[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 96 (Tuesday, July 16, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D764-D765]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine Homeland Security, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
public mass transit systems, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine schemes, scams, 
and cons regarding fuel tax fraud, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to resume hearings on the Treaty 
Between the United States of America and the

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Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions, Signed at 
Moscow on May 24, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 107-08), 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 2394, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act to require labeling containing information applicable 
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, 
Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings to examine 
the protection of Native American sacred places, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, to mark up H.R. 4701, Sports Agent 
Responsibility and Trust Act, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on ``Harming Patient Access to 
Care: The Impact of Excessive Litigation,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on Monetary Policy and 
the State of the Economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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. and 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following measures: 
S.J. Res. 13, conferring honorary citizenship of the Unites 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.
  Committee on Resources, 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. 4938, to direct the Secretary of the Interior, through the 
Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study to determine 
the most feasible method of developing a safe and adequate 
municipal, rural, and industrial water supply for the Santee Sioux 
Tribe of Nebraska, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  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 Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine economic 
outlook issues, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn Building.