[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 110 (Wednesday, September 4, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D892-D893]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 5, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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: to hold hearings 
to examine the importance of financial literacy among college 
students, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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 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; 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: to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
business items, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations for fiscal year 2003, 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to mark up appropriations for 
fiscal year 2003, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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 Education and the Workforce, to mark up H.R. 5091, 
Canceling Loans to Allow School Systems to

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Attract Classroom Teachers Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 3880, to provide a temporary waiver from certain 
transportation conformity requirements and metropolitan 
transportation planning requirements under the Clean Air Act and 
under other laws for certain areas in New York where the planning 
offices and resources have been destroyed by acts of terrorism; H.R. 
4793, Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act; H.R. 4014, Rare 
Diseases Orphan Product Development Act of 2002; H. Con. Res. 189, 
expressing the sense of the Congress regarding inflammatory bowel 
disease; H. Con. Res. 320, expressing the sense of Congress 
regarding Scleroderma; H. Con. Res. 291, expressing the sense of the 
Congress with respect to the disease endometriosis; and H. Con. Res. 
435, expressing the sense of the Congress that the therapeutic 
technique known as rebirthing is a dangerous and harmful practice 
and should be prohibited, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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. 4125, Federal Courts 
Improvement Act of 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, 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.
  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 Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on Driver's License Security Issues, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 5193, Back to School 
Tax Relief Act of 2002, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: 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.