[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 20 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D126-D129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of February 25 through March 1, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S.J. Res. 1, Balanced 
Budget Constitutional Amendment. At 2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on H.J. 
Res. 36, relative to U.N. population funding, following which Senate 
will resume consideration of S.J. Res. 1, Balanced Budget 
Constitutional Amendment.
  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of S.J. Res. 1, 
Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will continue consideration of 
S.J. Res. 1, Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment, and amendments 
to be proposed thereto. Senate may also consider any cleared executive 
and legislative business.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, February 25, 1997 from 12:30 p.m. 
until 2:10 p.m. for respective party conferences.)
  (Senate and House will hold a joint meeting on Thursday, February 27, 
1997, at 10 a.m., to receive an address from Eduardo Frei, President of 
Chile.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 25, to 
hold hearings to examine the impact of estate taxes on farmers, 9 
a.m., SR-332.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
impact of capital gains taxes on farmers, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: February 25, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, 
and Independent Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Council on Environmental 
Quality, the National Credit Union Administration, the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation, and the Community Development Financial 
Institutions, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID) and to review 
bilateral economic assistance programs, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 25 and 26, to resume 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
1998 for the Department of Defense and

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the future years defense program, Tuesday at 10 a.m. in SD-106 and 
Wednesday at 2 p.m. in SR-222.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings concerning the 
Department of Defense actions pertaining to Persian Gulf illnesses, 
9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 25, to 
hold hearings on S. 318, to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
require automatic cancellation and notice of cancellation rights 
with respect to private mortgage insurance which is required by a 
creditor as a condition for entering into a residential mortgage 
transaction, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review the 
Federal Reserve's monetary policy report to Congress, 10 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 27, 
to hold hearings to examine violence in television programming, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 25, to hold 
hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
1998 for the Department of the Interior and Forest Service, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  February 25 and 26, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land 
Management, to hold hearings on the proposed Public Land Management 
Responsibility and Accountability Restoration Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 26, 
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to resume 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of 
the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Finance: February 27, to hold hearings on views of 
congressional advisory commissions on the Administration's fiscal 
year 1998 Medicare budget proposal, 11 a.m., SD-215.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Health Care, to resume hearings to 
examine the financial soundness of the Medicare program, 2 p.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 26, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
1998 for the Agency for International Development (AID), 2 p.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: February 25, to hold hearings 
on the nomination of David J. Barram, of California, to be 
Administrator of General Services, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: February 26, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Higher Education 
Act, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business: February 26, to hold hearings on the 
President's budget request for fiscal year 1998 for the Small 
Business Administration, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 208, to 
provide Federal contracting opportunities for small business 
concerns located in historically underutilized business zones, 9:30 
a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 26, to hold hearings on 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1998 for 
veterans programs, 2 p.m., SR-418.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 26, to hold hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1998 for the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-485.
  February 27, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
committee business relating to the Committee's budget views and 
estimates on the fiscal year 1998 request for Indian programs, 9:30 
a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 26 and 27, to hold 
closed hearings on intelligence matters, Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. and 
Thursday at 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E293-95 in today's Record.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 26, Subcommittee on Forestry, 
Resource Conservation, and Research, hearing to review the USDA's 
final regulation on the Conservation Reserve Program, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 25, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on Inspectors General for 
the Department of State and Department of Commerce, 2 p.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  February 25 and 26, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Members of 
Congress and public witnesses, 10 a.m., on February 25 and 9:30 
a.m., and 1 p.m., on February 26, 2358 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on the Customs Service, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on the Secretary of 
Agriculture, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary, on Inspector General for the Department of Justice, 11 
a.m., and on the Legal Services Corporation, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Interior, on the Secretary of the 
Interior, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on the Director, NIH, 10 a.m., on the National Cancer 
Institute and the National Eye Institute, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on National Security, on the fiscal year 
1998 Defense Budget, 2212 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on the Office of Inspector General, Department of the 
Treasury, 10 a.m., and on the Secret Service, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 26 and 27, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies, on NASA, 11 a.m., and 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.

