[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 70 (Monday, May 21, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D486-D487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              MAY 22, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on the nominations 
of Douglas Jay Feith, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Defense 
for Policy; Susan Morrisey Livingstone, of Montana, to be Under 
Secretary of the Navy; Jack Dyer Crouch, II, of Missouri, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Defense; and Jessie Hill Roberson, of 
Alabama, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental 
Management, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine the reverse wealth 
effect, focusing on consumer confidence with regard to market 
losses, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
oversight hearings to examine issues surrounding Amtrak, including 
Amtrak Reform Council's Second Annual Report, progress towards 
meeting the statutory requirement to be free of operating subsidies, 
and the findings of the General Accounting Office on pending 
legislation to authorize Amtrak to issue bonds to generate up to $12 
billion dollars for highspeed rail infrastructure investment, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, 
to hold hearings to examine prescription drug advertising, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Lorne W. Craner, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, the nomination of Ruth A. Davis, 
of Georgia, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, the 
nomination of Carl W. Ford, Jr., of Arkansas, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Intelligence and Research, the nomination of Paul 
Vincent Kelly, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Legislative Affairs, and the nomination of Donald

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Burnham Ensenat, of Louisiana, to be Chief of Protocol, with the 
rank of Ambassador, all of the Department of State, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Erik Patrick Christian and the nomination of Maurice 
A. Ross, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, 
and Government Information, to hold hearings to examine the 
challenges in cybercrime focusing on the National Infrastructure 
Protection Center, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to examine U.S. 
immigration policy, focusing on rural and urban health care needs, 2 
p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock and 
Horticulture, hearing to review national dairy policy, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State and Judiciary, on FCC, 10 a.m., and on the SEC, 2 p.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, on 
public witnesses, 10 a.m., and on the Secretary of Labor, 2 p.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on DOD-Civil, 
Cemeterial Expenses, Army, 10:30 a.m., and on the American Battle 
Monuments Commission, 11:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, 
hearing on constraints and challenges facing military test and 
training ranges, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism, hearing on patters of global 
terrorism and terrorist threats to the homeland, 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on Impediments to Digital Trade, 2 
p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on the state of the 
international financial system, IMF reform, and compliance with IMF 
agreements, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, to continue 
hearings on housing affordability issues, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations, hearing on Aircraft 
Cannibalization: An Expensive Appetite, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy, hearing on the 
Next Steps in Services Acquisition Reform: Learning From the Past, 
Preparing for the Future, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
1698, American Broadband Competition Act of 2001; and H.R. 1697, 
Broadband Competition and Incentives Act of 2001, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 1866, to extend title 35, United 
State Code, to clarify the basis for granting requests for 
reexamination of patents; and H.R. 1886, to amend title 35, United 
States Code, to provide for appeals by third parties in certain 
patent reexamination proceedings, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on Short-Term solutions for increasing 
energy supply from the public lands, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health and the Subcommittee on 
Water and Power, joint oversight hearing on ``Bypass Flows on 
National Forest Lands,'' 3 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Improving Voting Technology: the 
Role of Standards, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, hearing on obstacles to Rail Infrastructure Improvements, 
3 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on welfare and marriage issues, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on protecting privacy and 
preventing the misuse of Social Security numbers, 10 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.