[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D844-D845]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services, closed business meeting, to consider 
certain pending military nominations, 9:45 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., SR-
222.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Lt. Gen. 
Howell M. Estes III, USAF, for appointment to the grade of General 
and to be Commander-in-Chief, United States Space Command/Commander-
in-Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command, 11:15 a.m., SR-
222.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Adm. Jay L. 
Johnson, USN, for reappointment to the grade of Admiral and to be 
Chief of Naval Operations, 1:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
International Finance, to hold hearings on provisions of H.R. 361, 
to provide authority to control exports, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, Business meeting, to 
consider the nominations of Nils J. Diaz, of Florida, and Edward 
McGaffigan, Jr., of Virginia, each to

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be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, time to be 
announced, S-216, The Capitol.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on African Affairs, 
to hold hearings on food security issues in Africa, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine the 
incidents of drug smuggling at U.S. borders, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Richard A. 
Paez, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth 
Circuit, Wenona Y. Whitfield, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Illinois, Clarence J. Sundram, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, Joseph 
F. Bataillon, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Nebraska, and Thomas W. Thrash Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities, hearing to review the National Soybean Check-Off 
Program, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to consider a revised 602(b) 
Subdivision for fiscal year 1997, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to 
continue oversight hearings regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, to 
mark up H.R. 3793, 50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act, 10 
a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Hazardous Materials, to mark up 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.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on FDA 
Integrity Issues Raised by the Visx, Inc. Document Disclosure, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on the 
District of Columbia, hearing on H.R. 3244, District of Columbia 
Economic Recovery Act, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, to discuss pending business, 10:30 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Review of U.S. 
Foreign Policy, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of H.R. 3307, 
Regulatory Fair Warning Act and H.R. 3565, Violent Youth Crime Act 
of 1996; and to begin markup of the following bills: H.R. 3723, 
Economic Espionage Act of 1996; H.R. 1499, Consumer Fraud Prevention 
Act of 1995; S. 1507, Parole Commission Phaseout Act of 1995; H.R. 
3676, Carjacking Correction Act of 1996; H.R. 3874, Civil Rights 
Commission Act of 1996; H.R. 2128 Equal Opportunity Act of 1995; and 
H.R. 1802, Reorganization of the Federal Administrative Judiciary 
Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the Conference Report on H.R. 
3734, Personal Responsibility Act, 9:30 a.m., and to consider H.R. 
123, English Language Empowerment Act of 1996, 3 p.m. H-313 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House and the 
Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, to continue hearings 
on Building on Change: Preparing for the 105th Congress, 9:45 a.m., 
H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on Space Commercialization Promotion Act of 1996, 1 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Government Programs 
and Subcommittee on Education, Training, Employment and Housing of 
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, joint hearing on SBA programs to 
assist veterans in readjusting to civilian life, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, executive, to consider 
pending business, 1:30 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Public Buildings and Grounds, to mark up the following: H.R. 2062, 
to designate the Health Care Financing Administration building under 
construction at 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD as the 
``Helen Delich Bentley Building''; H.R. 3535, to redesignate a 
Federal Building in Suitland, MD, as the ``W. Edwards Deming Federal 
Building''; H.R. 3576, to designate the U.S. courthouse located at 
401 South Michigan Street in South Bend, IN, as the ``Robert Kurtz 
Rodibaugh United States Courthouse''; H.R. 3710, to designate a U.S. 
courthouse located in Tampa, FL, as the ``Sam M. Gibbons United 
States Courthouse''; GSA Repair and Alteration and Lease 
Prospectuses; and 11 (b) Resolutions, 9:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on the impact of 
replacing the Federal Income Tax, with emphasis on domestic 
manufacturing and on energy and natural resources, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.