[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 121 (Friday, September 6, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D901-D903]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of September 9 through 14, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will consider the conference report on 
H.R. 3230, Defense Authorizations. Also, on Tuesday, Senate will 
consider H.R. 3396, Defense of Marriage Act, and S. 2056, Employment 
Nondiscrimination Act, with votes to occur on all three measures, 
following which Senate will consider H.R. 3756, Treasury/Postal Service 
Appropriations.
  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

  Monday, No Legislative Business.
  Tuesday, Consideration of H.R. 3056, County Health Organization 
Exemption Act from the Corrections Day Calendar.
  Consideration of 19 suspensions:
  1. H. Res. 470, Monitoring of Student Right to Know and Campus 
Security Act of 1990;
  2. H.R. 3863, Student Debt Reduction Act of 1996;
  3. H.R. 3539, Federal Aviation Authorization Act of 1996;
  4. H.R. 3060, Antarctic Environmental Protection Act of 1996;
  5. H.R. 3910, Emergency Drought Relief Act;
  6. H.R. 2512, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust 
Fund Act;
  7. H.R. 2710, Hoopa Valley Reservation South Boundary Correction Act;
  8. H.R. 3642, California Indian Land Transfer Act;
  9. H.R. 3640, Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Claims 
Settlement Act;
  10. H.R. 2941, Housing Improvement Act for Land Management Agencies;
  11. H.R. 2107, Visitor Services Improvement and Outdoor Legacy Act of 
1995;
  12. H.R. 2679, North Platte National Wildlife Refuge;
  13. H.R. 2693, Hells Canyon Wilderness;
  14. H.R. 3903, Sly Park Unit Conveyance Act;
  15. H.R. 3910, Emergency Drought Relief Act;
  16. H.R. 3802, Electronic Freedom of Information Amendments of 1996;
  17. H.R. 3452, Presidential and Executive Office Accountability Act;
  18. H.R. 3637, Travel Reform and Savings Act of 1996; and
  19. H.R. 3759, Exports, Jobs, and Growth Act of 1996.
  Any recorded votes ordered will be postponed until 12 noon on 
Wednesday.
  Wednesday, and the balance of the week, consideration of H.R. 3816, 
Energy and Water Appropriations Conference Report (subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 3675, Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Conference Report (subject to a rule); and
  Consideration of H.R. 3610, Department of Defense Appropriations 
Conference Report (subject to a rule).
  (The House will meet at 9 a.m. on Wednesday and recess immediately 
for a joint meeting to receive the Prime Minister of Ireland.)
  Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: September 10, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, business meeting, to mark 
up H.R. 3755, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 3:30 p.m., SD-192.
  September 12, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up H.R. 
3755, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and

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Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1997, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 10, business meeting, to 
consider pending military nominations, 5 p.m., SR-222.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings on the 
practices and procedures of the investigative services of the 
Department of Defense and the military departments concerning 
investigations into the deaths of military personnel which may have 
resulted from self-inflicted causes, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 11, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 1695, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to access up to $2 per person visiting the Grand 
Canyon or other national park to secure bonds for capital 
improvements to the park, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 11, 
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings 
on the implementation of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act, focusing on the role of Federal, State, and local 
governments in surface transportation, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 10, Subcommittee on 
European Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the Bosnia peace 
process, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  September 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings on Bilateral Tax 
Treaties with Austria (Treaty Doc. 104-31), with Indonesia (Treaty 
Doc. 104-32), with Luxembourg (Treaty Doc. 104-33), with 
Netherlands-Antilles (Treaty Doc. 104-23), and with Turkey (Treaty 
Doc. 104-30), 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  September 11, Subcommittee on International Operations, to hold 
hearings on United Nations reform proposals, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  September 12, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to 
hold hearings to review the situation in North Korea, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 10, to resume 
hearings to examine the status of the modernization of the Internal 
Revenue Service tax information system, focusing on technical and 
management issues, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  September 12, 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: September 10, Subcommittee on 
Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights, to hold hearings on 
issues with regard to the chemical weapons convention, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  September 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
competition in the telecommunications industry, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 12, hearing to review State 
Trading Enterprises, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, September 11, 
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing 
and markup of the following bills: H.R. 2026, George Washington 
Commemorative Coin Act of 1995; H.R. 1684, James Madison 
Commemorative Coin Act; and H.R. 1776, Black Revolutionary War 
Patriots Commemorative Coin Act, 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 12, full Committee, hearing on the Implications of 
Recent Increases in the Rates of Delinquency and Default on Consumer 
Loans for the Financial Services Industry, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, September 12, 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, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to continue 
oversight hearings on the status of the International Global Climate 
Change Negotiations, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on Environmental Compliance Problems Facing Dry Cleaners, 
9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, September 11, 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the 
Financial Status of the Corporation for National Service, 11 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, oversight 
hearing on the Fair Labor Standards Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 10, 
Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing on White House Data Base, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  September 10, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Relations, and Criminal Justice, hearing on naturalization testing 
fraud, 1:30 p.m., 311 Canon.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on Taxpayer 
Subsidy of Federal Unions, 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Affairs, and Criminal Justice, hearing on oversight of NASA's 
infrastructure downsizing efforts, 11 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Human Resources and 
Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on Off Label Drug Use and FDA 
Review of Supplemental Drug Applications, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 11, hearing on 
Overall U.S. Counter-Narcotics Policy Toward Columbia, 11 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Nigerian white 
collar crime, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 12, Subcommittee on 
Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on the

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role of Congress in monitoring administrative rulemaking, including 
the following bills: H.R. 47, Regulatory Relief and Reform Act; H.R. 
2727, Congressional Responsibility Act of 1995; and H.R. 2990, 
Significant Regulation Oversight Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on H.R. 3386, Ethical Standards for Federal Prosecutors Act 
of 1996, 10 a.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 3508, 
Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act, 9:30 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, September 10, Subcommittee on 
Military Personnel, hearing on revisions to the Missing Persons Act, 
2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  September 11, full committee, hearing on current and future U.S. 
policy for Bosnia, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Military Installations and 
Facilities, hearing on infrastructure requirements to support the 
Army strategic mobility program, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on 
military modernization, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 11, to consider pending 
business, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 12, hearing on H.R. 3752, American Land Sovereignty 
Protection Act of 1996, 10:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on the Fisheries Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-43), 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 12, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 2712, Northwest California Forest Health and 
Economic Recovery Act; to be followed by an oversight hearing on 
Forest Service resource management and fire control, 1:30 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, oversight 
hearing on progress report on the administrative attempts to 
implement the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, 2:30 p.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 11, Subcommittee on Rules and 
Organization of the House and the Subcommittee on Legislative and 
Budget Process, to continue joint hearings on Building on Change: 
Preparing for the 105th Congress, 9:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, September 10, Subcommittee on Technology and 
the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and 
Technology of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, 
joint hearing on Solving the Year 2000 Software Problem, 10:30 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on 
Life on Mars?, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, September 11, 
executive, to consider pending business, 1:30 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 12, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight 
hearing on drug interdiction and other matters related to the 
National Drug Control Policy, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 11, to mark up the Social 
Security Miscellaneous Amendments Act of 1996, 11 a.m., H-208 
Capitol.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the World Trade 
Organization (WTO) Singapore ministerial meeting, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on rural health care 
issues, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue 
hearings on the performance of the Social Security Administration as 
an Independent Agency, 10:30 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.