[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 20 (Friday, March 1, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D155-D159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                       CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of March 4 through March 9, 2002

                             Senate Chamber

   On  Monday,  at 6 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 565, 
Election Reform, with a vote on the motion to close further debate on 
the bill to occur at 6:15 p.m.
   On  Tuesday,  Senate will continue consideration of S. 565, Election 
Reform.
   During the balance of the week, Senate expects to resume 
consideration of S. 517, Energy Policy Act, and any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                            Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
    Special Committee on Aging:  March 4, to hold hearings to 
examine physical and sexual abuse in nursing homes, focusing on 
improving coordination among law enforcement and other agencies of 
jurisdiction, 1:30 p.m., SD-628.
    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry:  March 6, to 
hold hearings on the nominations of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, and to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural 
Development, Nancy Southard Bryson, of the District of Columbia, to 
be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, and Grace 
Trujillo Daniel, of California, and Fred L. Dailey, of Ohio, each to 
be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural 
Mortgage Corporation, Farm Credit Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
    Committee on Appropriations:  March 5, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the U.S. Supreme Court and 
the Federal Judiciary, 10 a.m., SD-138.
   March 5, Subcommittee on Military Construction, to hold hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department 
of Defense, including defense-wide, defense agencies, and Army 
military construction, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
   March 6, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.

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   March 6, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Army budget, 10 a.m., 
SD-192.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for democracy 
and human rights programs of the Department of State and the Agency 
for International Development, 10 a.m., SD-124.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2003 for the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal 
Communications Commission, 10 a.m., SR-253.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings to 
examine the future of Amtrak, 10 a.m., SD-138.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Energy, 
10 a.m., SD-124.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2003 for the Department of Health and Human Services, 11 a.m., 
SD-192.
   March 8, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Burueau of Reclamation, 
Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-138.
    Committee on Armed Services:  March 5, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the 
Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing 
on unified and regional commanders, military strategy and 
operational requirements, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
   March 5, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003, focusing on 
Marine Corps modernization programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings to examine financial management issues of the 
Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SR-222.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal 
year 2003 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
nonproliferation programs of the Department of Energy and the 
Cooperative Threat Reduction program of the Department of Defense, 
2:30 p.m., SR-222.
   March 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of 
Defense, and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Strategic, to hold hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on the Ballistic Missile Defense 
program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:  March 5, to 
hold oversight hearings to examine accounting and investor 
protection issues raised by Enron and other public companies, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
   March 6, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
accounting and investor protection issues raised by Enron and other 
public companies, 10 a.m., SD-538.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the proposed reauthorization of the 
HUD McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistant Act Programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-
538.
   March 7, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
the semi-annual report on Monetary Policy of the Federal Reserve, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
    Committee on the Budget:  March 6, to hold hearings to examine 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003, 
focusing on analysis of the Congressional Budget Office, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:  March 6, 
Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to examine wireless 
communications infrastructure in the United States, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:  March 7, 
Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 1069, 
to amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority 
relating to land acquisition from willing sellers from the majority 
of the trails in the System; S. 213, to amend the National Trails 
System Act to update the feasibility and suitability studies of 4 
national historic trails and provide for possible additions to such 
trails; H.R.1384, to amend the National Trails System Act to 
designate the Navajo Long Walk to Bosque Redondo as a national 
historic trail; and S. 1946, to amend the National Trails System Act 
to designate the Old Spanish Trail as a National Historic Trail, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
    Committee on Environment and Public Works:  March 6, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 975, to improve environmental policy by 
providing assistance for State and tribal land use planning, to 
promote improved quality of life, regionalism, and sustainable 
economic development; and S. 1079, to amend the Public Works and 
Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide assistance to 
communities for the redevelopment of brownfield sites, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-406.
    Committee on Finance:  March 7, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposal for Medicare modernization, 10 a.m., SD-215.
    Committee on Foreign Relations:  March 6, to hold hearings to 
examine the terrorist nuclear threat, focusing on dirty bombs and 
basement nukes, 10 a.m., SD-419.
   March 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine two optional 
protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, both of 
which were adopted at New York, May 25, 2000: (1) The Optional 
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on Involvement 
of Children in Armed Conflict; and (2) The Optional Protocol to the 
Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child 
Prostitution and Child Pornography, signed on July 5, 2000 (Treaty 
Doc. 106-37), 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
    Committee on Governmental Affairs:  March 5, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of Jeanette J. Clark, to be an

