[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 46 (Tuesday, April 23, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D376-D377]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             APRIL 24, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings to examine reformation efforts of the District of 
Columbia Family Court, 9:30 a.m., SD-116.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the 
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation and Community Development 
Financial Institutions Fund, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of State, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the National Guard and Reserve, 
10 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to hold hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy, 1:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings on S. 2037, to 
mobilize technology and science experts to respond quickly to the 
threats posed by terrorist attacks and other emergencies, by 
providing for the establishment of a national emergency technology 
guard, a technology reliability advisory board, and a center for 
evaluating antiterrorism and disaster response technology within the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology; and S. 2182, to 
authorize funding for computer and network security research and 
development and research fellowship programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: with the Committee on 
Indian Affairs, to hold joint hearings on S. 2018, to establish the 
T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area within the Cibola National 
Forest in the State of New Mexico to resolve a land claim involving 
the Sandia Mountain Wilderness, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine future relations between the United States and Colombia, 
9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 1284, to prohibit employment discrimination 
on the basis of sexual orientation, and the nominations of Evelyn 
Dee Potter Rose, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Arts, James R. Stoner, Jr., of Louisiana, to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Humanities, and Kathleen M. Harrington, of 
the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings on S. 2017, to amend 
the Indian Financing Act of 1974 to improve the effectiveness of the 
Indian loan guarantee and insurance program, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Full Committee, with the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, to hold joint hearings on S. 2018, to establish the T'uf 
Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area within the Cibola National Forest 
in the State of New Mexico to resolve a land claim involving the 
Sandia Mountain Wilderness, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                  House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State 
and Judiciary, on Public Diplomacy, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on Secretary of the Treasury, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on 
Department of Education Panel: Teacher Recruitment, Preparation and 
Development, 10:15 a.m., and on public witnesses, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative, on House of Representatives, 10 a.m., on 
Library of Congress, 11 a.m., on Library of Congress, on GPO, 2 p.m., and 
on GAO, 3 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant 
Marine, to consider recommendations to the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2003, 11 a.m., 2216 Rayburn.
  Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation, to consider 
recommendations to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2003, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up the following: H.R. 4122, 
to amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend abstinence 
education funding under maternal and child health program through fiscal 
year 2007 and to amend title XIX of that Act to extend the authorization 
of transitional medical assistance for one year; a measure to amend title 
V of the Social Security Act to extend abstinence education funding under 
maternal and child health program through fiscal year 2007; a measure to 
amend XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the authorization of 
transitional medical assistance for one year; H. Con. Res. 271, 
expressing the sense of the Congress that public awareness and education 
about the importance of health care coverage is of the utmost

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priority and that a National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month 
should be established to promote these goals; H. Con. Res. 358, 
supporting the goals and ideals of National Better Hearing and Speech 
Month; H. Con. Res. 165, expressing the sense of the Congress that 
continual research and education into the cause and cure for fibroid 
cancer be addressed; H. Con. Res. 309, recognizing the importance of good 
cervical health and of detecting cervical cancer during its earliest 
stages; and a concurrent resolution expressing the Sense of the Congress 
that there should be established a National Minority Health Month, 1 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity, to continue hearings on H.R. 3995, Housing Affordability for 
America Act of 2002, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, 
Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on H.R. 
4187, Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2002, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on International Global 
Terrorism: Its Links with Illicit Drugs as Illustrated by the IRA and 
Other Groups in Colombia, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on 
the U.N. and the Sex Slave Trade in Bosnia: Isolated Case or Larger 
Problem in U.N. System? 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of H.R. 1577, Federal 
Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2001 and to mark up 
the following: 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, Combatting 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, to mark up the following bills: S. 506, Huna 
Totem Corporation Land Exchange Act; H.R. 1370, to amend the National 
Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide for maintenance and repair of 
buildings and properties located on lands in the National Wildlife Refuge 
System by lessees of such facilities; H.R. 1462, Harmful Nonnative Weed 
Control Act of 2001; 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. 2388, National Heritage Areas Policy Act of 2001; H.R. 
2643, Fort Clatsop National 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. 3908, North 
American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act; H.R. 3954, Caribbean 
National Forest Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2002; 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 Water and Power, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
1946, Rock Boys'/North Central Montana Regional Water System Act of 2001; 
and H.R. 4129, to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to 
clarify the responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior with 
respect to the Central Utah Project, to redirect unexpended budget 
authority for the Central Utah Project for wastewater treatment and reuse 
and other purposes, to provide for prepayment of repayment contracts for 
municipal and industrial water delivery facilities, and to eliminate a 
deadline for such prepayment, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 3231, Barbara Jordan Immigration 
and Accountability Act of 2001, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Why Add an Interest Rate Hike 
on Our Struggling Small Manufacturer's, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: H.R. 1979, to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide 
assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers; 
H.R. 2950, Rail Infrastructure Development and Expansion Act for the 21st 
Century; H.R. 4006, to designate the United States courthouse located at 
100 Federal Plaza in Central Islip, New York, as the ``Alfonse M. D'Amato 
United States Courthouse''; H.R. 4028, to designate the United States 
courthouse located at 600 West Capitol Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, 
as the ``Richard S. Arnold United States Courthouse''; H.R. 4466, to 
amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the 
National Transportation Safety Board for fiscal years 2003, 2004, and 
2005; H.R. 4481, Airport Streamling Approval Process Act of 2002; the 
Amtrak Reauthorization; and pending Committee business, 11 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on H.R. 
4514, Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act of 2002, 3 
p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.J. Res. 84, disapproving the 
action taken by the President under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 
transmitted to the Congress on March 5, 2002, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Budget for the National Reconnaissance Program, 10 a.m., and, executive, 
hearing on the Budget for the Central Intelligence Agency Program, 3 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.