[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 94 (Friday, July 12, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D747-D751]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 15 through July 20, 2002

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 1 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 2673, 
Accounting Reform bill.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider S. 812, Greater 
Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act, and any other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills and 
conference reports, when available.


                           Senate Committees

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
[D12JY2-37]D747 Special Co
  Special Committee on Aging: July 18, to hold hearings to examine issues 
with respect to identify theft, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
[D12JY2-38]D747 Committee
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 16, to hold 
hearings to examine livestock packer ownership issues, 10 a.m., SD-562.
[D12JY2-39]D747 July 17, F
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Homeland Security, 
2 p.m., SH-216.
[D12JY2-40]D747 July 18, S
  July 18, Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness, to hold 
hearings on S.532, to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act to permit a State to register a Canadian pesticide for 
distribution and use within that State, 2 p.m., SR-332.
[D12JY2-41]D747 Committee
  Committee on Appropriations: July 16, Subcommittee on Defense, business 
meeting to mark up H.R.5010, making

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appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2003, 10 a.m., SD-192.
[D12JY2-42]D748 July 16, F
  July 16, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United 
States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, 2 
p.m., S-128, Capitol.
[D12JY2-43]D748 July 16, S
  July 16, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2003, 5:30 p.m., SD-124.
[D12JY2-44]D748 July 18, F
  July 18, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up H.R.5010, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2003; proposed legislation making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003; proposed 
legislation making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2003; and proposed legislation making appropriations for the Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, 2 p.m., S-128, Capitol.
[D12JY2-45]D748 Committee
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 16, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the Semi-Annual Report on Monetary Policy 
of the Federal Reserve, 10 a.m., SH-216.
[D12JY2-46]D748 July 17, S
  July 17, Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine public mass transit systems, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
[D12JY2-47]D748 Committee
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 16, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Jonathan Steven Adelstein, of South Dakota, 
to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
[D12JY2-48]D748 July 17, S
  July 17, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and 
Tourism, to hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
the Federal Trade Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
[D12JY2-49]D748 July 18, F
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role of Enron 
Corporation energy services in the western state electricity crisis, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
[D12JY2-50]D748 July 18, F
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Frederick W. Gregory, of Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and Kathie L. Olsen, of 
Oregon, and Richard M. Russell, of Virginia, each to be an Associate 
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
[D12JY2-51]D748 Committee
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 16, to hold hearings to 
examine the Administration's plans to request additional funds for 
wildland firefighting and forest restoration as well as ongoing 
implementation of the National Fire Plan, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
[D12JY2-52]D748 July 18, F
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the effectiveness 
and sustainability of U.S. technology transfer programs for energy 
efficiency, nuclear, fossil and renewable energy, and to identify 
necessary changes to those programs to support U.S. competitiveness in 
the global marketplace, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
[D12JY2-53]D748 July 18, S
  July 18, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 
1865, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability 
and feasibility of establishing the Lower Los Angeles River and San 
Gabriel River watersheds in the State of California as a unit of the 
National Park System; S. 1943, to expand the boundary of the George 
Washington Birthplace National Monument; S. 2571, to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a special resources study to evaluate the 
suitability and feasibility of establishing the Rim of the Valley 
Corridor as a unit of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation 
Area; S. 2595, to authorize the expenditure of funds on private lands and 
facilities at Mesa Verde National Park, in the State of Colorado; and 
H.R.1925, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the Waco Mammoth Site Area in 
Waco, Texas, as a unit of the National Park System, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
[D12JY2-54]D748 Committee
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 16, with the Committee 
on the Judiciary, to hold joint hearings to examine new source review 
policy, regulations, and enforcement activities, with respect to clean 
air, 10 a.m., SD-106.
[D12JY2-55]D748 July 18, F
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of John S. 
Bresland, of New Jersey, to be a Member, and Carolyn W. Merritt, of 
Illinois, to be a Member and Chairperson, both of the Chemical Safety and 
Hazard Investigation Board, 10 a.m., SD-406.
[D12JY2-56]D748 Committee
  Committee on Finance: July 16, to hold hearings to examine homeland 
security and international trade issues, 10 a.m., SD-215.
[D12JY2-57]D748 July 17, F
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine schemes, scams, 
and cons regarding fuel tax fraud, 10 a.m., SD-215.
[D12JY2-58]D748 Committee
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 17, to resume hearings on the 
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on 
Strategic Offensive Reductions, Signed at Moscow on May 24, 2002 (Treaty 
Doc.107-08), 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
[D12JY2-59]D748 Committee
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 17, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Mark W. Everson, of Texas, to be Deputy Director for 
Management, Office of Management and Budget, 2 p.m., SD-342.
[D12JY2-60]D748 Committee
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 16, to hold 
hearings to examine the proposed Department of Homeland Security issues, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
[D12JY2-61]D748 July 17, F
  July 17, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2394, to amend 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling containing 
information applicable

