[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 60 (Friday, May 4, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D397-D401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of May 7 through May 12, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 1, 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Authorization, and at 4 p.m., 
begin consideration of the nomination of John Robert Bolton, of 
Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and 
International Security.

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  On Tuesday, at 10:15 a.m., Senate will begin a series of rollcall 
votes in the following order: confirmation of the nomination of John 
Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms 
Control and International Security, and Craig Amendment No. 372 (to 
Amendment No. 358), followed by Kennedy Modified Amendment No. 375 (to 
Amendment No. 358), both proposed to S. 1, Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act Authorization.
  During the remainder of the week, Senate will continue consideration 
of S. 1, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Authorization, and may 
consider any other cleared legislative and executive business, 
including the Conference Report on H. Con. Res. 83, Congressional 
Budget Resolution.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 9, to hold 
hearings on pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 8, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine 
United States Federal Government capabilities with respect to 
terrorism, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Energy, 
10 a.m., SD-124.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to continue hearings to examine United States Federal 
Government capabilities with respect to terrorism, 1:30 p.m., SH-
216.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, 
to continue hearings to examine United States Federal Government 
capabilities with respect to terrorism, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on research funding issues surrounding 
breast cancer, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  May 9, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense, focusing 
on Reserve Chiefs and National Guard Programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, 
to continue hearings to examine United States Federal Government 
capabilities with respect to terrorism, 1:30 p.m., SH-216.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, 
to continue hearings to examine United States Federal Government 
capabilities with respect to terrorism, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2002 for the Department of Education, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Department of the Treasury Law Enforcement Bureaus, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for 
Department of Energy environmental management and the Office of 
Civilian Radio Active Waste Management, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Congressional 
Budget Office, Government Printing Office, and General Accounting 
Office, 10 a.m., S-128, Capitol.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2002 for the Food and Drug Administration, Department of 
Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to continue hearings, in closed session, to examine 
United States Federal Government capabilities with respect to 
terrorism, 1:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, with the Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to continue hearings to examine United States Federal 
Government capabilities with respect to terrorism, 4:45 p.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 8, 
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine the mission of the Office of Federal Housing 
Enterprise Oversight, and the financial safety and soundness of 
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  May 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of John 
E. Robson, of California, to be President of the Export-Import Bank 
of the United States; the nomination of Peter R. Fisher, of New 
Jersey, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance; 
and the nomination of James J. Jochum, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, 9:30 
a.m., SD-538.
  May 10, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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

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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 Advisers, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 8, to hold 
hearings to examine election reform issues, focusing on the 
reliability of current and future voting technologies, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, 
to hold hearings to examine the state of the Rail Industry, 
including it's current financial condition, infrastructure capacity, 
and long term capital funding needs, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine 
government and industry wide efforts to address air traffic control 
delays, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 8, to hold hearings 
on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for 
the Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  May 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Francis S. Blake, of Connecticut, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy; 
the nomination of Robert Gordon Card, of Colorado, to be Under 
Secretary of Energy; the nomination of Bruce Marshall Carnes, of 
Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy; and 
the nomination of David Garman, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  May 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of 
Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 10, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, to hold oversight hearings on the Department of the 
Interior's proposed budget request for the National Park Service; to 
be followed by the Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land 
Management hearing on H.R. 880, to provide for all right, title, and 
interest in certain property in Washington County, Utah, to be 
vested in the United States, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 8, Subcommittee on 
Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, to hold 
an oversight hearing on the activities of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold 
hearings to examine the listing and de-listing processes of the 
Endangered Species Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold 
hearings on the Department of Transportation and the General 
Services Administration proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2002, 10:15 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 8, to hold hearings to examine 
the administration policy and reform priorities of the International 
Monetary Fund and World Bank, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 9, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine federal election practices and procedures, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 8, to 
hold hearings to examine opportunities and assessments for better 
pharmaceuticals for children, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  May 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine opportunities 
and innovations involving biomedical research, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 10, to hold hearings to receive 
the goals and priorities of the Native Alaska Community for the 
107th Congress, 2:45 p.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 9, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  May 10, Full Committee, with the Committee on Appropriations, 
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to hold 
closed hearings on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 8, to hold hearings to examine 
high technology patents, relating to genetics and biotechnology, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  May 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending Department of 
Justice nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, May 8, Subcommittee on Labor, Health 
and Human Services and Education, on Health Resources and Services 
Administration, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Consumer Product Safety, 10 a.m., on Community Development Financial 
Institutions, 11 a.m., on Selective Services System, 1 p.m., and on 
Office of Inspector General, and FDIC, 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, on 
Immigration and Naturalization Service, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Joint Forces 
Command, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Department 
of Energy, Nuclear Waste Management and Disposal, 10 a.m., 2362-B 
Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, on Health Care Financing Administration, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General 
Government, on GSA, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 9 and 10, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
EPA, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, on 
International Organizations and Peacekeeping, 10 a.m., and on U.S. 
Trade Representative, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.

