[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 21, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D248-D249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 22, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to review the Food Safety and Inspection Service, 
Department of Agriculture, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing 
on military strategy and operational requirements, to be followed by 
closed hearings (in Room SR-222), 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  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 the Budget: to hold hearings to examine debt 
management issues, 11 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold 
oversight hearings to review the National Park Service's 
implementation of management policies and procedures to comply with 
the provisions of Title IV of the National Parks Omnibus Management 
Act of 1998, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine prescription 
drug issues and Medicare financing, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold a closed briefing on the 
intelligence assessment of emerging national security threats, 10:30 
a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings to assess the District of Columbia Metropolitan 
Police Department's year 2000 performance, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Public Health, to hold hearings to examine increasing access to 
essential health care services, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the goals 
and priorities of the Member Tribes of the National Congress of the 
American Indians for the 107th Congress, 2 p.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
recommendations of the AMVETS, American Ex-Prisoners of War, Vietnam 
Veterans of America, Retired Officers Association, and the National 
Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 345 
Cannon Building.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to continue hearings on Federal Farm 
Commodity Programs, 9:30 a.m. 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, on Medical 
Programs, 9:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, to 
continue on public witnesses, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Highway Administration, 
10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on public 
witnesses, 9 a.m., and 1 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Research and 
Development, hearing on Innovative Research Companies, 10:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, to continue oversight hearings on Electricity Markets: 
California, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Assessing HIPAA: How Federal 
Medical Privacy Regulations Can Be Improved, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Technology and 
Procurement Policy, hearing on ``Toward a Telework-Friendly 
Government Workplace: Successes and Impediments in Managing Federal 
Telework Policies,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to consider Omnibus Committee 
funding resolution and other pending business, 1 p.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on Executive Orders and 
Presidential Directives, 11 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on ``ICANN, NEW gTLDS, and the Protection of 
Intellectual Property,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on Estimated Oil and Gas Resource Base 
on Federal Land and Submerged Land: How Much Oil and Gas can these 
Lands Produce? 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, to 
mark up 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. 146, Great Falls Historic District Study Act of 2001; H.R. 
182, Eight Mile River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2001; H.R. 
581, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management 
in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2001, to reimburse the United States Fish and

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Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to 
facilitate the interagency cooperation required under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 in connection with wildland fire management; 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 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, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to meet to provide for general debate on a 
Concurrent Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2002, 1:30 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on H.R. 723, 
to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to remove an exemption from 
civil penalties for nuclear safety violations by nonprofit 
institutions, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing to explore ways to improve 
the Office of Advocacy and to make that Office a more effective 
voice for small business within the Federal Government and the 
Private sector, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 6, Marriage Tax 
Elimination Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             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 AMVETS, American Ex-
Prisoners of War, Vietnam Veterans of America, Retired Officers 
Association, and the National Association of State Directors of 
Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.