[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 72 (Wednesday, May 23, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D506-D507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 24, 2001

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Secretary of the Senate and the Architect of the Capitol, 10 a.m., SD-
124.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings to examine 
transportation safety issues and Coast Guard modernization proposals, 10 
a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Susan Morrisey Livingstone, of Montana, to be Under Secretary of the 
Navy; and the nomination of Jessie Hill Roberson, of Alabama, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to hold a closed 
briefing on the Department of Energy/Russian nonproliferation programs, 2 
p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities and Investment, to hold hearings on the implementation and 
future of decimalized markets, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business meeting to 
consider S. 368, to develop voluntary consensus standards to ensure 
accuracy and validation of the voting process, to direct the Director of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology to study voter 
participation and emerging voting technology, to provide grants to States 
to improve voting methods; S. 633, to provide for the review and 
management of airport congestion; the nomination of Michael K. Powell, of 
Virginia, Kathleen Q. Abernathy, of Maryland, Michael Joseph Copps, of 
Virginia, Kevin J. Martin, of North Carolina, and Timothy J. Muris, of 
Virginia, each to be a Member of the Federal Trade Commission; the 
nomination of Donna R. McLean, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs/Chief Financial Officer, and 
Sean B. O'Hollaren, of Oregon, to be Assistant Secretary for Governmental 
Affairs, both of the Department of Transportation; and the nomination of 
Kathleen Marie Cooper, of Texas, to be Under Secretary for Economic 
Affairs, Maria Cino, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary and Director 
General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, and Bruce P. 
Mehlman, to be Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, all of the 
Department of Commerce, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings on the 
Administration's national energy policy, and

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Price-Anderson Act provisions of pending energy legislation, including S. 
242, to authorize funding for University Nuclear Science and Engineering 
Programs at the Department of Energy for fiscal years 2002 through 2006; 
S. 388, to protect the energy and security of the United States and 
decrease America's dependency on foreign oil sources to 50% by the year 
2011 by enhancing the use of renewable energy resources conserving energy 
resources, improving energy efficiencies, and increasing domestic energy 
supplies; improve environmental quality by reducing emissions of air 
pollutants and greenhouse gases; mitigate the effect of increases in 
energy prices on the American consumer, including the poor and the 
elderly; S. 472, to ensure that nuclear energy continues to contribute to 
the supply of electricity in the United States; and S. 597, to provide 
for a comprehensive and balanced national energy policy, 9:30 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. Con. 
Res. 35, expressing the sense of Congress that Lebanon, Syria, and Iran 
should allow representatives of the International Committee of the Red 
Cross to visit the four Israelis, Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, Omar 
Souad, and Elchanan Tannenbaum, presently held by Hezbollah forces in 
Lebanon; S. Res. 88, expressing the sense of the Senate on the importance 
of membership of the United States on the United Nations Human Rights 
Commission; and S. Res. 91, condemning the murder of a United States 
citizen and other civilians, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding 
the failure of the Indonesian judicial system to hold accountable those 
responsible for the killings, proposed legislation condemning the 
practices of the Taleban, pending nominations, and certain foreign 
service officer promotion lists, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism, to hold 
hearings to examine issues related to the United Nations Human Rights 
Commission, 2:45 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations, to hold hearings to examine alleged problems in the 
tissue industry, such as claims of excessive charges and profit making 
within the industry, problems in obtaining appropriate informed consent 
from donor families, issues related to quality control in processing 
tissue, and whether current regulatory efforts are adequate to ensure the 
safety of human tissue transplants, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings 
to examine issues surrounding Congress' role in patient safety, 9:30 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine competition in 
the pharmaceutical marketplace, focusing on the antitrust implications of 
patent settlements, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review mandatory livestock price 
reporting, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Education, on SSA, 10 a.m., and on Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting, 11:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on HUD, 9:30 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up H.R. 1647, Electricity 
Emergency Act of 2001, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory Affairs and the Subcommittee on Technology and 
the House of the Committee on Rules, joint hearing on ``Unfunded 
Mandates--A Five-Year Review and Recommendations for Change,'' 10:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to continue hearings on Voting 
Technology, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the Annual Report of 
the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, 11:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to mark 
up H.J. Res. 36, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of 
the flag of the United States, 10:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on ``Fighting Cyber Crime: 
Efforts by State and Local Officials,'' 1:30 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the Reauthorization of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act, 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on Energy 
Conservation Potential of Extended and Double Daylight Savings Time, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight and the Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, Agriculture and 
Technology, joint hearing on Eliminating the Digital Divide--Who Will 
Wire Rural America? 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Airport Runway Construction Challenges, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing on 
H.R. 1291, 21st Century Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.