D 556 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST May 5, 1995

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May

11.

AUTHORIZATIONS—DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology held 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 the implications of the revolution

in military affairs, receiving testimony from Adm.

William A. Owens, USN, Vice Chairman, Joint

Chiefs of Staff; Andrew W. Marshall, Director, Net

Assessment, Department of Defense; and Andrew

Krepinevich, Defense Budget Project, and Daniel

Goure ́, Center for Strategic and International Studies, both of Washington, D.C.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday,

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May 17.

House of Representatives

Chamber Action

The House was not in session today. Its next

meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, May

9.

Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held.

Joint Meetings

EMPLOYMENT SITUATION

Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to

examine the employment-unemployment situation

for April, receiving testimony from Katherine G.

Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics,

Department of Labor.

Committee recessed subject to call.

CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

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Week of May 8 through 13, 1995

Senate Chamber

On Monday, 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 may consider S. 534, Interstate

Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste; S. 652,

Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation

Act; conference reports, when available; and any

cleared legislative and executive business.

(Senate will recess on Tuesday, May 9, 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 9, Subcommittee on

Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates

for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Defense, focusing on National Guard and Reserve programs, 9:45 a.m.,

SD–192.

May 9, Subcommittee on Military Construction, to

hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year

1996 for military construction programs, focusing on the

Navy and Air Force, 10 a.m., SD–138.

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

May 11, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold

hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year

1996 for the Federal Transit Administration, Department

of Transportation, 9:30 a.m., SD–192.

May 11, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on

proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996, Thursday,

for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 10 a.m.; for the Indian Health Service, Department

of Health and Human Services, 1 p.m.; Thursday at 10

a.m. and Thursday at 1 p.m., SD–116.

May 11, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold

hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year

1996 for foreign assistance programs, focusing on the

Agency for International Development, 10:30 a.m.,

SR–325.

May 11, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human

Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine access to abortion clinics, 2 p.m., SD–138.

May 11, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,

and Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed legislation

authorizing supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance for the Oklahoma City bombing, 2 p.m.,

SD–608.

May 12, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Council on Environmental Quality, and