[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 107 (Friday, July 27, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D793-D797]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                             NEW PUBLIC LAWS

  (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest of July 25, 2001, p. 
                                    D775)
  S. 360, to honor Paul D. Coverdell. Signed on July 26, 2001. (Public Law 
107-21)
  S. 1190, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to rename the 
education individual retirement accounts as the Coverdell education savings 
accounts. Signed on July 26, 2001. (Public Law 107-22)
F


                       CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 30 through August 4, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, At 2 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers, with a vote on 
the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill to 
occur at 5:30 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to resume consideration of 
H.R. 2299, Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, and any other cleared legislative and executive business, including 
appropriation bills when available.


                            Senate Committees

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 31, to resume 
hearings to examine the proposed federal farm bill, focusing on 
conservation on working lands issues, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  August 1, Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness, to hold 
hearings to examine the status of export market shares, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  August 2, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the proposed 
federal farm bill, focusing on rural economic issues, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 31, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for the 
fiscal year 2002 for MILCON

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budget overview, defense agency, and Army construction, 2:30 p.m., SD-
138.
  August 1, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings to examine stem cell ethical issues and 
intellectual property rights, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  August 1, Subcommittee on Military Construction, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for the fiscal year 2002 for Navy construction 
and Air Force construction, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 31, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of John P. Stenbit, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Command, Control, Communication and Intelligence; the 
nomination of Ronald M. Sega, of Colorado, to be Director of Defense 
Research and Engineering; the nomination of Michael L. Dominguez, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and 
Reserve Affairs; the nomination of Michael Parker, of Mississippi, to be 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; the nomination of Mario 
P. Fiori, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Installations and Environment; the nomination of H.T. Johnson, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and 
Environment; and the nomination of Nelson F. Gibbs, of California, to be 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations and Environment, 
all of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  July 31, 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.
  August 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Gen. 
John P. Jumper, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be 
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  August 2, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, 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 installation programs, military construction programs, and 
family housing programs, 2:15 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: August 1, business 
meeting to mark up S. 1254, to reauthorize the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997; the nomination of Linda 
Mysliwy Conlin, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Trade 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, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  August 2, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, to hold hearings to 
examine responses to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
recommendations for reform, focusing on the comprehensive deposit 
insurance reform, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: August 2, to hold hearings to examine social 
security, focusing on budgetary tradeoffs and transition costs, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 31, 
Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to examine the issues of 
spectrum management and 3rd generation wireless service, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  August 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the status of 
current U.S trade agreements, focusing on the proposed benefits and the 
practical realities, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  August 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of John 
Arthur Hammerschmidt, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board; the nomination of Jeffrey William Runge, of 
North Carolina, to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; and the nomination 
of Nancy Victory, to be Assistant Secretary for Communications and 
Information, and the nomination of Otto Wolff, to be an Assistant 
Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, both of Virginia, both of the 
Department of Commerce, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  August 2, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar 
business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  August 2, Full Committee, with the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, to hold joint hearings to examine the National Academy of 
Sciences report on fuel economy, focusing on the effect of energy 
policies on consumers, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 31, Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold hearings 
on S. 689, to convey certain Federal properties on Governors Island, New 
York; S. 1175, to modify the boundary of Vicksburg National Military Park 
to include the property known as Pemberton's Headquarters; S. 1227, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the 
suitability and feasibility of establishing the Niagara River National 
Heritage Area in the State of New York; and H.R. 601, to ensure the 
continued access of hunters to those Federal lands included within the 
boundaries of the Craters of the Moon National Monument in the State of 
Idaho pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 7373 of November 9, 2000, and 
to continue the applicability of the Taylor Grazing Act to the 
disposition of grazing fees arising from the use of such lands, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  August 1, Full Committee, business meeting to consider energy policy 
legislation and other pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  August 2, Full Committee, business meeting to consider energy policy 
legislation, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  August 2, Full Committee, with the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, to hold joint hearings to examine the National Academy of 
Sciences report on fuel economy, focusing on the effect of energy 
policies on consumers, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: August 1, to hold hearings 
to examine the impact of air emissions from the transportation sector on 
public health and the environment, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 31, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Robert C. Bonner, to be Commissioner of Customs, and Rosario Marin, to be 
Treasurer of the United States, both of California, both of the 
Department of the Treasury; the nomination of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.,

