[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 103 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D736-D739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of July 15 through 20, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will not be in session.
  On Tuesday, Senate will vote on a motion to proceed to consideration 
of S. 1936, Nuclear Waste Policy, and if cloture is not invoked, vote 
on a motion to close further debate on S. 1894, DOD Appropriations, 
1997.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to complete 
consideration of S. 1894, DOD Appropriations, 1997, and may also 
consider the following:
  H.R. 3540, Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1997;
  Further appropriations bills: and
  Any cleared executive and legislative business, and conference 
reports, when available.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, July 16, 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 Appropriations: July 16, Subcommittee on 
Transportation, business meeting, to mark up H.R. 3675, making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 10 a.m., SD-
124.
  July 16 and 18, Full Committee, Tuesday, business meeting, to mark 
up H.R. 3662, making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1997, and an original bill making appropriations for energy and 
water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 2 
p.m.; Thursday, business meeting, to mark up H.R. 3675, making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and H.R. 
3754, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 2 p.m.; SD-192.
  July 16, 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.
  July 18, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Government of 
the District of Columbia, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 18, to hold 
hearings to review the Federal Reserve's semi-annual monetary policy 
report (Humphrey-Hawkins), 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 17, to 
hold hearings on issues relating to Federal Aviation Administration 
safety oversight, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 18, Subcommittee 
on Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation, to hold hearings on 
S. 988, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction over certain land to the Secretary of 
the Army to facilitate construction of a jetty and sand transfer 
system, and S. 1805, to provide for the management of Voyageurs 
National Park, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 16, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the 
new international threat of ``date-rape drug'' trafficking, 2 p.m., 
SD-419.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings on Extradition Treaties 
with Hungary (Treaty Doc. 104-5), Belgium (Treaty Doc. 104-7), 
Belgium (104-8), Switzerland (Treaty Doc. 104-9), Philippines 
(Treaty Doc. 104-16), Bolivia (Treaty Doc. 104-22), and Malaysia 
(Treaty Doc. 104-26), and Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties with 
Korea (Treaty Doc. 104-1), Great Britain (Treaty Doc. 104-2), 
Philippines (Treaty Doc. 104-18), Hungary (Treaty Doc. 104-20), and 
Austria (Treaty Doc. 104-21), 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  July 18, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold 
hearings on certain issues with regard to Hong Kong, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  July 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Jeffrey S. Davidow, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State for Inter-American Affairs, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 16, Permanent Subcommittee 
on Investigations, to resume hearings to examine the vulnerabilities 
of national computer information systems and networks, and Federal 
efforts to promote security within the information infrastructure, 
9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 16, Full Committee, to resume hearings on S. 1629, to protect 
the rights of the States and the people from abuse by the Federal 
Government, to strengthen the

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partnership and the intergovernmental relationship between State and 
Federal governments, to restrain Federal agencies from exceeding 
their authority, and to enforce the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. 
Constitution, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and 
The District of Columbia, to hold oversight hearings on the 
implementation of the Information Technology Management Act of 1996, 
9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the National Fine 
Center, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review section 1121 
of the Senate-passed Department of Defense Authorization Bill (S. 
1745) relating to pilot programs for Defense employees converted to 
contractor employees due to privatization at closed military 
installations, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 16, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
development of State criminal identification systems, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  July 18, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the 
dissemination of Federal Bureau of Investigation background 
investigation reports and other information to the White House, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: July 16, Subcommittee on 
Aging, to resume hearings to examine the scope of challenges facing 
America's aging society, focusing on whether working Americans are 
adequately preparing for retirement and what may impede their 
ability to do so, 9 a.m., SD-430.
  July 17, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up S. Con. Res. 
52, to recognize and encourage the convening of a National Silver 
Haired Congress, S. 1897, to revise and extend certain programs 
relating to the National Institutes of Health, and S. 1490, to 
improve enforcement of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 and benefit security for participants by adding 
certain provisions with respect to the auditing of employee benefit 
plans, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings 
to examine issues relating to youth violence, 1:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: July 16, to resume hearings 
to examine the role of the Federal Depository Library Program of the 
Government Printing Office in ensuring public access to Government 
information, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 18, business meeting, to mark up 
S. 1264, to provide for certain benefits of the Missouri River Basin 
Pick-Sloan project to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, S. 1834, to 
authorize funds for the Indian Environmental General Assistance 
Program Act, S. 1869, to make certain technical corrections in the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and proposed legislation to 
amend the Indian Child Welfare Act; to be followed by hearings on 
H.R. 2464, to provide additional lands within the State of Utah for 
the Goshute Indian Reservation, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the use of journalists and clergy for collection of 
intelligence, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on intelligence 
matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business is scheduled.
