[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 137 (Friday, October 12, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1013-D1015]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 15 through October 20, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 4:30 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 2506, Foreign Operations 
Appropriations, with a vote on a motion to close further debate on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of the bill to occur at 5:30 p.m.
  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)
  Committee on Armed Services: October 16, Subcommittee on Readiness 
and Management Support, to hold closed hearings to examine the 
security of the Department of Defense ammunition shipments, 10 a.m., 
SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 16, to 
resume hearings to examine the failure of Superior Bank, FSB, 
Hinsdale, Illinois, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  October 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Susan Schmidt Bies, of Tennessee, and Mark W. Olson, of Minnesota, 
each to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold 
hearings to examine State and local responses to lead-based paint 
poisoning, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  October 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
James Gilleran, of California, to be Director of the Office of 
Thrift Supervision, Department of the Treasury, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 16, 
Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to examine 
emergency 911 matters, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 18, 
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold oversight hearings 
to examine the investigative report of the Thirtymile Fire and the 
prevention of future fire fatalities, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 16, to hold 
hearings to review the Federal Emergency Management Agency's 
response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon and the 
World Trade Center, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  October 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
William Baxter, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority; the nomination of 
Kimberly Terese Nelson, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; and the 
nomination of Steven A. Williams, of Kansas, to be Director of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to 
hold oversight hearings to examine innovative financing techniques 
for water infrastructure improvements, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: October 17, with the 
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal 
Services, to hold hearings to examine federal efforts to coordinate 
and prepare the United States for bioterrorism, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  October 17, Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation 
and Federal Services, with the Committee on Governmental Affairs, to 
hold hearings to examine federal efforts to coordinate and prepare 
the United States for bioterrorism, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: October 16, 
business meeting to consider S. 1379, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to establish an Office of Rare Diseases at the National 
Institutes of Health; S. 727, to provide grants for cardiopulmonary 
resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools; proposed legislation 
with respect to mental health and terrorism, proposed legislation 
with respect to cancer screening; H.R. 717, to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide for research and services with respect 
to Duchenne muscular dystrophy; an original bill regarding mental 
health and terrorism; an original bill regarding cancer screening; 
and the nomination of Eugene Scalia, of Virginia, to be Solicitor 
for the Department of Labor, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  October 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine economic 
security, focusing on employment-unemployment issues, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 17, to hold hearings to 
examine homeland defense matters, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to 
examine effective immigration controls to deter terrorism, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.

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  October 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: October 16, to 
hold hearings on the nomination of Thomas M. Sullivan, of 
Massachusetts, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business 
Administration, 10:15 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: October 16, to hold hearings to 
examine the Department of Veterans Affairs's Fourth Mission--caring 
for veterans, servicemembers, and the public following conflicts and 
crises, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, October 16, hearing on 
Economic Recovery and Assistance to Workers, 2:30 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  October 16, Subcommittee on the 21st Century Workforce, hearing on 
Welfare Reform: Success in Moving Toward Work, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Select Education, hearing on 
Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect: Policy 
Directions for the Future, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing 
on Retirement Security for the American Worker: Opportunities and 
Challenges, 2:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, October 17, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing on the State of the 
U.S. Tourism Industry, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on Issues Concerning the Use of MTBE in Reformulated Gasoline: An 
Update, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Transition to Digital Television: Progress on 
Broadcaster Buildout and Proposals to Expedite Return to Spectrum,'' 
9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, October 17, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing on deposit 
insurance reform, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled: ``Protecting 
Policyholders from Terrorism: Private Sector Solutions,'' 1 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, October 16, Subcommittee on Civil 
Service and Agency Organization, hearing on ``Health Care Inflation 
and Its Impact on the FEHBP,'' 1 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  October 16, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing on ``Natural Gas Infrastructure and 
Capacity Constraints,'' 12 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and 
Human Resources, hearing on ``Keeping a Strong Federal Law 
Enforcement Work Force,'' 1 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy, 
hearing on ``Turning the Tortoise Into the Hare: How Federal 
Government Can Transition From Old Economy Speed to Become a Model 
for Electronic Government,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 19, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial 
Management, and Intergovernmental Affairs, oversight hearing on the 
Implementation of the Presidential Records Act of 1978, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, October 17, hearing on 
Coercive Population Control in China: New Evidence of Forced 
Abortion and Forced Sterilization, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 17, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, 
hearing on Developments in the Middle East, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 18, full Committee, hearing on America's Assistance to the 
Afghan People, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 17, Subcommittee on 
Immigration and Claims, oversight hearing on Immigration and 
Naturalization Service Performance Issues, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, oversight hearing on Intellectual Property Litigation, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, October 16, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, hearing on H.R. 2963, Deep Creek Wilderness Act, 3 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  October 16, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1963, to amend the 
National Trails System Act to designate the route taken by American 
soldier and frontiersman George Rogers Clark and his men during the 
Revolutionary War to capture the British forts at Kaskaskia and 
Cahokia, Illinois, and Vincennes, Indiana, for the study for 
potential addition to the National Trails System; and H.R. 2238, 
Fern Lake Conservation and Recreation Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  October 17, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
483, regarding the use of the trust land and resources of the 
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; H.R. 
1491, Utah Public Lands Artifact Preservation Act of 2001; H.R. 
1913, to require the valuation of nontribal interest ownership of 
subsurface rights within the boundaries of the Acoma Indian 
Reservation; H.R. 2115, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the design, planning and construction 
of a project to reclaim and reuse within and outside of the service 
area of the Lakehaven Utility District, Washington; and H.R. 2585, 
Chiloquin Dam Fish Passage Facility Study Act of 2001; followed by a 
hearing on H.R. 1239, to establish a moratorium on approval by the 
Secretary of the Interior of relinquishment of a lease of certain 
tribal lands in California; and H.R. 2742, to authorize the 
construction of a Native American Cultural Center and Museum in 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

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  October 18, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on the following measures: H.R. 1071, National Sea 
Grant College Program Authorization Enhancement Act; and the 
National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2001, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  October 18, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following: H.R. 2234, Tumacacori National 
Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2001; H.R. 2388, National 
Heritage Areas Policy Act of 2001; and a measure to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain public lands in 
Natrona County, Wyoming to the Corporation of the Presiding Bishop, 
10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, October 16, to consider the following: 
conference report to accompany H.R. 2217, making appropriations for 
the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002; the conference report to accompany 
H.R. 2904, 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 H.R. 
3004, Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, October 17, hearing on ``Depreciation 
Schedules: How Can Congress Provide Relief for America's Small 
Businesses,'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight, 
hearing on EPA Rulemaking: Do Bad Analyses Lead to Irrational Rules? 
10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 17, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Restrictions on General 
Aviation Flying in Class B Airspace, 1:30 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, hearing on Drug Interdiction, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on TEA 
21 Success Stories, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 15, hearing on VA's 
Ability to Respond to DOD Contingencies and National Emergencies,'' 
2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, October 18, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, hearing on the ``Social Security Administration's Response 
to the September 11 Terrorist Attacks,'' 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: October 17, to 
hold hearings to examine the Romanian leadership of the Organization 
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), reviewing the 
strengthening of security, prevention of conflict, and management of 
crisis, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Joint Economic Committee: October 17, to hold hearings to examine 
monetary policy in the context of the current economic situation, 10 
a.m., room to be announced.