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on Persian Gulf War claims, and oversight of P.L.

103–446, the Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of

1994. Testimony was heard from R. John Vogel,

Under Secretary, Benefits, Department of Veterans

Affairs; representatives of veterans organizations; and

public witnesses.

HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on

Health held a hearing on Health Insurance Portability. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Joint Meetings

EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

APPROPRIATIONS

Conferees continued to resolve the differences between

the Senate-and House-passed versions of H.R. 1158,

making emergency supplemental appropriations for

additional disaster assistance and making rescissions

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, but

did not complete action thereon, and will meet again

on Monday, May 15.

CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

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Week of May 15 through 20, 1995

Senate Chamber

On Monday, Senate will begin consideration of the

motion to proceed to S. 395, Alaska Power Administration Sale Act.

On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S.

534, Solid Waste Disposal Act.

During the balance of the week, Senate expects to

complete consideration of S. 395, Alaska Power Administration Sale Act, and S. 534, Solid Waste Disposal Act, and consider H.R. 483, Extended Use of

Medicare Selected Policies; S. 652, Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act; the Concurrent Resolution on the Congressional Budget;

conference reports, when available; and any cleared

legislative and executive business.

(Senate will recess on Tuesday, May 16, 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: May 16,

to hold hearings on the nominations of Karl N. Stauber,

of Minnesota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for

Research, Education, and Economics, and Eugene

Branstool, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation,

9 a.m., SR–332.

May 16, Full Committee, to resume hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen and improve United States

agricultural programs, focusing on rural development and

credit, 9:30 a.m., SR–332.

Committee on Appropriations: May 15 and 19, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on

proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996, Monday,

for the Library of Congress, the Congressional Budget Office, and the U.S. Capitol Police, 2 p.m.; Friday, for the

Architect of the Capitol, and the Government Printing

Office, 10 a.m.; SD–116.

May 17 and 19, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and

Independent Agencies, Wednesday, to hold hearings to

examine the National Academy of Public Administration’s study on the Environmental Protection Agency,

9:30 a.m.; Friday, to hold hearings on proposed budget

estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 9:30 a.m.; Wednesday

in SD–G50 and Friday in SD–192.

May 17, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on

proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the

National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 9:30

a.m., SD–192.

May 17, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,

and Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Legal Services Corporation, 10:30 a.m., SD–116.

May 17, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings

on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the

Department of Defense, focusing on environmental programs, 2:30 p.m., SD–192.

May 18, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold

hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year

1996 for foreign assistance programs, 10:30 a.m.,

SH–216.

May 18, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human

Services, and Education, to hold hearings on proposed

budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human

Services, 2 p.m., SD–138.

May 18, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service,

and General Government, to hold hearings on proposed

budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Treasury Department, and the Federal Election Commission, 2 p.m.,

SD–192.

Committee on Armed Services: May 15, Subcommittee on

Personnel and Subcommittee on Readiness, to hold joint

hearings on S. 727, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996

for military activities of the Department of Defense and

the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on military

family housing issues, 2:30 p.m., SR–222.

May 16, Subcommittee on Readiness, to resume hearings on S. 727, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for

military activities of the Department of Defense and the

Future Years Defense Program, focusing on Department

of Defense financial management, 9 a.m., SR–232A.

May 16, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to resume hearings on S. 727, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for

military activities of the Department of Defense and the

Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the requirements for continued production of nuclear submarines,
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submarine industrial base issues, procurement strategy,

and associated funding, 9:30 a.m., SR–222.

May 16, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold

closed hearings on S. 727, authorizing funds for fiscal

year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on

the Department of Energy weapons activities, non-proliferation and national security programs, 2 p.m.,

SR–222.

May 17, Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology, to resume hearings on S. 727, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the

Department of Defense, and to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1996, focusing on dual-use

technology programs, 2 p.m., SR–232A.

May 18, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to resume hearings on S. 727, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for

military activities of the Department of Defense and the

Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the Marine

Corps modernization programs and current operations, 1

p.m., SR–232A.

May 18, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to resume

hearings on S. 727, to authorize funds for fiscal year 1996

for military activities of the Department of Defense and

the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on bomber

force issues, 3 p.m., SR–222.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May

16, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to

hold hearings to examine NASA’s space shuttle and reusable launch vehicle programs, 9:30 a.m., SR–253.

