[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 74 (Friday, June 7, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D582-D585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings

HOMELAND SECURITY MISSION

Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement 
Policy held a hearing entitled ``Meeting the Homeland Security Mission: 
Assessing Barriers to and Technology Solutions for Robust Information 
Sharing.'' Testimony was heard from Randall Yim, Managing Director, National 
Preparedness Team, GAO; Mark Forman, Associate Director, Information 
Technology and E-government, OMB; the following officials of the Department 
of Justice: Robert J. Jordan, Director, Information Sharing Task Force, FBI; 
and George H. Bohlinger, Executive Associate Commissioner, Management, INS; 
William F. Raub, Deputy Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness, 
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings

MAY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION

Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
employment and unemployment situation for May, after receiving testimony 
from Lois Orr, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department 
of Labor.

F

                       CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD


                  Week of June 10 through June 15, 2002


                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 625, Hate Crimes bill. 
Also, Senate will conduct a roll call vote at approximate 5:45 p.m.

  During the balance of the week, Senate will continue consideration of S. 
625, Hate Crimes bill, and may consider S. 2578, to increase the public debt 
limit, and any other cleared legislative and executive business.

                            Senate Committees

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

  Committee on Appropriations: June 11, Subcommittee on District of 
Columbia, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2003 for the government of the District of Columbia, focusing on the 
Anacostia Waterfront Initiative, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.

  June 12, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense and related 
programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.

  June 12, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings to examine Medicare payments for medical 
supplies, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.

  June 13, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of the Interior, 10 
a.m., SD-124.

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 13, Subcommittee 
on Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings on the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century, 10 a.m., SD-538.

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 11, to hold 
hearings to examine spectrum management, focusing on improving the 
management of government and commercial spectrum domestically and 
internationally, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.

  June 12, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings to examine Internet corporations for assigned names and numbers, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.

  June 13, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to 
hold hearings to examine cross border trucking issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.

  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 12, to hold hearings to 
examine the costs and benefits of multi-pollutant legislation, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-406.

  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 11, to hold hearings to examine 
America's global dialogue, focusing on sharing American values and public 
diplomacy, 10:45 a.m., SD-419.

  June 11, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to examine 
U.S. policy in Liberia, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.


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  June 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the Convention on the 
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, adopted by the 
United Nations General Assembly on December 18, 1979, and signed on 
behalf of the United States of America on July 17, 1980 (Treaty Doc.96-
53), 10 a.m., SD-419.

  June 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2525, to amend 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance for foreign 
countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, 2:15 
p.m., S-116 Capitol.

  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 11, Subcommittee on 
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold 
hearings to examine cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicle threats 
to the United States, 10 a.m., SD-342.

  June 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the status of 
childhood vaccines, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.

  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 11, 
Subcommittee on Aging, to hold hearings to examine the prevention of 
elderly falls, 2 p.m., SD-430.

  June 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the implementation 
of Reading First and other reading programs and strategies, 10 a.m., SD-
430.

  June 14, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings to 
examine increasing of options and awareness concerning the screening of 
newborns, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.

  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 11, to hold joint closed 
hearings with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to 
examine events surrounding September 11, 2001, 10 a.m., S-407 Capitol.

  June 11, Full Committee, to hold joint closed hearings with the House 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to examine events surrounding 
September 11, 2001, 2:30 p.m., S-407 Capitol.

  June 12, Full Committee, to hold joint closed hearings with the House 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to examine events surrounding 
September 11, 2001, 2:30 p.m., S-407 Capitol.

  Committee on the Judiciary: June 11, to hold hearings to examine the 
criminal justice system and mentally ill offenders, 10 a.m., SD-226.

  June 12, Subcommittee on Constitution, to hold hearings to examine 
issues with respect to reducing the risk of executing the innocent, 
focusing on the Report of the Illinois Governor's Commission on Capital 
Punishment, 10 a.m., SD-226.

  June 12, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government 
Information, to hold hearings on S. 2541, to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to establish penalties for aggravated identity theft, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.

  June 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending judicial 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.

                              House Chamber

  To be announced.

                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 13, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, hearing on National Fire 
Plan and Outlook for 2002 Wildfire Season, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

  Committee on Armed Services, June 12, Subcommittee on Military 
Procurement, hearing on the Safety, Security, Reliability, and 
Performance of the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.

  June 13, Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine, hearing on 
vessel operations under ``flags of convenience'' and their implications 
on national security, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 13, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing entitled ``An Inquiry into the ImClone 
Cancer-Drug Story 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

  Committee on Financial Services, June 11, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to continue 
hearings entitled ``Insurance Regulation and Competition for the 21st 
Century,'' Part II, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.

