[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 40 (Friday, April 12, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D327-D329]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 15 through April 20, 2002

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 3525, 
U.S. Border Security.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 517, Energy Policy 
Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to continue 
consideration of S. 517, Energy Policy Act, and any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: April 16, Subcommittee on 
Transportation, to hold hearings to examine aviation safety and 
capacity issues, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  April 17, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for 
the Corporation for National and Community Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-
138.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the missile defense 
budget, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Offices of 
the Secretary of the Senate and the Architect of the Capitol, 10:30 
a.m., SD-124.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to hold 
hearings on the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for 
certain law enforcement activities, 1:30 p.m., SD-192.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of the 
Interior, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings on the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for 
the Office of Environmental Management and the Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-
138.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to 
continue hearings on the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2003 for certain law enforcement activities, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 16, to 
hold hearings to examine the Technology Administration and the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, including the 
Advanced Technology Program, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  April 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  April 19, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and 
Tourism, to hold hearings to examine Canadian wheat 301 decisions, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 18, Subcommittee 
on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 1441, to establish 
the Oil Region National Heritage Area, S. 1526, to establish the 
Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area in the State of Georgia, S. 
1638, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the French Colonial 
Heritage Area in the State of Missouri as a unit of the National 
Park System; S. 1809/H.R. 1776, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of establishing 
the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in west Houston, Texas, S. 
1939, to establish the Great Basin National Heritage Area, Nevada 
and Utah, and S. 2033/H.R. 4004, to authorize appropriations for the 
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor in 
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 3 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 16, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine U.S. Mexican relations, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: April 16, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District 
of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine problems relating to the 
availability and use of fake or fraudulently issued driver's 
licenses, focusing on what State and Federal governments can do to 
improve the system, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  April 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the state of 
public health preparedness for terrorism involving weapons of mass 
destruction, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 16, to 
hold oversight hearings to examine medical privacy issues, 10 a.m., 
SH-216.
  April 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine workplace 
injury issues, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 17, to hold hearings on 
the nomination of John Leonard Helgerson, of Virginia, to be 
Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency; to be followed by 
closed hearings (in Room SH-219), 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 16, Subcommittee on Crime and 
Drugs, to hold hearings to examine the Violence Against Women 
Office, Department of Justice, 10:15 a.m., SD-226.

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  April 17, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, 
to hold hearings to examine levels of jurisdiction within the Office 
of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Constitution, to hold hearings to 
examine the application of the War Powers Resolution to the war on 
terrorism, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  April 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
restructuring issues within the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, Department of Justice, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, April 16, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, on NIH Panel: Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 16, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
public witnesses, 10 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, 
on SEC, 10 a.m., and on FCC, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Interior, oversight hearing on Energy 
Research--Measuring Success, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Department of Education Panel: Foundations for 
Learning, 10:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Budget 
Overview, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Transportation 
Security Administration, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General 
Government, on Secretary of the Treasury, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
NASA, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, 
on Bureau of Prisons, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  April 18, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on Economic 
Development, 1:30 p.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, on Fiscal Year 2002 Supplemental and Fiscal Year 
2003 Regular Appropriations Requests for Security Assistance and 
Assistance to the Front Line States, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Interior, on Congressional Witnesses, 10 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Congressional Witnesses, 9:45 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Transportation, executive, to continue 
hearings on the Transportation Security Administration, 1 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General 
Government, on Customs/Trade Issue, 9:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
American Battle Monuments Commission, 9:30 a.m., on Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, 10:30 a.m., and on Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board, 11:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 16, hearing on 
Equal Educational Choices for Parents, 3 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Education Reform, hearing on Special 
Education Finance at the Federal, State and Local Levels, 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 17, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Creating a Medicare Prescription Drug 
Benefit: Assessing Efforts to Help America's Low-Income Seniors,'' 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on H.R. 2037, Protection of Lawful Commerce in 
Arms Act, 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled 
``A Review of the President's Recommendation to Development a 
Nuclear Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada,'' 9:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 16, to continue markup of 
H.R. 3763, Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, 
and Transparency Act of 2002, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Encouraging 
Capital Formation and Key Sectors of the Economy,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, April 15, Subcommittee on 
Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental 
Relations, hearing on ``Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service: 
The Commissioner's Final Report,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 16, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs and 
International Relations, hearing on Combating Terrorism: Axis of 
Evil, Multilateral Containment or Unilateral Confrontation? 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  April 18, full Committee, hearing on ``The Autism Epidemic--Is the 
NIH and CDC Response Adequate?'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, April 17, hearing on AIDS 
Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa: Identifying the Best 
Practices for Care, Treatment, and Prevention, 10:15 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on The Future of NATO 
and Enlargement, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on The Chad-Cameroon 
Pipeline: A New Model for Natural Resource Development, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing 
on Words Have Consequences: The Impact

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of Incitement Anti-American and Anti-Semitic Propaganda on American 
Interests in the Middle East, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, April 16, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Recreation and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
1906, to amend the Act that established the Pu'uhonua O Honaunau 
National Historical Park to expand the boundaries of that park; H.R. 
2818, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
public land within the Sand Mountain Wilderness Study Area in the 
State of Idaho to resolve an occupancy encroachment dating back to 
1971; and H.R. 3936, to designate and provide for the management of 
the Shoshone National Recreation Trail, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  April 17, full Committee, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
103, Tribal Sovereignty Protection Act; H.R. 3534, Cherokee, 
Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations Claims Settlement Act; and H.R. 3476, 
to protect certain lands held in fee by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno 
Mission Indians from condemnation until a final decision is made by 
the Secretary of the Interior regarding a pending fee to trust 
application for that land, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3558, Species 
Protection and Conservation of the Environment Act; H.R. 3908, North 
American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act; and H.R. 4044, 
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, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on ``Oil and Gas Resource Assessment Methodology,'' 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, April 16, to consider H.R. 476, Child Custody 
Protection Act, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, April 17, hearing on New Directions for 
Climate Research and Technology Initiatives, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on Space 
Shuttle and Space Launch Initiative, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 17, to mark up the following: 
the Small Business Advocacy Improvement Act; H.R. 2867, Small 
Business Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2001; and S. 174, Microloan 
Program Improvement Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 17, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on How Transit Serves 
and Benefits U.S. Communities, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to 
continue hearings on Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act 
of 2002, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Aviation, to mark up the following: the 
National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization; H.R. 1979, to 
amend title 49, United States Code, to provide assistance for the 
construction of certain air traffic control towards; and Airport 
Project Streamlining, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings 
and Emergency Management, hearing on H.R. 3947, Federal Property 
Asset Management Reform Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 18, Subcommittee on 
Benefits, hearing on H.R. 4015, Jobs for Veterans Act, 9 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 16, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Promoting Disease Management in Medicare, 3 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  April 17, full Committee, hearing on Integrating Prescription 
Drugs into Medicare, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 16, Subcommittee 
on Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, executive, 
hearing on Human Intelligence, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  April 17, full Committee, executive, briefing regarding U.S. 
intelligence relationships with parties in the Israeli-Palestinian 
conflict, 1:30 p.m.; and executive hearing on National Imagery and 
Mapping Agency, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: April 17, to hold hearings to examine 
the monetary policy and the economic outlook in the context of the 
current economic situation, focusing on the economic rebound now 
underway, 10 a.m., Room to be announced.