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of Utah, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative; and the 
nomination of Alex Azar II, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, and the 
nomination of Janet Rehnquist, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, both 
of the Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 31, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of Vincent Martin Battle, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon; the nomination of Edward William 
Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of 
Jordan; the nomination of Edmund James Hull, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen; the nomination of Richard Henry 
Jones, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait; the 
nomination of Theodore H. Kattouf, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Syrian Arab Republic; and the nomination of Maureen Quinn, of New Jersey, 
to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of R. 
Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be United States Permanent 
Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 
the nomination of Daniel R. Coats, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to the 
Federal Republic of Germany; the nomination of Craig Roberts Stapleton, 
of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic; the nomination of 
Johnny Young, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia; 
and the nomination of Richard J. Egan, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador 
to Ireland, 11 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  July 31, 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.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Robert 
Geers Loftis, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho; 
the nomination of Joseph Gerard Sullivan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Zimbabwe; and the nomination of Christopher William 
Dell, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, 4 p.m., 
SD-419.
  August 1, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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; S. Res. 
126, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding observance of the 
Olympic Truce; and S. Con. Res. 58, expressing support for the tenth 
annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum, 10:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 30, to hold hearings to examine 
the rising use of the drug ecstacy, focusing on ways the government can 
combat the problem, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of 
Daniel R. Levinson, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, General 
Services Administration, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  August 2, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 31, to hold 
hearings to examine asbestos issues, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  August 1, Full Committee, business meeting to consider proposed 
legislation entitled The Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention (STOP 
STROKE) Act of 2001; the proposed Community Access to Emergency 
Defibrillation (Community AED) Act of 2001; the proposed Health Care 
Safety Net Amendments of 2001; S. 543, to provide for equal coverage of 
mental health benefits with respect to health insurance coverage unless 
comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits; and 
S. 838, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the 
safety and efficacy of pharmaceuticals for children, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  August 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of John 
Lester Henshaw, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 31, business meeting to consider 
pending business items. Immediately following, committee will hold 
hearings on the implementation of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 
focusing on urban Indian Health Care Programs, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: August 1, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 30, to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Robert S. Mueller III, of California, to be Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  August 1, Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property 
Rights, to hold hearings on S. 989, to prohibit racial profiling, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  August 1, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition, 
to hold hearings on S. 1233, to provide penalties for certain 
unauthorized writing with respect to consumer products, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  August 2, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar 
business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: August 2, business meeting to 
mark up S.J. Res. 19, providing for the reappointment of Anne 
d'Harnoncourt as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution; S.J. Res. 20, providing for the appointment of 
Roger W. Sant as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution; S. 829, to establish the National Museum of 
African American History and Culture within the Smithsonian Institution; 
S. 565, to establish the Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures to 
study and make recommendations regarding election technology, voting, and 
election administration, to establish a grant program under which the 
Office of Justice Programs and the Civil Rights Division of the 
Department of Justice shall provide assistance to States and localities 
in improving election technology and the administration of Federal 
elections, to require States to meet uniform and nondiscriminatory 
election technology and administration requirements for the 2004 Federal 
elections; an original resolution providing for members on the part of 
the Senate of the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of 
Congress on the Library; and other legislative and administrative 
matters, 9 a.m., SR-301.

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  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: August 1, to hold 
hearings to examine the business of environmental technology, 9 a.m., SR-
428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: August 2, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of John A. Gauss, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology; the nomination of Claude 
M. Kicklighter, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
for Policy and Planning; to be followed by a business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.


