[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 23 (Monday, February 26, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D136-D139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of February 27 through March 3, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  During the remainder of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: February 27, organizational business 
meeting to consider proposed legislation requesting funds for the 
committee's operating expenses, and rules of procedure for the 107th 
Congress, 4 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 28, 
organizational business meeting to consider proposed legislation 
requesting funds for the committee's operating expenses, 
subcommittee assignments, rules of procedure for the 107th Congress; 
to be followed by hearings to examine statutes of conservation 
programs in the current farm bill, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  March 1, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
statutes of conservation programs in the current farm bill, 9 a.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on Appropriations: February 27, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to 
examine muscular dystrophy research funding levels, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings on activities of the Army Corps of Engineers Inspector 
General's Office, 11 a.m., SD-138.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for defense health 
programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 27, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Paul D. Wolfowitz, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, 
9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings on current and future 
worldwide threats to the national security of the United States, to 
be followed by closed hearings (in Room SH-219), 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 1, 
business meeting to consider S. 143, to amend the Securities Act of 
1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to reduce securities 
fees in excess of those required to fund the operations of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, to adjust compensation 
provisions

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for employees of the Commission; proposed legislation requesting 
funds for the committee's operating expenses, subcommittee 
assignments, and rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: March 1, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002, 11 a.m., 
SD-608.
  March 2, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 1, to 
hold hearings to examine the progress of the transition from analog 
to digital TV, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 1, to hold 
hearings on S. 26, to amend the Department of Energy Authorization 
Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to impose interim 
limitations on the cost of electric energy to protect consumers from 
unjust and unreasonable prices in the electric energy market; S. 80, 
to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order refunds 
of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential rates 
or charges for electricity, to establish cost-based rates for 
electricity sold at wholesale in the Western Systems Coordinating 
Council; and S. 287, to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission to impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public 
utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy 
market, and committee amendment No. 12 to S. 287 listed above, 9:30 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 27, 
Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment, to 
hold hearings on S. 350, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to promote the 
cleanup and reuse of brownfields, to provide financial assistance 
for brownfields revitalization, to enhance State response programs, 
10:15 a.m., SD-406.
  February 28, Full Committee, organizational business meeting to 
consider proposed legislation requesting funds for the committee's 
operating expenses, subcommittee assignments, and rules of procedure 
for the 107th Congress, 10:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 27, to hold hearings to examine 
United States trade policy, focusing on principal trade policy 
challenges and opportunities, and the importance of maintaining 
America's leadership role in building and sustaining the 
international trading system, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  February 28, Full Committee, organizational business meeting to 
consider proposed legislation requesting funds for the committee's 
operating expenses, subcommittee assignments, and rules of procedure 
for the 107th Congress, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain 
revenue proposals within the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2002, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 27, Subcommittee on 
European Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the state of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Alliance, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  February 28, Full Committee, organizational business meeting to 
consider proposed legislation requesting funds for the committee's 
operating expenses, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
report of the Independent Task Force cosponsored by the Council on 
Foreign Relations and the Center for Strategic and International 
Studies on State Department Reform, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the anti-drug 
certification process, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to 
hold hearings to examine United States policy towards Iraq, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: February 27, to hold hearings 
on the nomination of Sean O'Keefe, of New York, to be Deputy 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  March 1, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine the role of United States correspondent banking 
and offshore banks as vehicles for international money laundering, 
and the efforts of financial entities, federal regulators, and law 
enforcement to limit money laundering activities within the United 
States, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  March 2, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to continue 
hearings to examine the role of United States correspondent banking 
and offshore banks as vehicles for international money laundering, 
and the efforts of financial entities, federal regulators, and law 
enforcement to limit money laundering activities within the United 
States, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 28, 
organizational business meeting to consider proposed legislation 
requesting funds for the committee's operating expenses, 
subcommittee assignments, and rules of procedure for the 107th 
Congress, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 28, organizational business 
meeting to consider pending committee business; to be followed by 
hearings to receive the views of the Department of the Interior on 
matters of Indian Affairs, 9 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 28, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 27, business meeting to 
resume markup of an original bill to amend title 11, United States 
Code, relating to bankruptcy reform, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: February 28, organizational 
business meeting to consider pending committee business, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-301.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
February 28, to hold hearings to examine Plan Colombia and to make 
an initial assessment of the current drug situation, including human 
rights issues, future budget needs, Embassy staffing issues, 
potential for regional spillover, and any associated time lines and 
goals, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Small Business: February 28, organizational business 
meeting to consider proposed legislation requesting funds for the 
committee's operating expenses and

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rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, 9 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 28, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine 
the legislative recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 10 
a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
recommendations of the Retired Enlisted Association, Gold Star Wives 
of America, Fleet Reserve Association, and the Air Force Sergeants 
Association, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.


