[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 88 (Friday, June 22, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D619-D623]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 25 through June 30, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, At 2 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 1052, 
Patients' Bill of Rights and debate concurrently both the Frist (for 
Grassley) Motion to Commit and the Gramm Amendment No. 810. Also, 
Senator McCain, or his designee, will be recognized to offer an 
amendment.
  On Tuesday, At 9:30 a.m., Senate will continue consideration of S. 
1052, Patients' Bill of Rights, and that there be 2 hours for debate in 
relation to the Frist (for Grassley) Motion to Commit and the Gramm 
Amendment No. 810, with a vote to occur on or in relation to the Frist 
(for Grassley) Motion to Commit at 11:30 a.m., followed by a vote on or 
in relation to Gramm Amendment No. 810. Further, that upon disposition 
of the McCain, or his designee, amendment, Senator Gregg be recognized 
to offer an amendment.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to continue and 
complete consideration of S. 1052, Patients' Bill of Rights, and any 
other cleared legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: June 28, to hold hearings to examine 
long term care, focusing on preparation for the aging baby boom 
generation, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 28, to 
hold hearings to examine the new Federal Farm Bill, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 26, Subcommittee on Legislative 
Branch, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2002 for the Architect of the Capitol, 11 a.m., SD-124.
  June 27, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year

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2002 for the government of the District of Columbia, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings to 
examine the status of intercity transportation, focusing on airways 
and railways, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2002 for the Federal Communications Commission and Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings to 
examine international democracy programs, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 26, Subcommittee on Strategic, 
to hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years 
Defense Program, focusing on the Department of Energy's Office of 
Environmental Management, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Dionel M. Aviles, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
for Financial Management and Comptroller, the nomination of Reginald 
Jude Brown, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Manpower and Reserve Affairs, the nomination of Stephen A. Cambone, 
of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, the nomination 
of Michael Montelongo, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, and the 
nomination of John J. Young, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, all 
of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense 
and the Future Years Defense program, focusing on the 2002 budget 
amendment, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 26, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Donald E. Powell, of Texas, to be a 
Member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funding for the Defense Production 
Act, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: June 27, to hold hearings to examine the 
outlook of the U.S. economy, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the status of 
the budget surplus, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 26, to 
hold hearings on the nomination of Samuel W. Bodman, of 
Massachusetts, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce; and the 
nomination of Allan Rutter, of Texas, to be Administrator of the 
Federal Railroad Administration; the nomination of Kirk Van Tine, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel, and the nomination of Ellen G. 
Engleman, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Research and 
Special Programs Administration, all of the Department of 
Transportation, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine, to hold hearings to examine the Surface Transportation Board 
rail merger rules, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 26, to hold 
hearings to examine certain provisions relating to
S. 472, to ensure that nuclear energy continues to contribute to the 
supply of electricity in the United States; S. 597, to provide for a 
comprehensive and balanced national energy policy; and 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 27, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, to be followed immediately by a hearing on the 
nomination of Vicky A. Bailey, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary 
of Energy for International Affairs and Domestic Policy; and the 
nomination of Frances P. Mainella, of Florida, to be Director of the 
National Park Service, and the nomination of John Walton Keep III, 
to be Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (pending receipt by 
the Senate), both of the Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine climate 
change issues, focusing on science and technology studies, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: June 26, to hold hearings to examine the 
United States-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 26, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Pierre-Richard Prosper, of California, to be 
Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues; the nomination of William 
A. Eaton, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
and the nomination of Francis Xavier Taylor, of Maryland, to be 
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, all of the Department of State, 
11:15 a.m., SD-419.
  June 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Morocco; the nomination of C. David Welch, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt; the nomination of 
Robert D. Blackwill, of Kansas, to be Ambassador to India; and the 
nomination of Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Clark T. Randt, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the 
People's Republic of China; and the nomination of Douglas Alan 
Hartwick, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Lao People's 
Democratic Republic, 9:45 a.m., SD-419.

