[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 110 (Wednesday, August 1, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D829-D830]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             AUGUST 2, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to resume 
hearings to examine the proposed federal farm bill, focusing on 
rural economic issues, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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: 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: 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: business 
meeting to consider S. 633, to provide for the review and management 
of airport congestion; S. 951, to authorize appropriations for the 
Coast Guard; S. 980, to provide for the improvement of the safety of 
child restraints in passenger motor vehicles; S. 1214, to amend the 
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to establish a program to ensure greater 
security for United States seaports; and pending nominations, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  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 effectiveness and 
impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards, 2:30 p.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
resume consideration on energy policy legislation, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  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 
effectiveness and impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy 
Standards, 2:30 p.m., SH-26.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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 the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of William J. Riley, of Nebraska, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit; the nomination of Deborah J. 
Daniels, of Indiana, to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office 
of Justice Programs, the nomination of Sarah V. Hart, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Director of the National Institute of Justice, 
the nomination of Robert S. Mueller III, of California, to be 
Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation, all of the Department 
of Justice; S. 356, to establish a National Commission on the 
Bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase; S. 1046, to establish a 
commission for the purpose of encouraging and providing for the 
commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision 
in Brown v. Board of Education; H.R. 2133, to establish a commission 
for the purpose of encouraging and providing for the commemoration 
of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. 
Board of Education; S. Res. 143, expressing the sense of the Senate 
regarding the development of educational programs on veterans' 
contributions to the country and the designation of the week of 
November 11 through November 17, 2001, as ``National Veterans 
Awareness Week''; S. Res. 138, designating the month of September as 
``National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month; and original resolution 
regarding immigrants

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and the 120th anniversary of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society; and 
an original resolution designating Louis Armstrong Day, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: 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. 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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: 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

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, on 
Airline Delays and Aviation System Capacity, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, to mark up H.R. 981, Budget 
Responsibility and Efficiency Act of 2001, 11:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, to mark up H.R. 2269, Retirement 
Security Advice Act of 2001, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Select Education, hearing on ``CAPTA: Successes 
and Failures at Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect,'' 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, 
Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on FERC: 
Regulators in Deregulated Electricity Markets, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Europe, to 
mark up the following: H. Res. 200, relating to the transfer of 
Slobodan Milosevic, and other alleged war criminals, to the 
International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia; H. Con. Res. 131, 
congratulating the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania 
on the tenth anniversary of the reestablishment of their full 
independence; and H. Con. Res. 58, urging the President of Ukraine 
to support democratic ideals, the rights of free speech, and free 
assembly for Ukrainian citizens, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1552, 
Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act; and H.R. 1675, Internet Tax 
Nondiscrimination Act, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2146, 
Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act; and H.R. 2624, Law 
Enforcement Tribute Act, 4:30 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing on the 
U.S. Population and Immigration, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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, to mark up H.R. 981, Budget Responsibility and 
Efficiency Act of 2001, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Working Group on 
Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, briefing on ``CBRN 
101,'' The Terrorist Threat, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.