[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 98 (Monday, July 16, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1338-E1339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July 17, 2001 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 18
     9 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Dan R. Brouillette, 
           of Louisiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
           Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.
                                                            SD-366
     9:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         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.
                                                            SD-342
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         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.
                                                            SR-253
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SR-222
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings on tribal good governance 
           practices and economic development.
                                                            SR-485
       Energy and Natural Resources
         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; S. 636, a bill 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; S. 1130, the 
           Fusion Energy Sciences Act of 2001; and S. 1166, to 
           establish the Next Generation Lighting Initiative at 
           the Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-366
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine stem cell research issues.
                                                            SD-124
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the Putin administration 
           policies toward the non-Russian regions of the Russian 
           Federation.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine reforming the Federal Bureau 
           of Investigation management reform issues.
                                                            SD-226
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Employment, Safety and Training Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the protection of workers 
           from ergonomic hazards.
                                                            SD-430
       Aging
         To resume hearings to examine long term care issues, 
           focusing on costs and demands including state 
           initiatives to shift Medicaid services away from 
           institutional care and toward community based services.
                                                            SD-628
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for the U.S. Export-Import Bank, 
           proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Iran and 
           Libya Sanctions Act; 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 an Assistant Secretary of the 
           Treasury for Financial Institutions.
                                                            SD-538
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine defense spending and budget 
           outlook.
                                                            SD-608
     2 p.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Investigations Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings on intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                JULY 19
     9 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         Business meeting to markup 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.
                                                    S-128, Capitol
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         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.
                                                            SD-366
       Armed Services
         To resume 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.
                                                            SH-216
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine trade adjustment assistance 
           issues.
                                                            SD-215
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Hector V. Barreto, 
           Jr., of California, to be Administrator of the Small 
           Business Administration; and to hold a business meeting 
           to mark up pending calendar business.
                                                           SR-428A
     10 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to elicit suggestions for the nutrition 
           title of the next federal farm bill.
                                                           SR-328A
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Harvey Pitt, of 
           North Carolina, to be a

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           Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
                                                            SD-538
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Ralph F. 
           Boyd, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Attorney 
           General, Civil Rights Division, and the nomination of 
           Robert D. McCallum, Jr., of Georgia, to be Assistant 
           Attorney General, Civil Division, both of the 
           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.
                                                            SD-226
     1 p.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         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.
                                                            SR-418
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup 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.
                                                    S-128, Capitol
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SD-366
       Armed Services
       Airland Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SR-222
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Stuart A. 
           Bernstein, of the District of Columbia, to be 
           Ambassador to Denmark; the nomination of Michael E. 
           Guest, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Romania; 
           the nomination of Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., of 
           Connecticut, to be Ambassador to Sweden; the nomination 
           of Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
           Greece; the nomination of Larry C. Napper, of Texas, to 
           be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan; the 
           nomination of Jim Nicholson, of Colorado, to be 
           Ambassador to the Holy See; and the nomination of 
           Mercer Reynolds, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to 
           Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without 
           additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
           Principality of Liechtenstein.
                                                            SD-419

                                JULY 20
     9:30 a.m.
       Finance
         To continue hearings to examine trade adjustment 
           assistance issues.
                                                            SD-215

                                JULY 23
     2 p.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the role of the Federal 
           Emergency Management Agency in managing a bioterrorist 
           attack and the impact of public health concerns on 
           bioterrorism preparedness.
                                                            SD-342

                                JULY 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on proposals related to global climate 
           change and measures to mitigate greenhouse gas 
           emissions, including S. 597, the Comprehensive and 
           Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001; S. 388, the 
           National Energy Security Act of 2001; and S. 820, the 
           Forest Resources for the Environment and the Economy 
           Act.
                                                            SD-106
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 266, regarding the use of the 
           trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of 
           the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
                                                            SR-485
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 159, to elevate the 
           Environmental Protection Agency to a cabinet level 
           department, to redesignate the Environmental Protection 
           Agency as the Department of Environmental Protection 
           Affairs.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine prescription drug issues in 
           the Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SR-418

                                JULY 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine current entertainment 
           ratings, focusing on evaluation and improvement.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings on the implementation of the 
           Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
                                                            SH-216

                                JULY 31
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on the implementation of the Indian 
           Health Care Improvement Act.
                                                            SR-485

                                AUGUST 2
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 212, to amend the Indian Health 
           Care Improvement Act to revise and extend such Act.
                                                            SR-485

                              SEPTEMBER 19
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings on S. 702, for the relief of Gao Zhan.
                                                            SD-226