[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 92 (Wednesday, July 10, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D732-D734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development approved for full Committee action the Energy and Water 
Development appropriations for fiscal year 2003.
HOMELAND SECURITY ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 5005, 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, to the Select Committee on Homeland 
Security.
REFORMING--INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing on Reforming 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Recommendations from 
the Administration's Commission on Excellence in Special Education. 
Testimony was heard from Terry Branstad, Chairman, President's 
Commission on Excellence in Special Education.
FINANCING ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection approved for full Committee action, as amended, 
H.R. 5058, Financial Accounting Standards Board Act.

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OVERSIGHT--CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing on Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
Oversight and a Look Into Public Broadcasting in the Digital Era. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY OF AMERICA ACT
Committee on Financial Services: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
3995, Housing Affordability of America Act of 2002.
HOMELAND SECURITY ACT
Committee on International Relations: Approved a motion to report 
recommendations on H.R. 5005, Homeland Security Act of 2002, favorably, 
as amended, to the Select Committee on Homeland Security.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; HOMELAND SECURITY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
3838, to amend the charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the 
United States organization to make members of the armed forces who 
receive special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger 
eligible for membership in the organization; H.R. 3214, to amend the 
charter of the AMVETS organization; and H.R. 3988, to amend title 36, 
United States Code, to clarify the requirements for eligibility in the 
American Legion.
  The Committee approved a motion to report H.R. 5005, Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, favorably, as amended, to the Select Committee on 
Homeland Security.
  The Committee also approved private relief measures.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
4749, amended, Magnuson-Stevens Act Amendments of 2002; H. Con. Res. 
419, requesting the President to issue a proclamation in observance of 
the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the International Association 
of Fish and Wildlife Agencies; 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. 3917, amended, Flight 93 National Memorial Act; H.R. 4620, 
America's Wilderness Protection Act; H.R. 4739, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, 
planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater 
within and outside of the service area of the City of Austin Water and 
Wastewater Utility, Texas; H.R. 4822, Upper Missouri River Breaks 
Boundary Clarification Act; H.R. 4840, amended, Sound Science for 
Endangered Species Act Planning Act of 2002; S. 238, Burnt, Malheur, 
Owyhee, and Powder River Basin Water Optimization Feasibility Study Act 
of 2001; S. 356, Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Commission Act; and S. 
1057, Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park Addition Act of 
2001.
HOMELAND SECURITY ACT
Committee on Science: Approved a motion to submit recommendations on 
H.R. 5005, Homeland Security Act of 2002, favorably, as amended, to the 
Select Committee on Homeland Security
ADMINISTRATION'S CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on the Administration's Climate 
Change Initiative. Testimony was heard from John H. Marburger, 
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy; James R. Mahoney, 
Assistant Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA, Department of 
Commerce; and Robert G. Card, Under Secretary, Energy, Science, and 
Environment, Department of Energy.
HOMELAND SECURITY ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered favorably reported, as amended, 
H.R. 5005, Homeland Security Act, to the Select Committee on Homeland 
Security.

Joint Meetings
GOVERNMENT PRINTING AND PUBLIC DOCUMENT ACCESS
Joint Committee on Printing: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the role of the Government Printing Office in handling federal agency 
printing needs and ways for ensuring open and effective information 
dissemination, focusing on the Office of Management and Budget proposal 
to reform how Executive Branch agencies procure printing, after 
receiving testimony from Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director, Office of 
Management and Budget; Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer, Government 
Printing Office; Benjamin Y. Cooper, Printing Industries of America, 
Inc., Alexandria, Virginia; Julia F. Wallace, University of Minnesota 
Government Publications Library, Minneapolis, on behalf of the American 
Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, Association 
of Research Libraries, and Medical Library Association; and William J.

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