[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 59 (Friday, May 10, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D470-D473]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
[D10MY2-21]D470 HOMELAND S
HOMELAND SECURITY--INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GOVERNMENT R&D
[D10MY2-22]D470 Committee
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement 
held a hearing on ``Intellectual Property and Government R&D for Homeland 
Security.'' Testimony was heard from Jack Brock, Director, Acquisition and 
Sourcing Management, GAO; Anthony J. Tether, Director, Defense Advanced 
Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense; Ben Wu, Deputy Under 
Secretary, Technology, Technology Administration, Department of Commerce; 
and public witnesses.
F


                       CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of May 13 through May 18, 2002

                             Senate Chamber

[D10MY2-23]D470 On Monday,
  On Monday, At 4 p.m., Senate will consider the nomination of Paul G. 
Cassell, to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah, with a 
vote on confirmation of the nomination to occur at 6 p.m. Also, Senate will 
resume consideration of H.R. 3009, Andean Trade Preference Expansion Act.
[D10MY2-24]D470 During the
  During the balance of the week, Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 
3009, Andean Trade Preference Expansion Act, and any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                            Senate Committees

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
[D10MY2-25]D470 Committee
  Committee on Appropriations: May 15, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2003 for the National Science Foundation and the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
[D10MY2-26]D470 May 15, Su
  May 15, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Air Force, 10 a.m., SD-192.
[D10MY2-27]D470 May 15, Su
  May 15, Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to hold 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the 
Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 2 p.m., SD-192.
[D10MY2-28]D470 May 15, Su
  May 15, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the U.S. Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture, 2 p.m., SD-124.
[D10MY2-29]D470 May 16, Su
  May 16, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings to examine the impact of stress management in 
reversing heart disease, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
[D10MY2-30]D470 May 17, Su
  May 17, Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to hold 
hearings to examine the Sakajawea Golden Dollar, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
[D10MY2-31]D470 Committee
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 14, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the Annual National Export Strategy Report 
on the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
[D10MY2-32]D470 May 15, Su
  May 15, Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings to 
examine affordable housing production and working families, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-538.
[D10MY2-33]D470 Committee
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 14, with the 
Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold joint oversight hearings to examine 
telecommunications issues in Indian country, 10 a.m., SR-253.
[D10MY2-34]D470 May 14, Su
  May 14, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Fisheries, to hold 
hearings on S. 1825, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to provide 
financial assistance to the States of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, 
California, and Idaho and tribes in the region for salmon habitat 
restoration projects in coastal waters and upland drainages, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.
[D10MY2-35]D470 May 15, Su
  May 15, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and 
Tourism, to hold hearings to examine the

