[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D480-D481]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 16, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and the Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of 
Justice, 9:30 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for foreign assistance programs, 
focusing on the New Independent States, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  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.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for 
the Department of State, 2 p.m., S-146, Capitol.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to examine 
NASA's Mission to Planet Earth program, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 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

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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 Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, to hold hearings to 
examine commercial diplomacy for a changing international business 
environment, 9 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, business meeting, to mark up S. 
1488, to convert certain excepted service positions in U.S. Fire 
Administration to competitive service positions, S. 88, Local 
Empowerment and Flexibility Act, S. 94, Prohibition on the 
Consideration of Retroactive Tax Increases, S. 1376, Corporate 
Study, Review, Reform and Termination Act, S. 1130, Accounting 
Standardization Act, S. 356, Language of Government Act, S. 1018, 
Private Relief for Clarence P. Stewart, and H.R. 2739, House of 
Representatives Administrative Reform, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold oversight hearings 
on the healthy start demonstration project, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  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.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see page 
E816 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and 
Poultry and the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, 
to continue 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, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, on Members of Congress, 10 a.m., and 
on Consolidated Departmental Management; and on Consolidated 
Inspectors General, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Domestic and International Monetary Policy, to mark up H.R. 3399, to 
authorize appropriations for the United States contribution to the 
10th replenishment of the resources of the International Development 
Association, to authorize consent to and authorize appropriations 
for the United States contribution to the fifth replenishment of the 
resources of the African Development Bank, to authorize consent to 
and authorize appropriations for a United States contribution to the 
interest subsidy account of the successor (ESAF II) to the Enhanced 
Structural Adjustment Facility of the International Monetary Fund, 
and to provide for the establishment of the Middle East Development 
Bank, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing on H.R. 2740, Fan Freedom and Community 
Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information and Technology, hearing on Senior 
Executive Branch Officials Compliance with Federal Travel 
Guidelines, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing on the Impact of Regulations on 
Employment, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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 House Oversight, hearing and markup of the Fiscal 
Year 1997 FEC Authorization, 10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade and the Subcommittee on Asia 
and the Pacific, joint hearing on the Impact of MFN for China on 
U.S.-China Economic Relations, 9:45 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and 
Claims, oversight hearing regarding projected increases in legal 
immigration, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following: 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; 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.R. 848, to increase the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for assistance for highway 
relocation regarding Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military 
Park in Georgia, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing 
on the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 9 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 3144, Defend 
America Act of 1996; H.R. 3415, to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to repeal the 4.3-cent increase in the transportation motor 
fuels excise tax rates enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1993 and dedicated to the general fund of the Treasury; and 
H.R. 3259, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, 1 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on 
proposed amendments to the Metric System Conversion Act, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.