[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 144 (Thursday, October 25, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1058-D1059]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 29 through November 2, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will not be in session.
  On Tuesday, Senate will consider H.R. 3061, Labor/HHS/Education 
Appropriations.
  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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 29, to 
hold hearings to examine the future of ensuring terrorism risk, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  October 30, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
future of ensuring terrorism risk, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  November 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 1530, to 
provide improved safety and security measures for rail 
transportation, and provide for improved passenger rail service, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: October 31, with the 
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal 
Services, to hold joint hearings to examine terrorism through the 
mail, focusing on the protection of postal workers and the public, 
9:30 a.m., Room to be announced.
  October 31, Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation 
and Federal Services, with the Committee on Governmental Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings to examine terrorism through the mail, focusing 
on the protection of postal workers and the public, 9:30 a.m., Room 
to be announced.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, October 31, Subcommittee 
on Select Education and the Subcommittee on 21st Century 
Competitiveness, joint hearing on Tracking International Students in 
Higher Education-Policy Options and Implications for Students, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  November 1, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on the 
Role of Consensus Standard Setting Organizations With OSHA, 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, November 1, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``A Review of Federal 
Bioterrorism Preparedness Programs: Building an Early Warning Public 
Health Surveillance System,'' 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  November 1, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Issues concerning the Use of MTBE in Reformulated 
Gasoline: An Update,'' 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  November 1, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing on H.R. 2417, Dot Kids Name Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, October 31, oversight hearing on 
the U.S. Postal Service: The Safety of Postal Employees and the 
Mail, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  November 1, hearing entitled ``The National Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Program: Is It Working as Congress Intended?'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  November 2, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on 
``Emergency Preparedness in the Nation's Capital,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, October 31, to mark up the 
following measures: H.R. 2998, Radio Free Afghanistan Act of 2001; 
H.R. 2121, Russian Democracy Act of 2001; the Freedom Consolidation 
Act of 2001; the International Disability and Victims of Landmines, 
Civil Strife and Warfare Assistance Act of 2001; H. Con. Res. 102, 
Hunger to Harvest Resolution: A Decade of Concern for Africa; and H. 
Con. Res. 211, commending Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on the 10th 
anniversary of her receiving the Nobel Peace Prize and expressing 
the sense of Congress with respect to the Government of Burma, 10:15 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 31, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human 
Rights, hearing on the Afghan People vs. the Taliban: the Struggle 
for Freedom Intensifies, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  November 1, full Committee, hearing on America's Assistance to the 
Afghan People, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, October 30, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, oversight hearing on the 
Discharge Effects of the Washington Aqueduct, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  October 31, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1985, Western Enhancement Security Act; and H.R. 2828, Klamath Basin 
Emergency Operation and Maintenance Refund Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 
room to be announced.
  November 1, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1606, to amend section 
507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to 
authorize additional appropriations for historically black colleges 
and universities, to decrease the matching requirement related to 
such appropriations; and H.R. 2388, National Heritage Areas Policy 
Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, October 30, Subcommittee on 
Regulatory Reform and Oversight, hearing entitled ``EPA Rulemaking: 
Do Bad Analyses Lead to Irrational Rules?'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  November 1, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight, 
hearing on Small Business Access to Competitive Telecommunications 
Services, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 30, Subcommittee on 
Benefits, hearing on the GAO's report: ``Veterans' Employment and 
Training Service Flexibility and Accountability Needed to Improve 
Service to Veterans'' and the VA's implementation of the Vocational 
Training and Rehabilitation program under chapter 31 of Title 38, 9 
a.m., 340 Cannon.