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“CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1205-D1207 on Oct. 13, 1995.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of October 16 through 21, 1995
Senate Chamber
On Monday, Senate will not be in session.
On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 927, Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, with a cloture vote to occur on the Dole substitute amendment.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider S. 908, State Department Authorizations/Reorganization, H.R. 2127, Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations, 1996, S. 1048, NASA Authorization Act, S. 1318, Amtrak Authorizations, conference reports (when available), and any cleared legislative and executive business.
(Senate will recess on Tuesday, October 17, 1995, 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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: October 19, to hold hearings on the nominations of Michael V. Dunn, of Iowa, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation, and John David Carlin, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations; to be followed by a meeting to consider pending committee business, 9 a.m., SR-332.
Committee on Armed Services: October 17, to hold hearings to examine U.S. policy on Bosnia and the use of U.S. military forces to implement a peace agreement, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 17, Housing Opportunity and Community Development, to hold hearings on low income housing preservation reform proposals, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 18, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to hold oversight hearings on the implementation of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-606), 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
October 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1043, to amend the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to provide for an expanded Federal program of hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against the risk of catastrophic natural disasters, such as hurricane, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 18, business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
October 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the role of the Council on Environmental Quality in the decision-making and management processes of agencies under the Committee's jurisdiction (Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, and U.S. Forest Service), 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 19, to hold hearings on proposed legislation to assure the safety of public water systems, 9 a.m., SD-409.
Committee on Foreign Relations: October 17, to hold hearings on the peace process in the former Yugoslavia, 2 p.m., SD-419.
October 19, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 2 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on the Judiciary: October 17, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings on conserving judicial resources, focusing on the caseload of the District of Columbia Circuit and the appropriate allocation of judgeships, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
October 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine property rights issues, 10 a.m., SD-226.
October 19, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
October 20, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the status of religious liberty in the United States, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: October 18, to hold hearings to examine the impact of emerging infections on the nation's health, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Small Business: October 19, to hold hearings on proposals to revitalize America's rural and urban communities, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
House Chamber
Monday, House is not in session.
Tuesday, Consideration of the following ten Suspensions:
1. H.R. 1715, To Reverse the Supreme Court Decision in Adams Versus Barrett;
2. H.R. 1606, Harry Kizirian Post Office Designation Act;
3. H.R. 1026, Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office Designation Act;
4. H.R. 587, Biotechnical Process Patents Act;
5. H.R. 1506, Digital Performance Rights in Sound Recordings Act;
6. H.R. 2070, Providing for the United States Distribution of the
``Fragile Ring of Life'' Film;
7. H.R. 629, Fall River Visitor Center Act;
8. S. 268, Collection of Fees for Triploid Grass Carp Certification Inspection;
9. H.R. 1743, Water Resources Research Act Amendments of 1995; and
10. H.R. 2353, Extending Certain Veterans Affairs Health and Medical Care Expiring Authorities.
Wednesday and Thursday, Complete consideration of H.R. 39, Fishery Conservation and Management Amendments of 1995;
H.R. 2259, Disapproving Certain Sentencing Guidelines (subject to a rule being granted); and
H.R. 2425, Medicare Preservation Act of 1995 (subject to a rule being granted).
Friday, No legislative business is scheduled.
Note.--Conference reports may be brought up at any time. Any further program will be announced later.
