[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D879-D881]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of September 4 through 6, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 3666, VA-HUD 
Appropriations, 1997. Also, Senate may consider S. 39, Sustainable 
Fisheries Act/Fisheries Financing Act.
  On Thursday, Senate will consider H.R. 3396, the Defense of Marriage 
Act.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate may consider further 
appropriations bills, and any cleared executive and legislative 
business, and conference reports, when available.


                             House Chamber

  Wednesday, Consideration of 33 Suspensions:
  1. H.R. 3793, 50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act;
  2. H.R. 447, Toll Free Consumer Hotline;
  3. H.R. 1514, Propane Education and Research Act;
  4. H.R. 3553, FTC Reauthorization Act of 1996;
  5. H.R. 3871, Waiving Medicaid Enrollment Composition;
  6. H.R. 3269, Impact Aid Technical Amendment of 1996;
  7. H.R. 3864, GAO Management Reform Act;
  8. H.R. 3759, Exports, Jobs, and Growth Act of 1996;
  9. H.R. 3916, Voice of America Recordings;
  10. H. Con. Res. 120, Ukraine Independence;
  11. H.R. 401, Kenai Natives Association Equity Act;
  12. H.R. 1179, Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
Restoration and Preservation Act;
  13. H.R. 2122, Designating Administration of Lake Tahoe Basin 
National Forest to Secretary of Agriculture;
  14. H.R. 2135, Nevada Boundary Correction;
  15. H.R. 2292, Hanford Reach Preservation Act;
  16. H.R. 2438, Gunnison County Land Conveyance;
  17. H.R. 2518, Wenatchee National Forest Land Exchange;
  18. H.R. 2679, North Platte Wildlife Refuge Boundary Revision;
  19. H.R. 2709, Del Norte County Land Conveyance;
  20. H.R. 2710, Hoopa Valley Reservation Boundary Correction;
  21. H.R. 2711, Elkhorn Timber Substitution;
  22. H.R. 2941, National Park Service Administration;
  23. H.R. 3147, California Bureau of Land Management Transfer;
  24. H.R. 3378, Indian Health Care Demonstration Program;
  25. H.R. 3487, National Marine Sanctuaries Preservation;
  26. H.R. 3547, Apache National Forest Land Conveyance;
  27. H.R. 3579, Wyoming Fish and Wildlife Conveyance;
  28. H.R. 3660, Reclamation Recycling and Water Conservation;
  29. H.R. 3903, Sly Park Unit Conveyance;
  30. H.R. 3910, Emergency Drought Relief Act;
  31. H.R. 1467, Fort Peck Water Supply System;
  32. H.R.       , Technical Corrections to Royalty Simplification; and
  33. H.R. 3060, Antarctic Environmental Protection Act.
  No recorded votes are expected before 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. 
Consideration of H.R. 3308, United States Armed Forces Protection Act 
of 1996 (subject to a rule being granted); and
  Consideration of H.R. 3719, Small Business Programs Improvement Act 
of 1996 (subject to rule being granted).
  Conference reports may be brought to the floor at any time.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: September 5, closed business meeting, 
to consider certain pending military nominations, 5 p.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 4, to hold 
hearings on S. 1678, to abolish the Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  September 5, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, 
to hold hearings on S. 931, to authorize the construction of the 
Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, S. 1564, to provide loan 
guarantees for water supply, conservation, quality and transmission 
projects, S. 1565, to supplement the Small Reclamation Projects Act 
and the Federal Reclamation laws by providing for Federal 
cooperation in non-Federal projects, S. 1649, to extend contracts 
between the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation districts in Kansas 
and Nebraska, S. 1719, Texas Reclamation Projects Indebtedness 
Purchase Act, S. 1921, to transfer certain facilities at the 
Minidoka project to Burley Irrigation District, S. 1986, to provide 
for the completion of the Umatilla Basin Project, and S. 2015, to 
convey certain real property located within the Carlsbad Project in 
New Mexico to the Carlsbad Irrigation District, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 5, to hold hearings on 
the nominations of John Francis Maisto, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Venezuela, and Anne W. Patterson, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, 10:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  September 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations 
of 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 the 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 U.S. 
Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), 2 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 4, business meeting, to 
consider pending calendar business, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  September 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
recent upsurge in teenage drug use, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  September 5, 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-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 4, closed business 
meeting, on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  September 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation requiring notification to Congress with regard to change 
in United States policy, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, September 5, 
Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Money Laundering Activity Associated with the Mexican Narco-Crime 
Syndicate, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, September 5, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, oversight hearing on the National Regulatory Commission, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 6, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on H.R. 2900, National Motor Vehicle Safety, 
Anti-Theft, Title Reform, and Consumer Protection Act of 1996, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, September 5, 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Financial 
Status of the Corporation for National Service, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 5, 
Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on FEHB Program Oversight, 
9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 5, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on Excluding Fraudulent Providers from Medicaid, 
10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 5, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, hearing on protecting freedom of speech and 
neighborhood safety under the Fair Housing Act, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  September 5, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 3852, 
Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996, 9:30 a.m., 2226 
Rayburn.
  September 5, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight 
hearing regarding the removal of criminal and illegal aliens, 1 
p.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, September 6, Subcommittee on 
Military Personnel, hearing on Medicare subvention, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, September 4, to consider the following: H.R. 
3719, Small Business Improvement Act of 1996; and H.R. 3308, United 
States Armed Forces Protection Act of 1996, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  September 5, Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House 
and the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, to continue 
joint hearings on Buildings on Change: Preparing for the 105th 
Congress, 9:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 5, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on H.R. 3923, Aviation Disaster 
Family Assistance Act of 1996, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 6, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Aviation 
Security and Anti-Terrorism Efforts, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: September 6, to hold hearings on the 
employment-unemployment situation for August, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
       *These figures include all measures reported, even if there 
     was no accompanying report. A total of 156 reports has been 
     filed in the Senate, a total of 310 reports has been filed in 
     the House.
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                    Resume of Congressional Activity

