[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 55 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D422-D425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                     Week of May 5 through 10, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider S. 672, Supplemental Appropriations.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to complete 
consideration of S. 672, Supplemental Appropriations, and consider any 
cleared executive and legislative business.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 from 12:30 p.m. until 
2:15 p.m. for respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: May 6, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 1998 for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Joint 
Committee on Taxation, the Joint Economic Committee, and the Joint 
Committee on Printing, 10 a.m., S-128, Capitol.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for foreign 
assistance programs, focusing on Russia and the Newly Independent 
States, 2 p.m., S-128, Capitol.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1998 for cancer research programs of the Department of Health 
and Human Services, 9:15 a.m., SH-216.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Defense, 
10 a.m., SD-192.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of 
Transportation, focusing on transportation infrastructure financing 
issues, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 5, to hold hearings 
on S. 430, to amend the Act of June 20, 1910, to protect the 
permanent trust funds of the State of New Mexico from erosion due to 
inflation and modify the basis on which distributions are made from 
those funds, 10:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Elizabeth Anne Moler, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, 
9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 8, Full Committee, to hold a workshop to examine competitive 
change in the electric power industry, focusing on the effects of 
competition on fuel use and types of generation, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 7, Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, to resume hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, focusing on safety issues and 
programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 6, Subcommittee on Near 
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine who is 
responsible for arming Iran, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  May 7, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings on the 
Administration's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1998 for 
Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  May 8, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider the Document 
Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed 
Forces in Europe (CFE) of November 19, 1990, adopted at Vienna on 
May 31, 1996 (``the Flank Document'') (Treaty Doc. 105-5), and other 
pending calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 7, to hold hearings to 
review the final report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing 
Government Secrecy and the recommendations of the report, including 
recommendations for legislation to codify the classification system 
and enhance accountability, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine the Government's impact on television programming, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 6, to hold hearings to examine 
encryption issues in the information age, 10 a.m., SD-226.

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  May 6, Subcommittee on Youth Violence, to hold hearings to review 
the programs and mandates of the Office of Juvenile Justice 
Delinquency Prevention, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  May 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 507, to establish 
the United States Patent and Trademark Organization as a Government 
corporation, and to revise the provisions of title 35, United States 
Code, relating to procedures for patent applications, commercial use 
of patents, and reexamination reform, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  May 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings on provisions of S. 43, to 
throttle criminal use of guns, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: May 6, Subcommittee on 
Public Health and Safety, to hold hearings to examine public health 
issues, focusing on Centers for Disease Control project grants for 
preventable health services, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  May 7, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up the proposed 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997, and 
consider pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: May 8, to resume hearings 
to discuss revisions to Title 44, relating to the operations of the 
Government Printing Office, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business: May 7, to hold hearings on the Small 
Business Administration's finance programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 6 and 7, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of George J. Tenet, of Maryland, to be Director of 
Central Intelligence, Tuesday at 10 a.m. in SH-216 and Wednesday at 
2 p.m. in SH- 219.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, No Legislative Business;
  Tuesday, Consideration of 1 Suspension: H.R. 1463, Customs Service, 
U.S. Trade Representative, and International Trade Commission 
Authorization; and
  Continue consideration of H.R. 2, Housing Opportunity and 
Responsibility Act of 1997 (open rule);
  Wednesday and Thursday, Consideration of H.R. 478, Flood Prevention 
and Family Protection Act of 1997 (subject to a rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 3, Juvenile Crime Control Act of 1997 (subject 
to a rule); and
  Consideration of H.R. 1469, Supplemental Appropriations Act (subject 
to a rule);
  Friday, No votes are expected.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 8, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, 
and Poultry, hearing to review the status and future prospects for 
trade in livestock, dairy, and poultry products between the United 
States and the European Union, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 6, Subcommittee on Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, on Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission; National Mediation Board; and Armed Forces 
Retirement Home, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Secretary of Labor, 10 a.m., and on National Cancer 
Institute; National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases; 
and National Human Genome Research Institute, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on VA-HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 10 a.m., Consumer Information 
Center, 11 a.m., and on Office of Consumer Affairs, 12 p.m., H-143 
Capitol.
  May 8, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on D.C. Privatization 
of the Financial Management System, 10 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, May 7, hearing on 
Financial Modernization, including H.R. 10, Financial Services 
Competitiveness Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, 
to mark up the following: H.R. 1370, to reauthorize the Export-
Import Bank of the United States; and a measure to reauthorize the 
International Financial Institutions, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, May 7, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Department of Energy's Office of 
Science and Technology (OST), focusing on issues relating to OST-
funded technologies and their deployment at DOE sites, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Health and Environment and Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, to continue joint hearings on Review 
of EPA's Proposed Ozone and Particulate Matter NAAQS Revisions, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 7, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 5, IDEA Improvement Act of 1997; and H.R. 
1511, Cost of Higher Education Review Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
H.R. 1515, Expansion of Portability and Health Insurance Coverage 
Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Dollars to the Classroom, 1 p.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, May 6, to continue markup of 
H.R. 1486, Foreign Policy Reform Act, 5 p.m., 2172, Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S. 
Policy Toward Indonesia, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 7, oversight hearing regarding 
``Grassroots Solutions to Youth Crime,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, May 7, Subcommittee on Military 
Readiness, hearing on Naval Petroleum Reserves, 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.

