[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 73 (Monday, June 2, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D548-D550]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                     Week of June 3 through 7, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday and Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of S. 4, 
Family Friendly Workplace Act, with a cloture vote on the modified 
committee amendment to occur on Wednesday.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to consider the 
Conference Report on H.R. 1469, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, 
and the Conference Report on H. Con. Res. 84, Concurrent Budget 
Resolution, and consider any cleared executive and legislative 
business.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, June 3, 1997 from 12:30 p.m. until 
2:15 p.m. for respective party conferences.)


                             House Chamber

  Monday, The House was not in session.
  Tuesday, Consideration of 7 Suspensions:
  1. H.J. Res. 75, Conferring Status as an Honorary Veteran of the U.S. 
Armed Forces on Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope;
  2. H.R. 908, Establishing a Commission on Structural Alternatives for 
the Federal Courts of Appeals;
  3. H.R. 1420, National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act;
  4. H.R. 1019, Raggeds Wilderness, White River National Forest 
Boundary Adjustment;
  5. H.R. 1020, White River National Forest Boundary Adjustment;
  6. H.R. 1439, Facilitating the Sale of Certain Land in Tahoe National 
Forest; and
  7. H.R. 79, Hoopa Valley Reservation South Boundary Adjustment Act.
  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: Consideration of H.R. 1486, Foreign 
Policy Reform Act (subject to a rule); Consideration of the Conference 
Report to accompany H. Con. Res. 84, FY 1998 Budget (subject to a 
rule); and Consideration of the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 
1469, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (subject to a rule).


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 5, to hold 
hearings to examine instances of contaminated strawberries in school 
lunches, 9 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 4, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for 
the Department of Defense, 9 a.m., SD-192.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Library of 
Congress, General Accounting Office, and the Government Printing 
Office, 10 a.m., S-128, Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 5, Subcommittee on Personnel, to 
hold hearings on gender integrated training and related matters, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 5, business 
meeting, to mark up S. 621, to repeal the Public Utility Holding 
Company Act of 1935 and transfer residual regulatory authority from 
the Securities and Exchange Commission to the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission and State public service commissions, and to 
consider the nominations of James A. Harmon, of New York, to be 
President, and Jackie M. Clegg, of Utah, to be First Vice President, 
both of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 3, 
Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to examine Internet 
2 and the Next Generation Internet, which would enable scientists to 
access advanced computing capabilities and provide them with a 
scientific and technological infrastructure for research activities, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Communications, to resume hearings to 
examine the Federal Communications Commission implementation of the 
Telecommunications Act