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 16, to

hold hearings to review Nuclear Regulatory Commission

licensing activities with regard to the Department of Energy’s Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal Program and

other matters within the jurisdiction of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 9:30 a.m., SD–366.

May 17, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider

pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD–366.

May 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine

the administration of timber contracts in the Tongass National Forest and administration of the Tongass Timber

Reform Act of 1990, 9:30 a.m., SD–366.

May 18, Subcommittee on Energy Production and

Regulation, to hold hearings on proposed legislation to

extend the deadlines of certain hydroelectric projects, including S. 283, S. 468, S. 543, S. 547, S. 549, S. 552,

S. 595, and S. 611, 2 p.m., SD–366.

Committee on Finance: May 15, Subcommittee on International Trade, to hold hearings on S. 529, to provide,

temporarily, tariff and quota treatment equivalent to that

accorded to members of the North American Free Trade

Agreement (NAFTA) to Caribbean Basin beneficiary

countries, 2 p.m., SD–215.

May 16 and 17, Full Committee, to resume hearings

on the fiscal solvency of Medicare and the status of the

program’s delivery of health care services, focusing on

methods to preserve and improve the Medicare Program,

9:30 a.m., SD–215.

May 18, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine various flat tax proposals, 9:30 a.m., SD–215.

Committee on Foreign Relations: May 17, business meeting, to mark up proposed legislation to authorize funds

for and to reorganize the State Department, 10 a.m.,

SD–419.

May 18, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark

up proposed legislation authorizing funds for foreign assistance programs, 10 a.m., SD–419.

Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 15, Subcommittee on Post Office and Civil Service, to hold hearings on

Federal pension reform, 2 p.m., SD–342.

May 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine

proposals to reorganization the Executive Branch, 10

a.m., SD–342.

May 18, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine proposals to reorganize the Executive Branch, 9:30

a.m., SD–342.

Committee on the Judiciary: May 18, business meeting, to

consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD–226.

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: May 16, Subcommittee on Disability Policy, to resume hearings to examine proposed legislation relating to the education of

individuals with disabilities, 9:30 a.m., SD–430.

May 19, Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, to hold hearings to examine adult education

programs, 9:30 a.m., SD–430.

Committee on Rules and Administration: May 18, to resume hearings to examine management guidelines for the

future of the Smithsonian Institution, 9:30 a.m., SD–106.

Committee on Small Business: May 18, to hold hearings

to examine the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) Business Loan Program, 9:30 a.m., SD–628.

Committee on Indian Affairs: May 18, to hold oversight

hearings on the recommendations of the Joint Department of the Interior/Bureau of Indian Affairs/Tribal Task

Force on Reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,

9:30 a.m., SR–485.

Select Committee on Intelligence: May 17, to hold closed

hearings on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH–219.

House Chamber

Monday, Consideration of the following three Suspensions:

1. H. Res. —, Expressing the sense of the House

that Japan should immediately eliminate barriers to

U.S. exports of autos and auto parts;

2. H.R. 1045, to eliminate the National Education Standards and Improvement Council; and

3. H.R. 1266, The Greens Creek Land Exchange

Act of 1995; and

Continue consideration of H.R. 961, Clean Water

Amendments of 1995.

Tuesday, Consideration of the following Suspension: H.R. 1590, to require the trustees of the medicare trust funds to report recommendations on resolving projected financial insolvency in medicare

trust funds; and

Complete consideration of H.R. 961, Clean Water

Amendments of 1995.
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Wednesday and Thursday, Consideration of H.R.

614, New London National Fish Hatchery Conveyance (open rule, one hour of general debate);

H.R. 584, Fairport National Fish Hatchery Conveyance (open rule, one hour of general debate);

H.R. 535, Corning National Fish Hatchery Conveyance (open rule, one hour of general debate); and

H. Con. Res. —, Fiscal Year 1996 Budget Resolution (subject to a rule being granted).

Friday, No legislative business is scheduled.

House Committees

Committee on Agriculture, May 16, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture,

hearing on H.R. 1627, to amend the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 9:30 a.m., 1302 Longworth.

