[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 97 (Thursday, July 12, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D701-D703]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 16 through July 21, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 2311, making 
appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 333, Bankruptcy 
Reform, with a vote on the motion to close further debate on the 
substitute amendment thereto.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: July 18, to resume hearings to examine 
long term care issues, focusing on costs and demands, 10 a.m., SD-
628.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 17, to 
hold hearings to examine the proposed federal farm bill focusing on 
cotton, wheat, rice, sugar, and peanut related provisions, 9 a.m., 
SR-328A.
  July 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to elicit suggestions 
for the nutrition title of the next federal farm bill, 10 a.m., SR-
328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 17, business meeting to mark up 
proposed legislation making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 2 p.m., S-
128, Capitol.
  July 19, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and proposed legislation 
making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, 2 p.m., S-128, Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 18, Subcommittee on Personnel, 
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 active and reserve military and 
civilian personnel programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Airland, 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 Army modernization and transformation, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 16, 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to 
examine security risks for the E-consumer, 1 p.m., SR-253.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine media 
consolidation in the broadcast and newspaper industries, focusing on 
the Federal Communications Commission rules and issues associated 
with restrictions on media ownership, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine safety of 
cross border trucking and bus operations and the adequacy of 
resources for compliance and enforcement purposes, focusing on the 
impact on United States communities, businesses, employees, and the 
environment as well as the application of U.S. laws to the 
operations, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 17, to hold 
hearings on proposals related to reducing the demand for petroleum 
products in the light duty vehicle sector, including Titles III and 
XII of S. 597, the Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 
2001; Title VII of S. 388, The National Energy Security Act of 2001; 
S. 883, the Energy Independence Act of 2001; S. 1053, Hydrogen 
Future Act of 2001; and S. 1006, Renewable Fuels for Energy Security 
Act of 2001, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposals related to 
energy and scientific research, development, technology deployment, 
education, and training, including Sections 107, 114, 115, 607, 
Title II, and Subtitle B of Title IV of S. 388, the National Energy 
Security Act of 2001; Titles VIII, XI, and Division E of S. 597, the 
Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001; Sections 111, 
121, 122, 123, 125, 127, 204, 205, Title IV and Title V of S. 472, 
the Nuclear Energy Electricity Supply Assurance Act of 2001; S. 90, 
the Department of Energy Nanoscale Science and Engineering Research 
Act; S. 193, the Department of Energy Advanced Scientific Computing 
Act; S. 242, the Department of Energy University Nuclear Science and 
Engineering Act; S. 259, the National Laboratories Partnership 
Improvement Act of 2001; and S. 636, a bills to direct the Secretary 
of Energy to establish a decommissioning pilot program to 
decommission and decontaminate the Sodium-cooled fast breeder 
experimental test-site reactor located in northwest Arkansas, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  July 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposals related to 
removing barriers to distributed generation, renewable energy and 
other advanced technologies in electricity generation and 
transmission, including Sections 301 and Title VI of S. 597, the 
Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001; Sections 110, 
111, 112, 710, and 711 of S. 388, the National Energy Security Act 
of 2001; S. 933, the Combined Heat and Power Advancement Act of 
2001; hydroelectric relicensing procedures of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, including Title VII of S. 388, Title VII of 
S. 597; and S. 71, the Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement 
Act of 2001, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings on S. 