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to pediatric patients; S. 2499, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act to establish labeling requirements regarding allergenic 
substances in food; S. 1998, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
with respect to the qualifications of foreign schools; proposed 
legislation authorizing funding for the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant; and the nomination of Richard H. Carmona, of Arizona, to be 
Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and 
to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, 10 a.m., SD-430.
[D12JY2-62]D749 Committee
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 17, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine the protection of Native American sacred places, 10 a.m., SR-485.
[D12JY2-63]D749 July 18, F
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
legislation to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni 
Indian Tribe in Apache County, Arizona, 10 a.m., SR-485.
[D12JY2-64]D749 July 18, F
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation to 
ratify an agreement to regulate air quality on the Southern Ute Indian 
Reservation, 2 p.m., SR-485.
[D12JY2-65]D749 Select Com
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 16, to hold a joint closed 
briefing with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to 
examine events surrounding September 11, 2001, 10 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
[D12JY2-66]D749 July 18, F
  July 18, Full Committee, 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.
[D12JY2-67]D749 July 19, F
  July 19, Full Committee, to continue joint closed hearings with the 
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to examine events 
surrounding September 11, 2001, 10 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
[D12JY2-68]D749 Committee
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 16, with the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works, to hold joint hearings to examine new source review 
policy, regulations, and enforcement activities, with respect to clean 
air, 10 a.m., SD-106.
[D12JY2-69]D749 July 16, S
  July 16, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to 
hold hearings to examine the Federal Bureau of Investigations computer 
hardware problems from 1992 to 2002, 2 p.m., SD-226.
[D12JY2-70]D749 July 17, S
  July 17, Subcommittee on Constitution, to hold hearings on S.J. Res. 
35, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
protect the rights of crime victims, 10 a.m., SD-226.
[D12JY2-71]D749 July 18, F
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                            House Committees

[D12JY2-72]D749 Committee
  Committee on Agriculture, July 18, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, hearing on Stewardship 
Contracting, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
[D12JY2-73]D749 Committee
  Committee on Armed Services, July 16, Merchant Marine Panel, hearing on 
U.S. ownership and control of vessels operating in the Maritime Security 
Program, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-74]D749 Committee
  Committee on the Budget, July 16, hearing on Mid-Session Review, 10:30 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
[D12JY2-75]D749 Committee
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 16, hearing on ``Access 
to Higher Education for Low-Income Students: A Review of the Advisory 
Committee on Student Financial Assistance Report on College Access,'' 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-76]D749 July 16, S
  July 16, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on ``Can A 
Consensus Be Reached to Update OSHA's Permissible Exposure Levels 
(PELs),'' 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-77]D749 Committee
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 16, Subcommittee on Environment 
and Hazardous Materials and the Subcommittee on Health, joint hearing on 
Recent Developments in the EPA Office of the Ombudsman, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
[D12JY2-78]D749 July 17, S
  July 17, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on ``Harming Patient Access to 
Care: The Impact of Excessive Litigation, `` 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-79]D749 July 18, S
  July 18, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, 
hearing titled ``Are All Online Travel Sites Good for the Consumer: An 
Examination of Supplier-Owned Online Travel Sites,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
[D12JY2-80]D749 July 19, S
  July 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing titled 
``A Review of DOE's Accelerated Cleanup Program and State-Based 
Compliance Agreements,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-81]D749 Committee
  Committee on Financial Services, July 16, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing 
regarding the Department of the Treasury's policy on the Government 
Sponsored Enterprises, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-82]D749 July 17, f
  July 17, full Committee, hearing on Monetary Policy and the State of 
the Economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-83]D749 July 18, h
  July 18, hearing entitled ``Terrorist Financing: A Progress Report on 
Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-84]D749 July 18, S
  July 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the 
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, joint hearing entitled 
``Mold: A Growing Problem,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-85]D749 July 19, S
  July 19, Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, 
hearing on the expected authorization request for the U.S. Participation 
in the World Bank-International Development Association, 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
[D12JY2-86]D749 Committee
  Committee on Government Reform, July 16, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, 
Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on EPA Cabinet 
Elevation: Agency and Stakeholder Views, 3 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-87]D749 July 16, S
  July 16, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, and 
International Relations, hearing on Missile Defense: A New Organization, 
Evolutionary Technologies and Unrestricted Testing, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
[D12JY2-88]D750 July 17, S

