D 662 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST May 24, 1995

EXPLORE INCREASING AND IMPROVING

OPTIONS FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on

Health continued hearings to explore increasing and

improving options for Medicare Beneficiaries, with

emphasis on Medicare HMO Enrollment Growth

and Payment Policies. Testimony was heard from

Gail Wilensky. Chair, Physician Payment Review

Commission; Stuart H. Altman, Chairman, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; Jonathan

Ratner, Associate Director, Health Financing Issues,

GAO; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE

PROGRAM

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security concluded hearings on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program. Testimony was

heard from Representatives McCrery, Gekas, Kanjorski, Costello, and Bass.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

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MAY 25, 1995

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Subcommittee on Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion, to hold hearings on proposed legislation to

strengthen and improve United States agricultural programs, focusing on Federal farm export programs, 10

a.m., S–116, Capitol.

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for military construction programs of the Department of Defense, focusing on Army

and certain Defense agencies, 10 a.m., SD–192. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, business meeting, to mark up proposed securities litigation

reform legislation, and to consider the nominations of

Bruce A. Morrison, of Connecticut, and J. Thimothy

O’Neill, of Virginia, each to be a Director of the Federal

Housing Finance Board, 10 a.m., S–207, Capitol.

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings on S. 638, to authorize funds for United States insular areas, 9:30 a.m., SD–366.

Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold hearings on property line disputes within

the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in Idaho, 2 p.m.,

SD–366.

Committee on Finance, business meeting, to resume

markup of H.R. 4, to restore the American family, reduce

illegitimacy, control welfare spending and reduce welfare

dependence, 9:30 a.m., SD–215.

Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on various treaties on Conventions and Protocols on Avoidance

of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion

with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, 10 a.m.,

SD–419.

Full Committee, business meeting, to continue to mark

up proposed legislation authorizing funds for foreign assistance programs, 2 p.m., SD–419.

Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations

of Timothy Michael Carney, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sudan, Donald K. Steinberg,

of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, Mosina H. Jordan, of New York, to be Ambassador

to the Central African Republic, and Lannon Walker, of

Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote

D’Ivoire, 3 p.m., S–116, Capitol.

Committee on Governmental Affairs, business meeting, to

consider pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD–342.

Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Terrorism,

Technology, and Government Information, to hold hearings to examine the impact of the militia movement in

the United States, 9:30 a.m., SD–226.

Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee

on Education, Arts and Humanities, to hold hearings to

examine the business role in vocational education, 9:30

a.m., SD–430.

Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine child protection issues, 2:30 p.m.,

SD–430.

Committee on Rules and Administration, to hold hearings

on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Federal

Election Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR–301.

NOTICE

For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see page E1118 in today’s RECORD.

House

Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General

Farm Commodities, hearing on the 1995 Farm Bill—

Cotton and Feed Grains Titles, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth.

Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, hearing on the classified pricing for milk, the appropriate

number of classes within the pricing system, replacement

of the Minnesota-Wisconsin (‘‘M–W’’) series, formulae to

determine future prices for manufacturing and Class I

milk, the continuation of state make allowances, the continuation or elimination of Class III–A pricing, and multiple component pricing, 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, to

markup legislation authorizing appropriations for the

International Financial Institutions, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing on innovative approaches to homeownership opportunities, focusing on the efforts of Habitat for

Humanity International; to be followed by a markup of

the Homesteading and Neighborhood Restoration Act,

9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

Committee on Commerce, to continue markup of H.R.

1555, Communications Act of 1995, time to be announced, 2123 Rayburn.

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Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on A Consumer’s Perspective on Drugs and Biologics, 9

a.m., 2322 Rayburn. Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on Adams

Fruit, 1 p.m., 2175 Rayburn. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and the

Committee on National Security, joint hearing on H.R.

1670, The Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1995, 10

a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to mark up H.J. Res. 79, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing

the Congress and the States to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States, 10:30 a.m., 2237

Rayburn.

Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on the authorization and oversight of the Civil Rights Division of

the Department of Justice, 1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.

Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries,

Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 1675, National

Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of 1995, 10 a.m.,

1334 Longworth.

Endangered Species Act Task Force, to continue oversight hearings on the Endangered Species Act, 12 p.m.,

1324 Rayburn.

Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Government Programs, hearing on the SBA’s Disaster Assistance

Loan Program, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Railroads, to mark up AMTRAK reauthorization, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health,

to continue hearings to explore increasing and improving

options for Medicare Beneficiaries, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.