[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 171 (Tuesday, December 11, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1238-D1239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           DECEMBER 12, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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 Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Harold Craig Manson, of California, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, the nomination of 
Kathleen Burton Clarke, of Utah, to be Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management, the nomination of Jeffrey D. Jarrett, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement, and the nomination of Rebecca W. 
Watson, of Montana, to be Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals 
Management, all of the Department of the Interior; and the 
nomination of Michael Smith, of Oklahoma, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Fossil Energy, the nomination of Margaret S.Y. Chu, of New 
Mexico, to be Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste 
Management, and the nomination of Beverly Cook, of Idaho, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health, all of the 
Department of Energy, Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to mark up H. R. 3005, to 
extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade 
agreements; and to consider the nomination of Richard Clarida, of 
Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, the 
nomination of Kenneth Lawson, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Enforcement, and the nomination of B. John Williams, Jr., of 
Virginia, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and 
Assistant General Counsel, all of the Department of the Treasury; 
the nomination of Janet Hale, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Management and Budget, and the nomination of Joan E. Ohl, of 
West Virginia, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, 
both of the Department of Health and Human Services; and the 
nomination of James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, to be Deputy 
Commissioner of Social Security, and the nomination of Harold Daub, 
of Nebraska, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board, 
both of the Social Security Administration, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
1779, to authorize the establishment of ``Radio Free Afghanistan''; 
H.R. 3167, to endorse the vision of further enlargement of the NATO 
Alliance articulated by President George W. Bush on June 15, 2001, 
and by former President William J. Clinton on October 22, 1996; S. 
Con. Res. 86, expressing the sense of Congress that women from all 
ethnic groups in Afghanistan should participate in the economic and 
political reconstruction of Afghanistan; H. Con. Res. 77, expressing 
the sense of the Congress regarding the efforts of people of the 
United States of Korean ancestry to reunite with their family 
members in North Korea; 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 the Congress with respect to the 
Government of Burma; and pending nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the future 
of the Microsoft settlement, 10 a.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up H.R. 3343, to amend 
title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing on H.R. 3406, 
Electric Supply and Transmission Act of 2001, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, hearing on ``The National Vaccine 
Injury Compensation Program: Is It Working as Congress Intended?--
Part II,'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: H.J. Res. 75, regarding the monitoring of weapons 
development in Iraq, as required by United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 687 (April 3, 1991); and H. Con. Res. 273, reaffirming 
the special relationship between the United States and the Republic 
of the Philippines, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  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 the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet 
and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on

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``The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 104 Report,'' 2 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following Conference Reports: 
H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; S. 1438, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002; and H.R. 3061, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and 
Standards, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2733, Enterprise 
Integration Act of 2001; and H.R. 2486, Tropical Cyclone Inland 
Forecasting Improvement and Warning System Development Act of 2001, 
11 a.m., 2325 Rayburn,
  Subcommittee on Research, to mark up H.R. 2051, to provide for the 
establishment of regional plant genome and gene expression research 
and development center, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: 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.