[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 7, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D434-D435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                         WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, 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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for 
the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
  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.
  Committee on the Budget, business meeting, to mark up a proposed 
concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1997 budget for the Federal 
Government, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Finance, 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, 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 the Judiciary, 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, 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.

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  Committee on Rules and Administration, 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 Veterans Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the 
reform of health care priorities, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, closed business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 2:45 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development 
Corporation and Related Matters, to continue hearings to examine 
certain issues relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, 
10 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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.
  Committee on Appropriations. 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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development 
and Independent Agencies, on Congressional witnesses, 9:20 a.m., H-
143 Capitol.
  Committee on the Budget, to markup the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget 
Resolution, 1:30 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, oversight 
hearing on the Future of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, Subcommittee 
on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on Prevention 
Programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, 
10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Civil Service, hearing on Personnel Issues in Downsizing, 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  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.
  Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs and 
Criminal Justice, hearing on Oversight of the 1996 National Drug 
Control Strategy, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to markup the following: H. 
Con. Res. 160, congratulating the people of the Republic of Sierra 
Leone on the success of their recent democratic multiparty 
elections; H. Con. Res. 165, saluting and congratulating Polish 
people around the world as, on May 3, 1996, they commemorate the 
205th anniversary of the adoption of Poland's first constitution; 
and H. Con. Res. 167, recognizing the 10th anniversary of the 
Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and supporting the closing of the 
Chernobyl nuclear power plant; to consider authorizing subpoenas to 
compel testimony of Charles E. Redman, Ambassador to Germany and 
Peter W. Galbraith, Ambassador to Croatia; and to consider 
authorizing a subpoena to compel the testimony of Paul Neifert, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on the Crisis in Liberia, 2 p.m., 
2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, hearing 
on Victims of Torture, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to markup the following: H.R. 2909, Silvio 
O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Eminent Domain Prevention 
Act; H.R. 2823, International Dolphin Conservation Program Act; H.R. 
3068, to accept the request of the Prairie Island Indian Community 
to revoke their charter of incorporation issued under the Indian 
Reorganization Act; and H. J. Res. 70, authorizing the Alpha Phi 
Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial to Martin Luther King., Jr. 
in the District of Columbia or its environs, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, 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, hearing on music licensing and small 
business, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, executive, to consider 
pending business, 2 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to markup 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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care, to markup 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, 1:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing to examine the Impact of the 
1993 Tax Increase on Transportation Fuels, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.