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  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 26, Permanent Subcommittee 
on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine federal funding 
allocated to fight diabetes, the impact of the disease on society 
and current research opportunities to find a cure, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the impact of 
electric industries restructuring on system reliability, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 26, to hold oversight hearings 
to receive the goals and priorities of the Great Plains Tribes for 
the 107th Congress, 10:30 a.m., SR-485.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the goals and 
priorities of the member tribes of the Montana Wyoming Tribal 
Leadership Council for the 107th Congress, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 27, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 26, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine 
concerns of ideology relative to the judicial nominations of 2001, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
protection of the innocent, focusing on competent counsel in death 
penalty cases, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 27, to hold hearings 
to examine a report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 
regarding the November 2000 election and election reform in general, 
10:30 a.m., SR-301.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine election 
reform issues, 10 a.m., SR-301.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 26, Subcommittee on Conservation, 
Credit, Rural Development and Research, hearing to review on rural 
development, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development 
and Research, hearing to review agricultural research, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, 
Nutrition and Forestry, hearing to review the food stamp program, 2 
p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, 
Nutrition and Forestry, hearing to review forestry programs, 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture 
Programs, hearing to review foreign trade programs, 10 a.m., 1302 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 25, to consider the Energy and 
Water Development appropriations, fiscal year 2002, 3:30 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Quality of Life 
in Korea, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 26, Special Oversight Panel on 
Department of Energy Reorganization, hearing on the management of 
the National Nuclear Security Administration, 1:30 p.m., 2216 
Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on the 
readiness posture of the military service, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, 
hearing on the Defense Science and Technology Program, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  June 27, full Committee, hearing on military training on the 
island of Vieques, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, hearing on the 
budget for atomic energy defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 28, Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism, hearing on force 
protection at U.S. military installations, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 27, hearing on Forthcoming 
Extension/Modification of the Budget Enforcement Act (Spending Caps 
and PAYGO), 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 27, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Air Quality, hearing on Hydroelectric relicensing and nuclear 
energy, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Advancing the Health 
of the American People: Addressing Various Public Health Needs, 
focusing on the following measurers: H.R. 293, to elevate the 
position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the 
Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary of 
Indian Health; H.R. 632, Men's Health Act of 2001; H.R. 717, 
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Childhood Assistance, Research and 
Education Amendments of 2001; H.R. 943, Flu Vaccine Availability Act 
of 2001; H.R. 1340, Biomedical Research Assistance Voluntary Option 
Act; H. Con. Res. 25, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding 
tuberous sclerosis; H. Con. Res. 36, urging increased Federal 
funding for Juvenile (Type1) diabetes research; H. Con. Res. 61, 
expressing support for a National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSA) 
Awareness Month; and H. Con. Res. 84, supporting the goals of Red 
Ribbon Week in promoting drug-free communities, 1 p.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on the following brownfields measures: S. 350, Brownfields 
Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001; the 
Gillmor Discussion Draft; and the Democratic Discussion Draft, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, joint hearing on Patients First: A 21st Century 
Promise to Ensure Quality and Affordable Health Coverage, 10:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 26, Subcommittee on 
International Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ``Trade in 
Financial Services-Current Issues and Future Developments,'' 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The SEC's Role in Capital Formation: Help or Hindrance?'' 
9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology, and 
Economic Growth, hearing entitled

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``ESIGN-Encouraging the Use of Electronic Signatures in the 
Financial Services Industry,'' 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, June 26, Subcommittee on the 
District of Columbia, hearing on the Reform of the Family Division 
of the District of Columbia Superior Court-Improving Services to 
Families and Children, 12 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human 
Resources, hearing on the Reauthorization of the Drug Free 
Communities Act, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy, 
hearing on the Best Services at the Lowest Price: Moving Beyond a 
Black-and-White Discussion of Outsourcing, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, June 28, to continue hearings 
on Campaign Finance Reform, 1:15 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, June 27, to mark up H.R. 
2069, Global Access to HIV/AIDs Prevention, Awareness, Education and 
Treatment Act of 2001, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on Organs For Sale: China's Growing Trade and 
Ultimate Violations of Prisoners' Rights, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on A 
Review of the Andean Initiative, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 26, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1552, 
Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act; and H.R. 1675, Internet Tax 
Nondiscrimination Act, 2:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, hearing on S. 487, Technology, Education, and Copyright 
Harmonization Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing and markup of H.R. 2146, 
Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act, 1:30 p.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 26, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 2187, to amend title 10, United 
States Code, to make receipts collected from mineral leasing 
activities on certain naval oil shale reserves available to cover 
environmental restoration, waste management, and environmental 
compliance costs incurred by the United States with respect to the 
reserves, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 26, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, to mark up 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; 
H.R. 695, Oil Region National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 1491, Utah 
Public Lands Artifact Preservation Act of 2001; and H.R. 1628, El 
Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 2001, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 27, full Committee, to mark up 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. 434, to direct the 
Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a cooperative agreement to 
provide for retention, maintenance, and operation, at private 
expense, of the 18 concrete dams and weirs located within the 
boundaries of the Emigrant Wilderness in the Stanislaus National 
Forest, California; H.R. 451, Mount Nebo Wilderness Boundary 
Adjustment Act; H.R. 695, Oil Region National Heritage Area Act; 
H.R. 1628, El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act 
of 2001; H.R. 427, to provide further protections for the watershed 
of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed 
Management Unit, Oregon; H.R. 1937, Pacific Northwest Feasibility 
Studies Act of 2001; and H.R. 2187, to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to make receipts collected from mineral leasing activities on 
certain naval oil shale reserves available to cover environmental 
restoration, waste management, and environmental compliance costs 
incurred by the United States with respect to the reserves, 9:30 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 25, to consider H.R. 2299, making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 5 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  June 26, to consider a measure making appropriations for the 
Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 26, Subcommittee on Research, hearing 
on Reinventing the Internet: Promoting Innovation in IT, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on Space 
Tourism, 2:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards, 
hearing on Standards-Setting and United States Competitiveness, 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 26, briefing on the 
Administration's Trade Agenda: How Does Small Business Fit In? 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Tax, Finance and Exports and the 
Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment and Government Programs, 
joint hearing on access to capital, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 26, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Runway Incursions, Focusing on 
the Technology to Prevent Collisions, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on the National Academy of Science's National Research Council 
Report on Assessing the Scientific Basis of the Total Maximum Daily 
Load Approach to Water Pollution Reduction, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 28, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing on Child Support and Fatherhood Proposals, 2 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on Social 
Security Disability Programs' Challenges and Opportunities, 2 p.m., 
B-318 Rayburn.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence, June 27, Working Group on 
Terrorism and Homeland Security and the Subcommittee on Intelligence 
Policy and National Security, executive, joint briefing on 
Counterterrorism Issues, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, 
executive, hearing on NIMA, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.