[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 31 (Monday, March 18, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D250-D251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 19, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and the Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, and the Federal Trade Commission, 10 
a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of 
the Treasury, focusing on the International Affairs Programs, 2 
p.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of 
the Navy and Air Force military construction, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
worldwide threat to United States interests (to be followed by 
closed hearings in SH-219), 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on maximizing fleet presence capability, ship 
procurement, and research and development, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to resume 
oversight hearings to examine accounting and investor protection 
issues raised by the fall of the Enron Corporation and by other 
public companies; followed by a vote on the nominations of JoAnn 
Johnson, of Iowa, to be a Member of the National Credit Union 
Administration Board, and Deborah Matz, of New York, to be a Member 
of the National Credit Union Administration Board, 9:30 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Vice Admiral Thomas Collins to be 
Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Fisheries, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the budget of the United States Coast 
Guard, 3 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine mobility, congestion, and intermodalism, focusing on fresh 
ideas for transportation demand, access, mobility, and program 
flexibility, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.

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  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family 
Policy, with the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold joint 
hearings to examine working families and child care issues, 2:30 
p.m., SD-215.
  Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, with the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on 
Children and Families, to hold joint hearings to examine affordable 
child care and improving links between the welfare work requirements 
and child care for low income, working families, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine threat 
reduction of chemical and biological weapons, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. Res. 213, 
condemning human rights violations in Chechnya and urging a 
political solution to the conflict; H.R. 2739, to amend Public Law 
107-10 to require a United States plan to endorse and obtain 
observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health 
Assembly in May 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland; and S. Res. 205, urging 
the Government of Ukraine to ensure a democratic, transparent, and 
fair election process leading up to the March 31, 2002, 
parliamentary elections, 2:15 p.m., S-116 Capitol.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to continue hearings 
on Federal workplace reform proposals, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Children and Families, with the Committee on Finance, 
Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, to hold joint 
hearings to examine working families and child care issues, 2:30 
p.m., SD-215.
  Subcommittee on Children and Families, with the Committee on 
Finance, Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, to hold 
joint hearings to examine affordable child care and improving links 
between the welfare work requirements and child care for low income, 
working families, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Terrence L. O'Brian, of Wyoming, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Tenth Circuit; the nomination of Lance M. Africk, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana; 
the nomination of Paul G. Cassell, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Utah; and the nomination of Legrome D. 
Davis, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services and Education, on National Institutes of Health 
Panel: Fundamental Research: Biomedical Science in the Future, 2 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies, on Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 9:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, 
hearing on the U.S. defense industrial base, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing on the reauthorization of the Natural Gas Pipeline 
Safety Act and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and 
Claims, oversight hearing on ``The INS March 2002 Notification of 
Approval of Change of Status for Pilot Training for Terrorist 
Hijackers Mohammed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi,'' 4 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation 
and Public Lands, hearing on the following: H.R. 2982, to authorize 
the establishment of a memorial within the area in the District of 
Columbia referred to in the Commemorative Works Act as ``Area I'' or 
``Area II'' to the victims of terrorist attacks on the United 
States, to provide for the design and construction of such a 
memorial; H.R. 3380, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines within the 
boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park; and a measure to 
designate and provide for the management of the Shoshone National 
Recreation Trail, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on H.R. 3881, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in studies 
relating to enlarging Pueblo Dam and Reservoir and Sugar Loaf Dam 
and Turquoise Lake, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado, 10:30 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 3925, Digital 
Tech Corps Act of 2002; and H. Con. Res. 353, establishing the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal 
year 2003 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of 
fiscal years 2004 through 2007, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, 
Agriculture and Technology, hearing on Access to Health Care in 
Rural America, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Joint Military Intelligence Programs/Tactical Intelligence and 
Related Activities, 4 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, 9 
a.m., 1300 LHOB.