[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 83 (Friday, June 7, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D581-D583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of June 10 through 15, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate is expected to discuss the conference report on H. 
Con. Res. 178, Congressional Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 1997.
  During the balance of the week Senate may consider any legislative 
and executive items, and conference reports cleared for consideration.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, June 11, 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 12, to 
hold hearings on S. 1166, to improve the registration of pesticides, 
to provide minor use crop protection, and to improve pesticide 
tolerances to safeguard infants and children, 1 p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 11, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  June 12, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the Special 
Committee on Aging on investing in medical research, focusing on 
health care and human costs, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  June 12, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on Department 
of Defense financial management issues, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1997 for the Department of Education, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1997 for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2 p.m., 
SD-192.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the General 
Accounting Office, and the Architect of the Capitol, 10 a.m., S-128, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 11, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business; to be followed by 
hearings on S. 1010, to amend the unit of general local government 
definition for Federal payments in lieu of taxes to include 
unorganized boroughs in Alaska, S. 1807, to amend the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Kake Tribal Corporation public 
interest land exchange, and S. 1187, to convey certain real property 
located in the Tongass National Forest to Daniel J. Gross, Sr., and 
Douglas K. Gross, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1844, to direct a 
study of the opportunities for enhanced water based recreation, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 11, Drinking 
Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife, to hold hearings on implementation 
of salmon and steelhead recovery efforts in the Pacific Northwest, 
focusing on the installation of the surface collector at Lower 
Granite Dam, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 14, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the 
status of the hemisphere, 1 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 11, to hold hearings to examine 
the threat of terrorism during the 1996 Olympics, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property 
Rights, business meeting, to mark up S.J. Res. 8, proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit 
retroactive increases in taxes, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  June 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1740, to define 
and protect the institution of marriage, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 13, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: June 13, Subcommittee on 
Aging, to hold hearings to examine whether working America is 
adequately preparing for retirement, 9 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 11, to hold oversight hearings 
on the implementation of the Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act 
of 1994, and on Indian trust funds management by the Department of 
the Interior, 8:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 12, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 12, to hold joint hearings with 
the Committee on Appropriations on investing in medical research, 
focusing on health care and human costs, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of the following 11 suspensions:
  1. H.R. 848, regarding the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National 
Military Park;
  2. H. Con. Res. 172, Authorizing the 1996 Summer Olympic Torch Relay 
to be run through the Capitol grounds;
  3. H. Con. Res. 153, Authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for 
the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby;
  4. H.R. 3029, Designating the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse;

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  5. H.R. 3134, Designating the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse;
  6. H.R. 3186, Designating the Sammy L. Davis Federal Building;
  7. H.R. 3364, Designating the William J. Nealon U.S. Courthouse;
  8. H.R. 3400, Designating the Roman L. Hruska U.S. Courthouse;
  9. H.R. 3268, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
  10. H.R. 3060, Antarctic Environmental Protection Act; and
  11. H.R. 3572, Designating the William H. Natcher Bridge.
  Recorded votes if ordered on Suspensions will be postponed until 5 
p.m. on Monday, June 10.
  Tuesday and the balance of the week, Consideration of the following 
Corrections Day measure: H.R. 2909, Silvio O. Conte National Refuge 
Eminent Domain Prevention Act;
  Continue consideration of H.R. 3540, Foreign Operations 
Appropriations Act for FY 1997 (open rule, 1 hour of general debate);
  Consideration of H.R.   , DOD Appropriations Act for FY 1997 (subject 
to a rule being granted);
  Consideration of H.R. 3603, Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food 
and Drug Administration Appropriations Act for FY 1997 (subject to a 
rule being granted); and
  Consideration of H.R. 2754, the Shipbuilding Trade Agreement Act 
(modified closed rule, 1 hour of general debate).