May 16, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, to continue hearings on federally sanctioned programs

for dairy product promotion, research, and nutrition education, as well as the relationship of those programs to

export policy following the implementation of the Uruguay Round, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.

May 17, Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, hearing on the 1995 Farm Bill—Sugar

Title, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

May 18, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, hearing on the export market for American dairy

products, proposals to make Federal dairy policy more export-oriented, and the relationship of export policy to the

future of the Dairy Price Support Program following the

implementation of the Uruguay Round, 1 p.m., 1302

Longworth.

May 18, Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research, and Forestry, hearing on the 1995 Farm Bill—

Credit and Rural Development, 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

Committee on Appropriations, May 16, Subcommittee on

National Security, on Public Witnesses, 10 a.m. and 1:30

p.m., H–140 Capitol.

May 17, Subcommittee on National Security, on

Bomber Modernization, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., H–140

Capitol.

May 18, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on

D.C. Finances, 10 a.m., H–140 Capitol.

Committee on Banking and Financial Services, May 16,

Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations,

oversight hearing on the RTC, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.,

2128 Rayburn.

May 17 and 18, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearings

on H.R. 1487, Federal Home Loan Bank System Modernization Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn on May

17 and 2220 Rayburn on May 18.

May 18, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and

Consumer Credit, hearing on the broad issue of regulatory burden relief as well as those matters addressed in

H.R. 1362, Financial Institutions Regulatory Relief Act

of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

Committee on Commerce, May 16, to consider pending

committee business, 4:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

May 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to mark

up the following bills: H.R. 1323, Pipeline Safety Act of

1995; and H.R. 558, Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.

May 16, Subcommittee on Health and Environment

and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations,

joint oversight hearing on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in

the Medicare Program, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

May 17, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, to mark up H.R. 1555, Communications Act of

1995, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

May 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue hearings on the Implementation and

Enforcement of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,

10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.

May 19, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to continue oversight hearings on the status of the international

global climate change negotiations, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, May

16, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, to mark up Title 4 (Adult Education, Family Literacy and Library Technology Consolidated Grant) of

H.R. 1617, Consolidated and Reformed Education, Employment and Rehabilitation Systems, 9:30 a.m., 2175

Rayburn.

May 17, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education,

Training and Life-Long Learning, to mark up H.R. 1617,

Consolidated and Reformed Education, Employment and

Rehabilitation Systems, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, May 16,

Subcommittee on Government Management, Information,

and Technology, hearing on Consolidating Federal Programs and Organizations, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2154

Rayburn.

May 17, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on

Buyouts: Boon or Boondoggle, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.

May 18, Subcommittee on Human Resources and

Intergovernmental Relations, oversight hearing on the

Corporation for National and Community Service, 10:30

a.m., 2247 Rayburn.

May 18, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth,

Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, to mark up

H.R. 994, Regulatory Sunset and Review Act of 1995,

9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

Committee on House Oversight, May 17, to consider pending business, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.

Committee on International Relations, May 15, to continue

markup of Division B (Foreign Relations Authorizations)

and Division C (Foreign Assistance Authorizations) of

H.R. 1561, American Overseas Interests Act of 1995, 5

p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

May 17, Subcommittee on Africa, to mark up H. Con.

Res. 40, concerning the movement toward democracy in

the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 10 a.m., 2255 Rayburn.

May 17, Subcommittee on International Operations

and Human Rights, hearing on Chinese Population Control, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

May 18, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, hearing on the Administration’s Reversal of U.S.
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Immigration Policy Toward Cuba, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

Committee on the Judiciary, May 16, Subcommittee on

Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on the reauthorization of the Legal Services Corporation, 2 p.m.,

2226 Rayburn.

May 16, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual

Property, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 587, to

amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to patents on biotechnological processes; H.R. 1443, Court Arbitration Authorization Act of 1995; H.R. 1170, to provide that cases challenging the constitutionality of measures passed by State referendum be heard by a threejudge court; H.R. 1445, to amend rule 30 of the Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure to restore the stenographic preference for depositions; S. 464, to make the reporting

deadlines for studies conducted in Federal court demonstration districts consistent with the deadlines for pilot

districts; and S. 532, to clarify the rules governing venue,

2 p.m., B–352 Rayburn.