                             House Chamber

  Tuesday, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour and 2:00 
p.m. for legislative business:
  (1) H. Res. 54, commending African American Pioneers in Colorado 
(suspension);
  (2) H. Res.  , honoring Dale Earnhardt and expressing the condolences 
of the House of Representatives to his family on his death 
(suspension);
  (3) H. Res. 55, recognizing Dr. Dorothy Irene Height as an advocate 
and crusader for human rights (suspension);
  (4) H. Con. Res.  , honoring sacrifices made by 28 U.S. soldiers 
killed by an Iraqi missile attack during Operation Desert Storm, and 
resolving to support effective missile defense programs (suspension);
  (5) H. Con. Res. 14, use of the Capitol rotunda for commemoration of 
the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust (unanimous 
consent); and
  (6) H. J. Res. 19, appointment of Walter E. Massey to the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (unanimous consent).
  Any recorded votes will be postponed until 5:00 p.m.
  The House will then convene at 9:00 p.m. in Joint Session with the 
Senate for the purpose of receiving an address by the President of the 
United States.
  Wednesday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for consideration of 
suspensions:
  (1) H.R. 256, Family Farmer Bankruptcy Relief Extension;
  (2) H.R. 558, Designation of the `Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse' in Allentown, Pennsylvania;
  (3) H.R. 621, Designation of the `James C. Corman Federal Building' 
in Van Nuys, California; and
  (4) H. Con. Res. 27, Honoring the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology and its employees for 100 years of service.
  Thursday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for consideration of H.R. 
333, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2001 
(subject to a rule being granted). No votes are expected past 6:00 p.m.
  Friday, no votes are expected.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 28, hearing to review federal 
farm commodity programs with the American Farm Bureau Federation, 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 28, to hold an 
organizational meeting, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on the FDA, 9:30 a.m., 
2362 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, March 1, hearing on the President's 
Budget for fiscal year 2002, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  March 1, hearing on the Department of the Treasury Budget 
Priorities for fiscal year 2002, 3 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  March 2, hearing on Current Fiscal Issues, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 1, hearing on 
State Leadership in Education Reform, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 28, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 90, Know Your Caller Act of 2001; H.R. 496, 
Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of 2001; 
H.R. 624, to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote organ 
donation; H. Con. Res. 31, expressing the sense of the Congress 
regarding the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood 
donation and supporting National Donor Day; a measure to amend the 
Consumer Product Safety Act to provide that low-speed electric 
bicycles are consumer products subject to such Act; the Made in 
America Information Act; H.R. 724, authorizing appropriations to 
carry out part B of title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act, relating to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and H.R. 723, to 
amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to remove separate treatment or 
exemption for nuclear safety violations by nonprofit institutions, 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing on 
National Energy Policy, focusing on natural gas issues, 1 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, 
hearing on Privacy in the Commercial World, focusing on basic 
privacy questions, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, joint hearing on Patients First: A 21st Century 
Promise to Ensure Quality and Affordable Health Coverage, focusing 
on improving patients' access to new technologies in the Medicare 
program, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 28, hearing on Monetary 
Policy and the State of the Economy, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, February 28, hearing on ``Special 
Education-Is IDEA Working as Congress Intended?'' 1 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.

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  March 1, to continue hearings on ``The Controversial Pardon of 
International Fugitive Marc Rich--Day Two,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human 
Resources, hearing on ``The Status of Plan Columbia,'' 9:30 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and 
International Relations, hearing on ``The Defense Security Service: 
Mission Degradation?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, March 1, to consider Committee 
funding requests, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, February 28, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on International 
Broadcasting: Its Mission, Budget and Future, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  March 1, full Committee, hearing on Conducting Diplomacy in a 
Global Age, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing 
on the Earthquake in India: the American Response, 9 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 28, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, oversight hearing on ``The Presidential Pardon 
Power,'' 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, February 28, to consider H.R. 333, Bankruptcy 
Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2001, 2 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, February 28, hearing on the Nation's Energy 
Future: Role of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 28, to hold an 
organizational meeting, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 28, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on 
Improving Water Quality: State Perspectives on the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 28, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Medicare Reform, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on the SSA's 
Proposal to Implement Return to Work Legislation, 2 p.m., B-318 
Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  February 28, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine 
the legislative recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 10 
a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  March 1, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine 
the legislative recommendations of the Retired Enlisted Association, 
Gold Star Wives of America, Fleet Reserve Association, and the Air 
Force Sergeants Association, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.