[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 97 (Wednesday, July 17, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D773-D775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 18, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine issues 
with respect to identity theft, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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.
  Committee on Appropriations: 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; 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; and a proposed resolution encouraging the 
Committee on Appropriations to report thirteen fiscally responsible, 
bipartisan appropriation bills to the Senate no later than July 31, 
2002, 2 p.m., S-128, Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
on the nominations of Paul S. Atkins, of Virginia, and Harvey Jerome 
Goldschmid, of New York, each to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to hold hearings 
to examine perspectives on improving corporate responsibility, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role of Enron 
Corporation energy services in the western state electricity crisis, 
11 a.m., SR-253.

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  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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the 
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against 
Women, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 
18, 1979, and signed on behalf of the United States of America on 
July 17, 1980 (Treaty Doc. 96-53); Agreement Establishing the South 
Pacific Regional Environment Programme, done at Apia on June 16, 
1993 (Treaty Doc. 105-32); Treaty Between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of Niue on the 
Delimitation of a Maritime Boundary, signed in Wellington, May 13, 
1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-53); S. Res. 296, recognizing the 
accomplishment of Ignacy Jan Paderewski as a musician, composer, 
statesman, and philanthropist and recognizing the 10th Anniversary 
of the return of his remains to Poland; S. Res. 300, encouraging the 
peace process in Sri Lanka; and pending nominations, 2:15 p.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 1210, 
to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996; and S. 2711, to reauthorize and improve 
programs relating to Native Americans; to be followed by hearings on 
S. 2743, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the 
Zuni Indian Tribe in Apache County, Arizona; and on proposed 
legislation to ratify an agreement to regulate air quality on the 
Southern Ute Indian Reservation, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to resume markup of 
H.R. 3375, to provide compensation for the United States citizens 
who were victims of the bombings of United States embassies in East 
Africa on August 7, 1998, on the same basis as compensation is 
provided to victims of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes on 
September 11, 2001; and S. 486, to reduce the risk that innocent 
persons may be executed; and to begin markup of S. 862, to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal years 2002 through 2006 to carry out the State Criminal Alien 
Assistance Program; S. 2395, to prevent and punish counterfeiting 
and copyright piracy; S. 2513, to assess the extent of the backlog 
in DNA analysis of rape kit samples, and to improve investigation 
and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence; and S. 
Res. 293, designating the week of November 10 through November 16, 
2002, as ``National Veterans Awareness Week'' to emphasize the need 
to develop educational programs regarding the contributions of 
veterans to the country, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, hearing on Stewardship 
Contracting, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, to continue markup of H.R. 4547, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003, and to mark 
up H.R. 5132, to express the sense of Congress concerning the fiscal 
year 2003 end strengths needed for the Armed Forces to fight the War 
on Terrorism, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, to mark up H.R. 4054, to provide for 
civil monetary penalties in certain cases, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Middle East 
and South Asia, hearing on Recent Developments in South Asia, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 2099, to

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amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to 
provide adequate funding authorization for the Vancouver National 
Historic Reserve; H.R. 2748, National War Permanent Tribute 
Historical Database Act; H.R. 3434, McLoughlin House National 
Historic Site Act; H.R. 4530, Blue Ridge Heritage and Cultural 
Partnership Area Study Act of 2002; H.R. 4622, Gateway Communities 
Cooperation Act of 2002; H.R. 4874, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to disclaim any Federal interest in lands adjacent to 
Spirit Lake and Twin Lakes in the State of Idaho resulting from 
possible omission of lands from an 1880 survey; 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 Butte Road; 
and H.R. 4968, Federal-Utah State Trust Lands Consolidation Act, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on NASA Workforce and Management Challenges, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Adjudicatory 
Subcommittee, to continue 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., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on the Transition Assistance Program and the Disabled Transition 
Assistance Program, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.J. Res. 101, 
disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in 
section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam, 
2:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the Administration's Waiver for 
Vietnam from the Jackson-Vanik Freedom of Emigration Requirements, 
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 4775, making supplemental 
appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist 
attacks on the United States for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2002, 10 a.m., Room to be announced.
  Joint Meetings: 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.