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“CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D879-D881 on Sept. 3, 1996.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of September 4 through 6, 1996
Senate Chamber
On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 3666, VA-HUD Appropriations, 1997. Also, Senate may consider S. 39, Sustainable Fisheries Act/Fisheries Financing Act.
On Thursday, Senate will consider H.R. 3396, the Defense of Marriage Act.
During the remainder of the week, Senate may consider further appropriations bills, and any cleared executive and legislative business, and conference reports, when available.
House Chamber
Wednesday, Consideration of 33 Suspensions:
1. H.R. 3793, 50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act;
2. H.R. 447, Toll Free Consumer Hotline;
3. H.R. 1514, Propane Education and Research Act;
4. H.R. 3553, FTC Reauthorization Act of 1996;
5. H.R. 3871, Waiving Medicaid Enrollment Composition;
6. H.R. 3269, Impact Aid Technical Amendment of 1996;
7. H.R. 3864, GAO Management Reform Act;
8. H.R. 3759, Exports, Jobs, and Growth Act of 1996;
9. H.R. 3916, Voice of America Recordings;
10. H. Con. Res. 120, Ukraine Independence;
11. H.R. 401, Kenai Natives Association Equity Act;
12. H.R. 1179, Historically Black Colleges and Universities Restoration and Preservation Act;
13. H.R. 2122, Designating Administration of Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest to Secretary of Agriculture;
14. H.R. 2135, Nevada Boundary Correction;
15. H.R. 2292, Hanford Reach Preservation Act;
16. H.R. 2438, Gunnison County Land Conveyance;
17. H.R. 2518, Wenatchee National Forest Land Exchange;
18. H.R. 2679, North Platte Wildlife Refuge Boundary Revision;
19. H.R. 2709, Del Norte County Land Conveyance;
20. H.R. 2710, Hoopa Valley Reservation Boundary Correction;
21. H.R. 2711, Elkhorn Timber Substitution;
22. H.R. 2941, National Park Service Administration;
23. H.R. 3147, California Bureau of Land Management Transfer;
24. H.R. 3378, Indian Health Care Demonstration Program;
25. H.R. 3487, National Marine Sanctuaries Preservation;
26. H.R. 3547, Apache National Forest Land Conveyance;
27. H.R. 3579, Wyoming Fish and Wildlife Conveyance;
28. H.R. 3660, Reclamation Recycling and Water Conservation;
29. H.R. 3903, Sly Park Unit Conveyance;
30. H.R. 3910, Emergency Drought Relief Act;
31. H.R. 1467, Fort Peck Water Supply System;
32. H.R. , Technical Corrections to Royalty Simplification; and
33. H.R. 3060, Antarctic Environmental Protection Act.
No recorded votes are expected before 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Consideration of H.R. 3308, United States Armed Forces Protection Act of 1996 (subject to a rule being granted); and
Consideration of H.R. 3719, Small Business Programs Improvement Act of 1996 (subject to rule being granted).
Conference reports may be brought to the floor at any time.
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Armed Services: September 5, closed business meeting, to consider certain pending military nominations, 5 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 4, to hold hearings on S. 1678, to abolish the Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
September 5, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold hearings on S. 931, to authorize the construction of the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, S. 1564, to provide loan guarantees for water supply, conservation, quality and transmission projects, S. 1565, to supplement the Small Reclamation Projects Act and the Federal Reclamation laws by providing for Federal cooperation in non-Federal projects, S. 1649, to extend contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation districts in Kansas and Nebraska, S. 1719, Texas Reclamation Projects Indebtedness Purchase Act, S. 1921, to transfer certain facilities at the Minidoka project to Burley Irrigation District, S. 1986, to provide for the completion of the Umatilla Basin Project, and S. 2015, to convey certain real property located within the Carlsbad Project in New Mexico to the Carlsbad Irrigation District, 2 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Foreign Relations: September 5, to hold hearings on the nominations of John Francis Maisto, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Venezuela, and Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
September 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Genta Hawkins Holmes, of California, to be Ambassador to Australia, Arma Jane Karaer, of Virginia to be Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands, and as Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu, and John Stern Wolf, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), 2 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on the Judiciary: September 4, business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9 a.m., SH-216.
