[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 31, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1078-D1079]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 1, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
Federal deposit insurance coverage for retirement accounts, 2:30 
p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of R. David 
Paulison, of Florida, to be Administrator of the United States Fire 
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency; and the 
nomination of Arden Bement, Jr., of Indiana, to be Director of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 556, to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from 
electric powerplants, focusing on the bill's impact on the 
environment, economy, energy supply, achievement of regulatory and 
statutory goals, including the National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards, relevant costs and benefits, and any improvements or 
amendments that should be made to the legislation, 9:30 a.m., SD-
406.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine infrastructure 
security, chemical site security, and economic recovery, 2 p.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the nomination 
of Jo Anne Barnhart, of Delaware, to be Commissioner of Social 
Security, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 721, to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to establish a Nurse Corps and recruitment and retention strategies 
to address the nursing shortage; S. 1094, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide for research, information, and education with 
respect to blood cancer; and proposed legislation entitled the Nurse 
Reinvestment Act, 11 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings on Alaska Native 
subsistence hunting and fishing rights, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on Retirement Security for the 
American Worker: Opportunities and Challenges, 2:30 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  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, 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.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Issues concerning the Use of MTBE in Reformulated Gasoline: An 
Update,'' 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing on 
H.R. 2417, Dot Kids Name Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Giving 
Consumers Credit: How is the Credit Industry Treating its 
Customers?'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``The National 
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Is It Working as Congress 
Intended?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy, hearing on 
Moving Forward with Services Acquisition Reform: A Legislative 
Approach to Utilizing Commercial Best Practices, 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on America's 
Assistance to the Afghan People, 11 a.m., and to mark up the 
following measures: H.R. 2998, Radio Free Afghanistan Act of 2001; 
H.R. 3167, Freedom Consolidation Act of 2001; the Export Extension 
Act of 2001; H.R. 2121, Russian Democracy Act of 2001; H.R. 3169, 
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; 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; and H. Con. Res. 242, 
recognizing Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's success in promoting 
democracy and its continuing contribution to United States national 
interests, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and 
Claims, to mark up the following: H.R. 3030, Basic Pilot Extension 
Act of 2001; and private relief bills, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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, 11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Rules, to mark up H.R. 981, Budget Responsibility and 
Efficiency Act of 2001, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on U.S. 
Energy Security: Options to Decrease Petroleum Use in the 
Transportation Sector, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight, hearing on Small Business Access to Competitive 
Telecommunications Services, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on TEA 21 Success Stories, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing on the SSA's response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, 
10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: Closed meeting of conferees on S.1438, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military constructions, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, 10 a.m., SC-5, 
Capitol.