[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 11, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D689-D691]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 12, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings on the nomination of James R. Moseley, of Indiana, to be 
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; and the nomination of Joseph J. 
Jen, of California, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Research, Education, and Economics, to be followed by hearings to 
examine the context, framework, and content of the comprehensive 
federal Farm Bill reauthorization and new agriculture policy that 
can provide a more sustainable and predictable long-term economic 
safety net, 8:30 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, business meeting to mark up H.R. 2311, making 
appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, 9 a.m., S-128, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, business meeting to mark up H.R. 
2299, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 10 
a.m., SD-116.
  Full Committee, business meeting to mark up H.R. 2311, making 
appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002; H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002; and proposed legislation making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, 2 p.m., S-128, Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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 ballistic missile defense policies and programs, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, 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 Cooperative Threat Reduction, chemical weapons 
demilitarization, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, nonproliferation 
research and engineering, and related programs, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
on the nomination of Mark B. McClellan, of California, to be a 
Member of the Council of Economic Advisers; and the nomination of 
Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 
for Financial Institutions; and to hold a business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr., of 
Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System; the nomination of Donald E. Powell, of 
Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation; the nomination of Angela Antonelli, 
of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, and the nomination of 
Ronald Rosenfeld, of Maryland, to be President, Government National 
Mortgage Association, both of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; and the nomination of Jennifer L. Dorn, of Nebraska, to 
be Federal Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the current 
economic and budget situation, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to 
be Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, the 
nomination of William Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, to be Solicitor, 
the nomination of Bennett William Raley, of Colorado, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, the nomination of Frances 
P. Mainella, of Florida, to be Director of the National Park 
Service, the nomination of John W. Keys III,

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of Utah, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, all of the Department of 
the Interior; the nomination of Vicky A. Bailey, of Indiana, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs and Domestic 
Policy; a proposed revision of the statement for completion by 
presidential nominees; and the appointment of subcommittee 
membership, 9:15 a.m., SD-366.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on provisions to protect energy 
supply and security (Title I of S. 388, The National Energy Security 
Act of 2001); oil and gas production (Title III and Title V of S. 
388; Title X of S. 597, the Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy 
Act of 2001); drilling moratoriums on the Outer Continental Shelf 
(S. 901, the Coastal States Protection Act; S. 1086, the COAST Anti-
Drilling Act; S. 771, to permanently prohibit the conduct of 
offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf of the State of 
Florida); energy regulatory reviews and studies (Title III of S. 
597); S. 900, the Consumer Energy Commission Act of 2001; and 
provisions to promote nuclear power (sections 126 and 128-130 of 
Title I, and Titles II and III of S. 472, the Nuclear Energy 
Electricity Supply Assurance Act of 2001; S. 919, to require the 
Secretary of Energy to study the feasibility of developing 
commercial nuclear energy production facilities at existing 
Department of Energy sites; and S. 1147, to amend Title X and Title 
XI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
1021, to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 
through fiscal year 2004; S. 180, to facilitate famine relief 
efforts and a comprehensive solution to the war in Sudan; S. 494, to 
provide for a transition to democracy and to promote economic 
recovery in Zimbabwe; S. Con. Res. 28, calling for a United States 
effort to end restrictions on the freedoms and human rights of the 
enclaved people in the occupied area of Cyprus; S. Con. Res. 34, 
congratulating the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania 
on the tenth anniversary of the reestablishment of their full 
independence; S. Con. Res. 53, encouraging the development of 
strategies to reduce hunger and poverty, and to promote free market 
economies and democratic institutions, in sub-Saharan Africa; S. 
Res. 122, relating to the transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the 
International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia; and pending 
nominations, 4 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the goals 
and priorities of the member tribes of the Montana Wyoming Tribal 
Leaders Council for the 107th session of the Congress, 10 a.m., SR-
485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Robert D. McCallum, Jr., of Georgia, and Ralph F. 
Boyd, Jr., of Massachusetts, each to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, Department of Justice; S. 407, to amend the Trademark Act 
of 1946 to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks 
used in commerce, in order to carry out provisions of certain 
international conventions; S. 778, to expand the class of 
beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status under section 
245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by extending the 
deadline for classification petition and labor certification 
filings; S. 754, to enhance competition for prescription drugs by 
increasing the ability of the Department of Justice and Federal 
Trade Commission to enforce existing antitrust laws regarding brand 
name drugs and generic drugs; S. Res. 16, designating August 16, 
2001, as ``National Airborne Day''; and S. Con. Res. 16, expressing 
the sense of Congress that the George Washington letter to Touro 
Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, which is on display at the B'nai 
B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., is one 
of the most significant early statements buttressing the nascent 
American constitutional guarantee of religious freedom, 10 a.m., SD-
226.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, to continue hearings on the Fiscal 
Year 2002 National Defense Authorization Budget request, 9:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Procurement and the Subcommittee on Research and 
Development, joint hearing on the Fiscal Year 2002 National Defense 
Authorization Budget request, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, to continue markup of the Energy Advancement and 
Conservation Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing on H.R. 1701, Consumer 
Rental Purchase Agreement Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Internet 
Gambling, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, 
Drug Policy and Human Resources, hearing on Emerging Threats: 
Methamphetamines, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
hearing on African Crisis Response Initiative: A Security Building 
Block, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on the Importance of 
the Free Trade Area of the Americans (FTAA) to U.S. Foreign Policy, 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
hearing and markup of H.R. 2175, Born-Alive Infants Protection Act 
of 2001, 1 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on the Whois Database: Privacy and Intellectual 
Property Issues, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans and the Subcommittee on Research and the 
Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards of the 
Committee on Science, joint hearing on ocean exploration, and the 
development and implementation of coastal and ocean observing 
systems, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on Life in the Universe, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, oversight hearing

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on the Household Goods Moving Industry, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, to 
consider pending business, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following measures: 
H.J. Res. 50, disapproving the extension of the waiver authority 
contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to 
the People's Republic of China; H.J. Res. 55, disapproving the 
extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam; and H.R. 1954, ILSA 
Extension Act of 2001, 1:45 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Taxpayer Advocate Report and 
Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics, 4 p.m., 1100 Longworth.