[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 77 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D545-D547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                     Week of June 3 through 8, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of a motion 
to proceed to the consideration of S. 1635, Defend America Act, with a 
cloture vote to occur on the motion on Tuesday, June 4, 1996, at 2:15 
p.m.
  During the balance of the week Senate may consider H.R. 3230, 
National Defense Authorization Act, any legislative and executive 
items, and conference reports cleared for consideration.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, June 4, 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: June 5, to hold 
hearings to examine proposals to reform the Commodity Exchange Act, 
9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 4 and 5, Subcommittee on 
Defense, Tuesday, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year for the Department of Defense, focusing on the chemical 
demilitarization program, 9:30 a.m.; Wednesday, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on medical programs, 10 a.m.; Tuesday in SD-138 
and Wednesday in SD-192.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for foreign 
assistance programs, focusing on peacekeeping and international 
organizations and programs, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 6, Subcommittee on 
Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 
1703, to revitalize and expand the scope of operations of the 
National Park Foundation to assist in the preservation of America's 
national parks, 2 p.m., SD-366.

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  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 4, to hold 
hearings on S. 1730, to revise the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to 
prevent oilspills and to improve the response to the environmental 
and economic injuries from oilspills that do occur, 9:30 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 4, to hold hearings on United 
Nations world conferences, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  June 5, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine the foreign policy implications of China most-
favored-nation status, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  June 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
consequences of most-favored-nation renewal for China, 2 p.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 5, Permanent Subcommittee 
on Investigations, to resume hearings to examine the security status 
of American informations systems, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  June 6, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on Internal 
Revenue Service financial management, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 4, to hold hearings on S. 1237, 
to revise certain provisions of law relating to child pornography, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: June 5, business meeting, 
to mark up S. 1221, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1996 through 
2000 for the Legal Services Corporation, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business: June 5, to hold oversight hearings on 
the implementation of the small business agenda, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 5, to hold hearings to examine 
how the Supplemental Security Income and the Disability Income 
programs can be reformed to encourage more people to enter into 
productive employment, 9 a.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 5, hearing to review trade 
opportunities in the Pacific Rim, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 6, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, hearing to 
consider state meat and poultry inspection, 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 5, Subcommittee on the District 
of Columbia, hearing on D.C. Management/Operating Improvements, 10 
a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Commerce, June 6, hearing on H.R. 3507, Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, June 6, 
Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on Retirement 
Crisis Ahead?: Exploring Ways to Simplify and Expand Pensions, 10 
a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  June 6, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and 
Life-Long Learning, hearing on H.R. 2416, Open Campus Police Logs 
Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, June 5, Subcommittee 
on Civil Service, to continue hearings on Further Downsizing and 
Reinvention, Part II, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 6, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, oversight hearing on the Department of Education's 
Management of Access to Federal Student Aid Programs, 2 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, June 5, to meet to authorize 
a subpoena to compel testimony of a representative from the AID, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 6, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on the War 
on Drugs in the Western Hemisphere: Fact or Fiction? 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 5, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing regarding the performance of 
the SSA's Administrative Law Judges of Mobile, Alabama, and related 
issues, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  June 6, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on S. 1507, Parole 
Commission Phaseout Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, June 6, hearing on U.S. national 
interests in the Post-Cold-War world, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 4, oversight hearing on GAO Report on 
public timber, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 6, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on Royalty-In-Kind: Oversight of the Minerals Management 
Service's current and past royalty-in-kind programs for crude oil, 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 6, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight 
hearing on ``Teaming With Wildlife'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 6, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Lands, 
hearing on the following: H.R. 2122, to designate the Lake Tahoe 
Basin National Forest in the States of California and Nevada to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture; H.R. 2438, to provide 
for the conveyance of lands to certain individuals in Gunnison 
County, Colorado; H.R. 2518, to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to exchange lands in the Wenatchee National Forest, 
Washington, for certain lands owned by Public Utility District No. 1 
of Chelan County, Washington; H.R. 2693, to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of 
Hells Canyon Wilderness in Oregon and Idaho to exclude an 
established Forest Service road inadvertently included in the 
wilderness; H.R. 2709, to provide for the conveyance of certain land 
to the Del Norte County Unified School District of Del Norte County, 
California; H.R. 3146, to provide for the exchanges of certain 
Federal lands in the State of California for certain non-Federal 
lands; and H.R. 3547, to provide for the conveyance of a parcel of 
real property in the Apache National Forest in Arizona to the Alpine 
Elementary School District 7 to be used for the construction of 
school facilities and related playing fields, 9 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.

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  Committee on Science, June 4, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing 
on the increasing importance of International Standards to the U.S. 
Industrial Community and the Impact of ISO 14000. 1:30 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  June 6, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Patent System and 
Modern Technology Needs: Meeting the Challenge of the 21st Century, 
10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 6, hearing on the proposed 
reforms of the Small Business Investment Company Program, 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 5, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to continue hearings on 
ISTEA Reauthorization Maintaining Adequate Infrastructure: the 
Interstate Maintenance National Highway System, Bridge and 
Reimbursement Programs, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 5, Subcommittee on 
Compensation, Pension, Insurance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on 
the Department of Veterans Affairs computer modernization effort as 
it relates to an overall strategic plan within the Department, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 4, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on Employment Classification Issues, 9:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on the use of 
Social Security Trust Fund money to finance union activities at the 
SSA, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  June 6, full Committee, hearing on the Financial Condition of the 
Medicare Program, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 6, executive, 
hearing on Bosnia, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 7, to hold hearings to examine the 
employment-unemployment situation for May, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.