[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 88 (Friday, June 14, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D617-D619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of June 17 through 22, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will not be in session.
  On Tuesday and Wednesday, Senate will consider S. 1745, DOD 
Authorizations.
  On Thursday, Senate will conclude consideration of the nomination of 
Alan Greenspan, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System, with a vote to occur thereon, following which Senate 
will vote on the remaining nominees to the Federal Reserve System.
  Also, during the week, Senate may consider any legislative and 
executive items, and conference reports cleared for consideration.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, June 18, 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 18, 
Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation, to 
hold hearings to review a report to the Department of Agriculture by 
the Advisory Committee on Agricultural Concentration, and to examine 
other livestock industry issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-332.
  June 19, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider 
recommendations which it will make to the Committee on the Budget 
with respect to spending reductions and revenue increases to meet 
reconciliation expenditures as imposed by 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, 
9:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 18, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the National 
Institutes of Health, 1:30 p.m., SD-192.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for defense programs, 2:30 
p.m., SD-138.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, business meeting, to 
mark up H.R. 3540, making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1997, 4 p.m., SD-116.
  June 20, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider 602(b) 
subcommittee allocations of budget outlays and new budget authority 
allocated to the committee in 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 to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Department of Defense, 
foreign assistance, and military construction for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1997, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1997 for the Treasury Department, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Sergeant At 
Arms, and the Government Printing Office, 10 a.m., S-128, Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 19, 
business meeting, to mark up S. 1815, to provide for improved 
regulation of the securities markets, eliminate excess securities 
fees, and reduce the costs of investing, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  June 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings with the Committee on 
Indian Affairs on the Native American housing assistance provisions 
of H.R. 2406, United States Housing Act, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 18, to 
hold oversight hearings on the Federal Communications Commission, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings to examine issues relating to salmon recovery research, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  June 20, Full Committee, to resume hearings on broadcast spectrum 
issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 19, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 1424, to redesignate the Black 
Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument as a national park to 
establish the Gunnison Gorge

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National Conservation area, to establish the Curecanti National 
Recreation Area, and to establish the Black Canyon of the Gunnison 
National Park Complex, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 18, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 19, to resume hearings to examine 
proposals to reform the welfare and Medicaid system, focusing on S. 
1795, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 20, to hold hearings on the 
Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United 
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 
relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish 
Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, with annexes (Treaty Doc. 
104-24), and a proposed International Natural Rubber Agreement, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  June 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
John F. Hicks, Sr., of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the State 
of Eritrea, Alan R. McKee, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Swaziland, Tibor P. Nagy, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Guinea, and Arlene Render, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 20, to resume hearings to 
examine the status of the modernization of the Internal Revenue 
Service tax information systems, focusing on certain technical 
problems, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 18, to hold hearings to examine 
oversight of the Department of Justice witness security program, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  June 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine White House 
access to FBI background summaries, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: June 18, to hold hearings 
on S. 1035, to permit an individual to be treated by a health care 
practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual 
requests, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 18 and 19, to hold 
hearings on public access to government information in the 21st 
century, focusing on the Government Printing Office depository 
library program, Tuesday at 9 a.m. and Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., SR-
301.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 19, business meeting, to mark up 
Title III (Child Custody Proceedings Affected by the Indian Child 
Welfare Act of 1978) of H.R. 3286, Adoption Promotion and Stability 
Act, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  June 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings with the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the Native American housing 
assistance provisions of H.R. 2406, United States Housing Act, 10 
a.m., SD-538.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following 6 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 3005, The Securities Amendments of 1996;
  2. H.R. 2803, Anti-Car Theft Improvements Act of 1996;
  3. H.R. 3525, Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996;
  4. H.R. 3572, Designating the William H. Natcher Bridge;
  5. H.R. 3184, Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996; and
  6. H.R. 3107, Iran Oil Sanctions Act of 1996.
  Wednesday and Thursday, Consideration of H.R.   , VA, HUD 
Appropriations Act for FY 1997 (subject to a rule being granted); and
  Consideration of H.R.   , Interior Appropriations Act for FY 1997 
(subject to a rule being granted).
