[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 95 (Monday, July 15, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D756-D757]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                         TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine livestock packer ownership issues, 10 a.m., SD-
562.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, business 
meeting to mark up H.R. 5010, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, 
10 a.m., SD-192.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, 
business meeting to mark up 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, 3 p.m., S-128, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, business meeting to mark up 
proposed legislation making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2003, 5:15 p.m., SD-116.
  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.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the Semi-Annual Report on Monetary 
Policy of the Federal Reserve, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.

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  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine homeland security and 
international trade issues, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2221, to temporarily 
increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the Medicaid 
program, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings 
to examine the proposed Department of Homeland Security issues, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.
  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.


                                  House

  Committee on Armed Services, Merchant Marine Panel, hearing on U.S. 
ownership and control of vessels operating in the Maritime Security 
Program, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Mid-Session Review, 10:30 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
  Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on ``Can a Consensus Be 
Reached to Update OSHA's Permissible Exposure Levels (PELs),'' 2 p.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on EPA Cabinet Elevation: 
Agency and Stakeholder Views, 3 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2526, Internet 
Tax Fairness Act of 2001; and H.R. 3995, Housing Affordability for 
America Act of 2002, 5 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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., 1324 Longworth.
  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.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment and 
Government Programs, hearing on Restructuring SBA, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Adjudicatory Subcommittee, 
to continue hearings 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.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on Problems with the FAA Organizational 
Structure, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, to continue hearings on H.R. 
5005, Homeland Security Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: 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.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings to 
examine the state of property restitution in Central and Eastern Europe 
for American claimants, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon Building.