[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 84 (Friday, June 21, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D660-D663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 24 through June 29, 2002

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 2514, 
National Defense Authorization Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will continue consideration of 
S. 2514, National Defense Authorization Act, and may consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 25, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Phyllis K. Fong, of 
Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of Agriculture; the 
nomination of Walter Lukken, of Indiana, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission; the nomination of Douglas L. 
Flory, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration 
Board, Farm Credit Administration; and

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the nomination of Sharon Brown-Hruska, of Virginia, to be a 
Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the 
remainder of the term expiring April 13, 2004, 10 a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 27, Subcommittee on 
Transportation, with the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine, to hold joint hearings to examine cross border trucking 
issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 26, 
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings to 
examine the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, focusing 
on investing in economy and environment, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
preliminary findings of the Commission on Affordable Housing and 
Health Facility Need for Seniors in the 21st Century, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 25, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the 
National Transportation Safety Board, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Committee on Science to examine the 
role of science and technology to combat terrorism, 1 p.m., 2318, 
Rayburn Building.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and 
Tourism, to hold hearings to examine issues and perspectives in 
enforcing corporate governance, focusing on the experience of the 
state of New York, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine, with the Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on 
Transportation, to hold joint hearings to examine cross border 
trucking issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 25, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the Environmental Protection Agency 
Inspector General's actions with respect to the Ombudsman and S. 
606, to provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  June 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposal to establish the Department of Homeland 
Security, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  June 27, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 27, to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Charlotte A. Lane, of West Virginia, to be a Member of the United 
States International Trade Commission, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 25, to hold hearings on the 
nomination of James Franklin Jeffrey, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Albania, the nomination of Michael Klosson, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, the nomination 
of James Irvin Gadsden, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Iceland, and the nomination of Randolph Bell, of 
Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and 
Narcotics Affairs, to hold hearings to examine issues surrounding 
the Peace Corps, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  June 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the current 
situation in Afghanistan, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  June 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Mark Sullivan, of Maryland, to be United States Director of the 
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and the nomination 
of Paul William Speltz, of Texas, to be United States Director of 
the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Central Asia and South Caucasus, to hold 
hearings to examine the balancing of military assistance and support 
for human rights in central Asia, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 26, to hold hearings to 
examine the relationship between a Department of Homeland Security 
and the intelligence community, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  June 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
James E. Boasberg, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of 
the District of Columbia, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  June 27, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
relationship between a Department of Homeland Security and the 
intelligence community, 1 p.m., SD-342.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine how the 
proposed Department of Homeland Security should address weapons of 
mass destruction, and relevant science and technology, research and 
development, and public health issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 25, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the 
Office of Education Research and Improvement, Department of 
Education, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Public Health, to hold hearings to 
examine the crisis in children's dental health, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  June 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S.2059, to 
amend the Pubic Health Service Act to provide for Alzheimer's 
disease research and demonstration grants; and proposed legislation 
concerning global Aids, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Title IX of 
the Education Amendments Act of 1972, focusing on 30 years of 
progress, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings 
on S. 2246, to improve access to printed instructional materials 
used by blind or other persons with print disabilities in elementary 
and secondary schools, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 25, Subcommittee on Technology, 
Terrorism, and Government Information, to hold hearings to examine 
the President's proposal for reorganizing our homeland defense 
infrastructure, 10 a.m., SD-226.

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  June 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposal for reorganizing our homeland defense 
infrastructure, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to examine 
immigration reform and the reorganization of homeland defense, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  June 27, 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 26, hearing to Review the 
Administration's proposed legislation on creating a Department of 
Homeland Security, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, 
Nutrition and Forestry, hearing on Roadless areas in our National 
Forests, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 24, to mark up the following: 
Report on the Sub-Allocation of Budget Allocations for fiscal year 
2003; the Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003; and the 
Military Construction Appropriations for fiscal year 2003, 5 p.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, on the President's proposed Millennium Challenge, 
10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 26, hearing on the 
Administration's proposal to create a new Department of Homeland 
Security, and its impact on the Department of Defense and defense-
related aspects of the Department of Energy, 10:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hearing on 
Outsourcing: Review of the Commercial Activities Panel Report, 2 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the link 
between force structure and manpower requirements, 9 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the Subcommittee 
on Military Research and Development, joint hearing on missile 
defense, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 28, Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism, hearing on Navy and 
Marine Corps initiatives to improve anti-and counter-terrorism 
operations, 8:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 25, hearing on the 
First Tee: Building Character Education, 4 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
Union Reporting and Disclosure: Legislative Reform Proposals, 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 25, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing on the FTC's 
Franchise Rule: Twenty-Three Years After Its Promulgation, 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Creating the Department of Homeland Security: Consideration of the 
Administration's Proposal, with emphasis on chemical, biological and 
radiological response activities proposed for transfer to the 
Department of Homeland Security, 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, 
hearing on the Financial Accounting Standards Board Act, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing on Area Code Exhaustion: What are the Solution? 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 25, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigation and the Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, joint hearing on Fighting Discrimination 
against the Disable and Minorities through Fair Housing Enforcement, 
2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, June 25, Subcommittee on Criminal 
Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, hearing on Do We Need an 
Anti-Drug Media Campaign? 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs and 
International Relations, hearing on DOD Financial Management: 
Following One Item Through the Maze, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Civil Service, Census and Agency 
Organization, hearing on ``Homeland Security: Should Consular 
Affairs be Transferred to the new Department of Homeland Security?'' 
1 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on 
Spring Valley Revisited--The Status of the Cleanup of Contaminated 
Sites in Spring Valley, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial 
Management, and Intergovernmental Relations, ``The Single Audit Act: 
Is it Working?'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 27, full Committee, to continue hearings on the Department of 
Homeland Security: An Overview of the Administration's Proposal, 
Part II, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, June 26, hearing and markup 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 27, hearing on Promoting Economic Development in Africa 
Through Accountability and Good Governance, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 25, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, oversight hearing on the Civil Rights Division of the 
U.S. Department of Justice, 11 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims 
and the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
joint oversight hearing on ``The Risk to Homeland Security From 
Identity Fraud and Identity Theft,'' 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 26, full Committee, hearing on ``The Proposal to Create a 
Department of Homeland Security,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 27, full Committee, oversight hearing on ``The Revisions to 
the Attorney General's Investigative Guidelines,'' 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.