           SECOND SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS


    The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative 
business transacted by the Senate and House.
    The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the 
Senate by the President for Senate confirmation.

                      DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY


                   January 3 through August 31, 1996

                                                                 STotal
     Days in session............................................ .
     Time in session.................................792 hrs., . .
     Congressional Record:
         Pages of proceedings................................9,. .
         Extensions of Remarks...............................1,. .
     Public bills enacted into law.............................. .
     Private bills enacted into law............................. .
     Bills in conference........................................ .
     Measures passed, total..................................... .
         Senate bills........................................... .
         House bills............................................ .
         Senate joint resolutions............................... .
         House joint resolutions................................ .
         Senate concurrent resolutions.......................... .
         House concurrent resolutions........................... .
         Simple resolutions..................................... .
     Measures reported, total.................................*. .
         Senate bills........................................... .
         House bills............................................ .
         Senate joint resolutions............................... .
         House joint resolutions................................ .
         Senate concurrent resolutions.......................... .
         House concurrent resolutions........................... .
         Simple resolutions..................................... .
     Special reports............................................ .
     Conference reports......................................... .
     Measures pending on calendar............................... .
     Measures introduced, total..............................1,. .
         Bills...............................................1,. .
         Joint resolutions...................................... .
         Concurrent resolutions................................. .
         Simple resolutions..................................... .
     Quorum calls............................................... .
     Yea-and-nay votes.......................................... .
     Recorded votes............................................. .
     Bills vetoed............................................... .
     Vetoes overridden.......................................... .
                  DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS


                January 3, 1966 through August 31, 1996

     Civilian nominations, totaling 313, (including 119 
       nominations carried over from the first session) 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed..........................................149...
         Unconfirmed........................................153...
         Withdrawn...........................................11...

     Civilian nominations (FS, PHS, CG, NOAA), totaling 1,337 
       (including 320 nominations carried over from the first 
       session), disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed........................................1,335...
         Unconfirmed..........................................2...

     Air Force nominations, totaling 9,424 (including 4,952 
       nominations carried over from the first session), 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed........................................9,315...
         Unconfirmed........................................109...

     Army nominations, totaling 10,857 (including 2,304 
       nominations carried over from the first session), 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed........................................9,218...
         Unconfirmed......................................1,639...

     Navy nominations, totaling 3,553 (including 21 nominations 
       carried over from the first session), disposed of as 
       follows:

         Confirmed........................................2,870...
         Unconfirmed........................................683...

     Marine Corps nominations, totaling 2,119 (including 8 
       nominations carried over from the first session), 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed........................................2,078...
         Unconfirmed.........................................41...

                                Summary
     Total nominations carried over from the first session7,724
     Total nominations received this session.............19,879
     Total confirmed.....................................24,965
     Total unconfirmed....................................2,627
     Total withdrawn.........................................11