[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 162 (Wednesday, November 28, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





           COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine funding 
for bioterrorism preparedness, 9 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine housing and community development needs, focusing on the 
fiscal year 2003 housing and urban development budget, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to mark up S. 525, to 
expand trade benefits to certain Andean countries; and S. 1209, to 
amend the Trade Act of 1974 to consolidate and improve the trade 
adjustment assistance programs, to provide community-based economic 
development assistance for trade-affected communities, 9 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the nomination 
of John V. Hanford III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for 
International Religious Freedom; the nomination of Arthur E. Dewey, 
of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Population, 
Refugees, and Migration; and the nomination of John D. Ong, of Ohio, 
to be Ambassador to Norway, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of James David 
McGee, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland; the 
nomination of Kenneth P. Moorefield, of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
the Gabonese Republic; and the nomination of John Price, of Utah, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Federal and Islamic Republic of The Comoros and Ambassador to 
the Republic of Seychelles, 3:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to resume hearings to 
examine combating proliferation of weapons of mass destruction with 
non-proliferation programs and proposed legislation entitled the 
Non-Proliferation Assistance Coordination Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider 
subcommittee membership; S. 986, to allow media coverage of court 
proceedings; S. 304, to reduce illegal drug use and trafficking and 
to help provide appropriate drug education, prevention, and 
treatment programs; S. Res. 140, designating the week beginning 
September 15, 2002, as ``National Civic Participation Week''; and H. 
Con. Res. 88, expressing the sense of the Congress that the 
President should issue a proclamation recognizing a National Lao-
Hmong Recognition Day; and pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, hearing on ``Risk 
Communication: National Security and Public Health,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Implementation of 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet 
and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on ``The Operations and 
Federal Judicial Misconduct and Recusal Statutes,'' 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 556, 
Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act; and H.R. 3215, 
Combatting Illegal Gambling Reform and Modernization Act, 2 p.m., 
1137 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 2299, making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 3 p.m., H-
140, Capitol.