[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 28, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D282-D283]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 29, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine 
initiatives that promote healthy aging in rural America, focusing on 
certain areas that impact the lives of older Americans, including 
transportation, housing, access to high-quality health care, diet 
and nutrition, and employment, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to review environmental trading opportunities for 
agriculture, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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: Subcommittee 
on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine aviation delay prevention 
legislation, focusing on potential solutions to congestion and 
delays, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  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 Titles I, II, III, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the 
National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  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 Finance: to hold hearings on issues relating to debt 
reduction, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Kenneth W. 
Dam, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; the 
nomination of David Aufhauser, of the District of Columbia, to be 
General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury; the nomination 
of Michele A. Davis, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury; and the nomination of Faryar Shirzad, of Virginia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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.

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  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.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to continue hearings on Federal Farm 
Commodity Programs, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State and Judiciary, on the Supreme Court, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on Public Schools and 
Public Charter Schools, 9:30 a.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, on Energy (National 
Energy Strategy), 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Quality of Life, 9:30 
a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Transit Administration, 
11 a.m., and on Federal Transit Capital Projects, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on Custom Service Counter drug-oversight, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, to continue hearings on the posture 
of U.S. military forces, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  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, 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 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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, 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 International Relations, Subcommittee on the Middle 
East and South Asia, hearing on Developments in the Middle East, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight 
hearing on Drug Trafficking on the Southwest Border, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  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.
  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 Science, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, hearing on Railroad Track Safety Issues, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 8, Death Tax 
Elimination Act, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  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, Subcommittee on 
International Policy and National Security, executive, briefing on 
Covert Action Case Study, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, 
hearing on NRO Issues, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: 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.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine the recent developments in and around Kosovo, including 
human rights, minority rights, local elections, development of a 
local police force, and security and civil order, 2 p.m., SR-485.