[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 40 (Friday, March 23, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D260-D263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of March 26 through March 31, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 27, Campaign 
Finance Reform. Also, at 2 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of 
S.J. Res. 4, Hollings Constitutional Amendment, with a vote on final 
passage to occur at 6 p.m.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate will continue consideration 
of S. 27, Campaign Finance Reform, and any other cleared legislative 
and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: March 27, to 
hold hearings to review the Research, Extension and Education title 
of the Farm Bill, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  March 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to review environmental 
trading opportunities for agriculture, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: March 27, Subcommittee on Interior, 
to hold oversight hearings to examine trust reform issues, 10 a.m., 
SD-138.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
certain Pacific issues, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 27, to resume 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 SH-219), 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold a closed briefing on information warfare and other threats to 
critical U.S. information systems, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine 
Department of Defense policies pertaining to the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Strategic, to hold hearings to examine 
the Report of the Commission to Assess United States National 
Security Space Management and Organization, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 29, 
Subcommittee on Securities and Investment, to hold hearings on S. 
206, to repeal the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 28, to 
hold hearings to examine the Secretary of Commerce proposals 
concerning adjustments of Census data, 9 a.m., SR-253.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine 
aviation delay prevention legislation, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 29, 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 Titles I, II, III, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the 
National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold oversight hearings on the implementation of the 
Administration's National Fire Plan, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 27, Subcommittee 
on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold hearings to examine water 
and wastewater infrastructure needs, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 27, to hold hearings to examine the 
affordability of long term care, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  March 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on issues relating to 
preserving and protecting Main Street USA, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 27, business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Grant S. Green, Jr., of Virginia, to be 
Under Secretary of State for Management, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  March 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
William Howard Taft, IV, of Virginia, to be Legal Adviser of the 
Department of State, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  March 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Energy's nonproliferation programs with Russia, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  March 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for 
Arms Control and International Security, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: March 29, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District 
of Columbia, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
Government Reform's Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency 
Organization to examine the recently issued final report of the U.S. 
Commission on National Security in the 21st Century, focusing on the 
national security implications of the human capital crisis, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.

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  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 27, to 
hold hearings to examine early education and care programs in the 
United States, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  March 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine health 
information for consumers, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 28, to hold hearings on S. 210, 
to authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and 
substance abuse programs and services provided by Indian tribal 
governments; S. 214, to elevate the position of Director of the 
Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human 
Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health; and S. 535, to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify that Indian 
women with breast or cervical cancer who are eligible for health 
services provided under a medical care program of the Indian Health 
Service or of a tribal organization are included in the optional 
medicaid eligibility category of breast or cervical cancer patients 
added by the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act 
of 2000, 10:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 28, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 27, Subcommittee on Technology, 
Terrorism, and Government Information, to hold hearings to examine 
domestic response capabilities for terrorism involving weapons of 
mass destruction, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, pro forma session.
  Tuesday, Consideration of suspensions (list to be announced on 
Monday, March 26;
  Consideration of H. Res. 84, Omnibus Committee Funding Resolution 
(privileged); and
  Consideration of H. Con. Res. 83, Budget Resolution for fiscal year 
2002 (debate only, pursuant to previous unanimous consent agreement).
  (No recorded votes are expected before 6:00 p.m.)
  Wednesday and the Balance of the Week, Consideration of H. Con. Res. 
83, Budget Resolution for fiscal year 2002 (Subject to a Rule); and
  Consideration of H.R. 6, Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act 
of 2001 (Subject to a Rule).