  Friday, No legislative business is scheduled.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 19, to consider the following: H.R. 
1627, Food Quality Protection Act of 1995; and other pending 
business, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 18, Subcommittee on the District 
of Columbia, on 1997 Budget Overview, 1:30 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 19, Subcommittee 
on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing on Electronic 
Benefit Transfer Systems and Regulation E, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, June 18, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, 
to continue hearings on the Pacific Northwest Power System, 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to continue oversight 
hearings on the Status of the International Global Climate Change 
Negotiations, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, June 19, 
Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on H.R. 3580, 
Worker Right to Know Act, 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing on 
Davis-Bacon/GAO Report, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, June 17, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, 
hearing entitled, ``Can the United States Increase Oil Royalties?'', 
11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, to markup the 
following: a measure to grant the District of Columbia Water and 
Sewer Authority the power to issue Revenue Bonds and to make other 
necessary changes in the Home Rule Act (PL 93-198) related to the 
Water and Sewer Authority; a measure to make technical amendments to 
various District of Columbia and Federal

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Statutes and to take actions to improve the efficiency of the 
District of Columbia, 4 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 19, full Committee, hearing on Security of FBI Background 
Files, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 20, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, June 18, hearing on the 
Administration's response to AID Whistle Blower Paul Neifert, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on China MFN: Human Rights Consequences, 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  June 19, full Committee, hearing to review the Administration's 
Nonproliferation Policy, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 10, Subcommittee on Crime, 
hearing regarding federal record keeping and sex offenders, 9:30 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, June 18 and June 20, Subcommittee 
on Military Procurement and the Subcommittee on Military Research 
and Development, joint hearings on Ballistic Missile Defense, 2 p.m. 
on June 18 and 10 a.m. on June 20, 2118 Rayburn.
  June 19 and 20, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearings on 
POW/MIA issues, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn on June 19, and 1 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn on June 20.
  Committee on Resources, June 18, oversight hearing on citizens' 
perspectives on Federal Land Use Policies, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, oversight 
hearing on deferred maintenance and energy reliability issues at 
facilities generating power marketed by the Southeastern Power 
Administration (SEPA), 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 18, Task Force on Indian Trust Management, oversight hearing 
on management of Indian Trust Funds, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs, 
hearing and markup of the following measures: relating to a 
settlement for the Torres Martinez Tribe; recognizing the Houma 
Tribe; and to mark up the following: a measure to provide for the 
transfer of certain public lands to certain California Indian 
Tribes; H.R. 2997, to establish certain criteria for administrative 
procedures to extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups; 
and H.R. 2591, Indian Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures 
Act of 1995, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on Bureau of Land Management's oil and gas inspection, 
enforcement responsibilities, and regulatory burdens on small 
operations, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on African Elephant Conservation Act of 1988 and 
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  June 20, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Lands, 
oversight hearing on Forest Service Appeal Process, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 18, to consider a measure making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 4 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  June 19, to consider a measure making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
corporations, and offices for fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 
4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 19, Subcommittee on Technology, to 
markup H.R. 2779, Savings in Construction Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment and the 
Subcommittee on Technology, joint hearing on Environmental 
Regulation: A Barrier to the Use of Environmental Technology? 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 18, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to continue hearings on 
ISTEA Reauthorization Maintaining Adequate Infrastructure: Federal 
Transit Grant Programs, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Aviation Safety: 
Treatment of Families After Airline Accidents, 9:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 18, Subcommittee on Hospitals 
and Health Care, to markup pending business, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, Insurance and 
Memorial Affairs, hearing on the DVA computer modernization effort, 
10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 20, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
to continue hearings on Employment Classification Issues, 10:30 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 18 and 20, 
Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis, and 
Counterintelligence, executive, to continue hearings on the 
Politicization of Intelligence Collection regarding Haiti, 10 a.m., 
H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: June 18, 
briefing to assess the impact of recent Albanian elections and 
prospects for its future, 10 a.m., 2255 Rayburn Building.