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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2001-11-01” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1078-D1079 on Oct. 31, 2001.
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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.
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.
