[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 106 (Tuesday, July 30, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 31, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
status of Operation Enduring Freedom, 3 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Rebecca Dye, of North Carolina, to be 
a Federal Maritime Commissioner, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to 
hold hearings to examine railroad shipper issues, 9:45 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings on S. 1577, to 
amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and 
Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects under that 
Act; S. 1882, to amend the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956; 
S. 934, to require the Secretary of the Interior to construct the 
Rocky Boy's North Central Montana Regional Water System in the State 
of Montana, to offer to enter into an agreement with the Chippewa 
Cree Tribe to plan, design, construct, operate, maintain and replace 
the Rocky Boy's Rural Water System, and to provide assistance to the 
North Central Montana Regional Water Authority for the planning, 
design, and construction of the noncore system; S. 2556, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities 
to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District in the State of Idaho; S. 
2696, to clear title to certain real property in New Mexico 
associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project; S. 2773, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the High Plains 
Aquifer States in conducting a hydrogeologic characterization, 
mapping, modeling and monitoring program for the high Plains Aquifer 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 2990, to amend the Lower Rio Grande 
Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to 
authorize additional projects under that Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Superfund, Toxics, Risk, and Waste Management, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine the Environmental Protection Agency Inspector 
General's Report on the Superfund Program, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
threats, responses, and regional considerations surrounding Iraq, 
9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine threats, 
responses, and regional considerations surrounding Iraq, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings to examine consumer safety and weight loss 
supplements, focusing on the extent of the use of supplements for 
weight loss purposes, the validity of claims currently being made 
for and against weight loss supplements, and the structure of the 
current federal system of oversight and regulation for dietary 
supplements, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine S. 
2586, to exclude United States persons from the definition of 
``foreign power'' under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 relating to international terrorism, and S. 2659, to amend the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to modify the standard 
of proof for issuance of orders regarding non-United States persons 
from probable cause to reasonable suspicion, 2:30 p.m., SDG-50.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:45 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine class action 
litigation issues, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 2619, to provide for the 
analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape in Federal, 
State, and local institutions and to provide information, resources, 
recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from prison 
rape, 1:30 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  No committee meetings are scheduled.