[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 27 (Tuesday, March 12, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D215-D217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 13, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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 Housing and Urban 
Development, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for 
the Department of Commerce, 10:30 a.m., SD-116.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Library of Congress 
and the Congressional Research Service, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.

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  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
2003 for the Department of Defense Health Program, 9:30 a.m., SR-
232A.
  Subcommittee on Strategic, 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 Ballistic Missile Defense acquisition policy and oversight, 2:30 
p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold 
oversight hearings on the implementation of the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century (105-178), 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Robert Watson Cobb, of 
Maryland, to be Inspector General, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the economic and environmental risks associated with 
increasing greenhouse gas emmissions, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Robert Patrick John Finn, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
Afghanistan, 5 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to resume hearings to examine 
public health and natural resources, focusing on implementation of 
environmental laws, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, 
and Government Information, to hold hearings to examine the 
worldwide connection between drugs and terrorism, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on 
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, on Supreme 
Court, 10 a.m., and on Small Business Administration, 2 p.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Defense Transformation, 9:30 a.m., H-
140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Department of 
Energy-Science, Nuclear Energy and Renewable Energy, 10 a.m., 2362B 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on Administrator of Agency for International Development, 
10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Forest Service, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on National Institutes of Health Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Overview, 
11 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Housing Privatization, 
9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on FAA, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, 
on GSA, 10 a.m., H-144 Capitol, and on U.S. Postal Service, 2 p.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies, on Office of Science Technology Policy, 
9:30 a.m., and on Department of Defense-Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, 
Army, 10:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the fiscal year 2003 
Department of Energy budget request, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the fiscal year 
2002 National Defense Authorization budget request, 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on competitive 
sourcing/outscourcing/A-76 and strategic sourcing, 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, to mark up Fiscal Year 2003 Budget 
Resolution, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, to mark up H.R. 3801, Education Sciences Reform 
Act of 2002, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
``Assessing Mental Health Parity: Implications for Patients and 
Employers,'' 3 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``The 2003 Budget: A Review of the HHS Health Care 
Priorities,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on H.R. 3763, Corporate 
and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act of 
2002, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government 
Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Affairs, 
hearing on ``The Use and Abuse of Government Purchase Cards,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe, 
hearing on U.S. and Europe: The Bush Administration and 
Transatlantic Relations, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, oversight hearing on the National Academy 
of Science Interim Report on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the 
Klamath River Basin, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on the 
Energy Pipeline Research, Development, and Demonstration Act, 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Research, hearing on the NSF Budget: How Should We 
Determine Future Levels? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on ``Subsidy Rate 
Calculation: Unfair Tax on Small Business,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight hearing on Port 
Security: Shipping Containers, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on the 
Water Quality Financing Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Information program, with a review of VA's integrated systems 
architecture plan, Veterans Benefits Administration's VETSNET 
program, information security, Veterans Health Administration's 
Decision Support Systems, and the Government Computer-Based Patient 
Record Program, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following: Committee 
Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2003 for submission to 
the Committee on the Budget; and H.R. 3669, Employee Retirement 
Savings Bill of Rights, 1:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, hearing on Unmanned 
Vehicle Programs, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 2646, to provide for the 
continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2011, 4 
p.m., HC-5 Capitol.