[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 18, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D730-D731]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 19, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to elicit suggestions for the nutrition title of the next 
federal farm bill, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, business meeting to mark up 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, 9 a.m., S-128, 
Capitol.
  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: 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, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  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.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
on the nomination of Harvey Pitt, of North Carolina, to be a Member 
of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on 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 Section 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.
  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 Finance: to hold hearings to examine trade adjustment 
assistance issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine Mexico 
City policy and the effects of restrictions on international family 
planning funding, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Ralph F. Boyd, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, the nomination of 
Robert D. McCallum, Jr., of Georgia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, Civil Division, and the nomination of Eileen J. O'Connor, 
of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, all 
of the Department of Justice; the nomination of Roger L. Gregory, of 
Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit; 
the nominations of Richard F. Cebull and Sam E. Haddon, each of 
Montana, to be a United States District Judge for the District of 
Montana; S. 625, to provide Federal assistance to States and local 
jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes; 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.
  Committee on 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, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-428A.
  Committee on 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, 1 p.m., SR-418.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to continue hearings to review Draft 
Farm Bill Concept, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative, to mark 
up appropriations for fiscal year 2002, 10 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on national missile defense, 
9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Federal Budget Process 
Structural Reform, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to continue markup of the Energy 
Advancement and Conservation Act of 2001, 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, hearing on National Flood Insurance program 
and repetitive loss properties including the following bills: H.R. 
1428, Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers' Pocket Act of 
2001; and H.R. 1551, Repetitive Flood Loss Reduction Act of 2001, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on ``The Benefits of 
Audio-Visual Technology in Addressing Racial Profiling,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
2175, Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2001; H.R. 2047, Patent 
and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002; H.R. 2048, to 
require a report on the operations of the State Justice Institute; 
H.R. 2278, to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant 
spouses of intracompany transferees, and to reduce the period of 
time during which certain intracompany transferees have to be 
continuously employed before applying for admission to the United 
States; H.R. 2277, to provide for work authorization for 
nonimmigrant spouses of treaty traders and treaty investors; and 
H.R. 1840, to extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried 
sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2505, 
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001; and H.R. 1007, James Guelff 
Body Armor Act of 2001, following full Committee markup, 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing on ``The 
U.S. Population and Immigration,'' 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1230, 
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Establishment Act; and 
H.R. 2062, to extend the effective period of the consent of Congress 
to the interstate compact relating to the restoration of Atlantic 
salmon to the Connecticut River Basin and creating the Connecticut 
River Atlantic Salmon Commission, 10 a.m., to be followed by a 
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.
  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 Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on Developing the Next Generation Air Traffic Management 
System, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, oversight hearing on Strategies to 
Address Contaminated Sediments, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up H.R. 2540, Veterans 
Benefits Act of 2001, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the Administration's 
Principles to Strengthen and Modernize Medicare, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Deceptive Mailing Concerning 
Tax Refunds, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Department of State Budget Issues, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 1, to close the 
achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so 
that no child is left behind, 3 p.m., 2175 Rayburn Building.