[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 42 (Tuesday, April 16, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D340-D341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             APRIL 17, 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 Corporation for National and Community 
Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the missile defense budget, 10 
a.m., SD-192.
  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.
  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.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings to examine 
subsistence hunting and fishing issues in the State of Alaska, 2 
p.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: 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: Subcommittee on Administrative 
Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine levels of 
jurisdiction within the Office of Homeland Security, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
  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.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and Judiciary, on SEC, 10 a.m., and on FCC, 2 p.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, oversight hearing on Energy Research-
Measuring Success, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Department of Education Panel: Foundations for Learning, 10:15 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Budget Overview, 9:30 
a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on Transportation Security 
Administration, 10 a.m., and, executive, to continue hearings on 
Transportation Security Administration, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on Secretary of the Treasury, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on NASA, 9:30 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up H.R. 4092, 
Working Toward Independence Act of 2002, 10:30 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  Committee on Financial Services to mark up H.R. 3717, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 2138 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on AIDS Orphans and 
Vulnerable Children in Africa: Identifying the Best Practices for 
Care, Treatment, and Prevention, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on The Future of NATO and 
Enlargement, 1:15 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and 
Claims, to mark up the following: H.R. 2623, Posthumous Citizenship 
Restoration Act of 2001; H.R. 3214, to amend the chapter of the 
AMVETS organization; H.R. 3838, to amend the charter of the Veterans 
of Foreign Wars of the United States organization to make members of 
the armed forces who receive special pay for duty subject to hostile 
fire or imminent danger eligible for membership in the organization; 
H.R. 3988, to amend title 36, United States Code, to clarify the 
requirements for eligibility in the American Legion; S.J. Res. 13, 
conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on Paul Yves 
Roch Gilbert du Motier, also known as the Maquis de Lafayette; and 
private relief measures, 2:30 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Science, hearing on New Directions for Climate 
Research and Technology Initiatives, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, to mark up the following: the Small 
Business Advocacy Improvement Act; H.R. 2867, Small Business 
Opportunity Act of 2001; and S. 174, Microloan Program Improvement 
Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on How Transit Serves and Benefits 
U.S. Communities, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to continue 
hearings on Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2002, 
2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on Integrating Prescription 
Drugs into Medicare, 10:30 a.m., and to mark up the following 
measures: H.J. Res. 841, disapproving the action taken by the 
President under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 transmitted to 
the Congress on March 5; and H.R. 3930, Water Quality Financing Act 
of 2002, 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 2646, to provide for the 
continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2011, 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: 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., 2118 Rayburn Building.