[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 8, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D412-D413]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 9, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Mary Kirtley Waters, of Virginia, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations; 
the nomination of Lou Gallegos, of New Mexico, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Agriculture for Administration; and the nomination of 
J.B. Penn, of Arkansas, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold hearings to 
examine the state of the Rail Industry, including its current 
financial condition, infrastructure capacity, and long term capital 
funding needs, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold oversight hearings to 
examine federal election practices and procedures, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.

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  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings on pending Department 
of Justice nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State and Judiciary, on Immigration and Naturalization Service, 10 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Joint Forces Command, 1:30 
p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Department of 
Energy, Nuclear Waste Management and Disposal, 10 a.m., 2362-B 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, on 
Health Care Financing Administration, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, 
on GSA, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on EPA, 1 p.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military 
Installations and Facilities, hearing on facilities' conditions and 
the perspective of the senior enlisted, 1:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on military voting, 
2:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to continue markup of 
H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 1 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up H.R. 1542, Internet 
Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider pending Committee 
business, 9:45 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, to 
consider H.R. 1406, Financial Services Antifraud Network Act of 
2001, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on Challenges to National 
Security--Constraints on Military Training, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Middle East 
and South Asia, hearing on The ILSA (Iran-Libya Sanctions) Extension 
Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on H.R. 169, Notification and 
Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2001, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and 
Standards, hearing on NOAA's Fiscal Year 2002 Budget: Predicting 
Weather Climate, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Health Care Financing 
Administration Paperwork Burdens, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Driver 
Distractions: Electronic Devices in the Automobile, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
622, Hope for Children Act; H.R. 586, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to provide that the exclusion from gross income for 
foster care payments shall also apply to payments by qualified 
placement agencies; and H.R. 1727, Fallen Hero Survivor Benefit Act 
of 2001, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Modernizing Beneficiary Cost 
Sharing, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
International Policy and National Security, executive, briefing on 
the Balkans, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.