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  May 10, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Department of Energy, Energy Resources and Science, 10 a.m., 2362-B 
Rayburn.
  May 10 Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, on the Secretary of State, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and 
Education, on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, 10 a.m., 
and on Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 11:15 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  May 10, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, on OMB, 
10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, to 
continue on EPA, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn and 1:30 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 9, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations and Facilities, hearing on facilities' conditions and 
the perspective of the senior enlisted, 1:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on military 
voting, 2:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 10, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing on ``Beck Rights 2001: Are Workers 
Being Heard?'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 8, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Trade and Protection, hearing entitled ``Opinion Surveys: What 
Consumers Have To Say About Information Privacy,'' 3 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, joint hearing entitled ``Patients First: A 21st 
Century Promise to Ensure Quality and Affordable Health Coverage,'' 
10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, May 8, Subcommittee on Government 
Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations, 
hearing on ``Oversight of the Department of Defense: What Must Be 
Done to Resolve DoD's Longstanding Financial Management Problems?'' 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial 
Management, and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on ``Oversight 
of the U.S. Agency for International Development: What Must Be Done 
to Resolve USAID's Longstanding Financial Management Problems?'' 11 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial 
Management, and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on ``Oversight 
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture: What Must Be Done to Resolve 
USDA's Longstanding Financial Management Problems?'' 1:30 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial 
Management, and Intergovernmental Relations, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 583, Privacy Commission Act; and 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, 3 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  May 9, full Committee, hearing on Challenges to National Security-
Constraints on Military Training, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 11, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on 
``Coordination of Criminal Justice Activities in the District of 
Columbia,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, May 10, hearing on Federal 
Election Reform, 4:45 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, May 9, Subcommittee on 
Middle East and South Asia, hearing on The ILSA (Iran-Libya 
Sanctions) Extension Act of 2001, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 10, full Committee, hearing on the Annual Report of the U.S. 
Commission on International Religious Freedom, 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 9, hearing on H.R. 169, 
Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation 
Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
oversight hearing on the reauthorization of the U.S. Department of 
Justice: Executive Office for the U.S. Attorneys; Civil Division; 
Environment and Natural Resources Division; Executive Office for 
U.S. Trustees; and Office of the Solicitor General, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  May 10, full Committee, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 718, 
Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Act of 2001; and H.R. 1017, 
Anti-Spamming Act of 2001, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual 
Property, oversight hearing on Improving the Fairness and Quality of 
Issued Patents, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 8, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Recreation, and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
271, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a former 
Bureau of Land Management administrative site to the city of Carson 
City, Nevada, for use as a senior center; H.R. 1161, to authorize 
the American Friends of the Czech Republic to establish a memorial 
to honor Thomas G. Masaryk in the District of Columbia; and H.R. 
1384, Navajo Long Walk National Historic Trail Act, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on the capacity reduction programs, 
Federal investments in fisheries and the reauthorization of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 9:30 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, May 8, to consider the following: a resolution 
to recommit to Conference the fiscal year 2002 Concurrent Resolution 
on the Budget; H. Con. Res. 83, establishing the congressional 
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2002, 
revising the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2001, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels 
for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2011; 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 Wildlife Service

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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. 1646, 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003, 3 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, May 9, Subcommittee on Environment, 
Technology and Standards, hearing on NOAA's Fiscal Year 2002 Budget: 
Predicting Weather Climate, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on the 
Application of Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Technology in the 
National Airspace System, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Research, hearing on Classrooms as 
Laboratories: The Science of Learning Meets the Practice of 
Teaching, 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 9, hearing on Health Care 
Financing Administration Paperwork Burdens, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 9, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, hearing on H.R. 525, Preparedness Against Domestic 
Terrorism Act of 2001, 2 p.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Driver 
Distractions: Electronic Devices in the Automobile, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Railroads, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 1140, Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 
2001; and H.R. 1020, Railroad Track Modernization Act of 2001, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Aviation, to mark up H.R. 1407, to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to permit air carriers to meet to 
discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays, 9:30 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
to mark up H.R. 1699, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2001, 2 p.m., 
2253 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and 
Emergency Management, hearing on The National Health Museum and the 
future use of Federal Office Building located at 2nd and C. Streets, 
S.W. in Washington, D.C., 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 8, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing 
on the Outcome of the Summit of the Americas and the Prospects for 
Free Trade in the Hemisphere, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Modernizing Beneficiary 
Cost Sharing, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on the Promoting 
Safe and Stable Families Program, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on Ensuring the 
Integrity of Social Security Programs, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 9, Subcommittee on 
International Policy and National Security, executive, briefing on 
the Balkans, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.