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  June 27, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, oversight hearing on ``Unpublished Judicial Opinions,'' 2 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
oversight hearing on ``The Role of Immigration in the Department of 
Homeland Security,'' 3 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
oversight hearing on ``Administrative Law, Adjudicatory Issues, and 
Privacy Ramifications of Creating a Department of Homeland 
Security,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 26, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 4840, Sound Science for Endangered Species Act 
Planning Act of 2002; H. Con. Res. 408, honoring the American Zoo 
and Aquarium Associate and its accredited member institutions for 
their continued service to animal welfare, conservation education, 
conservation research, and wildlife conservation programs; a 
resolution calling for the full appropriation of the State and 
tribal shares of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; H.R. 297, 
Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Reform Act of 2001; H.R. 2534, 
Lower Los Angeles River and San Gabriel River Watersheds Study Act 
of 2001; H.R. 2990, Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources 
Conservation and Improvement Act of 2001; H.R. 3048, Russian River 
Land Act; H.R. 3223, Jicarilla Apache Reservation Rural Water System 
Act; H.R. 3258, Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act of 2001; H.R. 3401, 
California Five Mile Regional Learning Center Transfer Act; H.R. 
3476, to protect certain lands held in fee by the Pechanga Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians from condemnation until a final decision is 
made by the Secretary of the Interior regarding a pending fee to 
trust application for that land; H.R. 3534, Cherokee, Choctaw, and 
Chickasaw Nations Claims Settlement Act; H.R. 3813, Coal 
Accountability and Retired Employee Act for the 21st Century; H.R. 
3815, Presidential Historic Site Study Act; H.R. 3917, Flight 93 
National Memorial Act; 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. 4141, Red Rock Canyon National 
Conservation Area Protection and Enhancement Act of 2002; H.R. 4620, 
America's Wilderness Protection Act; H.R. 4638, to reauthorize the 
Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project; H.R. 4749, Magnuson-Stevens 
Act Amendments of 2002; H.R. 4795, Chronic Wasting Disease Support 
for States Act of 2002; H.R. 4807, Susquehanna National Wildlife 
Refuge Expansion Act; H.R. 4870, Mount Naomi Wilderness Boundary 
Adjustment Act; H.R. 4822, Upper Missouri River Breaks Boundary 
Clarification Act; and H.R. 4883, to reauthorize the Hydrographic 
Services Improvement Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Ocean's, oversight hearing on the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 
2000, Executive Order 13089, and the oceanic conditions contributing 
to coral reef decline, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 27, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, hearing on H.R. 4968, to provide for the exchange of certain 
lands in the State of Utah, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, June 26, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on 
Future Car: Getting New Technology into the Marketplace, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 25, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to mark up H.R. 
1070, Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2001, and to consider other pending 
business, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 26, full Committee, to consider the following: several GSA 
Fiscal Year 2003 Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions; 
several U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Survey resolutions; H.R. 1070, 
Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2001; H.R. 4635, Arming Pilots Against 
Terrorism Act; the National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act of 2002; 
and the Kennedy Center Access Study and Authorization, 11 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on various 
approaches to improving highway safety, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 26, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on H.R. 3645, Veterans Health-Care Items Procurement Reform 
and Improvement Act of 2002, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 25, Subcommittee on Select 
Revenue Measures, hearing on Corporate Inversions, 3 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  June 26, full Committee, hearing on Creation of Homeland Security 
Department, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 27, executive, 
hearing on the creation of the new Department of Homeland Security, 
2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: June 25, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Science to 
examine science and technology to combat terrorism, 1 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn Building.