[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 65 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D459-D461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of May 13 through 18, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will resume 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 Dole Amendment No. 3961, to 
repeal the 4.3 cent gas tax to occur thereon.
  During the balance of the week Senate may consider any legislative or 
executive item cleared for consideration.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, May 14, 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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 15, to hold 
hearings to examine how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
oversees markets in times of volatile prices and tight supplies, 
9:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 14 and 16, Subcommittee on 
Foreign Operations, Tuesday, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for foreign assistance programs, focusing on narcotics, 10 
a.m.; Thursday, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1997 for foreign assistance programs, focusing on the 
New Independent States, 10 a.m.; Tuesday in SD-192 and Thursday in 
SD-106.
  May 14, 15 and 16, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and 
the Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1997, Tuesday, for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 2 p.m.; Wednesday, for the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce, 10 a.m.; for the Bureau of the Census, Department of 
Commerce, 2 p.m.; Thursday, for the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
and the Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, 9:30 
a.m.; for the Department of State, 2 p.m.; Tuesday at 2 p.m., 
Wednesday at 10 a.m., Wednesday at 2 p.m., Thursday at 9:30 a.m. and 
Thursday at 2 p.m., S-146, Capitol.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of the 
Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Defense, closed briefing on F-22, F-18 and 
Joint Strike Fighter Programs, 10 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  May 15 and 17, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997, 
Wednesday, for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2 
p.m.;

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Friday, for the Corporation for National and Community Service, 9:30 
a.m.; SD-192.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1997 for the Department of Health and Human Services, 2 p.m., 
SD-192.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1997 for the Executive Office of the President and the Office 
of Personnel Management, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the United States 
Coast Guard, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 14, to hold closed hearings on 
certain pending military nominations, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 14, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal 
year 1997 for the Federal Aviation Administration and the Airport 
Improvement Program, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 14, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the 
management and costs of class action lawsuits at Department of 
Energy facilities, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 15, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 621, to designate the Great 
Western Trail for potential addition to the National Trail System, 
H.R. 531, to designate the Great Western Scenic Trail as a study 
trail under the National Trails System Act, S. 1049, to designate 
the route from Selma to Montgomery as a National Historic Trail, S. 
1706, to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for 
assistance for highway relocation with respect to the Chickamauga 
and Chattanooga National Military Park in Georgia, and S. 1725, to 
create a third category of long-distance trails to be known as 
national discovery trails and to authorize the American Discovery 
Trail as the first national discovery trail, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 14, business 
meeting, to consider the nomination of Hubert T. Bell, Jr., of 
Alabama, to be Inspector General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
2:15 p.m., S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 15, Subcommittee on African 
Affairs, to hold hearings to update United States policy towards 
Nigeria, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  May 16, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and 
Trade Promotion, to hold hearings to examine commercial diplomacy 
for a changing international business environment, 9:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 15, Permanent Subcommittee 
on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine Russian organized 
crime in the United States, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 14, to hold hearings to examine 
proposals to revise the false statements statute, focusing on the 
case Hubbard v. United States, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues 
relative to combating violence against women, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 16, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: May 14, Subcommittee on 
Aging, to hold hearings to examine challenges faced by an aging 
society, 9 a.m., SD-430.
  May 16, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the healthy 
start demonstration project, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: May 15, 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, 10 a.m., 
SR-301.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Tuesday and Wednesday, Consideration of the following 4 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 2066, Healthy Meals for Children Act;
  2. H.R. 1129, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail;
  3. H.R. 2464, Addition of Lands to Goshute Indian Reservation; and
  4. H.R. 2982, Carbon Hill National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act.
  Consideration of H.R. 3230, the National Defense Authorization Act 
(modified closed rule, 2 hours of general debate).
  Thursday, H. Res.   , Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Resolution (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, May 14, Subcommittee on Resource 
Conservation, Research, and Forestry, hearing to review intramural 
and extramural research programs coordinated by the USDA, 9 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  May 15 and 16, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry and 
the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, joint 
hearings to consider issues raised by a recently released study of 
trading practices and procedures on the National Cheese Exchange, 
9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 14, Subcommittee on Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, on Nobel Laureates, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, on Secretary of State, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.

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  May 15 and 16, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, on Members of Congress, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., on May 15 
and 10 a.m., on May 16, 2358 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Consolidated Departmental Management; and on 
Consolidated Inspectors General, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, May 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, 
oversight hearing on Electricity Regulation: A Vision for the 
Future, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on H.R. 2740, Fan Freedom and Community Protection Act, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, May 16, to 
consider pending business, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, May 14, Subcommittee 
on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory 
Affairs, hearing on the Effects of a Minimum Wage Increase, 9 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  May 15, full committee, hearing on H.R. 3078, Federal Agency Anti-
Lobbying Act, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and 
Technology, hearing on Senior Executive Branch Officials Compliance 
with Federal Travel Guidelines, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 16, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural 
Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on the Impact of 
Regulations on Employment, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs 
and Criminal Justice, hearing on Mismanagement and Waste at the 
White House Communications Agency, 11 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, May 15, hearing on the 
History of Armenian Genocide, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 14, hearing on H.R. 2674, 
Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 3396, 
Defense of Marriage Act, 1:30 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing 
regarding projected increases in legal immigration, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 15, oversight hearing on U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife activities and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight 
hearing on the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 9 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, May 14, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing 
on Solving the Year 2000 Software Problem: Creating Blueprints for 
Success, 1 p.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, to mark up the 
Department of Energy's Civilian Research and Development Act of 
1996, 1:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on proposed amendments 
to the Metric System Conversion Act, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 15, hearing on small businesses 
and entry-level employment opportunities, with emphasis on the 
minimum wage and other proposals for increasing entry-level 
employment opportunities, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 16, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to continue hearings on 
ISTEA Reauthorization Transportation Finance in an Era of Scarce 
Resources: the Highway Trust Fund, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 15, executive, 
hearing on Small Satellites, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: May 14, to hold 
hearings to examine the Russian media role in their country's 
election for 1996, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn Building.