[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 6 (Thursday, January 23, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D47]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 27 through February 1, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will meet for a pro forma session.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any legislative 
or executive items cleared for consideration.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, January 28, 1997, from 12:30 p.m. 
until 2:15 p.m. for respective party conferences.)


                             House Chamber

  The House is not in session.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: January 28, 
business meeting, to consider the nomination of Andrew M. Cuomo, of 
New York, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 11 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: January 28, to hold hearings on the 
Congressional Budget Office economic and budget outlook, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  January 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposals for 
long-term Social Security reform, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  January 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the consumer price 
index, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: January 29, to 
hold hearings on the nomination of Rodney E. Slater, of Arkansas, to 
be Secretary of Transportation, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: January 29, to hold an 
organizational meeting, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  January 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Federico Pena, to be Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: January 28, to hold an 
organizational meeting, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  January 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Rodney E. Slater, of Arkansas, to be Secretary of Transportation, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: January 28, to hold an organizational 
meeting; to be followed by hearings on the final report of the 
Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  January 30, Full Committee, to resume hearings on the final report 
of the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 29, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Bill Richardson, of New Mexico, to be the 
Representative of the United States to the United Nations with the 
rank of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States in 
the Security Council of the United Nations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  January 30, Full Committee, to hold an organizational meeting, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: January 29, to hold an 
organizational meeting, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: January 30, business meeting, to 
consider pending committee business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: January 29, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: January 28, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Alan M. Hantman, of New Jersey, to be 
Architect of the Capitol, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  January 28, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider the 
nomination of Alan M. Hantman, of New Jersey, to be Architect of the 
Capitol, 10:15 a.m., SR-301.
  January 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine campaign 
finance reform proposals, including S. 57, and on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for the Federal Election Commission 
(FEC), 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business: January 29, to hold an organizational 
meeting, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: January 28, closed business 
meeting, to consider pending committee business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  January 29, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, January 29, 
Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, 
oversight hearing on recent steps by the FDA and other federal 
agencies to address the health threat posed by transmissible 
spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), including so-called ``Mad Cow 
Disease,'' 1 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.