[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D794-D795]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief, to hold hearings to 
examine the condition of consumer credit, focusing on the risks of 
deteriorating credit quality on financial institutions and the 
economy, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold oversight hearings on the 
National Aeronautics and Space Admistration's (NASA) space station 
and space shuttle programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, 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 Foreign Relations, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, 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.
  Full Committee, to continue hearings on the nomination of Franklin 
D. Raines, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, 4 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

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  Committee on Rules and Administration, 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, to hold oversight hearings on 
implementation of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness 
Act, 3 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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, 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, to hold hearings on the status 
of the Dayton Peace Accord, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, 
oversight hearing on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3553, 
Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization Act of 1996; H.R. 447, to 
establish a toll free number in the Department of Commerce to assist 
consumers in determining if products are American-made; H.R. 2579, 
United States National Tourism Organization Act of 1996; H.R. 2976, 
Patient Right to Know Act of 1996; a measure to waive temporarily 
the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for certain health 
maintenance organizations; H.R. 3056, to permit county-operated 
health insuring organization to qualify as an organization exempt 
from certain requirements otherwise applicable to health insuring 
organizations under the Medicaid program notwithstanding that the 
organization enrolls Medicaid beneficiaries residing in another 
county; the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights 
Act of 1996; and a measure to extend certain programs under the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act through September 30, 1996, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, to mark up 
H.R. 123, Language of Government Act of 1995, 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on the U.S. Trustee Program, 
10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on the U.S. 
Commission on Civil Rights, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing 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.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs, oversight 
hearing on territorial technical matters, and to discuss H.R. 3721, 
Omnibus Territories Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to Consider H.R. 2391, Working Families 
Flexibility Act of 1996, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  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, to continue hearings on the Effects of a 
Six-Year Balanced Budget on Civilian Research and Development, Part 
II, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on Space 
Commercialization Promotion Act of 1996, 2 p.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Government Programs, 
hearing on the FDA's compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.