[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 25 (Monday, March 3, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D165-D167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 4, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
hearings to examine the school lunch and school breakfast programs, 
10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 1998 for the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, the American Battle Monuments Commission, the Court of 
Veterans Appeals, the Selective Service System, and Army Cemeterial 
Expenses, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1998 for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, Marketing and 
Regulatory programs, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain Inspection, Packers 
and Stockyards Administration, all of the Department of Agriculture, 
10 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 
for the Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 10 a.m., 
SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Securities, to hold hearings on Securities and Exchange Commission 
(SEC) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) derivatives 
accounting rules and their impact on competitiveness and investor 
information, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed legislation to reform product 
liability, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on 
Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment, to hold hearings on 
proposals relating to liability and resource issues associated with 
the cleanup and redevelopment of abandoned or underutilized 
industrial and commercial properties, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance, to hold hearings to examine estimates of the 
President's fiscal year 1998 budget request for Medicare, Medicaid, 
and welfare, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, business meeting, to mark up S. 
Res. 19, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United States 
opposition to the prison sentence of Tibet ethnomusicologist Ngawang 
Choephel by the Government of the People's Republic of China, and to 
consider pending nominations, 4:45 p.m., SD-419.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E362-64 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Research, Education and Economics, 1 p.m., and on Members of 
Congress and public witnesses, 4 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, on 
Attorney General, 2 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 1:30 
p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 10 a.m., on the 
National Institute of Drug Abuse and the National Institute on 
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Quality of Life, 1:30 
p.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, 10 a.m., and on Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, 2 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation, 10 a.m., and on Selective Service System, 
11 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the economy, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
  Committee on International Relations, to markup the following 
measures: H. Con. Res. 17, congratulating the

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people of Guatemala on the success of the recent negotiations to 
establish a process for Guatemala; and H. Con. Res. 18, 
congratulating the people of the Republic of Nicaragua on the 
success of their democratic elections held on October 20, 1996; 1 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, hearing 
on International Organizations and Conferences, 1:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations and Facilities, hearing on the Fiscal Year 1998 
Military Construction Budget Request for programs of the active and 
Reserve Components of the Department of the Navy and the Department 
of the Air Force, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel and the Subcommittee on 
Military Readiness, joint hearing on Readiness and Personnel: Views 
from the Field, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on the Administration's budget requests 
with respect to the following agencies of the Department of the 
Interior: the U. S. Geological Survey (except Water Resources 
Division), the Minerals Management Service, the Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and the Bureau of Land 
Management (Energy and Minerals, including Mining Law 
Administration), 1:30 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, oversight hearing on 
the Administration's proposed 1998 budget requests for the Bureau of 
Reclamation, the Central Utah Project, and the Water Resources 
Division of the U.S. Geological Survey and the Power Marketing 
Administrations, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, NASA 
Posture hearing/fiscal year 1998 authorization, 1 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Task Force on Ethics 
Reform, hearing on the Ethics Process in the House, 10 a.m., H-144 
Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation, to continue hearings on ISTEA 
Reauthorization: Policy Initiatives and Requests for Highway and 
Transit Projects, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Medicare Home Health Care, Skilled Nursing Facility, and Other Post-
Acute Care Payment Policies, 1 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on ``High-Risk'' Programs, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to consider 
pending business, 9:30 a.m., and, executive, to hold a briefing on 
the Future Imagery Architecture, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
       *These figures include all measures reported, even if there 
     was no accompanying report. A total of 6 reports has been 
     filed in the Senate, a total of 6 reports has been filed in 
     the House.
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                    Resume of Congressional Activity

            FIRST SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS


    The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative 
business transacted by the Senate and House.
    The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the 
Senate by the President for Senate confirmation.

                      DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY


                  January 3 through February 28, 1997

                                                                 STotal
     Days in session............................................ .
     Time in session.................................158 hrs., . .
     Congressional Record:
         Pages of proceedings................................1,. .
         Extensions of Remarks.................................. .
     Public bills enacted into law.............................. .
     Private bills enacted into law............................. .
     Bills in conference........................................ .
     Measures passed, total..................................... .
         Senate bills........................................... .
         House bills............................................ .
         Senate joint resolutions............................... .
         House joint resolutions................................ .
         Senate concurrent resolutions.......................... .
         House concurrent resolutions........................... .
         Simple resolutions..................................... .
     Measures reported, total................................... .
         Senate bills........................................... .
         House bills............................................ .
         Senate joint resolutions............................... .
         House joint resolutions................................ .
         Senate concurrent resolutions.......................... .
         House concurrent resolutions........................... .
         Simple resolutions..................................... .
     Special reports............................................ .
     Conference reports......................................... .
     Measures pending on calendar............................... .
     Measures introduced, total..............................1,. .
         Bills.................................................. .
         Joint resolutions...................................... .
         Concurrent resolutions................................. .
         Simple resolutions..................................... .
     Quorum calls............................................... .
     Yea-and-nay votes.......................................... .
     Recorded votes............................................. .
     Bills vetoed............................................... .
     Vetoes overridden.......................................... .
                  DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS


                  January 7 through February 28, 1997

     Civilian nominations, totaling 139, disposed of as 
       follows:

         Confirmed...........................................20...
         Unconfirmed........................................118...
         Withdrawn............................................1...

     Civilian nominations (FS, PHS, CG, NOAA), totaling 1,612, 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed..........................................593...
         Unconfirmed......................................1,019...

     Air Force nominations, totaling 1,601, disposed of as 
       follows:

         Confirmed...........................................37...
         Unconfirmed......................................1,564...

     Army nominations, totaling 1,786, disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed...........................................72...
         Unconfirmed......................................1,714...

     Navy nominations, totaling 757, disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed..........................................474...
         Unconfirmed........................................283...

     Marine Corps nominations, totaling 582, disposed of as 
       follows:

         Confirmed............................................8...
         Unconfirmed........................................574...

                                Summary
     Total nominations received this session..............6,477
     Total confirmed......................................1,204
     Total unconfirmed....................................5,272
     Total withdrawn..........................................1