[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 107 (Friday, July 19, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D776-D779]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                    Week of July 22 through 26, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1956, 
Budget Reconciliation, and consider H.R. 3603, Agriculture 
Appropriations, 1997, with votes on pending amendments and the bills to 
occur thereon.
  On Wednesday, Senate expects to consider H.R. 3540, Foreign 
Operations Appropriations, 1997;
  On Thursday, Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on 
S. 1936, Nuclear Waste Policy.
  Also, during the week, Senate may consider further appropriations 
bills: and any cleared executive and legislative business, and 
conference reports, when available.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, July 23, 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: July 24, 
business meeting, to mark up S. 1166, to enhance public confidence 
in the safety of the American food supply, and facilitate the 
development and adoption of safe, effective pest control 
technologies, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 23, business meeting, to mark up 
H.R. 3756, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the 
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, 
and certain Independent Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1997, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 24, 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief, to 
hold hearings to examine the condition

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of consumer credit, focusing on the risks of deteriorating credit 
quality on financial institutions and the economy, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review the General 
Accounting Office (GAO) report on the Federal Reserve System, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 25, to 
resume hearings on S. 1726, to promote electronic commerce by 
facilitating the use of privacy-enhancing technologies, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 25, Subcommittee 
on Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation, to hold hearings on 
S. 1699, to establish the National Cave and Karst Research Institute 
in the State of New Mexico, and S. 1809, entitled the ``Aleutian 
World War II National Historic Areas Act'', 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 24, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business; to be followed by a 
hearing on the nominations of Nils J. Diaz, of Florida, and Edward 
McGaffigan, Jr., of Virginia, each to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 23, Subcommittee on International 
Trade, to hold hearings to examine the threat to United States trade 
and finance from drug trafficking and international organized crime, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 23, Subcommittee on European 
Affairs, to hold hearings on the status of the Bosnia peace process, 
9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Pete Peterson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam, Genta Hawkins Holmes, of California, to be 
Ambassador to Australia, Arma Jane Karaer, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to Solomon Islands, 
and as Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu, and John Stern Wolf, 
of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service 
as United States Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, 
2 p.m., SD-419.
  July 24, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 23, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Franklin D. Raines, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Financial Management and Accountability, 
to hold hearings on S. 1434, to amend the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 to provide for a two-year (biennial) budgeting cycle, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  July 25, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider the 
nomination of Franklin D. Raines, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Director, Office of Management and Budget, and to mark up S. 1376, 
to terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal corporate 
subsidies, S. 1931, to provide that the United States Post Office 
building that is to be located at 9 East Broad Street, Cookeville, 
Tennessee, shall be known and designated as the ``L. Clure Morton 
Post Office and Courthouse'', and S. 1629, to protect the rights of 
the States and the people from abuse by the Federal Government, to 
strengthen the partnership and the intergovernmental relationship 
between State and Federal governments, and to enforce the Tenth 
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1794, to provide 
for the forfeiture of retirement benefits in the case of any Member 
of Congress, congressional employee, or Federal justice or judge who 
is convicted of an offense relating to official duties of that 
individual, and for the forfeiture of the retirement allowance of 
the President for such a conviction, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 23, Subcommittee on Constitution, 
Federalism, and Property Rights, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for the U.S. Commission on Civil 
Rights, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  July 24, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1961, to establish 
the United States Intellectual Property Organization, and to amend 
the provisions of title 35, United States Code, relating to 
procedures for patent applications, commercial use of patents, 
reexamination reform, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: July 24, business meeting, 
to mark up 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 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine genetic 
issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: July 24, 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 Small Business: July 23, to hold oversight hearings 
on implementation of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 
Fairness Act, 3 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: July 24, business meeting, to mark 
up S. 1791, to increase, effective as of December 1, 1996, the rates 
of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected 
disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation 
for survivors of such veterans, and other pending committee 
business, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 24, business meeting, to mark up 
S. 199, Trading with Indian Act Repeal, S. 1893, the Torres-Martinez 
Desert Cahuilla Indians Claims Settlement Act, S. 1962, the Indian 
Child Welfare Act Amendments, H.R. 2464, to add additional land to 
the Goshute Indian Reservation in Utah, H.R. 3068, to revoke the 
Charter of the Prairie Island Indian Community, S. 1970, the 
National Museum of the American Indian Act Amendments, S. 1972, the 
Older Americans Indian Technical Amendments Act, and S. 1973, the 
Navajo/Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 23, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 1 p.m., SH-219.

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  July 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the status of the 
Dayton Peace Accord, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of 5 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 497, National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission Act;
  2. H.R. 3267, Child Pilot Safety Act;
  3. H.R. 3536, Airline Pilot Hiring Safety Act;
  4. H.R. 3159, National Transportation Safety Board Amendments; and
  5. H.R. 3665, Census of Agriculture Act; and
  Consideration of H.R. 3845, District of Columbia Appropriations Act 
for FY 1997 (1 hour of general debate pursuant to unanimous consent).
  Tuesday, Consideration of 1 measure on the Corrections Calendar: H.R. 
2779, Soft Metric Conversion Act;
  Consideration of 1 Suspension:
  1. H.R. 3564, The NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996; and
  Consideration of H.R. 3814, Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary Appropriations Act for FY 1997 (open rule, 1 hour of general 
debate).
  Wednesday and the Balance of the Week. Consideration of H.R. 3816, 
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for FY 1997 (open rule, 
1 hour of general debate);
  Consideration of H.R. 3820, Campaign Finance Reform Act (subject to a 
rule); and
  Consideration of H.R. 2391, Working Families Flexibility Act (subject 
to a rule).