House Committees
Committee on Agriculture, October 19, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, to markup reauthorization of the Food for Peace Program (P.L. 480), 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Banking and Financial Services, October 16, hearing on the Japanese Financial System, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
October 17, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing on the recent trend in bank consolidation and interstate mega-mergers as it relates to the implementation of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994, 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Commerce, October 18 and 19, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials, hearings on the Reform of Superfund Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
October 18, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on Hydroelectric License Extensions (H.R. 657, H.R. 680, H.R. 1011, H.R. 1014, H.R. 1051, H.R. 1290, H.R. 1335, H.R. 1366 and H.R. 1835), 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, October 17, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on AmeriCorps, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
October 18, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on English as the Common Language, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, October 17, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, oversight hearing on OSHA: New Mission for a New Workplace, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
October 18, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on Taxpayer-funded Political Advocacy, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
October 19, Subcommittee on Postal Service, hearing on H.R. 1963, Postmark Prompt Payment Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations, October 18, hearing on U.S. Policy Towards Bosnia, 3:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, October 17, to markup the following bills: H.R. 632, to enhance fairness in compensating owners of patents used by the United States; H.R. 1295, Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995; and H.R. 2294, to amend the Federal Judgeship Act of 1990 to allow affected judicial districts to receive the full benefit of temporary judgeship positions as provided in that act; and to continue markup of H.R. 2202, Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
October 18, to continue markup of H.R. 2202, Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
October 19, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing and markup of the following: H.R. 2064, to grant the consent of Congress to an amendment of the Historic Chattahoochee Compact between the States of Alabama and Georgia; and H.J. Res. 78, to grant the consent of the Congress to certain additional powers conferred upon the Bi-State Development Agency by the States of Missouri and Illinois; and to markup H.R. 394; to amend title 4 of the United States Code to limit State taxation of certain pension income, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
October 19, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on the United States Commission on Civil Rights, 10 a.m., B352 Rayburn.
October 19, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1127, Medical Procedures Innovation and Affordability Act; and H.R. 2419, Inventor Protection Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
Committee on National Security, October 17 and 18, hearings on deployment of U.S. ground forces to Bosnia, 2 p.m., on October 17 and 9:30 a.m., on October 18, 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, October 17, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1838, to provide for an exchange of lands with the Water Conservancy District of Washington County, UT; H.R. 1581, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture to the city of Sumper, OR; H.R. 207, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a land exchange involving the Cleveland National Forest, California, and to require a boundary adjustment for the national forest to reflect the land exchange; H.R. 1163, to authorize the exchange of National Park Service land in the Fire Island National Seashore in the State of New York for land in the Village of Patchogue, Suffolk County, NY; H.R. 1585, the Modoc National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act; H.R. 1784, to validate certain conveyances made by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company within the cities of Reno, NV, and Tulare, CA; H.R. 826, to extend the deadline for the completion of certain land exchanges involving the Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas; H.R. 924, to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from transferring any National Forest System lands in the Angeles National Forest in California out of Federal ownership for use as a solid waste landfill; H.R. 2402, to authorize an exchange of lands in the State of Utah at Snowbasin Ski Area; and H.R. 2437, to provide for the exchange of certain lands in Gilpin County, Colorado, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
October 17, Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs, hearing to review Puerto Rico Status Plebiscite, 1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
October 18, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, to markup the following bills: H.R. 33, Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center Act of 1995; and H.R. 1965, to reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972; followed by an oversight hearing on Disaster Relief Assistance for Fishermen, 9:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
October 19, full Committee, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Rules, October 17, to consider H.R. 2259, to disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments, 4:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
October 18, to consider H.R. 2425, Medicare Preservation Act of 1995, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
October 19, to consider the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1995, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, October 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD): Are We Covered?, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
October 18, Subcommittee on Technology, to mark up H.R. 2196, Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 1995; to be followed by a hearing on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards Program: An Oversight Review From Its Inception, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
October 19, full Committee, hearing on United States-Japanese Cooperation in Human Spaceflight, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business, October 19, hearing on Effects of Superfund Liability on Small Business, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, October 17, executive, to consider pending business, 9:30 a.m., HT-2M Capitol.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 18, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on H.R. 1856, Natural Disaster Protection Partnership Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
October 19, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Regulation of Public Aircraft by the FAA under Public Law 103-411 and on proposed Restrictions on the use of Certain Special Purpose Aircraft under H.R. 1320, to impose restrictions on the use of certain special purpose aircraft, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
October 19, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, hearing on the proposed sale of the House Building Annex located at 501 1st Street, S.E., 8:45 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 18, Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care, hearing on VA/DOD sharing, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, October 18, to continue hearings on the Future of Technology--IC21, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Joint Meetings
Conferees: October 17, On H.R. 2002, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 2 p.m., H-140, Capitol.
Conferees: October 17, Closed, on H.R. 1655, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, 3 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
