[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 161 (Tuesday, November 27, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1168-D1169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                             NEW PUBLIC LAWS

 (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, November 13, 2001, p. 
                                   D1136)
  H.J. Res. 74, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
2002. Signed on November 17, 2001. (Public Law 107-70)
  S. 1447, to improve aviation security. Signed on November 19, 2001. 
(Public Law 107-71)
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                       CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of November 28 through December 1, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to proceed 
to consideration of H.R. 10, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension 
Reform Act.
  On Thursday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to proceed 
to consideration of H.R. 10, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension 
Reform Act, with a vote on a motion to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills and 
conference reports when available.


                            Senate Committees

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: November 28, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, to hold hearings to examine anthrax 
decontamination, 3 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 29, to hold 
hearings to examine housing and community development needs, focusing on 
the fiscal

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year 2003 housing and urban development budget, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Finance: November 29, business meeting to mark up S. 525, 
to expand trade benefits to certain Andean countries; and S. 1209, to 
amend the Trade Act of 1974 to consolidate and improve the trade 
adjustment assistance programs, to provide community-based economic 
development assistance for trade-affected communities, 9 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 29, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of John V. Hanford III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large 
for International Religious Freedom; the nomination of Arthur E. Dewey, 
of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, 
and Migration; and the nomination of John D. Ong, of Ohio, to be 
Ambassador to Norway, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  November 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
James David McGee, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Swaziland; the nomination of Kenneth P. Moorefield, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic; and the nomination of John Price, of 
Utah, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
Federal and Islamic Republic of The Comoros and Ambassador to the 
Republic of Seychelles, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: November 29, Subcommittee on 
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to resume 
hearings to examine combating proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction with non-proliferation programs and proposed legislation 
entitled the Non-Proliferation Assistance Coordination Act, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 28, to hold closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 28, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine the Department of the Judiciary, focusing on how to preserve 
freedoms while defending against terrorism, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  November 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 29, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold hearings to examine the protection of nuclear, 
radiological materials, and infrastructure from terrorism, 2:30 p.m., SD-
226.


                              House Chamber

  Wednesday, November 28 and the Balance of the Week, consideration of H.R. 
3338, DOD Appropriations Act for FY 2002 (subject to a rule); and 
consideration of H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act (subject to a 
rule).


                            House Committees

  Committee on Financial Services, November 28, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, to continue consideration of H.R. 1701, 
Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act, 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, November 29, Subcommittee on National 
Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, hearing on 
``Risk Communication: National Security and Public Health,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, November 28, to mark up the 
following: S. 494, Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001; 
a measure to designate the National Foreign Affairs Training Center as 
the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center; S. Con. 
Res. 58, expressing support for the tenth annual meeting of the Asia 
Pacific Parliamentary Forum; and H.R. 2739, to amend Public Law 107 10 to 
require a United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for 
Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2002 in 
Geneva, Switzerland, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  November 29, hearing on Implementation of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 29, Subcommittee on Courts, the 
Internet and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on ``The Operations 
and Federal Judicial Misconduct and Recusal Statutes,'' 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  November 29, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 556, Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act; and H.R. 
3215, Combatting Illegal Gambling Reform and Modernization Act, 2 p.m., 
1137 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, November 28, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 38, Homestead National Monument of America Additions Act; H.R. 1925, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
feasibility of designating the Waco Mammoth Site Area in Waco, Texas, as 
a unit of the National Park System; 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 study for potential addition to the National 
Trails System; H.R. 2234, Tumacacori National Historical Park Boundary 
Revision Act of 2001; H.R. 2238, Fern Lake Conservation and Recreation 
Act of 2001; H.R. 2440, to rename Wolf Trap Farm Park as ``Wolf Trap 
National Park for the Performing Arts;'' H.R. 2742, to authorize the 
construction of a Native American Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma 
City, Oklahoma; H.R. 3322, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
construct an education and administrative center at the Bear River 
Migratory Bird Refuge in Box Elder County, Utah; and H.R. 3334, to 
designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center at 
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, November 28, to consider H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk 
Protection Act, 2 p.m., H-313 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: November 28, to hold hearings to examine the 
economic outlook of the United States, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon Building.