[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 131 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D979-D981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of September 23 through 28, 1996

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will not be in session.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 1350, Maritime 
Security Act with votes to occur thereon. Senate may also begin 
consideration of a continuing resolution for the fiscal year 1997.
  During the week, Senate expects to consider the following:
  Veto Message on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, any cleared 
executive and legislative business, and conference reports, when 
available.
  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, September 24, 1996, from 12:30 p.m. 
until 2:15 p.m. for respective party conferences.)


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No Legislative Business.
  Tuesday, Consideration of 2 bills from the Corrections Calendar:
  1. H.R. 3153, Small Business Transport Correction Advancement Act; 
and
  2. H.R. 2988, Traffic Signal Synchronization;
  Consideration of measures under suspension of the rules (list to be 
announced later);
  Consideration of H. Res. 525, Providing for Expedited Procedures; and
  Consideration of H.R. 3666, VA/HUD Appropriations Act Conference 
Report.
  Wendesday, and the Balance of the Week, Consideration of H.R. 3540, 
Foreign Operations Appropriations Act for FY 97 Conference Report 
(subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 3259, Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 97 
Conference Report (subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2202, Immigration in the National Interest Act 
Conference Report (subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 3005, Securities Amendments of 1996 Conference 
Report (subject to a rule); and
  Consideration of H.R.       , FY 97 Omnibus Appropriations (subject 
to a rule).
  Conference reports may be brought to the floor at any time.
  Any further program will be announced later.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: September 26, to hold joint hearings 
with the Special Committee on Aging on increasing funding for 
biomedical research, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 25, 
HUD Oversight and Structure, to hold hearings to examine the release 
of the Fourth Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee annual report, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 24, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to 
hold hearings on S. 1860, to provide for legal reform and consumer 
compensation relating to motor vehicle tort systems, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to 
hold hearings on issues relating to the study of Mars, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-236.
  September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on aviation safety 
issues, focusing on treatment of families after airline accidents, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to 
examine the status of air service to small communities, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 25, 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold hearings 
on S. 987, to provide for the full settlement of all claims of Swain 
County, North Carolina, against the United States under the 
agreement dated July 30, 1943, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to 
hold hearings to examine the National Environmental Policy Act 
decisionmaking process with regard to Federal Land Management 
Agencies and the role of the Council on Environmental Quality, 2 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: September 25, business meeting, to mark up 
H.R. 3815, to make technical corrections and miscellaneous 
amendments to trade laws, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 24, to hold hearings to 
examine the need for ballistic missile defense, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  September 25, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian 
Affairs, to hold hearings to examine prospects for peace, security, 
and economic development in Lebanon, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  September 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review the 
interpretation of the ABM Treaty and U.S. ballistic missile defense, 
10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 25, Subcommittee on 
Financial Management and Accountability, to hold oversight hearings 
on the regulatory review activities of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  September 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review the 
annual report of the Postmaster General, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 25, to resume hearings to 
examine White House access to FBI background summaries, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the role of the 
Department of Justice in implementing the Prison Litigation Reform 
Act, 2 p.m., SD-226.

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  September 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review the 
annual refugee consultation process, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 25, to hold joint 
hearings with the Select Committee on Intelligence on the Department 
of Defense and Intelligence reports of U.S. military personnel 
exposures to chemical agents during the Persian Gulf War, 10:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 24, to hold hearings to 
examine civil jurisdiction in Indian country, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
phaseout of the Navajo/Hopi relocation program, 1:30 p.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 25, to hold joint 
hearings with the Committee on Veterans Affairs on the Department of 
Defense and Intelligence reports of U.S. military personnel 
exposures to chemical agents during the Persian Gulf War, 10:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 24, to hold hearings to 
examine Social Security reform proposals, 9 a.m., SD-628.
  September 26, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the 
Committee on Appropriations on increasing funding for biomedical 
research, 9 a.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 24, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review 
the Hatch Act and related law violations, 1:30 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, 
hearing on dairy, poultry, and egg trade with Canada and the impact 
of the impending NAFTA panel decision, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Commerce, September 25, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing on the status of the International Global Climate 
Change Negotiations, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, 
oversight hearing on restructuring of international satellite 
organizations, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on consumer access to home testing services and devices, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, 
oversight hearing on the implementation of the Universal Service 
Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, September 26, 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the 
financial status of the Corporation for National Service 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 24, to 
consider pending business, 6 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Affairs, and Criminal Justice, hearing on Citizenship USA, 1 p.m., 
311 Cannon.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information 
and Technology and the Committee on House Oversight, joint oversight 
hearing on the Smithsonian Institution, 10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on 
Politicization of the Federal Workforce, 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 26, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Affairs and Criminal Justice and the Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth and Families of the Committee on Economic and 
Educational Opportunities, joint hearing on the epidemic of teenage 
drug use, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 26, Subcommittee on the Postal Service, to continue 
hearings on H.R. 3717, Postal Reform Act of 1996, 2 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 24, Subcommittee 
on International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on United 
Nations: the Office of Secretary General and the Prospects for 
Reform, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 25, full committee, hearing on U.S. policy in the 
Persian Gulf, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up H. 
Con. Res. 213, concerning the urgent need to improve the living 
standards of those South Asians living in the Ganges and the 
Brahmaputra river basin; to be followed by a joint hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs of the Committee 
on Resources on U.S. Interests in the South Pacific: Freely 
Associated States and Okinawa, 2:30 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
the Issue of Quebec Sovereignty and its Potential Impact on the 
United States, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 26, full committee, to continue hearings on 
Administration Actions and Political Murders in Haiti: Part II, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on the 
Administration's performance in Africa, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 27, full committee, hearing on U.S. Enterprise Funds in 
Eastern Europe and the States of the Former Soviet Union, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 25, hearing on H.R. 3011, 
Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, September 24, Subcommittee on 
Military Personnel, hearing on the National Guard Youth Challenge 
Program, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  September 25, full committee, to continue hearings on current and 
future U.S. policy for Bosnia, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  September 25, to meet to honor retiring members, 3 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  September 26, hearing on U.S. policy towards Iraq, 9:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  September 27, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and 
Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, joint hearing on 
Ballistic Missile Defense plans, programs, and policies, 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Resources, September 25, to consider pending 
business, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, 
oversight hearing to investigate the progress of a 1995 REGO II 
proposal to allow states to perform BLM's inspection and enforcement 
programs on federal lands, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on oceanographic research, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, hearing 
on H.R. 3777, Oroville-Tonasket Claim Settlement and Conveyance Act, 
3 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 26, Task Force on Indian Trust Fund Management, 
oversight hearing on the mismanagement of Indian Trust Fund accounts 
by the Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 24, to consider the Conference 
Report 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, 4 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, September 25, hearing on OSHA Reform 
and Relief for Small Business: What Needs to be Done? 10 a.m., 2539 
Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Government Programs, hearing on 
FDIC's handling of small business asset foreclosures in 
Massachusetts as a result of the failure of ComFed Savings Bank in 
Lowell, MA, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 24, 
Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to mark up the 
following: Court Construction Prospectuses, Non-Court Construction 
Prospectuses, Lease Prospectuses, and other pending matters, 4 p.m., 
2253 Rayburn.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to continue 
hearings on ISTEA Reauthorization: The Efficient Delivery of 
Transportation Improvements and the Congestion Mitigation and Air 
Quality Program, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.