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  May 7, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, hearing 
on the fiscal year 1998 National Defense Authorization request-
Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Threat, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, 
hearing on the fiscal year 1998 military construction budget, 2 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the status 
of the Ready Reserve Mobilization Insurance Program, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 6, Subcommittee on Fisheries 
Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the following 
measures: H. Res. 87, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the United States and the United Nations should 
condemn coral reef fisheries that are harmful to coral reef 
ecosystems and promote the development of sustainable coral reef 
fishing practices worldwide; H.R. 608, Marion National Fish Hatchery 
Conveyance Act; and H.R. 796, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to make technical corrections to a map relating to Coastal 
Barrier Resources System, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 985, to provide for the expansion of the 
Eagles Nest Wilderness within Arapaho and White River National 
Forests, Colorado, to include the lands known as the Slate Creek 
Addition upon the acquisition of the lands by the United States; 
H.R. 1019, to provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyance 
involving the Raggeds Wilderness, White River National Forest, 
Colorado, to correct the effects of earlier erroneous land surveys; 
H.R. 1020, to adjust the land boundary of the White River National 
Forest in the State of Colorado to include all National Forest 
System lands within Summit County, Colorado, which are currently 
part of the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest; 
H.R. 1439, a bill to facilitate the sale of certain land in Tahoe 
National Forest in the States of California to Placer County, 
California; and H.R. 79, Hoopa Valley Reservation South Boundary 
Adjustment Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on 
Bureau of Reclamation Project financing, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 7, full Committee, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 985, to provide for the expansion of the Eagles Nest 
Wilderness within Arapaho and White River National Forests, 
Colorado, to include the lands known as the Slate Creek Addition 
upon the acquisition of the lands by the United States; H.R. 1019, 
to provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyance involving 
the Raggeds Wilderness, White River National Forest, Colorado, to 
correct the effects of earlier erroneous land surveys; H.R. 1020, to 
adjust the land boundary of the White River National Forest in the 
State of Colorado to include all National Forest System lands within 
Summit County, Colorado, which are currently part of the Dillon 
Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest; H.R. 1439, a bill to 
facilitate the sale of certain land in Tahoe National Forest in the 
States of California to Placer County, California; and H.R. 79, 
Hoopa Valley Reservation South Boundary Adjustment Act, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, May 6, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing 
on ``Technology in the classroom: Panacea or Pandora's Box?'' 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on ``The 
Science Behind EPA's Proposed Particulate Matter/Ozone Standards, 
Part 2'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 7, to consider 
the following: H. Con. Res. 49, authorizing the use of the Capitol 
Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby; H. Con. Res. 66, 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 16th annual 
National Peace Officers' Memorial Service; H. Con. Res. 67, 
authorizing the 1997 Special Olympics Torch Relay to run through the 
Capitol Grounds; two Committee amendments to GSA resolutions; Water 
Resources Survey resolutions; and other pending Committee business, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 7, Subcommittee on Benefits, 
hearing on Government Performance and Results Act strategies for the 
Veterans Employment and Training Service, 8:30 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the following: H.R. 
1362, Veterans Medicare Reimbursement Demonstration Act of 1997; and 
proposals on both Medical Care Cost Recovery and physician's special 
pay, 9:30 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 6, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on waste, fraud, and abuse in the health care system, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on the Social 
Security Administrations Website, 3 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  May 8, full Committee, hearing to examine the Earned Income Tax 
Credit Compliance Study released by the IRS, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 8, executive, 
hearing on China, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: May 8, to resume 
hearings to examine the process to enlarge the membership of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 10 a.m., SD-538.
       *These figures include all measures reported, even if there 
     was no accompanying report. A total of 10 reports has been 
     filed in the Senate, a total of 84 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 April 30, 1997

                                                                 STotal
     Days in session............................................ .
     Time in session.................................221 hrs., . .
     Congressional Record:
         Pages of proceedings.................................2. .
         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................................. .
         Bills................................................1. .
         Joint resolutions...................................... .
         Concurrent resolutions................................. .
         Simple resolutions..................................... .
     Quorum calls............................................... .
     Yea-and-nay votes.......................................... .
     Recorded votes............................................. .
     Bills vetoed............................................... .
     Vetoes overridden.......................................... .
                  DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS


                 January 7, 1997 through April 30, 1997

     Civilian nominations, totaling 174, disposed of as 
       follows:

         Confirmed...........................................36...
         Unconfirmed........................................136...
         Withdrawn............................................2...

     Civilian nominations (FS, PHS, CG, NOAA), totaling 1,772, 
       disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed..........................................619...
         Unconfirmed......................................1,153...

     Air Force nominations, totaling 2,015, disposed of as 
       follows:

         Confirmed..........................................244...
         Unconfirmed......................................1,771...

     Army nominations, totaling 1,857, disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed..........................................908...
         Unconfirmed........................................949...

     Navy nominations, totaling 1,158, disposed of as follows:

         Confirmed..........................................491...
         Unconfirmed........................................667...

     Marine Corps nominations, totaling 1,497, disposed of as 
       follows:

         Confirmed..........................................582...
         Unconfirmed........................................915...

                                Summary
     Total nominations received this session..............8,473
     Total confirmed......................................2,880
     Total unconfirmed....................................5,591
     Total withdrawn..........................................2