[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 72 (Wednesday, June 5, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D568-D569]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JUNE 6, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, to resume 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the 
U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-116.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 
for the Department of Labor, 11:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
capital investments in Indian country, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, to hold hearings on S. 1310, to provide for the sale of 
certain real property in the Newlands Project, Nevada, to the city 
of Fallon, Nevada; S. 2475, 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; S. 1385, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
pursuant to the

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provisions of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to participate in the design, planning, and 
construction of the Lakehaven water reclamation project for the 
reclamation and reuse of water; S. 1824/H.R. 2828, to authorize 
payments to certain Lama Project water distribution entities for 
amounts assessed by the entities for operation and maintenance of 
the Project's irrigation works for 2001, to authorize funds to such 
entities of amounts collected by the Bureau of Reclamation for 
reserved works for 2001; S. 1883, to authorize the Bureau of 
Reclamation to participate in the rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake 
Dam in Oregon; S. 1999, to reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water 
Supply Project; and H.R. 706, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain properties in the vicinity of the 
Elephant Butte Reservoir and the Caballo Reservoir, New Mexico, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean 
Air, Wetlands, and Climate Change, to hold hearings on wetlands, 
focusing on the impacts of the revisions to the Clean Water Act 
regulatory definitions of ``fill material'' and ``discharge of fill 
material'', 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold hearings to 
examine difficulties and solutions concerning nonproliferation 
disputes and export controls between Russia and China, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 
focusing on accountability, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold joint closed hearings 
with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to examine 
events surrounding September 11, 2001, 10 a.m and 2:30 p.m., S-407 
Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold oversight hearings on counter-
terrorism issues, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to mark up 
pending calendar business, 2 p.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, hearing on Public Safety Concerns 
and Forest Management Hurdles in the Black Hills National Forest, 1 
p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism, 
hearing on the question ``Are Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian 
Authority Credible Partners for Peace?'' 8:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Education, hearing on ``Learning Disabilities and Early Intervention 
Strategies: How to Reform the Special Education Referral and 
Identification Process,'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``The National Institutes of Health: Investing in Research 
to Prevent and Cure Disease,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``DOE's FreedomCAR: Hurdles, Benchmarks for Progress, and Role in 
Energy Policy,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 1701, amended, Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act; and H.R. 
3951, amended, Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2002, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government 
Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations, 
hearing on ``The Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 
1996: Are Agencies Meeting the Challenge?'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on An Assessment 
of Cuba Broadcasting--The Voice of Freedom, 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on The 
Current Crisis in South Asia, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation 
and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3815, 
Presidential Historic Site Study Act; H.R. 4141, Red Rock Canyon 
National Conservation Area Protection and Enhancement Act of 2002; 
and H.R. 4620, America's Wilderness Protection Act, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight and the Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment, and 
Government Programs, joint hearing on The Cost of Regulations to 
Small Business, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, hearing on Recent Derailments and Railroad Safety, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on the status of the VA's implementation of the VA Claims Processing 
Task Force's recommendations, and the potential for a greater VA/
Veterans Service Organization ``partnership,'' 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on Corporate Inversions, 
10:45 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold 
joint closed hearings with the House Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence to examine events surrounding September 11, 2001, 10 
a.m. and 2:30 p.m., S-407 Capitol.