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Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 
2:30 p.m., SD-342.
   March 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
monitoring of accountability and competition in the Federal and 
Service Contract Workforce, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
   March 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine public 
health and natural resources, focusing on implementation of 
environmental laws, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
    Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:  March 5, 
to hold hearings to examine the dangers of cloning and the promise 
of regenerative medicine, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Public Health, to hold hearings to 
examine the improvement of surveillance of chronic conditions and 
potential links to environmental exposures, 10 a.m., SD-430.
    Committee on Indian Affairs:  March 5, to hold hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for Indian 
programs, 10 a.m., SR-485.
   March 7, Full Committee, to resume hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for Indian programs, 10 
a.m., SR-485.
    Select Committee on Intelligence:  March 6, to hold closed 
hearings on pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
    Committee on the Judiciary:  March 5, to hold hearings on 
pending executive branch nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition and Business and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine cable competition, 
focusing on the Echostar-Direct TV merger, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
   March 7, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
    Committee on Veterans' Affairs:  March 7, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentations of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, 
Jewish War Veterans, Blinded Veterans Association, the Non-
Commissioned Officers Association, and the Military Order of the 
Purple Heart, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.


                              House Chamber

   To be announced.


                            House Committees

    Committee on Appropriations,  March 5, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services and Education, on Inspector General Panel, 
2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
   March 5, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on Marketing and 
Regulatory Programs, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, 
on Secretary of State, 10 a.m., and on FBI, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Defense, on Fiscal Year 2003 Navy/Marine 
Corps Budget Overview, 9:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on 
Department of Energy, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Interior, on National Endowment for the 
Humanities, 10 a.m., and on National Endowment for the Arts, 11 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Secretary of Health and Human Service's Budget 
Overview, 9:45 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Navy, 9:30 
a.m., and on Air Force, 1:30 p.m., B-300 Rayburn.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Transportation, on U.S. Coast Guard, 1 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, 10 a.m., on 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
   March 6, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
FEMA, 9:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on Food, Nutrition and 
Consumer Services, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, 
on Federal Judiciary, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol, and on Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, executive, 
on Department of Energy-National Nuclear Security Administration, 10 
a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Agencies, on Export Financing, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Interior, on Geological Survey, 10 a.m., 
B-308 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Health Resources and Services Administration, 9:45 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Pacific 
Command, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Transportation, on National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 10 a.m., and on 
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, 11 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
    Committee on Armed Services,  March 5, Subcommittee on Military 
Procurement, hearing on recommendations on crisis response 
capabilities to incidents of domestic terrorism, 3 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
   March 6, full Committee, to continue hearings on the fiscal year 
2003 National Defense authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.