  Tuesday, Consideration of the following 8 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 3166, Government Accountability Act of 1996;
  2. H.R. 3458, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 
1996;
  3. H.R. 3643, Extending Benefits to Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange;
  4. H.R. 3673, Veterans' Compensation and Readjustment Benefits 
Amendments of 1996;
  5. H.R. 3674, Veterans' Education and Compensation Benefits 
Amendments of 1996;
  6. H.R. 361, Omnibus Export Administration Act of 1995;
  7. H.R. 3161, Extend MFN to Romania; and
  8. H.R. 1975, Federal Oil and Gas Simplification and Fairness Act of 
1995.
  Consideration of H.R. 3756, Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government Appropriations Act for FY 1997 (open rule, 1 hour of general 
debate).
  Note: No recorded votes are expected before 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
  Wednesday, Consideration of H.R. ----, Commerce, Justice, State and 
the Judiciary Appropriations Act for FY 1997;
  Thursday, Consideration of H.R. 3760, Campaign Finance Reform 
(subject to a rule); and
  Consideration of H.R. 3734, Budget Reconciliation for FY 1997 
(subject to a rule).
  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, July 17, Subcommittee on Resource 
Conservation, Research, and Forestry, hearing to review agricultural 
extension programs administered by the USDA, 9:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 16, to mark up the Energy and 
Water Development appropriations for fiscal year 1997, 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, July 16, Subcommittee 
on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing regarding the 
future of the Penny, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, to mark up H.R. 3727, ATM Fee Reform Act of 1996, 9:30 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.

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  July 18, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, hearing on BEP procurement exemption and the state of the 
Hamilton Web-Fed Press, 2 p.m., 2222 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, July 17, to continue hearings on ``How 
Did We Get Here From There?'' A Discussion of the Evolution of the 
Budget Process from 1974 to the Present, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, July 18, Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and Finance, oversight hearing on the implementation of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, July 17, 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, to mark up the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and 
Life-long Learning, hearing on the rising cost of college, 9:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, July 16, 
Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on the Omnibus Civil Service 
Reform measure, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and 
Technology, to mark up the following: H.R. 3452, Presidential and 
Executive Office Accountability Act; H.R. 1281, War Crimes 
Disclosure Act; H.R. 3637, Travel Reform and Savings Act of 1996; 
and H.R. 1907, Federal-aid Facility Privatization Act of 1995; the 
Electronic Freedom of Information Amendments of 1996; and the 
Electronic Reporting and Streamlining Act, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Resources, oversight hearing on current federal approaches to 
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 17, full committee, hearing on Security of FBI Background 
Files, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Civil Service, to mark up the Omnibus 
Civil Service Reform measure, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs 
and Criminal Justice, to consider the investigation into the 
activities of federal law enforcement agencies toward the Branch 
Davidians, 1:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Postal Service, to continue hearings on 
H.R. 3717, Postal Reform Act of 1996, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, oversight 
hearing on the District of Columbia cash status, operating deficit, 
and private financial market access, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, July 15, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, to continue hearings on 
Child Labor, Part II, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Africa's Environment: 
The Final Frontier, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 16, to mark up the following 
measures: S. 531, to authorize a circuit judge who has taken part in 
an en blanc hearing of a case to continue to participate in that 
case after taking senior status; H.R. 3215, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to repeal the provisions relating to Federal 
employees contracting or trading with Indians; H.R. 3565, Violent 
Youth Predator Act of 1996; H.R. 2092, Private Security Officer 
Quality Assurance Act of 1995; H.R. 2128, Equal Opportunity Act of 
1995; H.R. 351, Bilingual Voting Requirements Repeal Act of 1995; 
H.R. 3435, Lobbying Disclosure Technical Amendments Act of 1996; 
H.R. 3680, War Crimes Act of 1996; H.R. 3307, Regulatory Fair 
Warning Act; H.J. Res. 113, granting the consent of Congress to the 
compact to provide for joint natural resource management and 
enforcement of laws and regulations pertaining to natural resources 
and boating at the Jennings Randolph Lake Project lying in Garrett 
County, MD, and Mineral County, WV, entered into between the States 
of West Virginia and Maryland; and H.J. Res. 166, granting the 
consent of Congress to the mutual aid agreement between the city of 
Bristol, VA, and the city of Bristol, TN, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, July 17, to mark up H.R. 3237, 
Intelligence Community Act, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 16, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3297, to 
provide for improved access to and use of the Boundary Waters Canoe 
Area Wilderness; H.R. 3298, Voyageurs National Park 
Intergovernmental Council Act of 1996; and H.R. 3470, Minnesota 
National Treasures Conservation and Protection Act, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  July 17, full Committee, to markup the following: H.R. 3579, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain property 
containing a fish and wildlife facility to the State of Wyoming; 
H.R. 2505, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make 
certain clarifications to the land bank protection provisions; H.R. 
