[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 22 (Tuesday, March 5, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D171-D173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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: 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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  Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Army budget, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  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.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and 
Management Support, to hold hearings to examine financial management 
issues of the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  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.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold 
oversight hearings to examine accounting and investor protection 
issues raised by Enron and other public companies, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  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.
  Committee on the Budget: 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: Subcommittee 
on Communications, to hold hearings to examine wireless 
communications infrastructure in the United States, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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 Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
terrorist nuclear threat, focusing on dirty bombs and basement 
nukes, 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
monitoring of accountability and competition in the Federal and 
Service Contract Workforce, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on 
Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, on 
Secretary of State, 10 a.m., and on FBI, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Fiscal Year 2003 Navy/Marine Corps 
Budget Overview, 9:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Department of 
Energy, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Navy, 9:30 a.m., and on 
Air Force, 1:30 p.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on U.S. Coast Guard, 1 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on FEMA, 9:30 
a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, to continue hearings on the fiscal 
year 2003 National Defense authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 
and to mark up H.R. 2581, Export Administration Act of 2001, 5:30 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Department of Agriculture 
Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2003, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Select 
Education, to mark up the following: H.R. 3784, Museum and Libraries 
Services Act of 2002; and Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 
2002, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
titled ``Reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act,'' 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, to mark up 
H.R. 3833, Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002, 2 
p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 2941, Brownfields 
Redevelopment Enhancement Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Government Reform, 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.
  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, 11 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of H.R. 2146, Two 
Strikes and 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. 3297, Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety 
Officers' Benefit Act of 2001, 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing and 
markup 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.
  Committee on Resources, oversight hearing on Canada Lynx 
Interagency National Survey and Endangered Species Data Collection, 
10 a.m.. 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Learning from 9/11 Understanding 
the Collapse of the World Trade Center, 12 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``SBREFA Compliance: 
Is it the Same Old Story,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on H.R. 3479, National Aviation Capacity Expansion 
Act, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, to 
continue hearings on Social Security Improvement for Women, Seniors, 
and Working Americans, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, on Weekly 
Intelligence Update, 1 p.m., and executive, hearing on Fiscal Year 
2002 Counterterrorism Supplemental, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, 
hearing on NSA Counterterrorism, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine reforms to 
the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, focusing on 
efficiency and effectiveness, 10 a.m., 311, Cannon Building.