[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 169 (Friday, December 7, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1226-D1227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of December 10 through December 15, 2001

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 3 p.m., Senate will consider S. 1731, Federal Farm 
Bill.
  On Tuesday, at 9:30 a.m., Senate will consider the nominations of 
John D. Bates, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Columbia, Kurt D. Engelhardt, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Julie A. Robinson, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including conference reports when 
available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: December 10, to hold hearings to 
examine the costs and tradeoffs of reforming Social Security, 
focusing on the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security 
proposals and other related reform plans, 2 p.m., SR-385.
  Committee on Armed Services: December 11, business meeting to 
discuss the status of the conference on S. 1438, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  December 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Defense implementation of the President's Military 
Order on the detention, treatment, and trial by military commissions 
of certain non-citizens in the war on terrorism, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: December 11, 
business meeting to consider the nomination of Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., 
of Texas, to be First Vice President, and J. Joseph Grandmaison, of 
New Hampshire, to be a Member of the Board of Directors, both of the 
Export-Import Bank of the United States; and the nomination of 
Kenneth M. Donohue, Sr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, time to be announced, 
S-216, Capitol.
  December 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine housing 
and community development needs in America, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: December 11, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of New Hampshire, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Republic of Palau, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Central Asia and South Caucasus, to 
hold hearings to examine contributions of central Asian nations to 
the campaign against terrorism, 3 p.m., SD-419.

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  Committee on Governmental Affairs: December 11, to hold hearings 
to examine the local role in homeland security, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  December 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine security 
of the passenger and transit rail infrastructure, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: December 12, closed business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: December 10, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of David L. Bunning, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  December 11, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the 
Courts, to hold hearings to examine homeland defense issues, 
focusing on sharing information with local law enforcement, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  December 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
future of the Microsoft settlement, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  December 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, December 11, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, on OxyContin, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, December 11, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing on the settlement 
between the U.S. Government and Nextwave, Inc., to resolve disputed 
spectrum licenses, 3 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  December 12 and 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, 
hearings on H.R. 3406, Electric Supply and Transmission Act of 2001, 
1 p.m., on December 12 and 9:30 a.m., on December 13, 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, December 12, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises and 
the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing 
entitled ``The Enron Collapse: Impact on Investors and Financial 
Markets,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, December 12, hearing on ``The 
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Is It Working as 
Congress Intended?--Part II,'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  December 13, hearing on ``The FBI's Handling of Confidential 
Informants in Boston: Will the Justice Department Comply with 
Congressional Subpoenas?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, December 11, to mark up H.J. 
Res. 75, regarding the monitoring of weapons development in Iraq, as 
required by United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 (April 3, 
1991), 4 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  December 12, Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, hearing on 
Southeast Asia after 9/11: Regional Trends and U.S. Interests, 10 
a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, December 13, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 2109, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study of Virginia Key Beach, Florida, for possible 
inclusion in the National Park System; H.R. 2748, National War 
Permanent Tribute Historical Database Act; H.R. 3421, Yosemite 
National Park Educational Facilities Improvement Act; and H.R. 3425, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
feasibility of establishing Highway 49 in California, known as the 
``Golden Chain Highway'', as a National Heritage Corridor, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, December 11, to consider the following: H.R. 
3129, Customs Border Security Act of 2001; and H.R. 3295, Help 
America Vote Act of 2001, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, December 12, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on 
Addressing Sewage Treatment in the San Diego-Tijuana Border Region: 
Implementation or Title VIII of Public Law 106-457, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, December 12, 
Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, hearing 
on CIA counterterrorism needs and gaps, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: December 12, to 
hold hearings to examine the state of human rights, democracy and 
security concerns in Kyrgyzstan, focusing on human rights and 
democracy in the Central Asian region, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon Building.