[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 38 (Wednesday, April 10, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D312-D313]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 11, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: to hold hearings to examine Homeland 
Security; hearings will continue at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
2003 for the Department of Defense, focusing on military personnel 
benefits, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  Subcommittee on Strategic, to hold open and closed hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on the intelligence, surveillance, 
and reconnaissance programs of the Department of Defense (closed in 
S-407), 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold 
oversight hearings to examine proposals to improve the Housing 
Voucher Program, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to hold hearings 
to examine Enron's potential role in electricity market manipulation 
and the subsequent effect on the western states, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine various improper 
and illegal tax avoidance schemes, including the use of credit/debit 
cards to access offshore bank accounts established to conceal 
taxable income, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
proposed legislation that would establish a Department of National 
Homeland Security and a White House office to combat terrorism, 9 
a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Paul 
A. Quander, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the 
District of Columbia Offender Supervision, Defender, and Courts 
Services Agency, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine issues related to health care for patients with 
the AIDS virus, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on judicial nominations, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: to 
hold hearings to examine the enforcement of the nation's drug 
enforcement laws, focusing on small towns' ability to face the 
challenge, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State and Judiciary, on State Department Management, 10 a.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 10 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, on 
Department of Education Panel: No Child Left Behind Implementation 
Issues, 9:45 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on National Transportation Safety 
Board, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on NSF, 9:30 
a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Procurement 
and the Subcommittee on Research and Development, joint hearing on 
fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Select 
Education, hearing on the ``Corporation for National and Community 
Service,'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled ``Drinking Water Needs and 
Infrastructure,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``A 
Review of Enhanced Security Requirements at NRC Licensed 
Facilities,'' 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 2941, Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act; H.R. 3763, 
Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and 
Transparency Act of 2002; and H.R. 3764, Securities and Exchange 
Commission Authorization Act of 2002, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on ``The Importance of 
Access to Presidential Records: The Views of Historians,'' 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory 
Affairs, hearing on ``Paperwork Inflation--The Growing Burden on 
America,'' 9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement, hearing on ``Making 
Sense of Procurement's Alphabet Soup: How Purchasing Agencies Choose 
Between FSS and FTS,'' 9:30 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Colombia, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
oversight hearing on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1 p.m., 
2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: 
Operations and Fiscal Year 2003 Budget,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources,, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3470, to 
clarify the boundaries of Coastal Barrier Resources System Cape Fear 
Unit NC0907P; H.R. 3908, North American Wetlands Conservation 
Reauthorization Act; and H.R. 4044, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to provide assistance to the State of Maryland for 
implementation of a program to eradicate nutria and restore 
marshland damaged by nutria, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3718, Little San Bernadino 
Mountains Right-of-Way Act; H.R. 3258, Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees 
Act of 2001; and H.R. 3307, Vicksburg National Military Park 
Boundary Modification Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on Adequacy of FAA Oversight of 
Passenger Aircraft Maintenance, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and 
Emergency Management, oversight hearing on FEMA's Office of National 
Preparedness, 10 a.m., Rayburn 2253.
  Subcommittee on Railroads, oversight hearing on Passenger Rail in 
America: What Should It Look Like,? 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 1108, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a 
veteran after age 55 shall not result in termination of dependence 
and indemnity compensation; H.R. 2095, Reservist VA Home Loan 
Fairness Act of 2001; H.R. 2222, Veterans Life Insurance Improvement 
Act of 2001; and H.R. 3731, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to increase amounts available to State approving agencies to 
ascertain the qualifications of educational institutions for 
furnishing courses of education to veterans and eligible persons 
under the Montgomery GI Bill and under other programs of education 
administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 9 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on Welfare Reform Reauthorization Proposals, 3 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Trade, hearing to explore Permanent Normal 
Relations for Russia, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             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., HC-5 Capitol.