[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 112 (Monday, September 9, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D908-D909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 10, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the status of aviation security one year after 
September 11, 2001, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider H.R. 5063, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a special rule 
for members of the uniformed services in determining the exclusion 
of gain from the sale of a principal residence and to restore the 
tax exempt status of death gratuity payments to members of the 
uniformed services, time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the implementation of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act, focusing on Title 1, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219. 
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act, focusing on the expansion of 
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), in which the 
standards for courts to approve surveillance of foreign intelligence 
gathering are far less demanding than those required for approval of 
a criminal wiretap, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of the American Legion, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the state of the Iraqi 
weapons of mass destruction program and the history of the United 
Nations inspection efforts in Iraq, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearing entitled ``Retirement Security 
for American Workers: Examining Pension Enforcement and 
Accountability,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on H.R. 4646, Steel Industry Legacy 
Relief Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``America's Blood Supply in the Aftermath of September 11, 2001,'' 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing on Capitol Security, 
Emergency Preparedness, and Infrastructure Upgrades since September 
11, 1:30 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of the following 
bills: H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely 
Health Care (HEALTH) Act 2002; and H.R. 4689, Fairness in Sentencing 
Act of 2002; and to mark up the following bills: 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; and 
H.R. 4561, Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
legislation to Reduce Medical Errors, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

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                             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, 
focusing on seapower provisions, 9:15 a.m., SR-232A.
  Joint Meetings: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
examine the legislative presentation of the American Legion, 10 
a.m., 345 Cannon Building.