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Enron Corporation, focusing on developments regarding electricity price 
manipulation in California, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
[D10MY2-36]D471 May 16, Fu
  May 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar 
business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
[D10MY2-37]D471 May 16, Su
  May 16, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and 
Tourism, to hold hearings to examine the consumer impact of Enron's 
influence on state pension funds, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
[D10MY2-38]D471 Committee
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 15, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
[D10MY2-39]D471 May 15, Fu
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine manipulation in 
Western energy markets during 2000-2001, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
[D10MY2-40]D471 May 16, Fu
  May 16, Full Committee, to resume hearings on S.J. Res. 34, approving 
the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository 
for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, 
pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
[D10MY2-41]D471 Committee
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 14, to hold hearings on 
S. 2118, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to implement the Stockholm 
Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Protocol on 
Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range 
Transboundary Air Pollution, and a related Administrative proposal, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
[D10MY2-42]D471 May 15, Fu
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine transportation 
planning issues, 10 a.m., SD-406.
[D10MY2-43]D471 May 16, Fu
  May 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1961, to 
improve financial and environmental sustainability of the water programs 
of the United States; and other pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-
406.
[D10MY2-44]D471 Committee
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 16, to hold hearings to examine the 
Nuclear Posture Review, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
[D10MY2-45]D471 Committee
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 13, Subcommittee on 
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold 
hearings to examine transformation plans of the United States Postal 
Service, 10 a.m., SD-342.
[D10MY2-46]D471 May 14, Su
  May 14, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
Restructuring and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
the impact of tobacco marketing on women and girls, 10 a.m., SD-342.
[D10MY2-47]D471 May 15, Fu
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the binge epidemic 
on college campuses, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
[D10MY2-48]D471 May 16, Fu
  May 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Todd 
Walther Dillard, of Maryland, to be United States Marshal for the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia; and the nomination of Robert 
R. Rigsby, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
[D10MY2-49]D471 Committee
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 16, 
Subcommittee on Employment, Safety and Training, to hold hearings to 
examine issues with respect to career path training for low-skill, low-
wage workers, focusing on exploring the intersections between the 
Workforce Investment Act and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 
Program, 10 a.m., SD-430.
[D10MY2-50]D471 Committee
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 14, with the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation, to hold joint oversight hearings to examine 
telecommunications issues in Indian country, 10 a.m., SR-253.
[D10MY2-51]D471 Committee
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 14, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to 
hold hearings to examine seeking justice for sexual assault victims, 
focusing on the use of DNA evidence to combat crime, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
[D10MY2-52]D471 May 15, Fu
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine copyright 
royalties, focusing on webcasting, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
[D10MY2-53]D471 May 16, Fu
  May 16, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine the Civil 
Rights Division, Department of Justice, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                              House Chamber

[D10MY2-54]D471 To be anno
  To be announced.


                            House Committees

[D10MY2-55]D471 Committee
  Committee on Appropriations, May 14, to continue markup of the 
supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2002, time to be announced, 
2359 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-56]D471 May 14, Su
  May 14, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Public Witnesses, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-57]D471 May 15 and
  May 15 and 16, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, on Congressional Witnesses, 10:15 a.m., on May 15, and 9:45 
a.m., on May 16, 2358 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-58]D471 May 16, Su
  May 16, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on OPM, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-59]D471 Committee
  Committee on Armed Services, May 16, Special Oversight Panel on 
Terrorism, hearing on state sponsors of terrorism, 8:30 a.m., 2312 
Rayburn.
[D10MY2-60]D471 Committee
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 15, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing on ``Flexibility in the Workplace: Options 
for Public Sector Employees,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-61]D471 May 16, Su
  May 16, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
``Assessing Retiree Health Legacy Costs: Is America Prepared for a 
Healthy Retirement?'' 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-62]D471 Committee
  Committee on Financial Services, May 14, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to continue 
hearings entitled ``Corporate Accounting Practices: Is There a 
Credibility GAAP?'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-63]D471 Committee
  Committee on Government Reform, May 14, Subcommittee on Government 
Efficiency, Financial Management, and

