[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 19, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D645-D647]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 20, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine long-term 
care financing, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, to 
hold hearings to examine Amtrak's financial condition, 1:30 p.m., 
SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of 
general and to be Commander in Chief, United States Northern 
Command/

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Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings on S. 193/H.R. 3928, to assist in 
the preservation of archaeological, paleontological, zoological, 
geological, and botanical artifacts through construction of a new 
facility for the University of Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt 
Lake City, Utah; S. 1609/H.R. 1814, to amend the National Trails 
System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
study on the feasibility of designating the Metacomet-Monadnock-
Mattabesett Trail extending through western Massachusetts and 
central Connecticut as a national historic trail: S. 1925, to 
establish the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in the States of 
Massachusetts and New Hampshire; S. 2196, to establish the National 
Mormon Pioneer Heritage area in the State of Utah; S. 2388, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to study certain sites in the 
historic district of Beaufort, South Carolina, relating to the 
Reconstruction Era; S. 2519, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to conduct a study of Coltsville in the State of Connecticut for 
potential inclusion in the National Park System; and S. 2576, to 
establish the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area in the 
State of New Mexico, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Superfund, Toxics, Risk, and Waste Management, to hold hearings to 
examine lessons learned from asbestos remediation activities in 
Libby, Montana, as well as home insulation concerns relating to 
asbestos, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposal to create a Department of Homeland Security, 
9:30 a.m. SD-106.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine workers freedom of association, focusing on 
obstacles to forming unions, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 
1291, to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State 
residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the 
cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien 
college-bound students who are long term United States residents; S. 
2134, to allow American victims of state sponsored terrorism to 
receive compensation from blocked assets of those states; H.R. 3375, 
to provide compensation for the United States citizens who were 
victims of the bombings of United States embassies in East Africa on 
August 7, 1998, on the same basis as compensation is provided to 
victims of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes on September 11, 
2001; S. 486, to reduce the risk that innocent persons may be 
executed; S. 2621, to provide a definition of vehicle for purposes 
of criminal penalties relating to terrorist attacks and other acts 
of violence against mass transportation systems; S. 2633, to 
prohibit an individual from knowingly opening, maintaining, 
managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, 
or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, 
distributing, or using any controlled substance; S. 1754, to 
authorize appropriations for the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office for fiscal years 2002 through 2007; H.R. 1866, to amend title 
35, United States Code, to clarify the basis for granting requests 
for reexamination of patents; H.R. 1886, to amend title 35, United 
States Code, to provide for appeals by third parties in certain 
patent reexamination proceedings; 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''; and 
pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, on 
Transportation Security Administration, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government, on Office of National Drug Control Policy, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing on ``An Assessment of the Use of 
Union Dues for Political Purposes: Is the Law Being Followed or 
Violated?'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to continue consideration of 
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit; and other pending business, 9:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider H.R. 3995, Housing 
Affordability for America Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the Postal 
Accountability and Enhancement Act, 10 a.m., and to hold a hearing 
on ``The Department of Homeland Security: An Overview of the 
President's Proposal,'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Oil Diplomacy: 
Facts and Myths Behind Foreign Oil Dependency, 10:45 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on ``Litigation and its Effect 
on the Rails-To-Trails Program,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on ``Patent Reexamination and Small Business 
Innovation,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up the following measures: H. Con. Res. 
408, honoring the American Zoo and Aquarium Associate for their 
continued service to animal welfare, conservation education, 
conservation research, and wildlife conservation programs; H.R. 
3937, to revoke a Public Land Order with respect to certain lands 
erroneously included in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, 
California; H.R. 4807, Susquehanna National Wildlife Refuge 
Expansion Act; H.R. 4882, to revise and modernize the provision of 
law governing the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration; and H.R. 4883, Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Act Amendments of 2002, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.

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  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the 
following: H.R. 4870, Mount Naomi Wilderness Boundary Adjustment 
Act; H.R. 4952, Mount Wilson Observatory Preservation and 
Enhancement Act; H.R. 3802, to amend the Education Land Grant Act to 
require the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the costs of 
environmental reviews with respect to conveyances under that Act; 
H.R. 4919, Tonto and Coconino National Forest Land Exchange Act; and 
H.R. 4917, Los Padres National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2002, 
9:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4931, Retirement Savings 
Security Act of 2002, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and 
Standards, hearing on Research Priorities for Aquatic Invasive 
Species, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on Federal Transit Capital Grants 
Programs, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on 
Retirement Security and Defined Benefit Pension Plans, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings on Social 
Security Disability Programs' Challenges and Opportunities, 10 a.m., 
B-318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold joint 
hearings to examine human rights in Greece, focusing on minority 
rights, religious liberty, freedom of the media, human trafficking, 
and domestic terrorism, 11:30 a.m., 334 Cannon Building.