[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 43 (Wednesday, April 17, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D348-D349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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: business 
meeting to consider S. 1991, to establish a national rail passenger 
transportation system, reauthorize Amtrak, improve security and 
service on Amtrak; S. 2039, to expand aviation capacity in the 
Chicago area; S. 1220, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation 
to establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, 
or improvement of railroad track; S. 1739, to authorize grants to 
improve security on over-the-road buses; S. 1750, to make technical 
corrections to the HAZMAT provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act; S. 
1871, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a rail 
transportation security risk assessment; H.R. 2546, to amend title 
49, United States Code, to prohibit States from requiring a license 
or fee on account of the fact that a motor vehicle is providing 
interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service; and pending 
nominations, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings on S. 1441/H.R. 695, 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 Are in the State of Missouri as a unit of the National Park 
System; S. 1809, 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, 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 Finance: to hold hearings to examine corporate 
governance and executive compensation, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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: to hold 
hearings to examine workplace injury issues, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State and Judiciary, on Bureau of Prisons, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on Economic Development, 
1:30 p.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Congressional Witnesses, 10 a.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Congressional Witnesses, 9:45 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, 
on Customs/Trade Issue, 9:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on 21st 
Century Competitiveness, to mark up H.R. 4092, Working Toward 
Independence Act of 2002, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Education Reform, hearing on Special Education 
Finance at the Federal, State and Local Levels, 2 p.m., 2261 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled ``A 
Review of the President's Recommendation to Develop a Nuclear Waste 
Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary 
Policy, Technology, and Economic Growth, hearing entitled 
``Encouraging Capital Formation in Key Sectors of the Economy,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on ``The Autism Epidemic--
Is the NIH and CDC Response Adequate?'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
hearing on The Chad-Cameroon Pipeline: A New Model for Natural 
Resource Development, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on Words 
Have Consequences: The Impact of Incitement Anti-American and Anti-
Semitic Propaganda on American Interests in the Middle East, 11 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following measures: 
H.R. 1577, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act 
of 2001; H.R. 1877, Child Sex Wiretapping Act of 2001; H.R. 2624, 
Law Enforcement Tribute Act; H.R. 3375, Embassy Employee 
Compensation Act; H.R. 3892, Judicial Improvements Act of 2002; H.R. 
3482, Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2001; H.R. 2054, To give the 
consent of Congress to an agreement or compact between Utah and 
Nevada regarding a change in the boundaries of those States; H.R. 
1448, to clarify the tax treatment of bonds and other obligations 
issues by the Government of American Samoa; H.R. 3180, To consent to 
certain amendments to the New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School 
Compact; H.R. 2621, Consumer Product Protection Act of 2001; H.R. 
3215, Combating Illegal Gambling Reform and Modernization Act; H.R. 
2068, To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change 
certain general and permanent laws, related to public buildings, 
property, and works, as title 40, United States Code, ``Public 
Buildings, Property, and Works;'' H.R. 1452, Family Reunification 
Act of 2001; and private claims bills, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on ``Oil and Gas Resource Assessment 
Methodology,'' 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 1906, to amend the Act that 
established the Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Park to expand the 
boundaries of that park: H.R. 2388, National Heritage Areas Policy 
Act of 2001; H.R. 2643, Fort Clatsop Memorial Expansion Act of 2001; 
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; H.R. 3258, Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act of 2001; 
H.R. 3307, Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification 
Act; and H.R. 3936, to designate and provide for the management of 
the Shoshone National Recreation Trail, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on Space Shuttle and Space Launch Initiative, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 towers; and Airport Project Streamlining, 10:30 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on H.R. 4015, Jobs for Veterans Act, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, to 
mark up H.R. 4090, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family 
Promotion Act of 2002, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.