[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 15 (Friday, February 7, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D92-D95]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of February 10 through 14, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S.J. Res. 1, Balanced 
Budget Constitutional Amendment.
  During the week, Senate may also consider any legislative or 
executive items cleared for consideration.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, February 11, 1997, from 12:30 p.m. 
until 2:15 p.m., for respective party conferences.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 11 and 
13, to hold hearings on proposals to reform the Commodity Exchange 
Act, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 11, to hold a closed 
briefing on the situation in Bosnia and the status of U.S. military 
forces participating in the Stabilization Force (SFOR), 10 a.m., SR-
222.
  February 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 10 a.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: February 10, to resume hearings on the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1998, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  February 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings on issues relating 
to public investment, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 12, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to 
hold hearings on product liability reform issues, focusing on the 
success of the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 (P.L. 
103-298), 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 12, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 12, to hold 
hearings on the ozone and particulate matter standards proposed by 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to 
hold hearings on the implementation of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act and transportation trends, 
infrastructure funding requirements, and transportation's impact on 
the economy, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 11, to hold hearings on the final 
report of the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  February 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the 
Administration's budget and revenue proposals for fiscal year 1998, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  February 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the 
Administration's budget for fiscal year 1998, focusing on Medicare, 
Medicaid and welfare proposals, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 13, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Pete Peterson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: February 12, Subcommittee on 
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold 
hearings on the future of nuclear deterrence, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  February 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 207, to 
review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal 
subsidies, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: February 11, to hold 
oversight hearings on the implementation of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act (P.L. 104-191), 9:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  February 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the 
implementation of the Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act 
(TEAM), 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Employment and Training, to resume 
hearings to examine proposals to reform the Fair Labor Standards 
Act, focusing on S. 4, to provide to private sector employees the 
same opportunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time off, 
biweekly work programs, and flexible credit hour programs as Federal 
employees currently enjoy to help balance the demands and needs of 
work and family, to clarify the provisions relating to exemptions of 
certain professionals from the minimum wage and overtime 
requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 9:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: February 11, business 
meeting, to mark up proposed legislation authorizing biennial 
expenditures by standing, select, and special committees of the 
Senate, and to consider other pending legislative and administrative 
business, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business: February 12, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Aida Alvarez, of New York, to be Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  February 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the President's 
budget request for fiscal year 1998 for the Small Business 
Administration, 10:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 11, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the 
legislative recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 
a.m., 345 Cannon Building.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No legislative business.
  Tuesday, Legislative program to be announced. No recorded votes will 
be held before 5 p.m.
  Wednesday and Thursday, H.J. Res. 2, Proposing a Term Limits 
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (subject to a rule); 
H.J. Res. 36, Approving the Presidential Finding Regarding the 
Population Planning Program; and H.R. 581, Providing that the President 
May Make Funds Appropriated for Population Planning Available March 1, 
1997 Subject to Restrictions on Assistance to Foreign Organizations 
that Perform or Actively Promote Abortions (subject to a rule).
  Friday, The House will not be in session.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, February 11, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, on Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, 10 a.m., on Health Care Financing Administration and 
on the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.

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  February 11, Subcommittee on Legislative, on the CBO, the U.S. 
