[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 102 (Wednesday, July 24, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D822-D823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 25, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2003; 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; 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; and proposed legislation making 
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2003, 2 p.m., S-128, Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
national security implications of the Strategic Offensive Reductions 
Treaty, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Paul S. Atkins, of Virginia, Harvey 
Jerome Goldschmid, of New York, Cynthia A. Glassman, of Virginia, 
and Roel C. Campos, of Texas, each to be a Member of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine aviation security transition, focusing on the 
deployment of baggage screening equipment, cockpit security, and air 
cargo security, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 2672, to provide 
opportunities for collaborative restoration projects on National 
Forest System and other public domain lands, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 1602, to help protect the public against the threat of 
chemical attack; S. 1746, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and 
the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to strengthen security at 
sensitive nuclear facilities; S. 1850, to amend the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act to bring underground storage tanks into compliance with 
subtitle I of that Act, to promote cleanup of leaking underground 
storage tanks, to provide sufficient resources for such compliance 
and cleanup; proposed legislation authorizing funds for the John F. 
Kennedy Center Plaza; and the nominations of John S. Bresland, of 
New Jersey, to be a Member, and Carolyn W. Merritt, of Illinois, to 
be Chairperson and Member, each of the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board; and John Peter Suarez, of New Jersey, to be 
Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 11 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, 10:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: business meeting to continue to 
reconsider the Committee's action of May 22, 2002, with respect to 
ordering favorably reported, with amendments S. 2452, to establish 
the Department of National Homeland Security and the National Office 
for Combating Terrorism, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine violence against women in the workplace, 
focusing on the extent of the problem and government and business 
responses, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the July 
2, 2002 Report of the Department of the Interior to Congress on 
historical accounting of Individual Indian Money Accounts, 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: to hold oversight hearings to examine 
the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Prescription Drug Reimportation: a Review of a 
Proposal to Allow Third Parties to Reimport Prescription Drugs,'' 1 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``The U.S. National Climate Change Assessment: Do the Climate Models 
Project a Useful Picture of Regional Climate?'' 9:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on International 
Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing on the expected authorization 
requests on the U.S. participation in the World Bank-International 
Development Association and the African Development Fund, 1:30 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on ``Diet, Physical 
Activity, and Dietary Supplements--the Scientific Basis for 
Improving Health, Saving Money, and Preserving Personal Choice,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Loose Nukes, 
Biological Terrorism, and Chemical Warfare: Using Russian Debt to 
Enhance Security, 10:45 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, to mark 
up the following measures: H. Con. Res. 349, calling for an end to 
the sexual exploitation of refugees; and H. Con. Res. 351, 
expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should 
condemn the practice of execution by stoning as a gross violation of 
human rights, 1 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on H.R. 5156, to amend the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act to protect the economic and land use interests of 
the Federal Government in the management of outer continental shelf 
lands for energy-related and certain other purposes, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, to 
mark up H.R. 4781, Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 2002, 
2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, the Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands, and the Subcommittee 
on Fisheries Conservation and Oceans, joint hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 2386, Outfitters Policy Act of 2002; H.R. 1811, PILT and 
Refuge Revenue Sharing Permanent Funding Act; and H.R. 5081, 
Property Tax Endowment Act of 2002; 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the 
following: a measure to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
convey real property in the Dixie National Forest in the State of 
Utah; and H.R. 5032, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to 
convey National Forest System lands in the Mendocino National 
Forest, California, to authorize the use of the proceeds from such 
conveyances for National Forest purposes, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing and markup of the 
following bills: H.R. 4910, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to revise a repayment contract with the Tom Green County 
Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo project, 
Texas; and H.R. 5123, to address certain matter related to Colorado 
River water management and the Salton Sea by providing funding for 
habitat enhancement projects at the Salton Sea, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on Future 
Direction of the Department of Energy's Office of Science, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, oversight hearing on Transportation Solutions 
in a Community Context: the Need for Better Transportation Systems 
for Everyone, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, to 
continue hearings on the following bills: H.R. 5111, Servicemember's 
Civil Relief Act; and H.R. 4017, Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief 
Equity Act, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following bills: the 
Back to School Tax Relief Act of 2002; and H.R. 4889, Patient Safety 
Improvement Act of 2002, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on fraud and abuse in the 
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, 10:30 a.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.