[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 102 (Friday, July 20, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D746-D749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 23 through July 28, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 2299, Department 
of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business, including appropriation 
bills when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: July 26, to hold hearings to examine 
Medicare enforcement actions focusing on the federal governments 
anti-fraud efforts, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 24, to 
hold hearings to examine the proposed federal farm bill focusing on 
livestock issues, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 25, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to 
examine education technology issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  July 26, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the 
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, 
and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002; and making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002, 3 p.m., S-128, Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 24, Subcommittee on SeaPower, 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 Navy shipbuilding programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  July 25, 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 global power projection, 9 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 24, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the Semi-Annual Report on Monetary 
Policy of the Federal Reserve; and to hold a business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Harvey Pitt, of North Carolina, to be a 
Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the Federal Housing Administration 
Multifamily Housing Mortgage Insurance Program, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold hearings to 
examine the risks of a growing balance of payments deficit, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  July 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the problem, 
impact, and responses of predatory mortgage lending practices, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 23, 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to 
examine the use of technology in the health care system, focusing on 
opportunities and obstacles regarding the use of Internet technology 
to empower patients to improve their health care, 1 p.m., SR-253.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine seaport 
security issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and 
Tourism, to hold hearings to examine prescription drug issues, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Mary Sheila Gall, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine chemical 
harmonization issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 24, 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-
106.
  July 25, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 23, Subcommittee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine the role of the federal

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government in meeting infrastructure needs, 3 p.m., SD-406.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
David A. Sampson, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Economic Development; and the nomination of George Tracy Mehan 
III, of Michigan, to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of 
Water, the nomination of Judith Elizabeth Ayres, of California, to 
be Assistant Administrator for the Office of International 
Activities, and the nomination of Robert E. Fabricant, of New 
Jersey, to be General Counsel, all of the Environmental Protection 
Agency; and to consider committee rules of procedures for the 107th 
Congress, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  July 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
environmental and public health impacts of power plant emissions, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 24, to hold hearings to 
examine the Administration's missile defense program and the Anti-
Ballistic Missile Treaty focusing on the legal and technical issues 
associated with missile defense, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  July 24, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
Administration's missile defense program and the Anti-Ballistic 
Missile Treaty focusing on the means of addressing ballistic missile 
and weapons proliferation threats, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 23, Subcommittee on 
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, 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, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  July 24, Full Committee, 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, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine the role of health insurance in promoting quality cares for 
seniors, children and individuals with disabilities, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine current 
entertainment ratings, focusing on evaluation and improvement, 9:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  July 25, Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and 
Federal Services, to hold hearings on S. 995, to amend chapter 23 of 
title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of 
information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a 
statement in non-disclosure policies, forms, and agreements that 
such policies, forms and agreements conform with certain disclosure 
protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, 2:30 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 25, to 
hold hearings to examine genetics research issues and non-
discrimination in health insurance and employment, 9:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 24, business meeting to mark up 
S. 87, to amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act to 
revise and extend such Act; S. 91, to amend the Native American 
Languages Act to provide for the support of Native American Language 
Survival Schools; and S. 746, to express the policy of the United 
States regarding the United States relationship with Native 
Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United 
States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity; to be followed by 
hearings on S. 266, to provide for the long-term leasing of lands on 
the Warm Springs Reservation, and for the approval of an agreement 
between the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Portland General 
Electric Company and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
Reservation, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the 
implementation of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 10:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 25, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 24, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine 
the role of the Senate in the nomination and confirmation process, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending judicial 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1157, to 
reauthorize the consent of Congress to the Northeast Interstate 
Dairy Compact and to grant the consent of Congress to the Southern 
Dairy Compact, a Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact, and an 
Intermountain Dairy Compact, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold oversight hearings to examine the National 
Infrastructure Protection Center, focusing on the fight against 
cybercrime, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: July 26, to hold 
hearings to examine the business of environmental technology, 10:30 
a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 24, to hold hearings to 
examine prescription drug issues in the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 26, to consider the Farm Bill, 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 23, Subcommittee on Defense, 
executive, hearing on Intelligence Budget Overview, 9:30 a.m., H-405 
Capitol, and a hearing on the Navy/Marine Corps Budget Overview, 
1:30 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Military Construction, hearing on 2002 
Budget Overview, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 26, Special Oversight Panel on 
the Merchant Marine, to consider recommendations to the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, 9 a.m., 2216 
Rayburn.