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of 1996, focusing on efforts to implement universal telephone 
service reform and FCC proposals to assess new per-minute fees on 
Internet service providers, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings on the status 
of bilateral aviation negotiations between the United States and the 
United Kingdom, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  June 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United States 
trade with Asia, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 4, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Michael J. Armstrong, of Colorado, to 
be an Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  June 5, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  June 6, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to 
resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
programs of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, 
focusing on the replacement of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 3, to hold hearings to examine the need 
for renewal of the Fast-Track Trade Negotiating Authority, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 3, to hold hearings on the 
Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of Hong Kong for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders, 
signed at Hong Kong on December 20, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-3), 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 3, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District 
of Columbia, to hold hearings on the merits of the Department of 
Commerce's subsidies to private industry to develop civilian 
technologies, 1:30 p.m., SD-342.
  June 5, Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and 
Federal Services, to hold hearings to examine proliferation issues, 
focusing on Russian case studies, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 4, to hold oversight hearings on 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, 9 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: June 5, Subcommittee on 
Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine policy 
implications of child brain development, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Aging, to hold hearings to examine 
challenges of treating Alzheimer's disease, focusing on biomedical 
research options, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business: June 4, to hold hearings to examine 
small business perspectives on mandates, paperwork, and regulation, 
9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 4, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E1073-74 in today's Record.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 5, hearing on Scientific Review of 
Forest Health, 10:00 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 3, Subcommittee on Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, on Members of Congress, 10:00 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; 
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; and Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Service, 10:00 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 3, to continue 
hearing on Financial Modernization, including H.R. 10, Financial 
Services Competitiveness Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, June 4, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 848, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
applicable to the construction of the AuSable Hydroelectric Project 
in New York; H.R. 1184, to extend the deadline under the Federal 
Power Act for the construction of the Bear Creek hydroelectric 
project in the State of Washington; H.R. 1217, 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. 
1277, Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development Act of 
1997, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 5, Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on proposed Vocational 
Education legislation, 1:00 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and 
Life-Long Learning, hearing on H.R. 6, Higher Education Act 
Amendments of 1998, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, June 3, Subcommittee 
on Government Management, Information, and Technology, hearing on 
Government Performance and Results Act: Status and Prospects of the 
Results Act, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on H. R. 404, to amend the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the transfer to 
State and local governments of certain surplus property for use for 
law enforcement or public safety purposes, 2:00 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, 
and Criminal Justice, hearing and markup of H.R. 1553, to amend the 
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 
1992 to extend the authorization of the Assassination Records Review 
Board until September 30, 1998, 12:00 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Civil Service, to mark up Budget 
Reconciliation proposals, 9 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and 
Technology, hearing on H. R. 52, to establish a code of air 
information practices for health information, to amend section 552a 
of title 5, United States Code, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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  June 5, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on FDA Regulation 
of Blood Safety: Notification, Recall, and Enforcement Practices, 
10:00 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Postal Service, to mark up the following: 
H.R. 1254, to designate the U.S. Post Office building located at 
Bennett and Kansas Avenue in Springfield, Missouri, as the ``John N. 
Griesemer Post Office Building''; and Budget Reconciliation 
proposals, 11 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 3, Subcommittee on Immigration 
and Claims, to markup private claims and immigration measures, 4 
p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 4, full Committee, oversight hearing on the Antitrust Aspects 
of Electricity Deregulation, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Crime, to continue oversight hearings 
regarding the activities of the FBI, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, June 4, Merchant Marine Panel, to 
mark up H.R. 1119, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Years 1998 and 1999, 3:00 p.m., 2216 Rayburn.
  June 4, Morale, Welfare and Recreation Panel, to mark up H.R. 
1119, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 
1999, 1:00 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, to 
mark up H.R. 1119, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Years 1998 and 1999, 4:00 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, to mark up H.R. 1119, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, 
10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, to mark up H.R. 1119, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, 
1:00 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 3, Subcommittee on Fisheries 
Conservation, Wildlife & Oceans, oversight hearing on the CITES 
(Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 
Fauna and Flora) meeting, 2:00 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 3, to consider the following: H. Con. 
Res. 84, establishing the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 (Senate 
Amendment); and H.R. 1486, Foreign Policy Reform Act, 1 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 4, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, to continue hearings on the Commercial Space Act of 
1997: Commercial Remote Sensing, Part II, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 5, full Committee, hearing on 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (P.L. 104-121), 
including the amendments to the Regulatory Flexibility Act contained 
therein, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 4, 
Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, hearing 
and markup of H.R. 1747, John F. Kennedy Center Parking Improvement 
Act of 1997, 9 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Grounding of Great 
Lakes Aviation, 8:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on The Future of TVA and its Non-power Programs, 10:00 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 4, hearing on H.R. 699, the 
Military Voting Rights Act of 1997, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Benefits, oversight hearing to review the 
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) strategies for both 
the Education Service and the Vocational Rehabilitation and 
Counseling Service (VR&C) within the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 4 and 5, Subcommittee on Health, 
to markup budget reconciliation health proposals, 4 p.m., on June 4 
and 10 a.m., on June 5, 1100 Longworth.
  June 6, Subcommittee on Human Resources, to mark up budget 
reconciliation welfare proposals, 9 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 5, executive, to 
mark up Intelligence Budget Authorization, 1:00 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 6, to hold hearings to examine the 
employment-unemployment situation for May, 9:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth 
Building.
  Conferees: June 4, On H.R. 1469, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas 
peacekeeping efforts, including those in Bosnia, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1997, 1 p.m., S-05, Capitol.