[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 115 (Thursday, September 6, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D873-D875]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 10 through September 15, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 12 noon, Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 2500, 
Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations Act.
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  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to resume 
consideration of H.R. 2500, Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations 
Act, and any other cleared legislative and executive business, 
including other appropriation bills when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: September 12, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to 
examine stem cell research issues, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 13, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of General Richard B. Myers, USAF, for appointment as the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and appointment to the grade 
of general, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 11, to 
hold hearings to examine issues relating to the failure of Superior 
Bank, FSB, Hinsdale, Illinois, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  September 12, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine the Administration's national money laundering strategy for 
2001, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 11, 
Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to examine E-911 
issues, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  September 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to 
hold hearings to examine digital divide issues, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 12, with the 
Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold joint hearings to examine 
legislative proposals relating to the development of energy 
resources on Indian and Alaska Native lands, including the 
generation and transmission of electricity, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 10, 
Subcommittee on Transportation, Infrastructure, and Nuclear Safety, 
to hold oversight hearings to examine the implementation of the 
Intelligent Transportation Systems program, 3:30 p.m., SD-406.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to 
hold oversight hearings to examine the utilization of available 
water and wastewater infrastructure funding, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: September 12, to resume hearings to examine 
the role of tax incentives in energy policy, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, 
to hold hearings to examine S. 685, to amend title IV of the Social 
Security Act to strengthen working families, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 11, Subcommittee on 
African Affairs, to hold hearings to examine human rights, labor 
rights, and anti-corruption eligibility requirements for African 
Growth Opportunity Act benefits, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  September 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination 
of John D. Negroponte, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of 
the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of 
service as Representative of the United States of America to the 
United Nations and to be the Representative of the United States of 
America to the United Nations in the Security Council of the United 
Nations, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 12, to hold hearings 
to examine the security of critical governmental infrastructure, 
9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 10, 
to hold hearings to examine contraceptive insurance coverage issues, 
3 p.m., SD-430.
  September 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine early 
learning as an investment for children and the future, 10 a.m., SR-
325.
  September 12, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 952, 
to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers 
employed by States or their political subdivisions; S. 928, to amend 
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to require, as a 
condition of receipt or use of Federal financial assistance, that 
States waive immunity to suit for certain violations of that Act, 
and to affirm the availability of certain suits for injunctive 
relief to ensure compliance with that Act; and the nomination of 
Brian Jones, of California, to be General Counsel, Department of 
Education, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.

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  September 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues 
concerning protection against genetic discrimination and limits of 
existing laws, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Public Health, to hold hearings to 
examine the protection of human subjects in research, 2 p.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 12, with the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, to hold joint hearings to examine 
legislative proposals relating to the development of energy 
resources on Indian and Alaska Native lands, including the 
generation and transmission of electricity, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 11, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of John P. Walters, of Michigan, to be Director of 
National Drug Control Policy, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1265, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
require the Attorney General to cancel the removal and adjust the 
status of certain aliens who were brought to the United States as 
children, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and 
Government Information, to hold hearings to examine S. 1055, to 
require the consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing 
of such individual's personally identifiable information, 2 p.m., 
SD-226.
  September 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, September 11, Subcommittee on Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, on Global AIDS 
and Health Trust Fund, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and 
Judiciary, on OxyContin, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Commmittee on the Budget, September 13, hearing on The Imperative 
to Reform: Addressing the Unsustainability of Social Security, 10 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 11, hearing on 
``The Nursing Shortage: Causes, Impact and Innovative Remedies,'' 2 
p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  September 12, hearing on ``Over Identification Issues within the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Need for 
Reform,'' 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Education Reform, hearing on 
Improving Education Through Research, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Select Education, hearing on 
Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect: Policy 
Directions for the Future, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 11 and 14, 
Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearings on Electric 
Transmission Policy, with emphasis on Siting, Incentive Rates, and 
Reliability, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn on September 11, and with emphasis 
on Regional Transmission Organizations, Open Access, and Federal 
Jurisdiction, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn on September 14.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``A Review of Federal Bioterrorism Preparedness 
Programs from a Public Health Perspective,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 12, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, to continue hearings on 
deposit insurance reform, focusing on the views of the Chairman of 
the FDIC, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, September 11, Subcommittee on 
National Security, Veterans' Affairs and International Relations, 
hearing on the Standard Procurement System (SPS): Can the DOD 
Procurement Process be Standardized? 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 13, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Need for 
Congressional Oversight of the Justice Department,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 11, Subcommittee 
on Africa, hearing on Chad-Cameroon Pipeline: A New Paradigm for 
Energy Development, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 11, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 2388, National 
Heritage Areas Policy Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 12, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
107, to require that the Secretary of the Interior conduct a study 
to identify sites and resources, to recommend alternatives for 
commemorating and interpreting the Cold War; H.R. 400, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood 
Home National Historic Site; H.R. 1161, to authorize the Government 
of the Czech Republic to establish a memorial to honor Tomas G. 
Masaryk in the District of Columbia; H.R. 1230, Detroit River 
International Wildlife Refuge Establishment Act; H.R. 1384, Navajo 
Long Walk National Historic Trail Study Act; H.R. 1456, Booker T. 
Washington National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2001; H.R. 
1576, James Peak Wilderness, Wilderness Study, and Protection Area 
Act; H.R. 1814, Metacomet-Monadnock-Sunapee-Mattabesett Trail Study 
Act of 2001; H.R. 1989, Fisheries Conservation Act of 2001; H.R. 
2062, to extend the effective period of the consent of Congress to 
the interstate compact relating to the restoration of Atlantic 
salmon to the Connecticut River Basin and creating the Connecticut 
River Atlantic Salmon Commission; H.R. 2114, National Monument 
Fairness Act of 2001; and H.R. 2385, Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint 
Preserve Act; and to consider other pending business, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, 
hearing on H.R. 1913, to require the valuation of non-tribal 
interest ownership of subsurface rights within the boundaries of the 
Acoma Indian Reservation, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.

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  September 13, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on the Hydrographic Services Improvement 
Act of 1998, and other National Ocean Service programs, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, September 12, hearing on recent 
proposals to increase the minimum wage under the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight, 
hearing titled ``Removing Red Tape from the Department of Labor's 
Apprenticeship Approval Process,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 11, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on H.R. 2768, Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act 
of 2001, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 11, 
executive, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2002 TIARA/JMIP Budget, 10 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  September 12, executive, hearing on Fiscal Year 2002 NEIP Budget, 
3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 12, to 
hold hearings to examine U.S. policy toward the Organization for 
Security and Cooperation in Europe and review the implementation of 
OSCE human rights commitments, 2 p.m., SR-485.