[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 25, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D776-D777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 26, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Special Committee on Aging: 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: to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Hilda Gay Legg, of Kentucky, to be 
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, and the nomination of Mark 
Edward Rey, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for 
Natural Resources and Environment and to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation, both of the 
Department of Agriculture; to be followed by a business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SR328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the problem, impact, and responses of predatory mortgage 
lending practices, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Linda 
Mysliwy Conlin, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Trade and Development; the nomination of Michael J. Garcia, of 
New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export 
Enforcement; the nomination of Melody H. Fennel, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 
Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations; and the nomination of 
Michael Minoru Fawn Liu, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development for Public; and Indian Housing and the 
nomination of Henrietta Holsman Fore, of Nevada, to be Director of 
the Mint, Department of the Treasury, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine chemical harmonization issues, 9 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to continue hearings on 
legislative proposals relating to comprehensive electricity 
restructuring legislation, including electricity provisions of S. 
388, the National Energy Security Act; S. 597, the Comprehensive and 
Balanced Energy Policy Act; and electricity provisions contained in 
S. 1273 and S. 2098 of the 106th Congress, 9:45 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 423, to amend the Act entitled 
``An Act to provide for the establishment of Fort Clatsop National 
Memorial in the State of Oregon''; S. 941, to revise the boundaries 
of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the State of 
California, to extend the term of the advisory commission for the 
recreation area; S. 1057, to authorize the addition of lands to 
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park in the State of 
Hawaii; S. 1105, to provide for the expeditious completion of the 
acquisition of State of Wyoming lands within the boundaries of Grand 
Teton National Park; and H.R. 640, to adjust the boundaries of Santa 
Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, 2:45 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the environmental and public health impacts of power plant 
emissions, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider S. 643, to 
implement the agreement establishing a United States-Jordan free 
trade area; and to consider an original committee resolution calling 
for an investigation of the importation of certain steel products, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 
proposed legislation entitled ``Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act'', fiscal year 2002 and 2003; S. 367, to prohibit the 
application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to 
foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision 
of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
the nomination of Stuart A. Bernstein, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Ambassador to Denmark; the nomination of Sue McCourt Cobb, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to Jamaica; the nomination of Russell F. 
Freeman, of North Dakota, to be Ambassador to Belize; 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 Roger Francisco Noriega, of Kansas, to be 
Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the 
Organization of American States; 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, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Lynn Leibovitz, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 
9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider 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. 625, to 
provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to 
prosecute hate crimes; S. 1099, to

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increase the criminal penalties for assaulting or threatening 
Federal judges, their family members, and other public servants; the 
nomination of Asa Hutchinson, of Arkansas, to be Administrator of 
Drug Enforcement, and the nomination of James W. Ziglar, of 
Mississippi, to be Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, 
both of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider the Farm Bill, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the Legislative Branch 
appropriations for fiscal year 2002,10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Special Oversight Panel on the 
Merchant Marine, to consider recommendations to H.R. 2586, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, 9 a.m., 2216 
Rayburn.
  Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation, to 
consider recommendations to H.R. 2586, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  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, 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.
  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, Subcommittee on Census, hearing on 
American's Abroad, How Can We Count Them? 1:30 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on East Asia 
and the Pacific, hearing on U.S.-Korea Relations after the Policy 
Review, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 2522, Federal Courts 
Improvement Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing and markup of H.R. 2621, Consumer 
Product Protection Act of 2001, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  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.
  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 Science, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and 
Standards, hearing on Combating the Invaders: Research on Non-Native 
Species, 11 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on the Competitiveness of the U.S. 
Aircraft Manufacturing Industry, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
executive, oversight hearing on Drug Interdiction, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following measures: 
H.J. Res. 51, approving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment 
with respect to the products of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; 
and H.R. 2603, United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation 
Act of 2001, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on Misleading Mailings 
Targeted to Seniors, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Counternarcotics Issues, 1:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.