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  February 27, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on the FDA, 1 p.m., 
2362A Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing 
and Related Programs, on the Secretary of the Treasury, 10:30 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on the National Center of Human Genome Research; and the 
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 10 a.m., and 
on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the 
National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, 
1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Overview, 2 
p.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on the 
U.S. European Command, 10 a.m., and, executive, on the U.S. Atlantic 
Command, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, February 25, 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, to 
continue hearings on Financial Services Modernization legislation 
including H.R. 268, Depository Institution Affiliation and Thrift 
Charter Conversion Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, 
hearing on H.R. 2, Housing and Opportunity Responsibility Act of 
1997, and on Personal Responsibility and Accountability in 
Communities, 3 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing on issues currently facing the Credit Union 
Industry, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 27, hearing on the 
Administration's fiscal year 1998 Budget Proposal for the Department 
of Health and Human Services, 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Commerce, February 26, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing and markup of the following bills: H.R. 649, 
Department of Energy Standardization Act of 1997; and H.R. 363, to 
amend section 2118 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to extend the 
Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information 
Dissemination Program; and to mark up the following bills: H.R. 651, 
to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the 
construction of a hydroelectric project located in the State of 
Washington; and H.R. 652, to extend the deadline under the Federal 
Power Act for the construction of a hydroelectric project located in 
the State of Washington, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing on 
Medicare Managed Care: Payment and Related Issues, 1 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 25, 
Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long 
Learning, hearing on Adult Education Act, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and 
Life-Long Learning, hearing on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 9:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, February 25, 
Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and 
Criminal Justice, hearing on ``Counternarcotics Efforts in Mexico 
and Along the Southwest Border,'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing and markup of 
H.R. 240, Veterans' Employment Opportunity Act of 1997, 1:30 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Affairs, and Criminal Justice, hearing on Civic Volunteers, Youth 
Service Organizations, and the War on Drugs, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental 
Relations, oversight hearing on the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development: Mission, Management, and Performance, 11 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Affairs, and Criminal Justice, oversight hearing on the 1997 
National Drug Control Strategy, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Oversight, February 26, Task Force on Contested 
Election, hearing on the Forty Sixth Congressional District of 
California, 5 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, February 25, hearing on the 
Administration's fiscal year 1998 Foreign Assistance Budget Request, 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 26, hearing on New Thinking on Foreign Assistance, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on 
Engaging the Hermit Kingdom: U.S. Policy Toward North Korea, 1:30 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 26, Subcommittee on Courts 
and Intellectual Property, hearing on the following: H.R. 400, 21st 
Century Patent System Improvement Act; H.R. 673, Patent and 
Trademark Office Surcharge Extension Act of 1997; and the Patent 
Term Restoration Act, 9 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Crime and the Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth and Families of the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce, joint hearing on the following bills: H.R. 26, to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to provide that the firearms 
prohibitions applicable by reason of a domestic violence misdemeanor 
conviction do not apply if the conviction occurred before the 
prohibitions became law; and H.R. 445, to provide that the firearms 
prohibitions applicable by reason of a domestic violence misdemeanor 
conviction do not apply to government entities, 10:15 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing regarding 
Free Speech and Campaign Finance Reform, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight 
hearing regarding deception of a Congressional Task Force delegation 
to the Miami District of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
1:30 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, February 25, Subcommittee on 
Military Procurement and the Subcommittee on Research and 
Development, executive, joint briefing on

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intelligence assessments by the CIA, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 26, full Committee, hearing on defense reform, 9:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the 
Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, joint hearing on 
Navy shipbuilding overview, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Military Installations and 
Facilities, hearing on the fiscal year 1998 military construction 
budget request for programs of the Secretary of Defense, the Defense 
Agencies, and the Active and Reserve Components of the Department of 
the Army, 11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on 
Department of Defense health care alternatives for Military 
Medicare-Eligible Beneficiaries, 1:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, 
hearing on Defense research and development for future readiness, 2 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, 
hearing on the Federal response to terrorist incidents involving 
weapons of mass destruction, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, February 27, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, hearing and markup of H.R. 709, to reauthorize 
and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, and Wildlife 
and Oceans, to hold a hearing on H.R. 437, to reauthorize the 
National Sea Grant College Program Act, 9 a.m., and to hold an 
oversight hearing on the NOAA fiscal year 1998 budget request, which 
includes funding for the National Marine Fisheries Service, 12 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  February 27, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, 
oversight hearing on Research and Resource Management in the 
National Park Service, 12 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, the Bipartisan Ad Hoc Task Force on the 
Recodification of House Rules, to hold an organizational meeting; 
followed by a briefing by the House Parliamentarian, 1 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, February 27, Subcommittee on Technology, 
hearing on Surface Transportation Research Needs for the Next 
Century, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 27, hearing on the 
Administration's Budget Request for the SBA for fiscal year 1998, 11 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 26, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Whether the Traffic Alert and 
Collision Avoidance System Should be Required in Cargo Aircraft, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, to hold an organizational meeting; followed by a 
hearing on reauthorization of the State Boating Safety Grant 
Program, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to continue 
hearings on ISTEA Comprehensive Reauthorization Proposals: On the 
Administration's and Other Comprehensive Reauthorization Proposals, 
9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 27, hearing on the 
Administration's fiscal year 1998 VA Budget, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 25, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Medicare HMO Payment Policies, 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the Annual 
Report of the IRS Taxpayer Advocate, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Technical 
Corrections to Welfare Reform legislation, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the WTO Singapore 
Ministerial Meeting, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Adoption, 
10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Social Security, to hold an 
organizational meeting, 9 a.m., 1129 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: February 26, to hold hearings to examine 
the economic and budget outlook, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Building.