[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 109 (Tuesday, September 3, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D882-D884]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of September 4 through September 7, 2002

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, at 9:30 a.m., Senate will consider H.R. 5093, 
Department of the Interior Appropriations Act; and at 1 p.m., Senate 
will continue consideration of H.R. 5005, Homeland Security Act.

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  During the balance of the week, Senate will consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business, including appropriations 
bills and conference reports, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Special Committee on Aging: September 4, to hold hearings to 
examine the image of aging in news, entertainment and marketing, 
9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: September 5, 
Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization, to 
hold hearings to examine the decline of oak tree populations in 
southern states caused by prolonged drought and red oak borer insect 
infestation, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 5, to 
hold hearings to examine the importance of financial literacy among 
college students, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 5, 
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Roger P. Nober, of 
Maryland, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, 
Department of Transportation, and David McQueen Laney, of Texas, to 
be a Member of the Reform Board (Amtrak), 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 4, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of John R. Dawson, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, Antonio O. 
Garza, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to Mexico, and Linda Ellen 
Watt, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, 4 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 4, 
business meeting to consider S. 2758, entitled ``The Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Amendments Act'', 10 a.m., SD-430.
  September 5, Full Committee, 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; and S.2817, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 
and 2007 for the National Science Foundation, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 5, to hold closed 
hearings on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 4, Subcommittee on 
Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, to hold hearings 
to examine an AMBER Alert National System, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 5, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
business items, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  Wednesday, consideration of suspensions pursuant to unanimous 
consent:
  (1) H. Con. Res. 183, United States Congressional Philharmonic 
Society;
  (2) H.R. 5012, John F. Kennedy Center Plaza Authorization;
  (3) H.R. 1070, Great Lakes Legacy;
  (4) H.R. 3287, Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. Postal 
Facility, Washington, DC;
  (5) H.R. 5308, Barney Apodaca Post Office, Fort Collins, Colorado;
  (6) H.R. 5207, Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. Post Office, Bloomington, 
Minnesota;
  (7) H. Res. 94, Contributions of Venus and Serena Williams; and
  (8) H.R.   , Education Affordability;
  Thursday, consideration of:
  H.R. 4727, Dam Safety and Security Act (Subject to a Rule); and 
Consideration of motions to go to conference:
  (1) H.R. 5011, Military Construction Appropriations; and
  (2) H.R. 5010, Department of Defense Appropriations.
  Friday, the House will conduct a special meeting with the Senate in 
Federal Hall in New York, New York in remembrance of the victims and 
the heroes of September 11, 2001.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, September 5, to mark up the Energy 
and Water Development Appropriations for fiscal year 2003, 2 p.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  September 5, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to mark up 
appropriations for fiscal year 2003, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, September 5, Special Oversight Panel 
on Terrorism, hearing on a report entitled ``Counter-Terrorism 
Intelligence Capabilities and Performance of the CIA, FBI, and NSA 
Prior to 9/11,'' 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 4, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``The 
Consumer Product Safety Commission: The New Chairman's Agenda,'' 3 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 5, to continue markup of 
H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care 
(HEALTH) Act of 2002; and to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1701, 
Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement; S. 2690, to reaffirm the 
reference to one Nation under God in the Pledge of Allegiance; H.R. 
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2002; H.R. 4689, Fairness in Sentencing Act of 2002; and H.R. 4561, 
Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 5, to discuss the 
Administration's Healthy Forests: An Initiative for Wildlife 
Prevention and Stronger Communities; and to hold a hearing on the 
following measures: H.R. 5214, National Forest Fire Prevention Act; 
H.R. 5309, Wildlife Prevention and Forest Health Protection Act of 
2002; and the Healthy Forests Reform Act of 2002, 9:30 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  September 5, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 282, to authorize the 
Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial in the 
District of Columbia or its environs to soldiers who have lost their 
lives during peacekeeping operations, humanitarian efforts, 
training, terrorist attacks, or covert operations; H.R. 3747, 
Bainbridge Island Japanese-American Memorial Study Act of 2002; H.R. 
4692, to amend the Act entitled `An Act to authorize the 
Establishment of the Andersonville National Historic Site in the 
State of Georgia, and for other purposes', to provide for the 
addition of certain donated lands to the Andersonville National 
Historic Site; and a measure to provide for an exchange of certain 
private property in Colorado and certain Federal property in Utah, 
10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 4, to consider H.R. 4727, Dam Safety 
and Security Act of 2002, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 5, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Driver's License 
Security Issues, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: September 5, meeting of conferees, in closed session, 
on H.R. 4546, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for 
the Armed Forces, 3 p.m., HC-8, Capitol.