[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 51 (Monday, April 23, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D334-D337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 24 through April 28, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate may begin consideration of S. 1, to extend 
programs and activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate may consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: April 26, to hold hearings to evaluate 
current developments in assisted living, focusing on consumer 
protection, staff training, and assistance with medications, 9 a.m., 
SD-562.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: April 25, to 
hold hearings on agricultural trade issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: April 24, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2002 for the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of 
the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of the 
Interior, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Army Corps of Engineers, 3 p.m., SD-138.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2002 for the Department of Health and Human Services, 9 a.m., 
SD-124.
  April 25, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for 
the Corporation for National and Community Service and the 
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on chemical 
demilitarization, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Agriculture, 1:30 p.m., SD-
138.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on certain ergonomic issues, 9:30 a.m., 
SH-216.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of 
Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2002 for the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the 
National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, 2 
p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 24, Subcommittee on Personnel, 
to hold hearings on recruiting initiatives of the Department of 
Defense and the military services and to receive an update on the 
status of recruiting and retention goals, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  April 24, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
certain pending nominations, 2:45 p.m., SR-222.
  April 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Dov S. Zakheim, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller); the nomination of Charles S. Abell, of Virginia, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy; and 
the nomination of Victoria Clarke, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, 3:30 p.m., SD-106.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Strategic, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year

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2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense 
Program, focusing on the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 26, 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 strategic airlift and sealift imperatives for the 21st Century, 2 
p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 24, 
business meeting to mark up S. 206, to repeal the Public Utility 
Holding Company Act of 1935 and to enact the Public Utility Holding 
Company Act of 2001, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  April 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Grant D. Aldonas, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
International Trade; the nomination of Kenneth I. Juster, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export 
Administration; the nomination of Maria Cino, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United 
States and Foreign Commercial Service; and the nomination of Robert 
Glenn Hubbard, of New York, to be a member of the Council of 
Economic Advisors, 3 p.m., SD-538.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold 
hearings to examine the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development's program, budget, and management priorities for fiscal 
year 2002, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Securities and Investment, to hold 
hearings to examine securities market data and the United States 
capital markets, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 24, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to 
hold hearings to examine what measure may be needed to better 
protect children as they graduate from child safety seats to adult 
seatbelts, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings to examine the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration's aeronautics program, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  April 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Brenda L. Becker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs; and the 
nomination of Michael P. Jackson, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Transportation; to be followed by hearings to examine 
labor problems facing the airline industry today, focusing on the 
balance between labor and management in negotiations as well as the 
effect of a strike at a major airline on the aviation system and the 
consumer, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and 
Tourism, to hold hearings to examine west coast gas prices in 
comparison to other parts of the country, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  April 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Theodore William Kassinger, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of 
the Department of Commerce; to be followed by hearings on S. 718, 
Amateur Sports Integrity Act, which amends federal law to stop legal 
gambling in Nevada on amateur sports, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to 
examine the problem of unsolicited commercial email (spam) and 
possible legislative options to deter it, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 26, to hold 
oversight hearings to consider national energy policy with respect 
to fuel specifications and infrastructure constraints and their 
impacts on energy supply and price, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold oversight hearings to examine energy implications of the Forest 
Service's Roadless Area Rulemaking, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 26, Subcommittee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine 
the budget oversight on the Army Corps of Engineers program for 
fiscal year 2002, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Finance: April 24, to hold hearings to examine 
Medicare, prescription drugs and current coverage options, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  April 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Medicare and 
social security benefits relative to prisoners, fugitives, the 
deceased and other ineligibles, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  April 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
complexity of the tax code, featuring the release of the 
congressionally mandated study on simplification from the Joint 
Committee on Taxation, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 25, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Andrew S. Natsios, of Massachusetts, to be 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  April 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Paula J. Dobriansky, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of State 
(Global Affairs); and the nomination of Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., 
of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military 
Affairs), 2 p.m., SD-419.
  April 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
James Andrew Kelly, of Hawaii, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(East Asian and Pacific Affairs), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  April 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary 
of State for Arms Control and International Security, and other 
pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 25, to hold hearings to examine 
certain issues surrounding the use of polygraphs, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business: April 24, to hold hearings to examine 
the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act and the 
protection of small business rights, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 25 and 26, to continue hearings on 
Federal Farm Commodity Programs, 10 a.m.,

