on 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1997 for the 
U.S. Coast Guard, 10 a.m., SR-385.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 7, Subcommittee on 
Forests and Public Land Management, to hold hearings on S. 1662, to 
establish areas of wilderness and recreation in the State of Oregon, 
2 p.m., SD-366.
  May 9, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
recent increase in gasoline prices, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 7, Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings on the General 
Service Administration's Public Buildings Service program request 
for fiscal year 1997 and on disposal of GSA-held property in 
Springfield, Virginia, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: May 8, business meeting, to mark up H.R. 
2853, relating to most favored nation status for Bulgaria, H.R. 
1642, relating to most favored nation status for Cambodia, and H.R. 
3074, relating to tariff treatment of products imported from the 
West Bank and Gaza Strip, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 8, to hold hearings on the 
nominations of Dennis K. Hayes, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Suriname, Dennis C. Jett, of New Mexico, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, and Donald J. Planty, of New 
York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, 10:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 9, to hold oversight 
hearings on the Internal Revenue Service, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 7, to resume hearings on S. 1284, 
to amend title 17 to adapt the copyright law to the digital, 
networked environment of the National Information Infrastructure, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Youth Violence, to hold hearings to examine 
Federal programs relating to youth violence, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: May 7, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National Institutes 
of Health, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  May 8, Full Committee, business meeting, to resume markup of S. 1643, 
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1997 through 2001 for programs of 
the Older Americans Act, and to mark up S. 1360, to ensure personal 
privacy with respect to medical records and health care-related 
information, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold oversight 
hearings on the implementation of the Family and Medical Leave Act, 
9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: May 8, to resume hearings 
on proposals to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
provide for a voluntary system of spending limits and partial public 
financing of Senate primary and general election campaigns, to limit 
contributions by multicandidate political committees, and to reform 
the financing of Federal elections and Senate campaigns, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business: May 10, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation relating to Small Business Investment Company reform, 
9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veteran's Affairs: May 8, to hold hearings to examine 
the reform of health care priorities, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 9, to hold oversight hearings on 
the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Seminole 
Tribe v. Florida on the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, 9:30 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Special Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development 
Corporation and Related Matters: May 7, 8 and 9, to resume hearings 
to examine certain issues relative to the Whitewater Development 
Corporation, 10:30 a.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 8, hearing to investigate into the 
use, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, of federal funds 
authorized under Section 17 of the Food Stamp Act to obtain services 
from private contractors, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, hearing on 
seafood inspection, 9 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 7, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Justice, State and the Judiciary, on Arms Control and Disarmament 
Agency, 2 p.m., and on Telecommunications Issues, 3 p.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Interior, on Interior Columbia Basin 
Ecosystem Management Project, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Secretary of Labor, 10 a.m., and on Employment and 
Training Administration, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary, 
on Trade Promotion and Enforcement, 10 a.m., and on Immigration and 
Border Security, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.

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  May 8, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on all other Department of Labor (except OSHA), 10 a.m., 
and on Occupational Safety and Health Administration and 
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban 
Development and Independent Agencies, on Congressional witnesses, 10 
a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary, 
on Secretary of Commerce, 10 a.m., on Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn, and on Department of State Under 
Secretary for Management, 2 p.m., H-310 Capitol.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Howard University and Special Institutions for the 
Disabled, 10 a.m., and on Secretary of Education, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban 
Development and Independent Agencies, on Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 10:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban 
Development and Independent Agencies, on public witnesses, 9 a.m., 
H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, May 9, Subcommittee 
on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, to mark up the 
Administration's fiscal year 1997 authorization for International 
Financial Institutions, 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, May 7, Subcommittee on Commerce Trade and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing on International Telecommunications 
Trade Issues, 10 a.m., and to mark up H.R. 2579, Travel and Tourism 
Partnership Act, 3:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, oversight hearing on the 
Future of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, May 8, 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on 
Prevention Programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 9, full Committee, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, May 8, Subcommittee 
on Civil Service, hearing on Personnel Issues in Downsizing, 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 8, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on Superfund: A Badly 
Broken Program in Urgent Need of Reform, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs 
and Criminal Justice, hearing on Oversight of the 1996 National Drug 
Control Strategy, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 9, full Committee, to consider pending business, 9 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs 
and Criminal Justice, hearing on Source Country Programs and their 
importance to the Nation's Drug Strategy, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and 
Technology, oversight hearing on the GSA, 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on Food Safety: Oversight of the FDA Center for 
Veterinary Medicine, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, May 8, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on Victims of 
Torture, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 9, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing 
regarding economic espionage, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing 
regarding projected increases in legal immigration, 1 p.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 8, to consider pending business, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on 
H.R. 3249, to authorize appropriations for a mining institute to 
develop domestic technological capabilities for the recovery of 
minerals from the nation's seabed, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 2908, Domesticated Salmonid Broodstock and 
Seedstock Act of 1996; H.R. 2939, Mississippi Interstate Cooperative 
Resource Agreement Act of 1996; and H.R. 1112, to transfer 
management of the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge to the State 
of Oklahoma, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 9, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 2626, to transfer jurisdiction over 
certain parcels of Federal real property located in the District of 
Columbia; and H.R. 3006, to provide for disposal of public lands in 
support of the Manzanar Historic Site in the State of California, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, May 7, to consider the following: H.R. 3322, 
Omnibus Civilian Science Authorization Act of 1996; H.R. 2406, 
United States Housing Act of 1996; and H.R. 3286, Adoption Promotion 
and Stability Act of 1996.
  Committee on Science, May 8, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on the Department of Energy's FY 1997 budget 
request for the Office of Energy Research, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 8, hearing on music licensing and 
small business, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 7, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to continue hearings on 
ISTEA reauthorization: The Federal Role for Transportation and 
National Interests, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing on the Coast Guard Missions' Review Acquisitions, Research 
and Development, and Domestic and International Icebreaking, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 8, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 3118, Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 
1996; H.R. 3376, to authorize major medical facility projects and 
major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for fiscal year 1997; H.R. 3373, Veterans' Benefits Amendments of 
1996; and H.R. 1483, to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow 
revision of veterans benefits decisions based on clear and 
unmistakable error, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, Insurance and 
Memorial Affairs and the Subcommittee on Education, Training, 
Employment and Housing, joint oversight hearing on the Court of 
Veterans Appeals Pro Bono Program; veterans' COLAs; and the 
Davenport v. Brown decision, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care, to mark up H.R. 
3118, Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996; and H.R. 
3376 to authorize major medical facility projects and major medical 
facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal 
year 1997, 8:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 8, hearing to examine the Impact 
of the 1993 Tax Increase on Transportation Fuels, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 7, executive, to 
mark up fiscal year 1997 Intelligence Authorization, 2 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  May 9, executive, to mark up Intelligence Community in the 21st 
Century, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Committee on the Library: May 7, business meeting, to 
consider a report of the General Accounting Office on the Library of 
Congress, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: May 9, to hold a 
briefing on rebuilding Bosnia and Herzegovina, focusing on 
strategies and the role of the United States, 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn 
Building.