976, to provide authorization and funding for the enhancement of 
ecosystems, water supply, and water quality of the State of 
California, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 18, to hold hearings to 
examine the Putin administration policies toward the non-Russian 
regions of the Russian Federation, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 17, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District 
of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine the expansion of flexible 
personnel systems throughout the United States government, to 
determine if they have been successfully employed and if they should 
be extended, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1008, to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 to develop the United States Climate 
Change Response Strategy with the goal of stabilization of 
greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that 
would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate 
system, while minimizing adverse short-term and long-term economic 
and social impacts, aligning the Strategy with United States energy 
policy, and promoting a sound national environmental policy, to 
establish a research and development program that focuses on bold 
technological breakthroughs that make significant progress toward 
the goal of stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations, and to 
establish the National Office of Climate Change Response within the 
Executive Office of the President, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 18, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine past and current U.S. efforts to convince 
offshore tax havens to cooperate with U.S. efforts to stop tax 
evasion, the role of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and 
Development tax haven project in light of U.S. objectives, and the 
current status of U.S. support for the project, in particular for 
the core element requiring information exchange, 2 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 18, 
Subcommittee on Employment, Safety and Training, to hold hearings to 
examine the protection of workers from ergonomic hazards, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 18, to hold oversight hearings 
on tribal good governance practices and economic development, 9:30 
a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 18, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 17, to hold hearings on executive 
branch nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings on S. 121, 
to establish an Office of Children's Services within the Department 
of Justice to coordinate and implement Government actions involving 
unaccompanied alien children, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine reforming the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation management reform issues, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: July 19, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Hector V. Barreto,

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Jr., of California, to be Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration; and to hold a business meeting to mark up pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 19, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 739, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
programs for homeless veterans; and other pending health care 
related legislation, 1 p.m., SR-418.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, July 16, Subcommittee on Defense, on 
Secretary of Defense, 11 a.m., 2359 Rayburn; and on Secretary of the 
Air Force, 2:30 p.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 18, to continue hearings on the 
Fiscal Year 2002 National Defense Authorization Budget Request, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2002 National Defense Authorization Budget request, 2 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  July 19, full Committee, hearing on national missile defense, 9:30 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, July 19, hearing on Federal Budget 
Process Structural Reform, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 17, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, hearing on ``From Research to Practice: Improving 
America's Schools in the 21st Century,'' 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
H.R. 2269, Retirement Security Advice Act of 2001, 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, July 18, Subcommittee on 
Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on Does the CIA's Refusal to Cooperate with 
Congressional Inquiries Threaten Effective Oversight of Federal 
Operations? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 19, full Committee, hearing on ``The Benefits of audio-visual 
technology in addressing racial profiling,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, July 18, Subcommittee on 
East Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Indonesia in Transition: 
Implication for U.S. Interests, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on Silencing Central Asia: the Voice of Dissidents, 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 17, to mark up H.R. 2436, Energy 
Security Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 17, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1518, Avery Point 
Lighthouse Restoration Act of 2001; H.R. 1776, Buffalo Bayou 
National Heritage Area Act; and H.R. 2114, National Monument 
Fairness Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing to oversee the Western Alaska and Western Pacific 
Community Development Quota Programs, and on H.R. 553, Western 
Alaska Community Development Quota Program Implementation 
Improvement Act of 2001, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 19, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public 
Lands, oversight hearing on the detrimental effects of Mormon 
crickets, and other grasshoppers, to the Great Basin area of the 
United States, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 16, to consider a measure making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 6:30 p.m., 
H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 19, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on Developing the Next Generation Air Traffic 
Management System, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 17, Subcommittee on Rural 
Enterprises, Agriculture and Technology, hearing on Regrowing Rural 
America Through Value-Added Agriculture, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 18, full Committee, hearing to examine the extent, impact, 
and fairness of direct competition by federal agencies with small 
businesses, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment and Government 
Programs, hearing on proposed legislation to increase the extent and 
scope of services provided by Small Business Development Centers, 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 18, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on NAFTA: Arbitration 
Panel Decision and Safety Issues with Regard to Opening the U.S./
Mexican Border to Motor Carriers, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings 
and Emergency Management, hearing on the Delays associated with 
making an award for the Department of Transportation Headquarters 
Building, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on Strategies to Address Contaminated Sediments, 9:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 17, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, joint hearing on 
Tax Code Simplification, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on Trade Agency Budget 
Authorizations and other Customs Issues, 3 p.m., B-318 Rayburn. 1100 
Longworth.
  July 19, full Committee, hearing on the Administration's 
Principles to Strengthen and Modernize Medicare, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Deceptive Mailing 
Concerning Tax Refunds, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.