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the Department of Education; Rhode Island Commissioner of Education Peter McWalters, Providence,

on behalf of the Council of Chief State School Officers; Phyllis Hudecki, National Center for Research

in Vocational Education, Berkeley, California; Marcia

Baker, Burlington Technical Center, Burlington,

Vermont; Susan Brown, Southern Maine Technical

College, South Portland, on behalf of the Maine

Youth Apprenticeship Program; David Mertes, California Community Colleges, Sacramento; and Roy

Peters, Jr., Oklahoma Department of Vocational and

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Technical Education, Stillwater.

House of Representatives

The House was not in session today. Its next

meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Monday,

May 1.

Committee Meetings

ADMINISTRATION’S DEFENSE BUDGET

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration’s Defense Budget: Bottom Up or Belly

Up? Testimony was heard from William J. Perry,

Secretary of Defense; and Frank C. Conahan, Special

Assistant to the Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs Programs, GAO.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY,

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Senate

No committee meetings are scheduled.

House

No committee meetings are scheduled.

CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

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Week of May 1 through 6, 1995

Senate Chamber

On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 956, Product Liability Fairness

Act.

During the balance of the week, Senate expects to

continue consideration of H.R. 956, Product Liability Fairness Act, and consider conference reports,

when available, and any cleared legislative and executive business.

(Senate will recess on Tuesday, May 2, 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 Appropriations: May 1 and 4, Subcommittee

on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government,

Monday, to hold hearings on the Oklahoma City bombing, 2 p.m.; Thursday, to hold hearings on proposed

budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the United

States Postal Service and the Office of Management and

Budget, 2 p.m.; Monday in SD–106 and Thursday in

SD–138.

May 2, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on

proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the

Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, 9 a.m.,

SD–138.

May 2, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on

proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the

Department of Defense, focusing on the ballistic missile

program, 9:30 a.m., SD–192.

May 3, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD–138.

May 4, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for

the United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD–192.

May 4, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold

hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year

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

SD–138.

May 4 and 5, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and

Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996, Thursday, for

the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health

and Human Services, 2 p.m.; Friday, to hold hearings on

issues of waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare program,

9:30 a.m.; SD–192.

Committee on Armed Services: May 2, Subcommittee on

Strategic Forces, to resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on space programs, and to review the Department

of Defense’s Space Management Initiative, 9:30 a.m.,

SR–222.

May 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, USA, to be Chief of

Staff of the Army, and for reappointment to the grade of
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general, and Lt. Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC, to be

Commandant of the Marine Corps, and for appointment

to the grade of general, 3 p.m., SR–222.

May 3, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings

on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year

1996 for the Department of Defense and the future years

defense program, focusing on the Marine Corps modernization programs and current operations, 9 a.m.,

SR–232A.

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May

2 and 3, Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief, to

hold hearings to examine issues relating to regulatory

burden, 10 a.m., SD–538.

Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 3, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, business

meeting, to mark up S. 440, to provide for the designation of the National Highway System, 10 a.m., SD–406.

May 4, Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control,

and Risk Assessment, to resume oversight hearings on the

implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 9 a.m.,

SD–406.

May 5, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold oversight hearings on General Services

Administration activities on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration consolidation project, the proposed Federal

Communications Commission lease consolidation, and the

U.S. Patent Trademark Office consolidation, 9:30 a.m.,

SD–406.

Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 2 and 4, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to

review the Navy class oiler contract, 10 a.m., SD–342.

Committee on the Judiciary: May 2, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings

to examine the costs of the legal system, 9 a.m., SD–226.

May 3, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights,

and Competition, to hold hearings to examine antitrust

issues as contained in proposals to reform the telecommunications industry, 2:15 p.m., SD–G50.

May 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Peter C. Economus, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, John

Garvan Murtha, to be United States District Judge for

the District of Vermont, Mary Beck Briscoe, of Kansas,

to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit,

and George A. O’Toole Jr., to be United States District

Judge for the District of Massachusetts, 2 p.m., SD–226.