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on April 25 and 9:30 a.m., on April 26, 1300 Longworth.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, 
hearing to review energy supply and demand issues affecting the 
agricultural sector of the U.S. economy, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 24, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services and Education, on Howard University, 
Gallaudet University, National Technical Institute for the Deaf and 
American Printing House for the Blind, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on Budget Overview and 
Foreign Agricultural Service (International Programs), 9:30 a.m., 
2362-A Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, 
on Members of Congress, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on NSA, 9:30 a.m., 
H-405 Capitol.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, 10 a.m., 2362-B Capitol.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Interior, on the Secretary of the 
Interior, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and 
Education, on the Secretary of Education, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Transportation, on the Secretary of 
Transportation, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General 
Government, on U.S. Customs Service, 10 a.m., and on Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  April 25 and 26, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, 
on the Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., on 
April 25 and 9:30 a.m., on April 26, 2359 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on the Secretary of 
Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, 
on the Secretary of State, 10 a.m., 2171 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on Economic 
Development, 9:30 a.m., room to be announced.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on the 
Bureau of Reclamation, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Interior, on the Forest Service, 10 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and 
Education, on the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, the 
Office of Educational Research and Improvement and the Office of 
Bilingual and English Language Minority Affairs, 10 a.m., on the 
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, 2 p.m., and 
on the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, 3 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Transportation, on the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 26, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations and Facilities, on the conditions of military 
facilities and their effects on readiness and quality of life, 10 
a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 26, to mark up 
H.R. 10, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act of 
2001, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 25, hearing on the 
Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Priorities of 
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Reflected in the 
Fiscal Year 2002 Budget,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, to 
mark up the Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001, 
9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 25, Subcommittee on 
International Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing on U.S. Policy 
towards the African Development Bank and the African Development 
Fund, 1:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing on the budget of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, April 24, Subcommittee on Energy 
Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on 
``Paperwork Inflation--Past Failures and Future Plans,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  April 25 and 26, full Committee, hearings on ``Autism--Why the 
Increased Rates?--A One Year Update,'' 11 a.m., on April 25 and 10 
a.m., on April 26, 2154 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human 
Resources, hearing on ``The Role of Community and Faith-Based 
Organizations in Providing Effective Social Services,'' 2 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement, hearing on 
``FTS 2001: How and Why Transition Delays Have Decreased Competition 
and Increased Prices,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, April 25, hearing on Election 
Reform, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, April 25, Subcommittee on 
East Asia and the Pacific, hearing on After Hainan: Next Steps for 
US-China Relations, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on The U.S.-European 
Relationship: Opportunities and Challenges, 1:45 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 24, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, oversight hearing on ``State and Local

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Implementation of Existing Charitable Choice Programs,'' 2 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on ``Federal 
Prison Industries,'' 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, April 25, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, oversight hearing on ``BLM and Forest Service Oil 
and Gas Permitting,'' 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 427, to provide further protections for 
the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run 
Watershed Management Unit, Oregon; H.R. 434, to direct the Secretary 
of Agriculture to enter into a cooperative agreement to provide for 
retention, maintenance, and operation, at private expense, of the 18 
concrete dams and weirs located within the boundaries of the 
Emigrant Wilderness in the Stanlislaus National Forest, California; 
and H.R. 451, to make certain adjustments to the boundaries of the 
Mount Nebo Wilderness Area, 3 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  April 26, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 37, to amend the 
National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability 
studies of 4 national historic trails and provide for possible 
additions to such trails; H.R. 640, Santa Monica Mountains National 
Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act; and H.R. 1000, William 
Howard Taft National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment Act of 2001, 
10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on 
Maximizing Power Generation at Federal Facilities, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, April 24, to consider the following measures: 
H.R. 503, Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2001; and H.J. Res. 41, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with 
respect to tax limitations, 5:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  April 25, to consider H.R. 1088, Investor and Capital Markets Fee 
Relief Act, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, April 25, hearing on Proposed R&D Budget for 
2002, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on Department of Energy 
Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Request, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 24, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management and the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' 
Affairs and International Relations of the Committee on Government 
Reform, joint oversight hearing on Combating Terrorism: Options to 
Improve the Federal Response, focusing on the following bills: H.R. 
525, Preparedness Against Domestic Terrorism Act of 2001; H.R. 1158, 
National Homeland Security Strategy Act; and H.R. 1292, Homeland 
Security Strategy Act of 2001, 3 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on FAA's 
Capacity Benchmarks, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on Railroads, oversight hearing on Railroad 
Infrastructure Policy, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on H.R. 1407, to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to permit air carriers to meet and 
discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays, 11 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 24, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Patient Bill of Rights, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Rainy Day 
Funds, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 25, executive, 
briefing on Hot Spots, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  April 26, executive, briefing on China Overview, 1 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.