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 28, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight Nutrition and Forestry, hearing on National 
Fire Plan Implementation, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  March 29, full Committee, to continue hearings on Federal Farm 
Commodity Programs, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 27, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on 
Members of Congress, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Defense, on Members of Congress and 
public witnesses, 9:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, on Members of Congress and public witnesses, 12:30 
p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and 
Education, on NIH Theme hearing, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Pacific 
Military Construction, 2 p.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Transportation, on FAA, 10 a.m., and 2 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, House and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies, on Member of Congress, 10 
a.m., and 1 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, 
on the Supreme Court, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 29, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on Public 
Schools and Public Charter Schools, 9:30 a.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, on Energy 
(National Energy Strategy), 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Quality of 
Life, 9:30 a.m, B-300 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Transit 
Administration, 11 a.m., and on Federal Transit Capital Projects, 2 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Custom Service Counter drug-oversight, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 28 and 29, hearings on the 
posture of U.S. military forces, 10 a.m., on March 28, and 9:30 
a.m., on March 29, 2118 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on 
military transformation and its impact on the equipment 
modernization programs of the military services, 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  March 29, Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and 
Recreation, hearing on commissaries and exchange programs, 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 28, hearing on No 
Child Left Behind, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  March 29, hearing on ``Transforming the Federal Role in Education 
for the 21st Century: H.R.1, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; H.R. 
340, Excellence and Accountability in Education Act; and H.R. 345, 
Public Education Reinvestment, Reinvention, and Responsibility Act, 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 27 and 30, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Air Quality, oversight hearings on National Energy 
Policy, 1 p.m. on March 27 and 10 a.m. on March 30, 2123 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on Drinking Water Needs and Infrastructure, 2 p.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Issues Raised by Human Cloning Research, 12 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  March 29, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing on ``FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell: Agenda and Plans for 
Reform,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 27, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on 
the agreement by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to voluntarily enhance 
capital strength, disclosure, and market discipline, 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  March 28, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
974, Small Business Interest Checking Act of 2001; and H.R. 1088, 
Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology and 
Economic Growth, hearing on Beyond the Tax Cut: Unleashing the 
Economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, March 27, Subcommittee on Criminal 
Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, hearing on ``Medical'' 
Marijuana, Federal Drug Law and the Constitution's Supremacy Clause, 
2:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing on ``A Rush to Regulate--the 
Congressional Review Act and Recent Federal Regulations,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  March 27, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs and 
International Relations, hearing on Combating Terrorism: In Search 
of a National Strategy, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial 
Management, and Intergovernmental Affairs, hearing on ``Oversight of 
the Federal Government's Consolidated Financial Statements,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, March 28, to mark up the 
following measures: H. Res. 91, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives regarding the human rights situation in Cuba; H.R. 
428, concerning the participation of Taiwan in the World Health 
Organization; H. Res. 56, urging the appropriate representative of 
the United States to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights 
to introduce at the annual meeting of the Commission a resolution 
calling upon the People's Republic of China to end its human rights 
violations in China and Tibet; and H. Con. Res. Expressing the sense 
of Congress that the 2008 Olympic Games should not be held in 
Beijing unless the Government of the People's Republic of China 
releases all political prisoners, ratifies the International 
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and observes internationally 
recognized human rights, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Africa and the Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, joint hearing on 
America's Sudan Policy: A New Direction? 2:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing 
on Developments in the Middle East, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 28, to consider Subcommittee 
Rules of Procedure for private immigration bills and private claims 
bills and to mark up the following measures: H.R. 768, Need-Based 
Educational Aid Act of 2001; H.R. 503, Unborn Victims of Violence 
Act of 2001; H.R. 863, Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act of 
2001; and a private claims bill, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on Drug 
Trafficking on the Southwest Border, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, March 27, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Recreation and Public Lands, oversight hearing on the Yosemite 
Valley Plan, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on 
the Status of Federal Western Water Resources, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  March 28, full Committee, to mark up 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; H.R. 309, 
Guam Foreign Investment Equity Act; 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 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2001, to 
reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Services and the 
National Marine Fisheries Services to facilitate the interagency 
cooperation required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in 
connection with wildland fire management; 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; and 642, to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on the Effect of Mining Claim Fees on Domestic Exploration: 
Are They Worth It? 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to mark up 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, followed by an 
oversight hearing on Comprehensive Conservation Planning and the 
Operations and Maintenance Backlog in the National Wildlife Refuge 
System, 9:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on 
the Effective Community Involvement in National Forest Restoration 
and Recreation Efforts: Obstacles and Solutions, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, March 27, to consider the following: 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2002; and H.R. 
6, Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act of 2001, 2 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.

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  Committee on Science, March 29, Subcommittee on Environment, 
Technology, and Standards, hearing on H.R. 64, to provide for the 
establishment of the position of Deputy Administrator for Science 
and Technology of the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 28, hearing on H.R. 10, 
Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act, focusing 
on small business implications, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 28, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, to mark up the following: H.R. 495, to designate the 
Federal building in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States 
Virgin Islands as the ``Ron de Lugo Federal Building;'' H.R. 819, to 
designate the Federal building located at 143 West Liberty Street, 
Medina, Ohio, as the ``Donald J. Pease Federal Building;'' H. Con. 
Res. 74, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 20th 
Annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service; H. Con. Res. 76, 
authorizing the use of the East Front of the Capitol Grounds for 
performances sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts; H. Con. Res. 79, authorizing the use of the Capitol 
Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby; 2 11 (b) Project 
Building Survey Resolutions; and other pending business, 2 p.m., 
2253 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on Water Infrastructure Needs, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on Railroad Track 
Safety Issues, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 27, Subcommittee on Health, to 
continue hearings on Medicare Reform: Laying the Groundwork for a Rx 
Drug Benefit, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on Free Trade Deals: Is 
the United States Losing Ground As Its Trading Partners Move Ahead? 
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 27, Subcommittee 
on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, hearing on NSA 
Issues, 12 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 27, Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence and 
the Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, joint hearing on Information 
Operations, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 28, Subcommittee on International Policy and National 
Security, executive, briefing on Global Trends: 2015, 10 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  March 29, Subcommittee on International Policy and National 
Security, executive, briefing on Covert Action Case Study, 2 p.m., 
H-405 Capitol.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, 
executive, hearing on NRO Issues, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: March 29, Senate Committee on Governmental 
Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Government Reform's Subcommittee on 
Civil Service and Agency Organization to examine the recently issued 
final report of the U.S. Commission on National Security in the 21st 
Century, focusing on the national security implications of the human 
capital crisis, 10 a.m., SD-342.