                              House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, July 30, Subcommittee on Defense, on 
Fiscal Year 2002 Army Budget Overview, 9:30 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn, and, 
executive, on Ballistic Missile Defense, 1:30 p.m., H 140 Capitol.
  August 2, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Airline Delays and 
Aviation System Capacity, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 31, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, to mark up H.R. 2586, National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2002, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, to mark up H.R. 2586, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, 3 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, to mark up 
H.R. 2586, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  August 1, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 2586, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, August 1, hearing on Making Ends Meet: 
Challenges Facing Working Families in America, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 31, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, hearing on the Dawn of Learning: What's Working in 
Early Childhood Education, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on H.R. 1602, 
Rewarding Performance in Compensation Act, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  August 1, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1992, 
Internet Equity and Education Act of 2001; H.R. 2070, Sales Incentive 
Compensation Act; and H.R. 1900, Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 2001, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  August 2, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, to mark up H.R. 
2269, Retirement Security Advice Act of 2001, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  August 2, Subcommittee on Select Education, hearing on ``CAPTA: 
Successes and Failures at Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect,'' 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 31, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing on Current Issues Before the 
Financial Accounting Standards Board, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on ``How 
Secure is Sensitive Commerce Department Data and Operations? A Review of 
the Department's Computer Security Policies and Practices,'' 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  August 1, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Authorizing Safety Net 
Public Health Programs, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 31, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on 
Analyzing the Analysts II: Additional Perspectives, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  August 1, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance. and Government 
Sponsored Enterprises, oversight hearing on the Office of Federal Housing 
Enterprise risk-based capital rule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, 2 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  August 1, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, 
to consider H.R. 1701, Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  August 1, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Over-regulation of Automobile Insurance: A Lack of Consumer 
Choice,'' 2 p.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  August 2, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government 
Sponsored Enterprises and the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and 
Consumer Credit, joint hearing entitled ``Pushing Back the Pushouts: the 
Securities and Exchange Commission's Broker-Dealer Rules,'' 9:30 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, July 30, Subcommittee on Government 
Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing 
on the Use and Abuse of Government Purchase Cards: Is Anyone Watching? 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing on Air Travel-Customer Problems and 
Solutions, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy, hearing on 
``Public Service for the 21st Century: Innovative Solutions to the 
Federal Government's Technology Workforce Crisis,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  August 1, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human 
Resources, oversight hearing on the ``National Youth Anti-Drug Media 
Campaign: How to Ensure the Program Operates Efficiently and 
Effectively?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  August 2, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing on FERC: Regulators in Deregulated 
Electricity Markets, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  August 2, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, and 
International Relations, hearing on F-22 Cost Controls: How Realistic are 
Production Cost Reduction Plan Estimates? 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, July 31, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on A Discussion on the 
U.N. World Conference Against Racism, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  August 1, full Committee, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 2581, 
Export Administration Act of 2001; H.R. 2368, Vietnam Human Rights Act; 
H.R. 2541, to enhance the authorities of special agents and provide 
limited authorities to uniformed officers responsible for the protection 
of domestic Department of State occupied facilities; H.R. 2272, Coral 
Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2001; H. Res. 181, 
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the Presidency of Peru, congratulating the people of Peru for the return 
of democracy to Peru, and expressing sympathy for the victims of the 
devastating earthquake that struck Peru on June 23, 2001; H. Con. Res. 
188, expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the People's 
Republic of China should cease its persecution of Falun Gong 
practitioners; and H. Con. Res. 89, mourning the death of Ron Sander at 
the hands of terrorist kidnappers in Ecuador and welcoming the release 
from captivity of Arnie Alford, Steve Derry, Jason Weber, and David 
Bradley, and supporting efforts by the United States to combat such 
terrorism, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 31, Subcommittee on Courts, the 
Internet, and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 2146, Two Strikes 
and You're Out Child Protection Act, and to mark up the following: H.R. 
2146; and H.R. 2624, Law Enforcement Tribute Act, 4 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  August 2, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing on 
the U.S. Population and Immigration, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 31, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest 
Health, oversight hearing on the Implementation of the National Fire 
Plan, 3 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 31, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, 
to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1456, Booker T. Washington National 
Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2001; H.R. 1814, Metacomet-Monadnock-
Sunapee-Mattabesett Trail Study Act of 2001; H.R. 2114, National Monument 
Fairness Act of 2001; and H.R. 2385, Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint 
Preserve Act; and H.R. 2385, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  August 2, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
to mark up H.R. 1989, Fisheries Conservation Act of 2001; followed by a 
hearing on H.R. 1367, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Conservation Act 
of 2001, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 30, to consider the following: H.R. 2647, 
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002; and H.R. 2505, Human Cloning Prohibition Act 
of 2001, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  July 31, to consider H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy Act of 
2001, 11 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  August 2, to mark up H.R. 981, Budget Responsibility and Efficiency Act 
of 2001, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 31, Subcommittee on Research, hearing on 
Innovation in Information Technology: Beyond Faster Computers and Higher 
Bandwidth, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, August 1, to mark up the following: H.R. 
203, National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act; H.R. 2538, Native 
American Small Business Development Act; the Vocational and Technical 
Entrepreneurship Development Program Act of 2001; and the Small Business 
Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Reauthorization Act of 2001; followed 
by a hearing on ``Rising Energy Prices and their Impact on Small Business 
Competitiveness,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 31, Subcommittee 
on Highways and Transit, oversight hearing on Red Light Cameras, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  August 1, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on H.R. 2107, End Gridlock 
at Our Nation's Critical Airports Act of 2001, 1:30 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  August 1, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and 
Emergency Management, hearing on H.R. 2407, Federal Photovoltaic 
Utilization Act, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 31, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing on Social Security and Pension Reform: Lessons from Other 
Countries, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 31, executive, to hold 
a briefing on Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Overview, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: August 1, meeting of conferees on H.R. 1, to close the 
achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no 
child is left behind, 4 p.m., SC-5, Capitol.