[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 11, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D919-D921]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





          COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
on the nomination of Wayne Abernathy, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions, to be followed 
by a business meeting to mark up S. 2239, to amend the National 
Housing Act to simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA 
mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers, S. 1210, to 
reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996, and the nomination of Wayne Abernathy, 2 
p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to examine S. 
2537 and H.R. 3833, bills to facilitate the creation of a new, 
second-level Internet domain within the United States country code 
domain that will be a haven for material that promotes positive 
experiences for children and families using the Internet, provides a 
safe online environment for children, and helps to prevent children 
from being exposed to harmful material on the Internet, 2:30 p.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 Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, to hold hearings to 
examine replenishment authorizations for the World Bank's 
International Development Association, the Asian Development Fund, 
and the African Development Fund, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Treaty Between the 
United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic 
Offensive Reductions, Signed at Moscow on May 24, 2002 (Treaty 
Doc.107-08), 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine restoring economic security for workers in the 
nation one year after September 11, 2001, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings to examine 
successful strategies for Indian reservation development, 10 a.m., 
SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold joint closed hearings 
with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to examine 
events surrounding September 11, 2001, 10 a.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, hearing on the Administration's 
Healthy Forests Initiative, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the Foreign Operations 
Appropriations for fiscal year 2003, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Economic Outlook, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st 
Century Competitiveness, hearing entitled ``Implementation of the 
Workforce Investment Act: Promising Practices in Workforce 
Development,'' 10:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity's, hearing entitled ``The Erosion of 
Communities and Home Values by Leaking Underground Storage Tanks,'' 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Conflict With 
Iraq-An Israeli Perspective,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
oversight hearing on Privacy Concerns Raised by the Collection and 
Use of Genetic Information by Employers and Insurers, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up 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. 
464, Kate Mullany National Historic Site Act; H.R. 635, Steel 
Industry National Historic Park Act; H.R. 1811, PILT and Refuge 
Revenue Sharing Permanent Funding Act; H.R. 1946, Rocky Boy's/North 
Central Montana Regional Water System Act of 2001; H.R. 2386, 
Outfitter Policy Act of 2001; H.R. 2408, Yankton Sioux Tribe and 
Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act; H.R. 2826, to 
increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching 
requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin 
Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; H.R. 
3148, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide 
equitable treatment of Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans; H.R. 3630, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle 
site in the State of Florida and

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the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National 
Park System as part of Biscayne National Park; H.R. 3747, Bainbridge 
Island Japanese-American Memorial Study Act of 2002; H.R. 3765, John 
L. Burton Trail Act; H.R. 3802, to amend the Education Land Grant 
Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the costs of 
environmental reviews with respect to conveyances under that Act; 
H.R. 3896, to repeal the reservation of mineral rights made by the 
United States when certain lands in Livingston Parish, Louisiana 
were conveyed by Public Law 102-562; H.R. 4141, Red Rock Canyon 
National Conservation Area Protection and Enhancement 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 Andersonvile National 
Historic Site; H.R. 4734, Alaska Federal Lands Management 
Demonstration Project Act; H.R. 4830, Southern Campaign of the 
Revolution Heritage Area Study Act; H.R. 4844, Wild Sky Wilderness 
Act of 2002; H.R. 4853, to provide that land which is owned by the 
Seminole Tribe of Florida but which is not held in trust by the 
United States for the Tribe may be mortgaged, leased, or transferred 
by the Tribe without further approval by the United States; H.R. 
4874, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to disclaim any 
Federal interest in lands adjacent to Spirit Lake and Twin Lakes in 
the State of Idaho resulting from possible omission of lands from an 
1880 survey; H.R. 4910, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to revise a repayment contract with the Tom Green County Water 
Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo project, Texas; 
H.R. 4919, Tonto and Coconino National Forests Land Exchange Act; 
H.R. 4944, Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove Plantation 
National Historical Park Act; H.R. 4966, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration Act; H.R. 4968, Federal-Utah State Trust 
Lands Consolidation Act; H.R. 5032, to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System lands in the 
Mendocino National Forest, California, to authorize the use of the 
proceeds from such conveyances for National Forest purposes; H.R. 
5097, to adjust the boundaries of the Salt River Bay National 
Historical Park and Ecological Preserve located in St. Croix, 
Virginia Islands; H.R. 5099, to extend the periods of authorization 
for the Secretary of the Interior to implement capital construction 
projects associated with the endangered fish recovery implementation 
programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins; H.R. 
5108, to authorize leases for terms not to exceed 99 years on lands 
held in trust for the Yurok Tribe and the Hopland Band of Pomo 
Indians; H.R. 5109, to direct the Secretary of Energy to convey a 
parcel of land at the facility of the Southwestern Power 
Administration in Tupelo, Oklahoma; H.R. 5125, Civil War Battlefield 
Preservation Act of 2002; H.R. 5168, Blue Ridge National Heritage 
Area Act of 2002; H.R. 5180, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture 
to convey certain real property in the Dixie National Forest in the 
State of Utah; H.R. 5319, Healthy Forests Reform Act of 2002; S. 
434, Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Equitable Compensation 
Act; S. 491, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to 
the provisions of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to participate in the design, planning, and 
construction of the Denver Water Reuse project; S. 691, to direct 
the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Lake 
Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary of the 
Interior, in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and 
California; S.941, Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act of 2001; S. 1227, Niagara 
Falls National Heritage Area Study Act; S. 1240, Timpanogos 
Interagency Land Exchange Act; S. 1907, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey certain land to the city of Haines, Oregon; 
and S. 1946, Old Spanish Trail Recognition Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, hearing on proposed changes to House rules, 
1:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, 
hearing on Delta Regional Authority and Southeast Crescent 
Authority: Progress and Prospects for Regional Development 
Authorities, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on the Department of 
Veterans Affairs homeless veterans programs, 1:30 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up 
H.R. 4889, Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2002, 1:30 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 4, to enhance energy 
conservation, research and development and to provide for security 
and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, 9:30 
a.m., 2123, Rayburn Building.
  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 airland provisions, 11 a.m., SR-232A.
  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 emerging threats provisions, 1:30 p.m., 2212 RHOB.
  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 personnel provisions, 3 p.m., HC-8, Capitol.
  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,

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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 strategic provisions, 
5:30 p.m., HC-8, Capitol.
  Joint Meetings: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold 
joint closed hearings with the House Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence to examine events surrounding September 11, 2001, 10 
a.m., S-407, Capitol.