Capitol Police and the Office of Compliance, 9:30 a.m., and on the 
Joint Committee on Printing and the GPO, 1 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Inspector General 
Overview, 12:30 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing 
and Related Programs, on Secretary of State, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration and the Office of the Inspector General, 10 a.m., and 
on the Health Resources and Services Administration, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Legislative, on Joint Economic 
Committee and the Library of Congress, 9:30 a.m., on the architect 
of the Capitol/Botanic Garden; GAO, Members of Congress; and public 
witnesses, 1 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10 a.m., 
and on Administration for Children and Families and the 
Administration on Aging, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Legislative, on the Joint Committee 
on Taxation, 1 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  February 13, Subcommittee on National Security, executive, 
briefing on World-Wide Intelligence, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, February 11 and 13, 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearings 
on Financial Services Modernization legislation including H.R. 268, 
Depository Institution Affiliation and Thrift Charter Conversion 
Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 11, hearing on the 
Administration's Budget for Fiscal Year 1998, 1 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 13, hearing on CBO Budget Outlook and Analysis of the 
Administration's Budget Proposal, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, February 11, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, oversight hearing on the Department of Energy's proposed 
budget for fiscal year 1998, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing and mark up of the Armored Car 
Reciprocity Amendments of 1997, 4:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, oversight 
hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services' proposed 
budget for fiscal year 1998, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, on Spectrum Management Policy, 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 11, 
Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long 
Learning, hearing on Reform of the Major Federal Job Training 
Programs, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing 
on Defusing the Retirement Timebomb: Encouraging Pension Savings, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 13, to mark up the committee oversight plan for the 105th 
Congress and to consider other pending committee business, 9:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, February 11, hearing 
on GAO Findings on Superfund Clean-Up, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 12, hearing on the ``Government Performance and Results 
Act: Sensible Government for the Next Century,'' 10 a.m., and to 
hold an organizational meeting, 3 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on the 
Administration's fiscal year 1998 budget: Civil Service Impacts, 9 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information 
and Technology, hearing on ``Oversight of the GAO's High-Risk 
Series,'' 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on the Need for Better Focus in the Rural Health 
Clinic Program, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 14, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Affairs, and Criminal Justice, hearing on ``U.S. Counternarcotics 
Assistance to Columbia'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, February 11, to consider pending 
business, 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, February 11, to consider an 
oversight plan for the 105th Congress, 9:45 a.m., and to hold a 
hearing on the Administration's International Affairs Budget Request 
for fiscal year 1998, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 11, Subcommittee on 
Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing regarding Title III of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, 
2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on the FBI 
investigation into the Khobar Towers bombing in Dhahran, Saudi 
Arabia and on Foreign FBI Investigations, 10 a.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, February 11, Subcommittee on 
Military Personnel, hearing on the status of the investigation into 
Persian Gulf War illnesses, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 12, full Committee, hearing on the fiscal year 1998 
national defense authorization request, 10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 13, full Committee, hearing on threats to U.S. National 
Security, 10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules: February 11, to consider the following: H.J. 
Res. 2, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States with respect to the number of terms of office of Members of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives; H.R. 581, Family 
Planning Facilitation and Abortion Funding Restriction Act of 1997;

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adopting oversight plan for the 105th Congress; and other Committee 
business, 1:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, February 11, Subcommittee on Technology, 
briefing on Secure Communications, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 12, full Committee, hearing on the Status of Russian 
Participation in the International Space Program, 1 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 13, to hold an 
organizational meeting, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 12, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, hearing on ISTEA 
Comprehensive Reauthorization Proposals: ISTEA Integrity Restoration 
Act (STEP 21) Transportation Empowerment Act (Devolution) ISTEA 
Works, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Aviation, to continue hearings on 
Airlines' Proposals to Establish User Fees for FAA Services, 9 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 11, hearing to review the 
findings and recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Commission 
on Gulf War Veterans' illnesses, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 13, hearing on the Administration's fiscal year 1998 
budget; 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 11, hearing on the 
President's fiscal year 1998 Budget 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 12, to continue hearings on the Administration's fiscal 
year 1998 Budget, 9:30 a.m., and to mark up a measure to reinstate 
temporarily the Airport and Airway Trust Fund Tax, and to restore 
permanently Trust Fund transfer authority, 1100 Longworth.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Medicare 
provisions in the Administration's budget, 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on the Human 
Resource provisions of the fiscal year 1998 Administration's budget, 
11 a.m. B-318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: February 10, to hold hearings on the 
1997 Economic Report of the President, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn 
Building.
  Joint Hearing: February 11, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
on the legislative recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 
9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.