May 17, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on

authorization and oversight of the Office of Government

Ethics, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.

May 17, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on law enforcement technologies, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

May 17, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims,

oversight hearing on legal immigration reform proposals,

9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

May 18, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 1528, Antitrust Consent Decree Reform Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m.,

2141 Rayburn.

Committee on National Security, May 17, Subcommittee

on Military Installations and Facilities, to mark up H.R.

1530, National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year

1996, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.

May 17, Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1347, Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

1996; H.R. 1349, Panama Canal Commission Authorization for Fiscal Year 1996; and H.R. 1350, Maritime Security Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.

May 17, Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare

and Recreation, to mark up H.R. 1530, National Defense

Authorization for Fiscal Year 1996, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.

May 18, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, to mark

up H.R. 1530, National Defense Authorization for Fiscal

Year 1996, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.

May 18, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, to mark

up H.R. 1530, National Defense Authorization for Fiscal

Year 1996, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.

Committee on Resources, May 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 699, Royalty Relief Act of 1995, 1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.

May 16, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and

Oceans, hearing on H.R. 1112, to transfer management

of the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge to the State

of Oklahoma, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.

May 16, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and

Lands, hearing on H.R. 1296, to provide for the administration of certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to

the Federal taxpayer, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.

May 17, full Committee, to consider pending business,

11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

May 17, Task Force on Private Property, oversight

hearing on Private Property Rights, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.

May 18, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forest and

Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 629, the Fall

River Visitor Center Act of 1995; H.R. 238, Ozark Wild

Horse Protection Act, and prohibit the removal of such

horses; H.R. 826, to extend the deadline for the completion of certain land exchanges involving the Big Thicket

National Preserve in Texas; and H.R. 1508, to require

the transfer of title to the District of Columbia certain

real property in Anacostia Park to facilitate the construction of National Children’s Island, a cultural, educational

and family-oriented park, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

May 18, Task Force on Endangered Species Act, to

continue oversight hearings on the endangered Species

Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.

May 18, Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, oversight hearing on the transfer of the Federal

Power Marketing Administration, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

Committee on Rules, May 16, to consider the Budget

Resolution for Fiscal Year 1996, 11 a.m., H–313 Capitol.

Committee on Science, May 16, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on FAA Research and Acquisition Management, 9:30 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.

Committee on Small Business, May 16, to mark up H.R.

1570, to amend the Small Business Act to reduce the

level of participation by the Small Business Administration in certain loans guaranteed by the administration, 9

a.m., 2359 Rayburn.

May 18, Subcommittee on Tax and Finance, hearing on

flat tax, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, May 16 and

17, executive, to consider pending business, 4 p.m.,

HT–2M Capitol.

Committee on Ways and Means, May 16, Subcommittee

on Health, hearing to explore increasing and improving

options for Medicare beneficiaries, with emphasis on Experience in Controlling Costs and Improving Quality in

Employer-Based Plans, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

May 16, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing

on Federal Unemployment Compensation System and

Consolidation of Job Training Programs, 1 p.m., B–318

Rayburn.

May 17, Subcommittee on Trade and the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House of the Committee on Rules, to continue joint hearings on Extension

of Fast Track Trade Negotiating Authority, 10 a.m.,

1100 Longworth.

May 18, Subcommittee on Trade, to mark up Extension of the GSP Program, and Extending Most-FavoredNation Status to Cambodia and Bulgaria, 10 a.m., 1100

Longworth.

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 16, executive, hearing on legislation to permit the President to
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defer imposition of sanctions when necessary to protect

intelligence sources and methods, 9 a.m., H–405 Capitol.

May 18, executive, to mark up the Budget Authorization for Fiscal Year 1996, 9 a.m., H–405 Capitol.

Joint Meetings

Joint Economic Committee: May 17, to hold hearings to

examine the use of the flat tax, focusing on the potential

for economic growth, 10 a.m., SD–106.

May 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine

issues relating to economically-targeted investments, 9:30

a.m., 2226 Rayburn.

Conferees: May 15, on H.R. 1158, making emergency

supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 1995, 3 p.m., S–207, Capitol.