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: May 2, to hold

hearings on the nomination of Henry W. Foster, Jr., of

Tennessee, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps

of the Public Health Service, Department of Health and

Human Services, 9:30 a.m., SH–216.

May 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine

primary health care services, focusing on access to care in

a changing health care delivery system, 9 a.m., SD–430.

Committee on Indian Affairs: May 2, to hold oversight

hearings on the implementation of the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project Authorities by the Indian

Health Service, 9:30 a.m., SR–485.

Select Committee on Intelligence: May 3, closed business

meeting, to consider pending intelligence matters, 2

p.m., SH–219.

House Chamber

Legislative program will be announced later.

House Committees

Committee on Appropriations, May 2, Subcommittee on

Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on Congressional

and Public Witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., H–309 Capitol.

May 2, Subcommittee on Defense, on Munitions Issues,

1:30 p.m., H–140 Capitol.

May 2 and 3, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., 2360 Rayburn on

May 2 and H–143 Capitol on May 3.

May 3, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,

and Judiciary, on Legal Services Corporation, 10 a.m.,

2360 Rayburn.

May 3, Subcommittee on Defense, on Navy/Marine

Corps Acquisition, 10 a.m., H–140 Capitol.

Committee on Banking and Financial Services, May 2, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, hearing on the Administration’s plan for authorization of the fiscal year 1996 funding for the International

Financial Institutions, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

May 3, Subcommittee on Domestic and International

Monetary Policy, hearing on the proposed One Dollar

Coin, 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.

May 3, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities

and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on H.R.

718, Markets and Trading Reorganization and Reform

Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

Committee on the Budget, May 2, hearing on the Impact

of Federal Regulation on State and Local Governments, 1

p.m., 210 Cannon.

Commitee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, May

2, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, hearing on Adult Education, 9:30 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.

May 2, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on Affirmative Action, 9:30 a.m., 2175

Rayburn.

May 3, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education,

Training and Life-Long Learning and the Subcommittee

on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and

Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, joint hearing on Privatizing Government Sponsored Entities, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, May 2,

Subcommittee on Government Management, Information,

and Technology, hearing on the National Performance

Review, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.

May 2, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth,

Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs and the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House of

the Committee on Rules, joint hearing on ‘‘Corrections

Day Policy and Procedures,’’ 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
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May 2, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth,

Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, to continue

hearings on H.R. 994, Regulatory Sunset and Review Act

of 1995, Part 2, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.

May 3, Subcommittee on Government Management,

Information, and Technology, hearing on the Compliance

with Public Law 100–440: The Adequacy of GSA’s Staffing Levels of the Federal Protective Service, 10 a.m.,

2154 Rayburn.

Committee on International Relations, May 2, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, hearing

on U.S. Sanctions on Iran: Next Steps, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.

Committee on the Judiciary, May 3, Subcommittee on

Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1443, Court Arbitration Authorization

Act of 1995; 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., 2226 Rayburn.

May 3, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the issue

of domestic terrorism, 9 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.

Committee on National Security, May 3, to continue hearings on the fiscal year 1996 national defense authorization

request, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.

Committee on Resources, May 3, to mark up H.R. 39,

Fishery Conservation and Management Amendments of

1995, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

Committee on Rules, May 1, to consider H.R. 655, Hydrogen Future Act of 1995, 5:30 p.m., H–313 Capitol.

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, May 3, Subcommittee on

Education, Training, Employment and Housing, oversight hearing on the Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation

and Counseling Service and the Veterans Employment

and Training Service, 9 a.m., 340 Cannon.

Committee on Ways and Means, May 2, hearing on Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

May 3, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Physician

Self-Referral, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

Joint Meetings

Joint Economic Committee: May 5, to hold hearings to examine the employment-unemployment situation for

April, 9:30 a.m., SD–106.

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: May 1,

to hold hearings to examine the crisis in Chechnya, 2

p.m., 2172 Rayburn Building.