  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further 
program will be announced later.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 11, to consider recommendations to 
the Committee on the Budget to comply with the instructions included 
in the Budget Resolution (Food Stamp Reform Program), 1:30 p.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 11, to continue 
markup of the Financial Services Competitiveness and Regulatory 
Relief Act, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, to continue hearings on the Futures of Money, Part IV, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 12, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on the Privatization of 
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, June 11, hearing on H.R. 3507, Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials 
and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on 
Economic and Educational Opportunities, joint hearing on H.R. 1186 
and S. 187, Professional Boxing Safety Act, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 12, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on the GAO 
Report on the Department of Energy's Strategic Alignment and 
Downsizing Initiative, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 12 and 13, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to 
continue hearings on the Department of Energy: Travel Expenditures 
and Related Issues, 10 a.m., on June 12 and 9:30 a.m., on June 13, 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, June 12, to 
mark up Welfare Reform, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, June 11, 
Subcommittee on Civil Service, to continue hearings on Further 
Downsizing and Reinvention, Part II, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 12, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on Blue 
Plains, 9 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 12, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, 
and Criminal Justice, hearing on oversight of Federal Drug 
Interdiction Efforts in Mexico: Review of a Rising National Security 
Threat, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Civil Service, to mark up the Employment 
Opportunities Act of 1996, 9 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and 
Technology, oversight hearing on federal information policy, 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, oversight hearing of Department of Labor Efforts Against 
Labor Racketeering, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and 
Technology, hearing on the following: H.R. 1281, War Crimes 
Disclosure Act; the Health Information and Privacy Protection Act; 
and S. 1090, Electronic Freedom of Information Improvement Act of 
1996, 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, June 11, hearing on 
Prospects for Free and Fair Elections in Bosnia, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on Child Labor, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 12, hearing on Developments in the Middle East, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  June 13, full Committee, hearing on the Effectiveness of U.S. 
Assistance Programs in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, and the Other New 
Independent States, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 11, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 3525, Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996; H.R. 3166, 
Government Accountability Act of 1996; H.R. 3460, Inventor Rights 
Protection and Patent Reform Act of 1996; H.R. 351, Bilingual Voting 
Requirements Repeal Act of 1995; H.R. 3396, Defense of Marriage Act; 
and H.R. 740, to confer jurisdiction on the U.S. Court of Federal 
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of Pueblo of Isleta Indian tribe; and to consider private claims 
bills, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 12, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on H.R. 
2587, War Crimes Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, June 13, hearing on challenges 
posed by Russian to U.S. national security interests, 9:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 11, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 401, Natives Association Equity Act of 1995; and H.R. 2505, to 
amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make certain 
clarifications to the land bank protection provisions, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  June 12, Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs, to 
markup H.R. 3024, United States-Puerto Rico Political Status Act, 2 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 3287, Crawford National Fish Hatchery 
Conveyance Act; H.R. 3546, Walhalla National Fish Hatchery Act; and 
H.R. 3557, Marion National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act; to be 
followed by an oversight hearing on Mitchell Act Hatcheries, 
Management of Bluefin Tuna, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 13, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, to 
markup the following bills: H.R. 639, West Virginia Rivers Technical 
Amendments Act of 1995; H.R. 640, West Virginia National Rivers 
Boundary Modifications Act of 1995; H.R. 1825, to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to limit acquisition of land on the 39-mile 
headwaters segment of the Missouri River, Nebraska and South Dakota, 
designated as a recreational river, to acquisition from willing 
sellers; H.R. 2255, Lamprey Wild and Scenic River Act; H.R. 2292, 
Hanford Research Preservation Act; H.R. 3534, Mineral King Act of 
1996; H.R. 3006, to provide for disposal of public lands in support 
of the Manzanar Historic Site in the State of California; H.R. 2636, 
to transfer jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal real 
property located in the District of Columbia; and H.R. 3127, 
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 10, to consider the following: Conference 
Report to accompany H. Con. Res. 178, establishing the congressional 
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and 
setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 
1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002; and H.R. 3603, make appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1997, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 12, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on U.S. Space Launch Strategy, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, June 13, executive, to 
consider pending business, 2 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 11, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to markup the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 12, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
oversight hearing on the impact of U.S. coastwise trade laws on the 
transportation system in the United States, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 11, Subcommittee on Hospitals 
and Health Care, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs 
pharmacy program with emphasis on over-the-counter drugs, medical 
supplies and dietary supplements, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 12, Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, Insurance and 
Memorial Affairs and the Subcommittee on Education, Training, 
Employment and Housing, joint hearing on customer service standards 
at the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Veterans' Employment 
and Training Service, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 11, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Teaching Hospitals and Other Issues Related to Graduate 
Medical Education, 12 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  June 12, full Committee, to markup budget reconciliation welfare 
recommendations, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 11, Subcommittee 
on Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, executive, 
hearing on the Politicization of Intelligence Collection regarding 
Haiti, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 10, to meet to discuss the future 
of tax reform and its potential implications on economic growth in 
America, 10 a.m., SD-106.