[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
[[Page D620]]
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.
[[Page D621]]
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
[[Page D622]]
``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.
[[Page D623]]
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.