[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 107 (Wednesday, July 31, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D866-D867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to mark up proposed legislation providing for agricultural 
disaster assistance, and to consider the nomination of Thomas C. 
Dorr, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, and to be Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Rural Development, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: to resume open and closed (in Room 
SR-222) hearings to examine the implications of the Strategic 
Offensive Reductions Treaty (Treaty Doc. 107-8), 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine the role of charities and non-governmental organizations in 
the financing of terrorist activities, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings on the nomination of Pamela 
F. Olson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the 
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the 
Ozone Layer (the ``Montreal Protocol''), adopted at Montreal on 
September 15-17, 1997, by the Ninth Meeting to the Parties to the 
Montreal Protocol (Treaty Doc. 106-10); the Amendment to the 
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the 
``Montreal Protocol'), adopted at Beijing on December 3, 1999, by 
the Eleventh Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (the 
``Beijing Amendment'') (Treaty Doc. 106-32); S. 2712, to authorize 
economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and 
to authorize military assistance for Afghanistan and certain

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other foreign countries; S. Res. 309, expressing the sense of the 
Senate that Bosnia and Herzegovina should be congratulated on the 
10th anniversary of its recognition by the United States; S. Con. 
Res. 122, expressing the sense of Congress that security, 
reconciliation, and prosperity for all Cypriots can be best achieved 
within the context of membership in the European Union which will 
provide significant rights and obligations for all Cypriots; H.R. 
2121, to make available funds under the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 to expand democracy, good governance, and anti-corruption 
programs in the Russian Federation in order to promote and 
strengthen democratic government and civil society in that country 
and to support independent media; H.R. 4558, to extend the Irish 
Peace Process Cultural and Training Program; and the nomination of 
Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic 
of Pakistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine national security 
perspectives regarding Iraq, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine national security 
perspectives regarding Iraq, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 2328, to amend the Public Health Service Act 
and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure a safe 
pregnancy for all women in the United States, to reduce the rate of 
maternal morbidity and mortality, to eliminate racial and ethnic 
disparities in maternal health outcomes, to reduce pre-term, labor, 
to examine the impact of pregnancy on the short and long term health 
of women, to expand knowledge about the safety and dosing of drugs 
to treat pregnant women with chronic conditions and women who become 
sick during pregnancy, to expand public health prevention, education 
and outreach, and to develop improved and more accurate data 
collection related to maternal morbidity and mortality; S. 2394, to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling 
containing information applicable to pediatric patients; S. 2758, 
entitled ``The Child Care and Development Block Grant Amendments 
Act''; S. 1998, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 with 
respect to the qualifications of foreign schools; S. 2054, to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to establish a Nationwide Health 
Tracking Network; S. 2053, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
improve immunization rates by increasing the distribution of 
vaccines and improving and clarifying the vaccine injury 
compensation program; S. 2246, to improve access to printed 
instructional materials used by blind or other persons with print 
disabilities in elementary and secondary schools; S. 2549, to ensure 
that child employees of traveling sales crews are protected under 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; proposed legislation regarding 
the National Science Foundation Doubling Act; and the nominations of 
Edward J. Fitzmaurice, Jr., of Texas, and Harry R. Hoglander, of 
Massachusetts, each to be a Member of the National Mediation Board, 
11 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 1344, 
to provide training and technical assistance to Native Americans who 
are interested in commercial vehicle driving careers; S. 2017, to 
amend the Indian Financing Act of 1974 to improve the effectiveness 
of the Indian loan guarantee and insurance program; and S. 2711, to 
reauthorize and improve programs relating to Native Americans; to be 
followed by oversight hearings to examine the Secretary of the 
Interior's Report on the Hoopa Yurok Settlement Act, 10 a.m., SR-
485.
  Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine problems 
facing Native youth, 2 p.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings on pending judicial 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  No committee meetings were held.