[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 15, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D449-D451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 16, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings on the Farm Credit title of the Farm Bill, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 
for the Sargent at Arms, United States Capitol Police Board, and 
Office of Compliance, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings on the 
District of Columbia Superior Court's proposed reform of its Family 
Division, 10 a.m., SD-116.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 10:15 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Timothy J. Muris, of Virginia, to be a 
Federal Trade Commissioner; the nomination of Maria Cino, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary and Director General of the 
United States and Foreign Commercial Service, the nomination of 
Kathleen B. Cooper, of Texas, to be Under Secretary for Economic 
Affairs, the nomination of Bruce P. Mehlman, of Maryland, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, all of the Department of 
Commerce; and the nomination of Sean B. O'Hollaren, of Oregon, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs, and the nomination of 
Donna R. McLean, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Budget Programs and Chief Financial Officer, both of 
the Department of Transportation, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider S. 230, 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; S. 254, to provide 
further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as 
part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon; S. 329, to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to

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conduct a theme study on the peopling of America; S. 498, entitled 
``National Discovery Trails Act of 2001''; S. 506, to amend the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land exchange 
between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Huna Totem Corporation; 
S. 507, to implement further the Act (Public Law 94-241) approving 
the covenant to establish a commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands in Political Union with the United States of America; S. 
509, to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National 
Heritage Area in the State of Alaska; the nomination of Francis S. 
Blake, of Connecticut, to be Deputy Secretary; the nomination of 
Robert Gordon Card, of Colorado, to be Under Secretary; the 
nomination of Bruce Marshall Carnes, of Virginia, to be Chief 
Financial Officer; and the nomination of David Garman, of Virginia, 
to be Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy, all of the Department of Energy; to be followed by hearings 
on the nomination of J. Steven Griles, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of the Interior; and the nomination of Lee Sarah Liberman 
Otis, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, the nomination of Jessie 
Hill Roberson, of Alabama, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Environmental Management, the nomination of Nora Mead Brownell, of 
Pennsylvania, and the nomination of Patrick Henry Wood III, of 
Texas, both to be Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, all of the Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings on the nomination of Claude 
A. Allen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary, the nomination of 
Thomas Scully, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Health Care 
Financing Administration, the nomination of Piyush Jindal, of 
Louisiana, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 
the nomination of Wade F. Horn, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Family Support, all of the Department of Health and 
Human Services; the nomination of Peter R. Fisher, of New Jersey, to 
be Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, and the nomination of James 
Gurule, of Michigan, to be Under Secretary for Enforcement, both of 
the Department of the Treasury; and the nomination of Linnet F. 
Deily, of California, and the nomination of Peter F. Allgeier, of 
Virginia, both to be Deputy United States Trade Representatives, 
each with the rank of Ambassador, 1:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the nomination 
of A. Elizabeth Jones, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State for European Affairs and the nomination of Stephen Brauer, of 
Missouri, to be Ambassador to Belgium, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Thelma J. 
Askey, of Tennessee, to be Director of the Trade and Development 
Agency; and the nomination of Peter S. Watson, of California, to be 
President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 3 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Leo S. Mckay, Jr., of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs; the nomination of Robin L. Higgins, of Florida, to be Under 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs; the nomination 
of Maureen Patricia Cragin, of Maine, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs; the 
nomination of Jacob Lozada, of Puerto Rico, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and the nomination of Gordon H. 
Mansfield, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for Congressional Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State and Judiciary, on FBI, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn and on State 
Department Management, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on Management Reform, 
1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, on 
NIH Budget Overview, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on NSF, 9:30 
a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Hazardous Materials, to mark H.R. 1831, Small Business Liability 
Protection Act, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, to continue hearings on Medicare Reform: 
Providing Prescription Drug Coverage for Seniors, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, and Insurance, hearing entitled 
``NARAB & Beyond: Achieving Nationwide Uniformity in Agent 
Licensing,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, 
hearing on Federal deposit insurance reform, 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on ``The U.S. Postal 
Service's Uncertain Financial Outlook--Part II,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, to 
mark up H.R. 931, Sudan Peace Act; followed by a hearing on Bridging 
the Information Technology Divide in Africa, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up 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. 483, regarding the use 
of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the 
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; H.R. 617, to express the policy 
of the United States regarding the United States relationship with 
Native Hawaiians, to provide a process for the reorganization of a 
Native Hawaiian government and the recognition by the United States 
of the Native Hawaiian government; H.R. 640, Santa Monica Mountains 
National Recreation Area Boundary; H.R. 643, African Elephant 
Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001; H.R. 645, Rhinoceros and 
Tiger Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001; H.R. 700, Asian 
Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001; H.R. 1000, 
William Howard Taft National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment Act 
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2001; H.R. 1157, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act; H.R. 1661, to extend 
indefinitely the authority of the States of Washington, Oregon, and 
California to manage a Dungeness crab fishery until the effective 
date of a fishery management plan for the fishery under the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; and H.R. 
1791, to provide a grant under the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Act of 1965 to assist in the development of a Millennium Cultural 
Cooperative Park in Youngstown, Ohio, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on the Administration's 
proposed Fiscal Year 2002 budget for the SBA, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following: H. Con. Res. 76, authorizing the use of the East Front of 
the Capitol Grounds for performances sponsored by the John F. 
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; H. Con. Res. 79, authorizing 
the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box 
Derby; H. Con. Res. 87, authorizing the 2001 District of Columbia 
Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run to be run through the 
Capitol Grounds; H.R. 495, to designate the Federal building located 
in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Island, as the 
``Ron de Lugo Federal Building;'' H.R. 691, to extend the 
authorization of funding for child passenger protection education 
grants through fiscal year 2003; H.R. 819, to designate the Federal 
Building located at 143 West Liberty Street, Medina, Ohio, as the 
``Donald J. Pease Federal Building;'' H.R. 1020, Railroad Track 
Modernization Act of 2001; H.R. 1140, Railroad Retirement and 
Survivors Improvement Act of 2001; 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; H.R. 1699, to authorize 
appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2002; 11 (b) 
Project Building Survey Resolutions; GSA Resolutions; and other 
pending business, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, oversight hearing 
on Management Options for concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Support to Military Operations, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Terrorism Working Group, executive, on Cyberterrorism, 10 a.m., H-
405 Capitol.