September 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the recent upsurge in teenage drug use, 2 p.m., SH-216.
September 5, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the dissemination of Federal Bureau of Investigation background investigation reports and other information to the White House, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
Select Committee on Intelligence: September 4, closed business meeting, on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
September 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation requiring notification to Congress with regard to change in United States policy, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
House Committees
Committee on Banking and Financial Services, September 5, Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Money Laundering Activity Associated with the Mexican Narco-Crime Syndicate, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Commerce, September 5, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, oversight hearing on the National Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
September 6, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials, hearing on H.R. 2900, National Motor Vehicle Safety, Anti-Theft, Title Reform, and Consumer Protection Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, September 5, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Financial Status of the Corporation for National Service, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 5, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on FEHB Program Oversight, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
September 5, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on Excluding Fraudulent Providers from Medicaid, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, September 5, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on protecting freedom of speech and neighborhood safety under the Fair Housing Act, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
September 5, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 3852, Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996, 9:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
September 5, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing regarding the removal of criminal and illegal aliens, 1 p.m., B-352 Rayburn.
Committee on National Security, September 6, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on Medicare subvention, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, September 4, to consider the following: H.R. 3719, Small Business Improvement Act of 1996; and H.R. 3308, United States Armed Forces Protection Act of 1996, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
September 5, Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House and the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, to continue joint hearings on Buildings on Change: Preparing for the 105th Congress, 9:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 5, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on H.R. 3923, Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act of 1996, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
September 6, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Aviation Security and Anti-Terrorism Efforts, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Joint Meetings
Joint Economic Committee: September 6, to hold hearings on the employment-unemployment situation for August, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
*These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no accompanying report. A total of 156 reports has been filed in the Senate, a total of 310 reports has been filed in the House.
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Resume of Congressional Activity
SECOND SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH 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 August 31, 1996
STotalDays in session............................................ .Time in session.................................792 hrs., . .Congressional Record:
Pages of proceedings................................9,. .
Extensions of Remarks...............................1,. .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...............................................1,. .
Joint resolutions...................................... .
Concurrent resolutions................................. .
Simple resolutions..................................... .Quorum calls............................................... .Yea-and-nay votes.......................................... .Recorded votes............................................. .Bills vetoed............................................... .Vetoes overridden.......................................... .
DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
January 3, 1966 through August 31, 1996
Civilian nominations, totaling 313, (including 119 nominations carried over from the first session) disposed of as follows:
Confirmed..........................................149...
Unconfirmed........................................153...
Withdrawn...........................................11...
Civilian nominations (FS, PHS, CG, NOAA), totaling 1,337
(including 320 nominations carried over from the first session), disposed of as follows:
Confirmed........................................1,335...
Unconfirmed..........................................2...
Air Force nominations, totaling 9,424 (including 4,952 nominations carried over from the first session), disposed of as follows:
Confirmed........................................9,315...
Unconfirmed........................................109...
Army nominations, totaling 10,857 (including 2,304 nominations carried over from the first session), disposed of as follows:
Confirmed........................................9,218...
Unconfirmed......................................1,639...
Navy nominations, totaling 3,553 (including 21 nominations carried over from the first session), disposed of as follows:
Confirmed........................................2,870...
Unconfirmed........................................683...
Marine Corps nominations, totaling 2,119 (including 8 nominations carried over from the first session), disposed of as follows:
Confirmed........................................2,078...
Unconfirmed.........................................41...
SummaryTotal nominations carried over from the first session7,724Total nominations received this session.............19,879Total confirmed.....................................24,965Total unconfirmed....................................2,627Total withdrawn.........................................11
