[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D956-D957]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                     WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services, to hold open and closed hearings on 
the Report of the Downing Assessment Task Force on the bomb attack 
on Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, and other issues related to United 
States policy in the Middle East, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, HUD Oversight 
and Structure, to resume oversight hearings on the implementation 
and enforcement of the Fair Housing Act (P.L. 100-430), 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings on S. 
1920, to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 
and S. 1998, to provide for expedited negotiations between the 
Secretary of the Interior and the villages of Chickaloon-Moose Creek 
Native Association, Inc., Ninilichik Native Association, Inc., 
Seldovia Native Association, Inc., Tyonek Native Corporation and 
Knikatnu, Inc. regarding the conveyances of certain lands in Alaska 
under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings on United States policy and recent 
developments with regard to Indonesia, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Bailey decision's 
effect on certain prosecutions with regard to violent and drug 
trafficking crimes, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review contracting 
practices and other activities at the USDA relating to Team 
Nutrition, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, hearing on recent 
events surrounding Sumitomo Corporation, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 4012, 
to waive temporarily the Medicare enrollment composition rules for 
The Wellness Plan; H.R. 2923, to extend for 4 additional years the 
waiver granted to the Watts Health Foundation from the membership 
mix requirement for health maintenance organizations participating 
in the Medicare Program; H.R. 2988, to amend the Clean Air Act to 
provide that traffic signal synchronization projects are exempt from 
certain requirements of Environmental Protection Agency rules; H.R. 
2299, to amend the Clean Air Act to require that motorcycles be 
defined as having a curb mass less that or equal to 1,749 pounds; 
H.R. 3632, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to repeal 
the requirement for annual resident review for nursing facilities 
under the Medicaid Program and to require resident reviews for 
mentally ill or mentally retarded residents when there is a 
significant change in physical or mental condition; H.R. 3633, to 
amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to permit a 
waiver of the prohibition of offering nurse aide training and 
competency evaluation programs in certain nursing facilities; a 
measure to extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act through September 30, 1997; 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; and H.R. 1186, Professional 
Boxing Safety Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to consider the 
following: H.R. 3877, to designate the U.S. post office building in 
Camden, AR, as the ``Honorable David H. Pryor Post Office 
Building''; S. 868, to provide authority for leave transfer for 
Federal employees who are adversely affected by disasters or 
emergencies; and pending investigative reports, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, hearing on the Shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue: What 
Happened? 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: H.. 3874, 
Civil Rights Commission Act of 1996; H.R. 2002, Private Security 
Officer Quality Assurance Act of 1995; H.R. 3852, Comprehensive 
Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996; H.R. 1499, Consumer Fraud 
Prevention Act of 1995; and a private claims measure, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on H.J. 
Res. 189, granting the consent of Congress to the Interstate 
Insurance Receivership Compact; and to hold a hearing and mark up of 
the following: H.J. Res. 193, granting the consent of Congress to 
the Emergency Management Assistance Compact; and H.J. Res. 194, 
granting the consent of the Congress to amendments

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made by Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia to the 
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, 9:30 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on prison industries, 9:30 a.m., 
2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, hearing on the July 25, 1996 
terrorist attack against U.S. military forces in Dhahran, Saudi 
Arabia, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2392, 
to amend the Umatilla Basin Project Act to establish boundaries for 
irrigation districts within the Umatilla Basin; H.R. 3258, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain real property 
located within the Carlsbad project in New Mexico to Carlsbad 
Irrigation District; H.R. 2561, Glacier Bay National Park and 
Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 1995; H.R. 3973, to provide for 
a study of the recommendations of the Joint Federal-State Commission 
on Policies and Programs Affecting Alaska Natives; H.R. 3819, to 
amend the act establishing the National Park Foundation; H.R. 3155, 
to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating the Wekiva 
River, Seminole Creek, and Rock Springs Run in the State of Florida 
for study and potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System; H.R. 3568, to designate 51.7 miles of the Clarion 
River, located in Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild 
and Scenic Rivers System; H.R. 3497, to expand the boundary of the 
Snoqualmie National Forest; H.R. 2028, Federal Land Management 
Agency Concession Reform Act of 1995; H.R. 2466, to improve the 
process for land exchanges with the Forest Service and the Bureau of 
Land Management; H.R. 4067, to provide for representation of the 
Northern Mariana Islands by a nonvoting Delegate in the House of 
Representatives; H.R. 2041, Guam War Restitution Act; H.R. 3752, 
American Land Sovereignty Protection Act of 1996; and H.R. 3862, 
Citizen's Fair Hearing Act of 1996, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 3610, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1997; Conference Report to accompany H.R. 2202, 
Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1996; and a measure 
making omnibus appropriations for fiscal year 1997; and to mark up 
H.R. 3024, United States-Puerto Rico Political Status Act, 3 p.m., 
H-313, Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on H.R. 3994, Entrepreneur 
Development Program Act of 1996, a proposed reform of the 8(a) 
Program, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, oversight hearing on the Rails to Trails Act, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up H.R. 4068, Veterans 
Medicare Subvention Demonstration Project Act, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conferees, on H.R. 3666, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for 
sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 10 a.m., H-
140, Capitol.