[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 7, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D182-D183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 8, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold closed hearings to examine 
current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the 
United States, 10 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on the Budget: to resume hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
mark up 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, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings on issues relating to the 
family tax burden, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
foreign policy issues and the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of State, 10:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to continue consideration of proposed legislation entitled 
Better Education For Students and Teachers Act, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: business meeting to 
consider proposed legislation authorizing expenditures for the 
committees of the Senate for the 107th Congress, 4 p.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
recommendations of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Jewish War 
Veterans, Blinded Veterans Association, the Non-Commissioned 
Officers Association, and the Military Order of the Purple Heart, 
9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to continue hearings to review the 
federal farm commodity programs with the barley growers, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on 
FDA, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on U.S. Pacific Command and 
U.S. Forces, Korea, 9:30 a.m., and executive, on U.S. Central 
Command, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on National Parks Services (Natural 
Resources Initiative), 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Quality of Life in the 
Military, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Inspector General, Department 
of Transportation, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Perspectives on the Economic 
Outlook, 9 a.m., and on Members Day, 1 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, hearing on ``Measuring Success: Using Assessments 
and Accountability to Raise Student Achievement,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled: ``The EU Data Protection 
Directive: Implications for the U.S. Privacy Debate,'' 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing 
entitled ``Technology and Education: A Review of Federal, State and 
Private Sector Programs,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider Committee Budget 
Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2002 for submission to the 
Committee on the Budget, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: H.R. 809, 
Antitrust Technical Corrections Act of 2001; S. 320, Intellectual 
Property and High Technology Technical Amendments Act of 2001; H.R. 
802, Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001; H.R. 741, to 
amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the registration and 
protection of trademarks used in commerce, in order

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to carry out provisions of certain international conventions; H.R. 
860, Multidistrict, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 2001; H.R. 
861, to make technical changes to Title 9, United States Code, to 
correct typographical error in a provision relating to arbitration; 
and Budget Views and Estimates on the Fiscal Year 2002 Budget for 
submission to the Committee on the Budget, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 863, Consequences for 
Juvenile Offenders Act of 2001, 1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, 
hearing on the National Fire Plan Implementation, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 107, to require that the 
Secretary of the Interior conduct a study to identify sites and 
resources, to recommend alternatives for commemorating and 
interpreting the Cold War; H.R. 400, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National 
Historic Site; and H.R. 452, Ronald Reagan Memorial Act of 2001, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, to hold a Coast Guard 
briefing, 10 a.m., followed by a hearing on the Coast Guard Fiscal 
Year 2001 Supplemental Funding Needs, 2167 Rayburn.


                             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 Paralyzed Veterans of 
America, Jewish War Veterans, Blinded Veterans Association, the Non-
Commissioned Officers Association, and the Military Order of the 
Purple Heart, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the status 
of proposed reforms relating to International Monetary Fund 
financial structure and transparency, IMF interest subsidies, moral 
hazard, and effectiveness of IMF operations; World Bank financing 
and effectiveness and IMF programs in Argentina, Turkey, and certain 
other countries, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn Building.