[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D214-D215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 15, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, to 
hold oversight hearings on competition and mobility issues in the 
freight rail industry, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  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: business meeting 
to mark up S. 149, to provide authority to control exports, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider S. 319, to amend title 49, United States Code, 
to ensure that air carriers meet their obligations under the Airline 
Customer Service Agreement, and provide improved passenger service 
in order to meet public convenience and necessity; S. 361, to 
establish age limitations for airmen; 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; the committee 
resolution designating Senator Allen as Chairman of the Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space; the nomination of Rear Adm. Thad 
W. Allen, United States Coast Guard to be Commander, Atlantic Area, 
U.S. Coast Guard, with the grade of Vice Admiral;

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and other nominations for promotion in the United States Coast 
Guard, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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 amendment No. 
12 to S. 287, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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: Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, 
to hold hearings to examine the preservation and protection of 
family business legacies, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  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.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Richard Lee Armitage, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of 
State, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to examine 
certification of the United States assistance to Serbia, 2 p.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
high performance computer export controls, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. Res. 
50, designating March 25, 2001, as ``Greek Independence Day: A 
National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy'' and 
subcommittee organization, Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider the following: Committee 
Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2002 for submission to 
the Committee on the Budget; and other pending Committee business; 
and to continue hearings on federal farm commodity programs, 9:30 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, 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.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, on 
public witnesses, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Historic Properties, 
9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Airline Delays, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Department of State Budget 
Priorities Fiscal Year 2002, 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st 
Century Competitiveness, hearing on Improving Student Achievement 
Through Technology, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing on 
Digital Television: A Private Sector Perspective on the Transition, 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans' Affairs and International Relations, hearing 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, 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, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
hearing on H.R. 503, Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2001, 10 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
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 Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Brownfields: Lessons 
from the Field, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on the following: H.R. 801, Veterans' Opportunities Act of 2001; and 
on VA's implementation of veterans transitional housing assistance, 
9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, to continue 
hearings on Medicare Reform, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Welfare Reform, 11 
a.m., B-318 Rayburn.