[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 45 (Friday, March 30, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D295-D297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of April 2 through April 7, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will vote on final passage of S. 27, Campaign 
Finance Reform, at 5:30 p.m. Also, Senate is expected to begin 
consideration of H. Con. Res. 83, Congressional Budget for Fiscal Year 
2002.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate expects to continue 
consideration of H. Con. Res. 83, Congressional Budget for Fiscal Year 
2002, and any other cleared legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
   Committee on Appropriations: April 3, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to 
examine issues surrounding Alzheimer's Disease, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
   Committee on Armed Services: April 4, Subcommittee on SeaPower, 
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 shipbuilding industrial base issues and 
initiatives, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
   Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 4, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to 
hold hearings to examine specific measures that have been taken in 
the United States to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) 
``Mad Cow Disease'' and assess their adequacy, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 3, to hold 
hearings to examine national energy policy with respect to 
impediments to development of domestic oil and natural gas 
resources, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
   Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 5, Subcommittee 
on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, to 
resume hearings to examine the interaction between United States 
environmental regulations and energy policy, 9 a.m., SD-406.
   Committee on Finance: April 3, to hold hearings to examine the 
process of finding successful solutions relative to Medicare and 
Managed Care, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  April 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain 
issues with respect to international trade and the American economy, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  April 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the impact of 
certain scams on taxpayers, 10 a.m., SD-215.
   Committee on Foreign Relations: April 3, business meeting to 
consider proposed legislation to amend U.S. anti-drug certification 
procedures; S. Res. 27, to express the sense of the Senate regarding 
the 1944 deportation of the Chechen people to central Asia; S. Res. 
60, urging the

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immediate release of Kosovar Albanians wrongfully imprisoned in 
Serbia; S. Con. Res. 7, expressing the sense of Congress that the 
United States should establish an international education policy to 
enhance national security and significantly further United States 
foreign policy and global competitiveness; S. Con. Res. 23, 
expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the involvement of 
the Government in Libya in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 
103; and the nomination of William Howard Taft, IV, of Virginia, to 
be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
   Committee on Governmental Affairs: April 4, to hold hearings on 
the state of the Presidential appointments process, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  April 5, Full Committee, to continue hearings on the state of the 
Presidential appointments process, 10 a.m., SD-342.
   Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 4, to 
hold hearings to examine the constitutionality of employment laws, 
focusing on states rights and federal remedies, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
   Committee on Indian Affairs: April 4, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  April 5, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
goals and priorities of the United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) 
for the 107th Congress, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
   Select Committee on Intelligence: April 3, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  April 4, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on intelligence 
matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
   Committee on the Judiciary: April 3, to hold hearings to examine 
online entertainment and related copyright law, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold hearings to examine the Hart-Rudman Report, 
with respect to homeland defense, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and 
Competition, to hold hearings to examine competitive choices 
concerning cable and video, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to review 
certain issues with respect to immigration policy, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  April 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Larry D. Thompson, of Georgia, to be Deputy Attorney General and 
Theodore B. Olson, of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor 
General of the United States, both of the Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

   Committee on Agriculture, April 3, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review 
the USDA domestic food distribution programs, 1 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  April 4 and 5, to continue hearings on Federal Farm Commodity 
Programs, 10 a.m., on April 4 and 9:30 a.m., on April 5, 1300 
Longworth.
   Committee on Appropriations, April 3, Subcommittee on District of 
Columbia, on Corrections and Related Activities, 1:30 p.m., 2362 
Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and 
Education, on Members of Congress, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee, Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, on 
the SEC, 10 a.m., H-309 Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on D.C. Courts; 
Police and Fire, 1:30 p.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Humans and Education, 
to continue on NIH Theme hearings, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, 
on the FCC, 10 a.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Interior, on National Endowment for the 
Humanities and National Endowment for the Arts, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
   Committee on Armed Services, April 4, to continue hearings on 
posture of U.S. military forces, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 4, Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and 
Recreation, hearing on morale, welfare and recreation programs of 
the Department of Defense, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 5, Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy, hearing 
on the reorganization plan of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration, 9 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
   Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 3, Subcommittee 
on Select Education, hearing on Department of Education Financial 
Management, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
Enhancing Retirement Security and H.R. 10, Comprehensive Retirement 
Security and Pension Act of 2001, 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 3, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing on An Examination 
of Existing Federal Statutes Addressing Information Privacy, 2 p.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Health and Environment and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing on 
Patients First: A 21st Century Promise to Ensure Quality and 
Affordable Health Coverage, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Internet, hearing 
on E-Rate and Filtering: A Review of the Children's Internet 
Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Protecting America's Critical Infrastructures: How Secure 
are Government Computer Systems?'' 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
   Committee on Financial Services, April 4, Subcommittee on Capitol 
Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises and the 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, joint 
hearing on promotion

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of capital availability to American businesses, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
   Committee on Government Reform, April 2, Subcommittee on 
Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental 
Affairs, hearing on ``IRS Progress in Addressing Management 
Issues,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, and 
International Relations, hearing on ``Protecting American Interests 
Abroad: U.S. Citizens, Businesses, and Non-governmental 
Organizations,'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement, hearing on 
``Enterprise-Wide Strategies for Managing Information Resources and 
Technology: Learning From State and Local Governments,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  April 4, full Committee, hearing on the ``The U.S. Postal 
Service's Uncertain Financial Outlook,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on the Census, hearing on ``BEA: Is the GDP 
Accurately Measuring the U.S. Economy?'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial 
Management, and Intergovernmental Affairs, hearing on H.R. 577, to 
require any organization that is established for the purpose of 
raising funds for the creation of a Presidential archival depository 
to disclose the sources and amounts of any funds raised, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
   Committee on International Relations, April 4, Subcommittee on 
Europe, hearing on the U.S.-European Relationship: Opportunities and 
Challenges, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
   Committee on the Judiciary, April 4, to mark up the following 
measures: H.J. Res. 41, proposing an amendment to the Constitution 
of the United States with respect to tax limitations; and H.R. 1209, 
Child Status Protection Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, oversight hearing on ``Business Method Patents,'' 2 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
   Committee on Resources, April 3, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health oversight hearing on Developing Economic Uses for 
Forest Fuels, 3 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on 
California Water--A Regional Perspective, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, and the 
Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, joint oversight hearing 
on Energy Impacts of the Roadless Rule, 1:30 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on the implementation of the Sustainable 
Fisheries Act and the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
   Committee on Rules, April 3, to consider H.R. 8, Death Tax 
Elimination Act of 2001, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
   Committee on Science, April 3, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on Vision 2001: Future Space, 4 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  April 4, full Committee, hearing on Space Station Cost Overrun, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
   Committee on Small Business, April 3, Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Reform and Oversight, hearing on Internet Entrepreneurship, 2 p.m., 
311 Cannon.
  April 5, full Committee, hearing on implications of the 
procurement policies of the Pentagon that favored China, and other 
foreign countries, as suppliers of berets for the Army rather than 
this Nation's small businesses, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
   Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 4, hearing 
on Congestion in the U.S. Transportation System, 11 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
   Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 3, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on the state of the VA Health Care System, 2 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  April 4, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Program, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
   Committee on Ways and Means, April 3, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, to continue hearings on welfare reform issues, 3 p.m., B-
318 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the 2001 tax return 
filing season, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the Nation's 
Uninsured, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.