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  July 17, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management 
and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on ``Government Travel and 
Purchase Card Programs at the Department of the Army,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
[D12JY2-89]D750 July 18, S
  July 18, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management 
and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on ``The Department of Defense's 
Telecommunications Policy for Service Personnel,'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-90]D750 July 19, S
  July 19, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, hearing on Voting 
Representation in Congress, 12 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-91]D750 Committee
  Committee on International Relations, July 18, Subcommittee on Middle 
East and South Asia, hearing on Recent Developments in South Asia, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-92]D750 Committee
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 17, to mark up the following measures: 
S.J. Res. 13, conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on 
Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, also known as the Marquis de Lafayette; 
H.R. 4558, to extend the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training 
Program; S. 487, Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act 
of 2001; H. Res. 437, requesting that the President focus appropriate 
attention on neighborhood crime prevention and community policing, and 
coordinate certain Federal efforts to participate in ``National Night 
Out,'' including by supporting local efforts and neighborhood watches and 
by supporting local officials to provide homeland security; H.R. 4965, 
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002; H.R. 3951, Financial Services 
Regulatory Relief Act of 2002; and H.R. 1452, Family Reunification Act of 
2001, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-93]D750 July 18, S
  July 18, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, oversight hearing on ``The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: 
Fee Schedule Adjustment and Agency Reform,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-94]D750 Committee
  Committee on Resources, July 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on ``The Growing Natural Gas Supply and Demand 
Imbalance: the Role that Public Lands and Federal Submerged Lands could 
play in the Solution,'' 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
[D12JY2-95]D750 July 16, S
  July 16, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3434, McLoughlin House National 
Historic Site Act; H.R. 3449, to revise the boundaries of the George 
Washington Birthplace National Monument; and H.R. 4953, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to grant to Deschutes and Crook Counties in the 
State of Oregon a right-of-way to West Butt Road, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
[D12JY2-96]D750 July 17, f
  July 17, full Committee, oversight hearing on the Compacts of Free 
Association, followed by a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2408, 
Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act; 
H.R. 3407, Indian Financing Act Reform Amendment; and H.R. 4838, to 
provide that active duty members of the military be able to fully 
participate in Federal elections in American Samoa by providing that the 
office of the Delegate from American Samoa to the United States House of 
Representatives shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast, 2 
p..m., 1324 Longworth.
[D12JY2-97]D750 July 18, S
  July 18, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
hearing on H.R. 4722, Lake Erie Western Basin International Wildlife 
Refuge Establishment Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
[D12JY2-98]D750 Committee
  Committee on Rules, July 15, to consider H.R. 5093, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, 5:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
[D12JY2-99]D750 July 16, t
  July 16, to consider a measure making appropriation for the Treasury 
Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the 
President, and certain independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2003, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
[D12JY2-100]D750 Committee
  Committee on Science, July 18, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on NASA Workforce and Management Challenges, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
[D12JY2-101]D750 Committee
  Committee on Small Business, July 16, Subcommittee on Workforce, 
Empowerment and Government Programs, hearing on Restructuring SBA, 2 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-102]D750 Committee
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, July 15, Adjudicatory 
Subcommittee, hearing in the Matter of Representative James A. Traficant, 
Jr., to determine whether any counts in the Statement of Alleged 
Violations have been proven by clear and convincing evidence, 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-103]D750 Committee
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 16, Subcommittee 
on Aviation, oversight hearing on Problems with the FAA Organizational 
Structure, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-104]D750 July 16, S
  July 16, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Long-term 
Outlook on Highway Trust Fund: Are Fuel Taxes a Viable Measure? 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
[D12JY2-105]D750 Committee
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 16, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 4940, Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act; 
H.R. 5005, to authorize the placement in Arlington National Cemetery of a 
memorial honoring the World War II veterans who fought in the Battle of 
the Bulge; H.R. 3645, Veterans Health-Care and Procurement Improvement 
Act of 2002; 9:30 a.m., followed by a hearing on H.R. 4939, Veterans 
Medicare Payment Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
[D12JY2-106]D750 July 18, S
  July 18, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing on the Transition Assistance 
Program and the Disabled Transition Assistance Program, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
[D12JY2-107]D750 Committee
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 18, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on 
the Administration's Waiver for Vietnam from the Jackson-Vanik Freedom of 
Emigration Requirements, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
[D12JY2-108]D750 Select Com
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, July 15, 16, and 17, hearings on 
H.R. 5005, Homeland Security Act of

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2002, 1 p.m., July 15 and 10 a.m., July 16 and 17, 345 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

[D12JY2-109]D751 Joint Meet
  Joint Meetings: July 16, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to 
hold a joint closed briefing with the House Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence to examine events surrounding September 11, 2001, 10 a.m., 
S-407, Capitol.
[D12JY2-110]D751 Joint Meet
  Joint Meetings: July 18, 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.
[D12JY2-111]D751 Joint Meet
  Joint Meetings: July 19, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to 
continue joint closed hearings with the House Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence to examine events surrounding September 11, 2001, 10 
a.m., S-407, Capitol.
[D12JY2-112]D751 Commission
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 16, to hold 
hearings to examine the state of property restitution in Central and 
Eastern Europe for American claimants, 2 p.m., 334, Cannon Building.
[D12JY2-113]D751 Joint Econ
  Joint Economic Committee: July 17, to hold hearings to examine economic 
outlook issues, 10 a.m., Room to be announced.