[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 24, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D764-D765]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 25, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to mark up the short term farm assistance package, 3 p.m., 
SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine education 
technology issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine the risks of a growing 
balance of payments deficit, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Dan R. Brouillette, of Louisiana, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Affairs, 9:45 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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

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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.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Thomas C. Hubbard, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Korea; the nomination of Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore; the nomination of Marie T. 
Huhtala, of California, to be Ambassador to Malaysia; and the 
nomination of John Thomas Schieffer, of Texas, to be Ambassador to 
Australia, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Carole 
Brookins, of Indiana, to be United States Executive Director of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; the 
nomination of Ross J. Connelly, of Maine, to be Executive Vice 
President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; the 
nomination of Jeanne L. Phillips, of Texas, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the Organization for Economic 
Cooperation and Development; and the nomination of Randal Quarles, 
of Utah, to be United States Executive Director of the International 
Monetary Fund, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
current entertainment ratings, focusing on evaluation and 
improvement, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  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: 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: to hold oversight hearings on the 
implementation of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 10:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.
  Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, 
to hold oversight hearings to examine the General Accounting Office 
report on the operation of the National Infrastructure Protection 
Center, focusing on the fight against cybercrime, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Medicare: The Need for Reform, 
10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 2510, Defense Production Act Amendments of 2001; and H.R. 2589, 
Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring Extension Act 
of 2001, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the following: H. Res. 
125, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
National Capital Planning Commission should adopt a plan that 
permanently returns Pennsylvania Avenue to the use of residents, 
commuters, and visitors to the Nation's capital and that protects 
the security of the people who live and work in the White House, and 
that the President should adopt and implement such a plan; H.R. 
1499, District of Columbia College Access Act Technical Corrections 
Act of 2001; H.R. 2061, to amend the charter of Southeastern 
University of the District of Columbia; H.R. 2199, District of 
Columbia Police Coordination Amendment Act of 2001; H.R. 2291, to 
extend the authorization of the Drug-Free Communities Support 
Program for an additional 5 years, to authorize a National Community 
Antidrug Coalition Institute; H.R. 2456, to provide that Federal 
employees may retain for personal use promotional items received as 
a result of travel in the course of employment; and H.R. 2559, to 
amend chapter 90 of title 5, United States Code, relating to Federal 
long-term care insurance, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following: a 
measure to extend the Export Administration Act until November 20, 
2001; and H. Con. Res. 178, concerning persecution of Montagnard 
peoples in Vietnam; followed by a hearing on the Dayton Accords: A 
View From the Ground, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up H.R. 701, Conservation and 
Reinvestment Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider a measure making appropriations 
for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, 
corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2002, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, hearing on 
Biennial Budgeting, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, hearing on Current Status and Future Prospects of Amtrak 
and High Speed Rail, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Intelligence Budget Issues, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.