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Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on H.R. 4685, Accountability of Tax 
Dollars Act of 2002, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-64]D472 May 14, Su
  May 14, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, and 
International Relations, hearing on ``VA Health Care: Structural 
Problems, Superficial Solutions?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-65]D472 May 15, fu
  May 15, full Committee, to consider the following: H.R. 4187, 
Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2002; Debt Collection Report; and 
H.R. 4694, Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility Act of 2002, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-66]D472 May 15, Su
  May 15, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human 
Resources, hearing on ``Medical Science and Bioethics: Attack of the 
Clones?'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-67]D472 May 16, fu
  May 16, full Committee, hearing on the ``Critical Challenges 
Confronting National Security-Continuing Encroachment Threatens Force 
Readiness,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-68]D472 Committee
  Committee on International Relations, May 15, hearing on the 
Administration's National Export Strategy: Promoting Trade and 
Development in Key Emerging Markets, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-69]D472 May 15, Su
  May 15, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on 
Developments in the Middle East, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-70]D472 May 16, Su
  May 16, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Elections in Sierra Leone: A 
Step Toward Stability? 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-71]D472 Committee
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 14, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, 
and Homeland Security, hearing and markup of H.R. 4689, Fairness in 
Sentencing Act of 2002, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-72]D472 May 15, fu
  May 15, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 4623, 
Child Obscenity and Pornography Prevention Act of 2002; and H.R. 4477, 
Sex Tourism Prohibition Improvement Act of 2002; to continue markup of 
H.R. 3215, Combating Illegal Gambling Reform and Modernization Act; and 
to mark up H.R. 1452, Family Reunification Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
[D10MY2-73]D472 May 16, Su
  May 16, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, oversight 
hearing on ``Administrative and Procedural Aspects of the Federal Reserve 
Board/Department of the Treasury Proposed Rule Concerning Competition in 
the Real Estate Brokerage and Management Markets,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-74]D472 March 16,
  March 16, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, oversight hearing on ``The Accuracy and Integrity of the WHOIS 
DATABASE,'' 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-75]D472 May 17, Su
  May 17, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing and markup of the following bills: H.R. 4658, Truth in Domain 
Names Act; H.R. 3726, Video Voyeurism Act of 2002; H.R. 4640, to provide 
criminal penalties for providing false information in registering a 
domain name on the Internet; and H.R. 4679, Lifetime Consequences for Sex 
Offenders Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-76]D472 Committee
  Committee on Resources, May 15, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to 
mark up H.R. 2301, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
construct a bridge on Federal land west of and adjacent to Folsom Dam in 
California, 3 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
[D10MY2-77]D472 May 16, Su
  May 16, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
hearing on the following: H.R. 3937, to revoke a Public Land Order with 
respect to certain lands erroneously included in the Cibola National 
Wildlife Refuge, California; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Authorization Act; the National Coastal and Ocean Service 
Authorization Act; the National Marine Fisheries Service Authorization 
Act; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Service Authorization 
Act; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned 
Officers Act of 2002; and the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act 
Amendments of 2002, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
[D10MY2-78]D472 May 16, Su
  May 16, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health and the Subcommittee 
on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, joint hearing on Chronic 
Wasting Disease, 9:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
[D10MY2-79]D472 May 16, Su
  May 16, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 36, National Discovery Trails Act of 
2001; H.R. 3858, New River Gorge National River Boundary Act of 2002; and 
H.R. 4103, Martin's Cove Land Transfer Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
[D10MY2-80]D472 Committee
  Committee on Rules, May 14, to consider the followings: H.R. 3994, 
Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002; and H.R. 4700, Personal 
Responsibility, Work and Family Promotion Act of 2002, 5 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
[D10MY2-81]D472 Committee
  Committee on Small Business, May 15, hearing on the Pentagon's 
procurement policies and programs with respect to small businesses, 2 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-82]D472 May 16, he
  May 16, hearing on ``CMS: New Name, Same Old Game,'' 9:30 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
[D10MY2-83]D472 Committee
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 15, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, oversight hearing on Intermodalism: Moving 
America's People and Goods, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-84]D472 May 15, Su
  May 15, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment and the 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, joint oversight 
hearing on Implementation of the ``National Invasive Species Act of 
1996,'' 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-85]D472 May 16, Su
  May 16, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 3429, Over-the-Road Bus Security and Safety; and H.R. 3609, 
Pipeline Infrastructure Protection to Enhance Security and Safety Act, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
[D10MY2-86]D472 Committee
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations and the Subcommittee on Health, joint hearing on nonprofit 
research corporations and educational foundations affiliated with 
specific

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Veterans Health Administration facilities, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
[D10MY2-87]D473 Committee
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 14, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing 
on the Review of Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c)(3) requirements 
for religious organizations, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
[D10MY2-88]D473 Permanent
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 15, executive, briefing 
on Global Hot Spots, 1:30 p.m., and, executive, to mark up the Fiscal 
Year 2003 Intelligence Authorization Act, 3:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.