[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 156 (Tuesday, November 13, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1136-D1137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 14, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to resume consideration of S. 1628, to strengthen the safety 
net for agricultural producers, to enhance resource conservation and 
rural development, to provide for farm credit, agricultural 
research, nutrition, and related programs, to ensure consumers 
abundant food and fiber, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings to examine emergency operations planning and 
response in the metropolitan Washington area, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance, to hold hearings to examine hawala-
referring a creditor to a third party to receive his/her money; and 
underground terrorist financing mechanisms, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Kathleen Burton Clarke, of Utah, to be 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 
Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine the investigative report of the Thirtymile Fire 
and the prevention of future fire fatalities, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine national water supply issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, Risk, and Waste Management, to 
hold hearings on S. 1602, to help protect the public against the 
threat of chemical attack, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Gaddi H. 
Vasquez, of California, to be Director, and Josephine K. Olsen, of 
Maryland, to be Deputy Director, both of the Peace Corps, 4 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 9:15 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District 
of Columbia, to examine improvement processes concerning airline 
security, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal 
Services, to hold hearings to examine combating proliferation of 
weapons of mass destruction with non-proliferation programs and 
proposed legislation entitled the Non-Proliferation Assistance 
Coordination Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 3:15 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, 
and Government Information, to hold hearings to examine new 
technologies for terrorism prevention, focusing on biometric 
identifiers, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, 
Rural Development and Research, hearing to review the Buena Vista 
Watershed Proposal, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to consider an amendment to the 
Defense appropriations bill, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing on ``Economic 
Recovery and Assistance to Workers-Minority Day,'' 2 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on `` `Beck' Rights 
2001: Are Worker Rights Being Adequately Enforced?'' 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on ``Comprehensive Medical 
Care for Bioterrorism Exposure--Are We Making Evidence-Based 
Decisions? What are the Research Needs? 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the Message is 
America: Rethinking U.S. Public Diplomacy, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the 
implementation legislation for the International Convention for the 
Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the International Convention 
for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism; followed by 
markup of H.R. 3209, Anti-Hoax Terrorism Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, hearing on H.R. 3178, Water Infrastructure 
Security and Research Development Act, and the Development of Anti-
Terrorism Tools for Water Infrastructure, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, to mark up H.R. 3230, American Small 
Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing to review the roles of the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Defense in educating the Nation's medical 
students and current health care professionals to diagnose and treat 
casualties of weapons of mass destruction, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing to 
review Intelligence Community Analytic Activities, 2:30 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 2506, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 10:30 a.m., 
S-128, Capitol.
  Conference: meeting of conferees on S. 1447, to improve aviation 
security, 3 p.m., Room to be announced.