[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D155]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 1, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to continue 
hearings to examine the statutes of conservation programs in the 
current farm bill, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold a closed briefing on current 
military operations, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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 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: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002, 11 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the progress of the transition from analog to 
digital TV, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
anti-drug certification process, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  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: 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.
  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.


                                 House

  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the President's Budget for 
fiscal year 2002, 10 a.m., and a hearing on the Department of the 
Treasury Budget Priorities for fiscal year 2002, 3 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing on State 
Leadership in Education Reform, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on Privacy in the Commercial World, 
focusing on basic privacy questions, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  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 Government Reform, to continue hearings on ``The 
Controversial Pardon of International Fugitive Marc Rich- Day Two,'' 
12 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to consider Committee funding 
requests, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Conducting 
Diplomacy in a Global Age, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on the 
Earthquake in India: the American Response, 9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 3, Economic Growth 
and Tax Relief Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to consider 
pending business, 1:15 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: 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.