  June 12, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 1701, Consumer Rental Purchase 
Agreement Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

  Committee on Government Reform, June 11, Subcommittee on National 
Security, Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations, hearing on 
``Combating Terrorism: Improving the Federal Response,'' 9:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.

  June 12, full Committee, hearing on ``Should the United States Do More 
to Help U.S. Citizens Held Against Their Will in Saudi Arabia?'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.

  Committee on International Relations, June 11, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Human Rights, hearing on Combating 
Trafficking in Human Beings: An Overview of Current U.S. Policy and The 
Trafficking in Persons Report, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

  June 12, Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Recent 
Developments in Burma, 10:15 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.


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  June 13, full Committee, hearing on the Developing Food Security Crisis 
in Southern Africa, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

  June 13, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Angola: Prospects for 
Durable Peace and Economic Reconstruction, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

  Committee on the Judiciary, June 11, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism 
and Homeland Security, hearing and markup of H.R. 4864, Anti-Terrorism 
Explosives Act of 2002, 4 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.

  June 12, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, oversight 
hearing on Health Care Litigation Reform: ``Does Limitless Litigation 
Restrict Access to Health Care?'' 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.

  June 13, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 4598, Homeland Security 
Information Sharing Act, to continue markup of H.R. 3215, Combating 
Illegal Gambling Reform and Modernization Act; and to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 1452, Family Reunification Act of 2001; H.R. 4623, 
Child Obscenity and Pornography Prevention Act of 2002; H.R. 4477, Sex 
Tourism Prohibition Improvement Act of 2002; and H.R. 4679, Lifetime 
Consequences for Sex Offenders Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

  June 13, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, oversight hearing on ``The CART (Copyright Arbitration Royalty 
Panel) Structure and Process,'' 2:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

  Committee on Resources, June 12, Subcommittee on Fisheries 
Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the following measures: H. 
Con. Res. 408, honoring the American Zoo and Aquarium Association for 
their continued service to Animal Welfare, Conservation Education, 
Conservation Research and Wildlife Conservation Programs; and H.R. 4807, 
the Susquehanna National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.

  June 12, Subcommittee on Forests, and Forest Health, oversight hearing 
on Process Gridlock on the National Forests, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.

  June 13, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
hearing on H.R. 4781, to reauthorize the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
1972, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.

  June 13, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2534, Lower Los Angeles River and 
San Gabriel River Watershed Study Act of 2001; H.R. 4530, Blue Ridge 
Heritage and Cultural Partnership Area Study Act of 2002; and H.R. 4822, 
Upper Missouri River Breaks Boundary Clarification Act, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.

  Committee on Rules, June 11, to consider the following: H.J. Res. 96, 
proposing a tax limitation amendment to the Constitution of the United 
State; and H.R. 4019, to provide that the marriage penalty relief 
provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 
2001 shall be permanent, 5:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.

  Committee on Small Business, June 12, hearing on the Effect of the 
Overvalued Dollar on Small Exporters, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.

  June 13, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight, hearing on 
the TRI Lead Rule: Costs, Compliance and Science, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.

  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 12, Subcommittee 
on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on H.R. 2228, 
Maritime Disaster Family Assistance Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

  June 13, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and 
Emergency Management, hearing on John F. Kennedy for the Performing Arts 
Access Study and Plaza Authorization, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.

  June 13, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on 
Water Quality Trading--An Innovative Approach to Achieving Water Quality 
Goals on a Watershed Basis, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 11, Subcommittee on Benefits, 
hearing on the following: H.R. 3173, Servicemembers and Military Families 
Financial Protection Act of 2001; H.R. 3735, Department of Veterans 
Affairs Overpayment Administration Improvement Act of 2002; H.R. 3771, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that monetary benefits 
paid to veterans by States and municipalities shall be excluded from 
consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits paid by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs; H.R. 4042, Veterans Home Loan Prepayment 
Protection Act of 2002; the Arlington National Cemetery Burial 
Eligibility Act; and a measure providing dependency and indemnity 
compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran with a totally 
disabling service-connected cold-weather injury; 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.

  June 13, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the health care of Filipino 
World War II veterans within the Department of Veterans Affairs, 3 p.m., 
334 Cannon.

  Committee on Ways and Means, June 11, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on Unemployment Fraud and Abuse, 4 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.

  June 11, Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings on 
Social Security Disability Programs' Challenges and Opportunities, 3:30 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.

  June 13, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, to continue hearings 
on the Extraterritorial Income (ETI) Regime, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


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                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: June 11, 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., 
S-407, Capitol.

  Joint Meetings: June 11, 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, 2:30 p.m., 
S-407, Capitol.

  Joint Meetings: June 12, 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, 2:30 p.m., 
S-407, Capitol.