3287, Crawford National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act; H.R. 3546, 
Walhalla National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act; and H.R. 3557, 
Marion National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act; 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 Bunnison County, Colorado; H.R. 2518, to 
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain lands in 
the Wenatchee National Forest for certain lands owned by Public 
Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Washington; 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. 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; H.R. 3147, to provide for the exchange of 
certain lands in the State of California managed by the Bureau of 
Land Management for certain non-federal lands; H.R. 2135, to provide 
for the correction of boundaries of certain lands in Clark County, 
Nevada, acquired by persons

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who purchased such lands in good faith reliance on existing private 
land surveys; H.R. 2711, to provide for the substitution of timber 
for the canceled Elkhorn Ridge Timber Sale; and H.R. 2466, Federally 
Land Exchange Improvement Act of 1995; H.R. 3534, Mineral King Act 
of 1996; H.R. 3487, National Marine Sanctuaries Preservation Act; 
H.R. 3642, California Indian Land Transfer Act; H.R. 3640, Torres-
Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Claims Settlement Act; H.R. 2997, 
to establish certain criteria for administrative procedures to 
extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups; H.R. 2591, 
Indian Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act of 1995; 
and H.R. 3537, Federal Oceanography Coordination Improvement Act of 
1996, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2710, Hoopa Valley Reservation 
South Boundary Correction Act and H.R. 3671, United Houma Nation 
Recognition and Land Claims Settlement Act of 1996, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, to mark up 
H.R. 2372, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Amendments Act of 
1995, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 18, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Lands, 
oversight hearing on National Park Service Concessions, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 16, to consider the Department of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 4 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  July 17, hearing to further examine congressional reform 
proposals, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 18, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's Uncosted Carry-Over, 10 a.m. , 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 16, hearing on Unfair Government 
Competition with Small Business, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 16, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on H.R. 969, Airliner Cabin Air 
Quality Act of 1995, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment and 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, joint 
hearing on H.R. 3217, National Invasive Species Act of 1996, 1 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic 
Development, to continue oversight hearings on GSA Leasing Program, 
8:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to continue 
hearings on ISTEA Reauthorization Transportation Finance in an Era 
of Scarce Resources: Innovating Financing, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 16, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on the impact of tax law on land use, 11 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on U.S. Trade with Sub-
Saharan Africa, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 18, full committee, hearing on the impact of international 
competitiveness of replacing the Federal income tax, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 16, Subcommittee 
on Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, executive, 
hearing on Politicization of Intelligence Collection Regarding 
Haiti, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 17, full Committee, executive, hearing on Reserve Release, 10 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 18, full Committee, the Committee on International Relations 
and the Committee on the Judiciary, executive, joint briefing on 
Encryption Policy, 1:30 p.m. S-407 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees: July 17, on H.R. 1617, to consolidate and reform 
workforce development and literacy programs, 3 p.m., Room to be 
announced.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 18, to hold 
hearings to examine property restitution, compensation, and 
preservation in post-Communist Europe, 10 a.m., 2255 Rayburn 
Building.