[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 31 (Friday, March 9, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D193-D195]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of March 12 through March 17, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 420, Bankruptcy 
Reform.
  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of S. 420, Bankruptcy 
Reform, with any votes ordered to begin at 11 a.m. At 2:45 p.m., Senate 
will vote on or in relation to the Conrad Amendment No. 29, to be 
followed by a vote on or in relation to the Sessions Amendment No. 32, 
both relating to lockbox.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate will continue consideration 
of S. 420, Bankruptcy Reform, and any other cleared legislative and 
executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: March 13, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, 9:30 
a.m., SD-124.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold closed hearings to 
review intelligence programs, 10 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold joint hearings with 
the House Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on the Interior 
on issues dealing with the wildfire program, 10 a.m., R-2359.
  March 15, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings 
on the District of Columbia's child and family services 
receivership, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 15, 
business meeting to mark up S. 149, to provide authority to control 
exports, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: March 14, to resume 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 13, to 
hold hearings on S. 415, to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
require that air carriers meet public convenience and necessity 
requirements by ensuring competitive access by commercial air 
carriers to major cities, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  March 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 361, to establish 
age limitations for airmen, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  March 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings on whether Congress 
should allow states to require all remote sellers to collect and 
remit sales taxes on deliveries into that state, provided that 
states and localities dramatically simplify their sales and use tax 
systems, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  March 15, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 14, business 
meeting to consider their fiscal year 2002 budgetary views and 
estimates on programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee and agree on recommendations it will make thereon to the 
Committee on the Budget, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  March 15, Full Committee, 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, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 15, Subcommittee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine 
the Army Corps of Engineers management reforms, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 13, business meeting to mark up the 
Affordable Education Act of 2001, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  March 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings on issues relative to 
living without health insurance and identifying populations that 
make up the uninsured and their unique characteristics that cause 
them to go without health coverage, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.

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  March 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings on issues relating to 
encouraging charitable giving, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine the preservation and protection of family 
business legacies, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  March 15, Full Committee, to resume hearings on issues relative to 
living without health insurance focusing on solutions including 
individual tax credits, employer tax credits, increased flexibility 
in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, 
program expansions, and ways to improve outreach, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  March 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues 
relating to international trade and the American economy, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 14, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  March 15, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine certification of the United States assistance to Serbia, 2 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 14, business meeting to 
consider committee's budgetary views and estimates on the 
President's fiscal year 2002 budget request for Indian programs; to 
be followed by hearings on S. 211, to amend the Education Amendments 
of 1978 and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 to improve 
education for Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives, 9:30 
a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 14, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 13, to hold hearings on 
promoting technology and educations issues relating to turbocharging 
the school buses on the information highway, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine drug 
treatment, education, and prevention programs, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: March 14, to hold hearings 
on election reform issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  March 15, Full Committee, to continue hearings on election reform 
issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 13, to hold hearings to 
examine the Administration's proposed budget for veterans' programs 
for fiscal year 2002, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  March 14, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans, 10 a.m., 345, 
Cannon Building.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 14 and 15, to continue hearings on 
federal farm commodity programs, 10 a.m. on March 14, and 9:30 a.m. 
on March 15, 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 13, 14 and 15, Subcommittee on 
Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, on public witnesses, 
10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug and Related Agencies, on Inspector General, USDA, 9:30 a.m., 
2362A Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on U.S. Space 
Command, 9:30 a.m., and executive, on U.S. European Command, 1:30 
p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on European 
Military Construction, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Members of Congress, 
10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Worldwide Threat, 
9:30 a.m., H-405 Capitol, and executive, on U.S. Southern Command, 
1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Historic 
Properties, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Airline Delays, 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 14, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing on implementation of TRICARE benefits for 
Medicare-eligible military retirees, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, March 13, hearing on Department of 
Education Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2002, 1 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  March 14, hearing on the Department of Agriculture Budget 
Priorities for Fiscal Year 2002, 1 p.m., 210 Cannon
  March 15, hearing on Department of State Budget Priorities Fiscal 
Year 2002, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 14, Subcommittee 
on Education Reform, hearing on Empowering Success: Flexibility and 
School Choice, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, hearing on 
Improving Student Achievement Through Technology, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 14, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Air Quality, oversight hearing on National Energy Policy: Coal, 
1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled: ``A Smarter 
Health Care Partnership for American Families: Making Federal and 
State Roles in Managed Care Regulation and Liability Work for 
Accountable and Affordable Health Care Coverage,'' 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing on Digital Television: A Private Sector Perspective on the 
Transition, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 13, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing on proposals to 
permit payment of interest on business checking accounts and sterile 
reserves maintained at Federal Reserve Banks, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on

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Public Access to Stock Market Data-Improving Transparency and 
Competition, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, March 15, Subcommittee on National 
Security, Veterans' Affairs and International Relations, to continue 
hearings on Vulnerabilities to Waste, Fraud and Abuse: Inspectors 
General Views on Defense and National Security Programs, 9 a.m., and 
on Inspectors General Views on International Relations and Trade 
Programs, 1 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, March 14, Subcommittee on 
Africa, hearing on Confronting Liberia, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on Prospects 
for Free and Fair Elections in Peru, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Promises Kept 
or Promises Broken? 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 15, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, hearing on H.R. 503, Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 
2001, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, March 13, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Recreation and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
146, Great Falls Historic District Study Act of 2001; H.R. 182, 
Eight Mile River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2001; and H.R. 
601, to ensure the continued access of hunters to those Federal 
lands included within the boundaries of the Craters of the Moon 
National Monument in the State of Idaho pursuant to the Presidential 
Proclamation 7373 of November 9, 2000, and to continue the 
applicability of the Taylor Grazing Act to the disposition of 
grazing fees arising from the use of such lands, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on Domestic Natural Gas Supply and Demand: the Contribution 
to Public Lands and the OCS, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to hold a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 643, African 
Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001; H.R. 645, 
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001; and 
H.R. 700, Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, March 13, to consider a measure providing for 
consideration of motions to suspend the rules, and to approve 
Committee Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2001 for 
submission to the Committee on the Budget, 5:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 14, 
Subcommittee on Aviation hearing on the FAA's efforts to modernize 
the Air Traffic Control system, with emphasis on the Standard 
Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS), 1:30 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on Brownfields: Lessons from the Field, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 13, hearing on H.R. 811, 
Veterans' Hospital Emergency Repair Act, 1:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing on the following: H.R. 
801, Veterans' Opportunities Act of 2001; and implementation of 
veterans transitional housing assistance, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 14, hearing on the 
Administration's Health and Welfare Priorities, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Health, to continue hearings on Medicare 
Reform, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Welfare 
Reform, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 13, executive, 
briefing on World Trade Threats, 3 p.m., H-405.
  March 13, Terrorism Working Group, executive, briefing on Khobar 
Towers, 12:30 p.m., H-405.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: March 14, Senate Committee on Appropriations, 
Subcommittee on Interior, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on the Interior on issues 
dealing with the wildfire program, 10 a.m., R-2359.
  Joint Meetings: March 14, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
to examine the legislative recommendations of the Disabled American 
Veterans, 10 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.