[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 124 (Friday, September 21, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D921-D923]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of September 24 through 29, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 12 noon, Senate will consider H.R. 2603, United States-
Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act. Also, at 2 p.m., Senate will 
consider the nomination of Kirk Van Tine, of Virginia, to be General 
Counsel of the Department of Transportation, with a vote on 
confirmation of the nomination to occur thereon; following which, 
Senate will resume consideration of S. 1438, Department of Defense 
Authorization.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills when 
available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: September 24, to hold hearings to 
examine long-term care challenges and solutions relating to the 
aging and disability communities, focusing on the relationships 
between public-private and local-state-federal relationships for new 
service models, 1 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: September 26, 
to hold hearings to examine Administration's perspective with regard 
to the new federal farm bill; immediately following, a hearing on 
the nominations of Elsa A. Murano, of Texas, to be Under Secretary 
for Food Safety, and Edward R. McPherson, of Texas, to be Chief 
Financial Officer, both of Department of Agriculture, 9 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Appropriations: September 25, business meeting to 
mark up proposed legislation making appropriations for military 
construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2002, and proposed legislation making appropriations for the 
government of the District of Columbia and other activities 
chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 2 p.m., S-128, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 25, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of the following named officer for 
appointment in the United States Air Force to

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the grade indicated while assigned to a position of importance and 
responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., section 601: Gen. John W. 
Handy, to be General; the nomination of The following named officer 
for appointment in the United States Navy to the grade indicated 
while assigned to a position of importance and responsibility under 
title 10, U.S.C., section 601: Adm. James O. Ellis, Jr., to be 
Admiral; and the nomination of the following named officer for 
appointment as the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 
appointment to the grade indicated while assigned to a position of 
importance and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., sections 601 
and 152: Gen. Peter Pace, to be General, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 26, 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 26, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold 
hearings to examine surface transportation security issues, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 25, 
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold oversight hearings 
to examine the effectiveness of the National Fire Plan in the 2001 
fire season, including fuel reduction initiatives, and to examine 
the 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks 
to Communities and the Environment, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  September 26, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
critical energy infrastructure security and the energy industry's 
response to the events of September 11, 2001, 9:30 a.m., Room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 25, business 
meeting to consider S. 950, to amend the Clean Air Act to address 
problems concerning methyl tertiary butyl ether; S. 1206, to 
reauthorize the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; S. 
1270, to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed at 
8th Avenue and Mill Street in Eugene, Oregon, as the ``Wayne Lyman 
Morse United States Courthouse''; and pending nominations, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 24, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Charlotte L. Beers, of Texas, to be Under 
Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy; the nomination of Patricia 
de Stacy Harrison, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State 
for Educational and Cultural Affairs; the nomination of John Stern 
Wolf, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Non-
proliferation; the nomination of Kevin E. Moley, of Arizona, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the European 
Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; the 
nomination of Kenneth C. Brill, of Maryland, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United 
Nations, and to be Representative of the United States of America to 
the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador; 
and the nomination of Michael E. Malinowski, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal, 3:30 p.m., SD-
419.
  September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Dennis L. Schornack, of Michigan, to be Commissioner on the part 
of the United States on the International Joint Commission, United 
States and Canada; the nomination of John J. Danilovich, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica; and the 
nomination of Roy L. Austin, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to 
Trinidad and Tobago, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 25, with the 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring 
and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine federal 
government management, focusing on airline passenger and baggage 
screening, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
Restructuring and the District of Columbia, with the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings to examine federal government 
management, focusing on airline passenger and baggage screening, 
2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  September 26, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the 
security of critical governmental infrastructure, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 26, 
to hold hearings to examine psychological trauma and terrorism, 
focusing on assurance that Americans receive the support they need, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 24, to hold hearings 
to examine the Department of Justice counterterrorism proposal, 3 
p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 25, to hold hearings to 
examine homeland defense matters, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, Consideration of Suspensions:
  (1) H. Con. Res. 204, Establishment of National Character Counts 
Week;
  (2) H.R. 1583, Designation of the Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building 
and United States Courthouse Designation;
  (3) H.R. 1860, Small Business Technology Transfer Program;
  (4) S. 248, Payment of Arrearages to the United Nations;
  (5) H.R. 1850, Senior Housing Commission Extension Act;
  (6) H.R. 2589, Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring 
Extension;
  (7) H.R. 2869, Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields 
Revitalization Act; and
  (8) H.R. 717, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Childhood Assistance, 
Research and Education Amendments.
  Consideration of Joint Resolution making continuing appropriations 
for fiscal year 2002 (subject to unanimous consent).

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  Tuesday and Wednesday, Consideration of FY 2002 District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act (subject to a rule); and
  Complete Consideration of H.R. 2586, FY 2002 National Defense 
Authorization Act (subject to a rule).
  Thursday and Friday, no votes.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 25, hearing on 
``The Nursing Shortage: Causes, Impact and Innovate Remedies,'' 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 26, hearing entitled 
``America's Insurance Industry: Keeping the Promise,'' 9:30 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, September 26, Subcommittee on 
Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on ``Information Technology-Essential Yet 
Vulnerable: How Prepared Are We for Attack?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 25. hearing on 
U.S. Policy in the Fight Against International Terrorism Originating 
in South Asia, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, to 
continue hearings on U.S. Policy Towards the Palestinians, Part II, 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 24, hearing on the 
Administration's proposed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  September 24, briefing on Concerns with the Administration's Anti-
Terrorism Act of 2001, 4:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 25, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, oversight hearing on Permanent Extension of the 
Forest Service Recreation Fee Demonstration Program, 3 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  September 25, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 980, to establish 
the Moccasin Bend National Historic Site in the State of Tennessee 
as a unit of the National Park System; and H.R. 1776, Buffalo Bayou 
National Heritage Area Study Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 24, to consider the District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act, 2002, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, September 25, Subcommittee on Research, 
hearing on Strengthening NSF Sponsored Agricultural Biotechnology 
Research, focusing on H.R. 2051, to provide for the establishment of 
regional plant genome and gene expression research and development 
centers, and other proposals, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 25, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, September 25, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, to continue hearings on Aviation Security 
and the Future of the Aviation Industry, 10:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, hearing on H.R. 2228, Maritime Disaster Family 
Assistance Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on 
Improving the Delivery of Transit Services by Easing Regulatory 
Burdens, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 25, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on H.R. 2768, Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act 
of 2001, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: September 25, meeting of conferees on H.R. 1, to close 
the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so 
that no child is left behind, 2:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 25, to 
hold hearings to examine the situation in Moldova, focusing on 
developments in the Transdniestria region and the promised 
withdrawal of Russian military forces as well as armaments and 
ammunition from Moldova, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon Building.