[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 100 (Monday, July 22, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D800-D801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 23, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, 2:30 p.m., S-128, 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on District of Columbia, business meeting to mark up 
proposed legislation making appropriations for the government of the 
District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in 
part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2003, 2:30 p.m., SD-116.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related 
Agencies, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making 
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2003, 5 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
on the nominations of Cynthia A. Glassman, of Virginia, and Roel C. 
Campos, of Texas, each to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Steven Robert Blust, of 
Florida, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner; 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; Frederick 
D. Gregory, of Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration; Jonathan Steven Adelstein, of 
South Dakota, to be a Member of the Federal Communications 
Commission; and one United States Coast Guard promotion list, 10:45 
a.m., S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings on S. 2494, to revise the boundary 
of the Petrified Forest National Park in the State of Arizona; S. 
2598, to enhance the criminal penalties for illegal trafficking of 
archaeological resources; S. 2727, to provide for the protection of 
paleontological resources on Federal lands; and H.R. 3954, to 
designate certain waterways in the Caribbean National Forest in the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as components of the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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. 107-8), 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the role of financial 
institutions in the collapse of Enron

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Corporation, focusing on the contribution to Enron's use of complex 
transactions to make the company look better financially than it 
actually was, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  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: to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SR-325.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 2480, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to exempt qualified current and former law 
enforcement officers from state laws prohibiting the carrying of 
concealed handguns, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Special Oversight Panel on the 
Merchant Marine, hearing on commercial shipbuilding in the United 
States and the Maritime Security Program, 9 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing on ``What's Next 
for School Choice?'' 9:45 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on ``Compulsory 
Union Dues and Corporate Campaigns,'' 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
titled ``Insurance Coverage of Mental Health Benefits,'' 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing regarding 
the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight's (OFHEO) risk-
based capital stress test for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations, hearing on Homeland 
Security: Protecting Strategic Ports, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, to 
mark up the following measures: H. Con. Res. 287, expressing the 
sense of Congress relating to efforts of the Peace Parks Foundation 
in the Republic of South Africa to facilitate the establishment and 
development of transfrontier conservation efforts in southern 
Africa; and H. Con. Res. 421, recognizing the importance of 
inheritance rights of women in Africa, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Pacific 
Island Nations: Current Issues and U.S. Interests, 11 a.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1452, Family Reunification Act of 2001; H.R. 4757, Our Lady of Peace 
Act; H.R. 3995, Housing Affordability for America Act of 2002; and 
H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care 
(HEALTH) Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on H.R. 1203, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization 
Act of 2001, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on Availability of Bonds to Meet 
Federal Requirement for Mining, Oil and Gas Projects, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 4628, 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003; and H.R. 4965, 
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on ``Unintended Consequences 
of Increased Steel Tariffs on American Manufacturers,'' 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Aviation Security, 10 a.m., and, executive, to 
continue hearings on Aviation Security, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Medicare's Geographic Cost Adjustors, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  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.