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  July 26, Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and 
Recreation, to consider recommendations to the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, to 
mark up the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, 
10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, to mark up the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2002, 11:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, to mark up the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, July 25, hearing on Medicare: The Need 
for Reform, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 24, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on Genetic Non-Discrimination: 
Implications for Employers and Employees, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Select Education, hearing on Status of 
Financial Management at the Department of Education, 9:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 24, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on How Secure is Sensitive 
Commerce Department Data and Operations? 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled: ``U.S. Deployment of Third Generation Wireless 
Services: When Will It Happen and Where Will It Happen?'' 9:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, 
hearing on ``How Do Businesses Use Customer Information: Is the 
Customer's Privacy Protected?'' 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Medicare 
Modernization: Examining the President's Framework for Strengthening 
the Program,'' 9:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn,
  Committee on Financial Services, July 24, Subcommittee on Domestic 
Monetary Policy, Technology, and Economic Growth, hearing on the 
design and security of currency, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing on H.R. 556, Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding 
Prohibition Act, and other Internet gambling proposals, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  July 25, full Committee, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
2510, Defense Production Act Amendments of 2001; and the Office of 
Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring Extension Act of 2001, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Market Data II: 
Implications to investors and market transparency of granting 
ownership rights over stock quotes,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Viewpoints of Select Regulators on 
Deposit Insurance Reform,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, July 23, Subcommittee on National 
Security, Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations, hearing on 
Combating Terrorism: Federal Response to a Biological Weapons 
Attack, 2:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, and Human Resources, to 
consider pending business, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, and 
International Relations, hearing on Federal Interagency Data-Sharing 
and National Security, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 25, full Committee, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Census, hearing on American's Abroad, How 
Can We Count Them? 1:30 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial 
Management and Intergovernmental Relations, ``Oversight hearing on 
the Department of Defense's Illegal Manipulation of Appropriated 
Funds,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on 
``Spring Valley--Toxic Waste Contamination in the Nation's 
Capital,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, July 25, hearing on the 
Dayton Accords: A View From the Ground, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on A Discussion on the U.N. World Conference Against 
Racism, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, hearing on 
U.S.-Korea Relations after the Policy Review, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, hearing on 
U.S. Policy Towards the Palestinians--Part I, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 24, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 2175, Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2001; H.R. 
2505, Human Cloning Prohibition 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; H.R. 1840, to extend 
eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of 
certain Vietnamese refugees; and H.R. 1007, James Guelff Body Armor 
Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, hearing on H.R. 2522, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 
2001, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  July 26, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing and markup of the Consumer 
Product Protection Act of 2001, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 24, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Recreation and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
1456, Booker T. Washington National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act 
of 2001; and H.R. 1814, Metacomet-Monadnock-Sunapee-Mattabesett 
Trail Study Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 25, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 701, Conservation and 
Reinvestment Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Forests, and Forest Health, hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 1576, James Peak Wilderness, Wilderness 
Study, and Protection Area Act; and H.R. 1772, to provide for an 
exchange of certain property between the United States and Ephraim 
City, Utah, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 26, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2385, Virgin River 
Dinosaur Footprint Preserve Act; and H.R. 2488, to designate certain 
lands in the Pilot Range in the State of Utah as wilderness, 2 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 1985, Short-Term and Long-Term California Water 
Security; and H.R. 2404, California Water Quality and Reliability 
Act of 2001, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 24, to consider a measure making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal 
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 
1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, hearing 
on Biennial Budgeting, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 25, hearing on Live From Space: the 
International Space Station, 12 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards, 
hearing on Combating the Invaders: Research on Non-Native Species, 
11 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 24, Subcommittee on Rural 
Enterprise, Agriculture and Technology, hearing on renewable fuels, 
10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, and Exports, hearing on 
Trade Promotion Authority and the reauthorization of the Trade 
Adjustment Assistant program, and their respective impacts on small 
business exporters and farmers, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 25, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Reducing Regulatory 
and Paperwork Burdens on Small Healthcare Providers: Proposals from 
the Executive Branch.'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 24, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Highway Work Zone 
Safety, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on Current Status and 
Future Prospects of Amtrak and High Speed Rail, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on the Competitiveness 
of the U.S. Aircraft Manufacturing Industry, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing on Drug Interdiction, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 26, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, hearing on Misleading Mailings Targeted to Seniors, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 25, executive, 
hearing on Intelligence Budget Issues, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 26, executive, hearing on Counternarcotics Issues, 1:30 p.m., 
H-405 Capitol.