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 24, Subcommittee on Risk Management 
and Specialty Crops and the Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities, joint hearing to review cash market forward contracts 
between producers and merchants, commonly known as hedge-to-arrive 
contracts, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, oversight 
hearing on the processor-funded milk promotion program (MilkPEP) 
established by the Fluid Milk Promotion Act of 1990, 9:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, July 23, Subcommittee 
on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on Federal 
Reserve's Conduct of Monetary Policy, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, oversight hearing on Fannie Mae 
and Freddie Mac, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, to mark up H.R. 3793, Fifty States Commemorative Coin 
Program Act, 2 p.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  July 25, full committee, to mark up Budget Reconciliation, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, July 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, 
hearing on Federal Energy Efficiency Standards for Consumer 
Products, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on H.R. 3391, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
require at least 85 percent of funds appropriated to the 
Environmental Protection Agency from the Leaking Underground Storage 
Tank Trust Fund to be distributed to States for cooperative 
agreements for undertaking corrective action and for enforcement of 
subtitle I of such Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, July 24, to 
mark up H.R. 123, Language of Government Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, to 
mark up a measure to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, July 23, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, 
to mark up the following: H.R. 1907, Federal-aid Facility 
Privatization Act of 1995; and the Electronic Reporting and 
Streamlining Act, 3 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, 
and Criminal Justice, to consider a draft report entitled: ``The 
Investigation into the Activities of Federal Law Enforcement 
Agencies Toward the Branch Davidians'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 25, full Committee, to consider pending business, 9:30 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on H.R. 
3244, District of Columbia Economic Recovery Act, 9 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on Consumers and Health Informatics, 10 a.m., 
2145 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, July 23, Subcommittee on 
Asia and the Pacific, to mark up H. Con. Res. 189, expressing the 
sense of the Congress regarding the importance of the United States 
membership in regional South Pacific organizations; to be followed 
by a hearing on U.S. foreign assistance in Asia, 1:30 p.m., 2255 
Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on Human Rights Under the Palestinian Authority, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 24, full Committee, to mark up the following: H.R. 3846, to 
amend the Foreign Assistant Act of 1961 to authorize the provision 
of assistance for microenterprises; a measure to provide severance 
payments to employees of the Agency for International Development 
who voluntarily resign; and H.R. 3735, to amend the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to reauthorize the Development Fund for 
Africa under chapter 10 of part I of that Act, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  July 25, full committee, hearing on Syria and Support for 
International Terrorism, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 22, hearing on H.R. 1916, Civil 
Asset Forfeiture Reform Act, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  July 23, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on legislation 
to further protect religious freedom, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to mark 
up the following: Federal Courts Improvement Act; S. 533, to clarify 
the rules governing removal of cases to Federal court; and S. 677, 
to repeal a redundant venue provision, 10 a.m., B352 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
oversight hearing on the U.S. Trustee Program, 10 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on 
the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  July 24 and 25, Subcommittee on Crime, hearings on the 
Administration's efforts against the influence of organized crime in 
the Laborer's International Union of North America, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
oversight hearing to review whether Congress should adopt 
legislation that would exempt from local taxation wireless service 
providers who transmit satellite-delivered video programming, 10 
a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 23, hearing on H.R. 3061, to resolve 
certain conveyances under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
related to Cape Fox Corporation, 11 a.m., 1324 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, 
oversight hearing on the Forest Service's implementation of the 
Administration's Forest Plan, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 24, full committee, to hold an oversight hearing on 
implementation of the Endangered Species Act with regard to Section 
10(a) permits (Habit Conservation Plan) and other incentives, 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs, 
oversight hearing on territorial technical matters, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on Outer Continental Shelf moratoria, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight 
hearing on National Wildlife Refuge System; and to mark up pending 
business, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 25, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, 
hearing on the following: H.R. 3099, Washita Battlefield National 
Historic Side Act of 1996; H.R. 3819, to amend the Act establishing 
the National Park Foundation; H.R. 3486, to dispose of certain 
Federal properties at Dutch John, Utah, and to assist local 
government in the interim delivery of basic services to the Dutch 
John community; H.R. 3769, to provide for the conditional transfer 
of the Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands, the Coos Bay 
Military Wagon Lands, and related public domain lands to the State 
of Oregon; and H.R. 3497, Snoqualmie National Forest Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 25, 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, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 24, Subcommittee on Rules and 
Organization of the House and the Subcommittee on Legislative and 
Budget Process, joint hearing on Building on Change: Preparing for 
the 105th Congress, 9:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 23 and 24, hearings on the Effects of a 
Six-Year Balanced Budget on Civilian Research and Development, Parts 
I and II, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Basic Research, hearing on the Future of 
Antarctic Research, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on Space 
Commercialization Promotion Act of 1996, 2 p.m., 2352 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 24, Subcommittee on Government 
Programs, hearing on the FDA's compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 25, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to continue hearings on 
ISTEA Reauthorization Maintaining Adequate Infrastructure: The 
Surface Transportation Program, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 23, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Issues Related to Medicare Payment Policies for Home 
Health Agency and Skilled Nursing Facility Services, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing to Review the 
Performance of the Social Security Administration as an Independent 
Agency, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on U.S. Trade 
Competitiveness and Workforce Education and Training, 11 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 23, executive, 
hearing on Guatemala, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.