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   March 6, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the 
Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, joint hearing on 
recommendations on the Department of Defense acquisition programs, 2 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, 
hearing on the fiscal year 2003 National Defense authorization 
budget request, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Military Personnel and the Subcommittee 
on Health of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, joint hearing on 
health care sharing by the Department of Defense and Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on the adequacy of 
the fiscal year 2003 budget request to meet readiness needs, 2:30 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
    Committee on the Budget,  March 6, hearing on the Department of 
Agriculture Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2003, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
   March 7, hearing on the Department of State Budget Priorities 
Fiscal Year 2003, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
    Committee on Education and the Workforce,  March 6, Subcommittee 
on Select Education, to mark up the following: H.R. 3784, Museum and 
Libraries Services Act of 2002; and the Protection of Children and 
Families Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on 
``Flexibility in the Workforce: Does the Fair Labor Standards Act 
Accommodate Today's Workers?'' 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Education Reform, to mark up H.R. 3801, 
to provide for improvement of Federal education research, 
statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
    Committee on Energy and Commerce,  March 6, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing titled ``Reauthorization of the Prescription Drug 
User Fee Act,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
    Committee on Financial Services,  March 5, Subcommittee on 
International Monetary Policy and Trade, to continue hearings 
entitled ``Argentina's Economic Meltdown -- Causes and Remedies,'' 
1:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing on H.R. 2941, Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, to consider H.R. 3717, Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act 
of 2002, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
    Committee on Government Reform,  March 6, Subcommittee on 
Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental 
Affairs, hearing on ``Lessons Learned from the Government 
Information Security Reform Act of 2000,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement, hearing on 
the Services Acquisition Reform Act, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
   March 8, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on 
``Economic Development in the District of Columbia: The Role of 
National Capital Revitalization Corporation,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
    Committee on International Relations,  March 6, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on a Review of 
the Department of State's Human Rights Reports from the Victim's 
Perspective, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
   March 7, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Policy Considerations in 
Tibet, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
    Committee on the Judiciary,  March 5, Subcommittee on Crime, 
oversight hearing on ``The Office of Justice Programs Part One -- 
Coordination and Duplication,'' 4 p.m., 22376 Rayburn.
   March 6, full Committee, to continue mark up of H.R. 2146, Two 
Strikes You're Out Child Protection Act, and to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 2341, Class Action Fairness Act of 2001; and 
H.R. 3291, Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety 
Officers' Benefit Act of 2001, 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing and mark up of the following bills: H.R. 2054, to give the 
consent of Congress to an agreement or compact between Utah and 
Nevada regarding a change in the boundaries of those States; H.R. 
3180, to consent to certain amendments to the New Hampshire-Vermont 
Interstate School Compact; and H.R. 1448, to clarify the tax 
treatment of bonds and other obligations issued by the Government of 
American Samoa, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on 
``HUD's `Legislative Guidebook' and its Potential Impact on Property 
Rights and Small Businesses, including Minority-Owned Businesses,'' 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on ``The Office 
of Justice Programs Part Two -- Evaluation of Effectiveness,'' 10 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
    Committee on Resources,  March 6, oversight hearing on Canada 
Lynx Interagency National Survey and Endangered Species Data 
Collection, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National 
Marine Fisheries Service Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2003, 2 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the 
following bills:  H.R. 3480, Upper Mississippi River Basin 
Protection Act of 2001; and H.R. 3606, Wallowa Lake Dam 
Rehabilitation and Water Management Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
    Committee on Rules,  March 5, to consider H. Con. Res. 275, 
expressing the sense of the Congress that hunting seasons for 
migratory mourning doves should be modified so that individuals have 
a fair and equitable opportunity to hunt such birds, 5 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
    Committee on Science,  March 6, hearing on Learning from 9/11 -- 
Understanding the Collapse of the World Trade Center, 12 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Research, hearing on Meeting the Demands 
of the Knowledge Based Economy: Strengthening Undergraduate Science, 
Mathematics and Engineering Education, 10:30 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.

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   March 7, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on A 
Review of Civil Aeronautics Research and Development, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
    Committee on Small Business,  March 6, hearing entitled ``SBREFA 
Compliance: Is it the Same Old Story,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
    Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,  March 6, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on H.R. 3479, National Aviation 
Capacity Expansion Act, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on Amtrak Status:  
Successes and Failures of Amtrak and of the Amtrak Reform and 
Accountability Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
oversight hearing on the Coast Guard Fiscal Year 2003 Budget, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
oversight hearing on Impacts of a Reduced Corps of Engineers' 
Budget, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
    Committee on Ways and Means,  March 5, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing on the Administration's Unemployment 
Administrative Financing Reform Initiative, 12 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
   March 5, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Employee and 
Employer Views on Retirement Security, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings on 
Social Security Improvement for Women, Seniors, and Working 
Americans, 10 a. m., B-318 Rayburn.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Health Quality and 
Medical Errors, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
   March 7, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on 
Implementation of Welfare Reform Work Requirements and Time Limits, 
9:30 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
    Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,  March 6, executive, 
on Weekly Intelligence Update, 1:30 p.m., and executive, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2002 Counterterrorism Supplemental, 3 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.
   March 6, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
executive, hearing on NSA Counterterrorism, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

    Joint Meetings:  March 7, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
to examine the legislative presentations of the Paralyzed Veterans 
of America, Jewish War Veterans, Blinded Veterans Association, the 
Non-Commissioned Officers Association, and the Military Order of the 
Purple Heart, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.