[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 118 (Wednesday, September 18, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D950-D951]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 19, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine disease 
management and coordinating care, focusing on the quality of life 
for Medicare patients, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold open and closed hearings to 
examine U.S. policy on Iraq, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine financial privacy and consumer protection, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 2623, to designate 
the Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove Plantation National 
Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System; S. 2640 and 
H.R. 321, bills to provide for adequate school facilities in 
Yosemite National Park; S. 2776, to provide for the protection of 
archaeological sites in the Galisteo Basin in New Mexico; S. 2788, 
to revise the boundary of the Wind Cave National Park in the State 
of South Dakota; S. 2880, to designate Fort Bayard Historic District 
in the State of New Mexico as a National Historic Landmark; H.R. 
3786, to revise the boundary of the Glen Canyon National Recreation 
Area in the States of Utah and Arizona; and H.R. 3858, to modify the 
boundaries of the New River Gorge National River, West Virginia, 
2:15 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine progress on environmental streamlining under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), 9:30 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to markup an original bill 
entitled, Small Business and Foreign Economic Recovery Act of 2002, 
4 p.m., SD-215.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
certain law enforcement treaties, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of C. 
William Swank, of Ohio, Ned L. Siegel, of Florida, Diane M. 
Ruebling, of California, and Samuel E. Ebbesen, of the Virgin 
Islands, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, and Nancy P. Jacklin, of New 
York, to be United States Executive Director of the International 
Monetary Fund, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to continue joint hearings with 
the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to examine 
events surrounding September 11, 2001, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition and Business and Consumer 
Rights, to hold oversight hearings to examine the enforcement of the 
antitrust laws, 1:30 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Iraq's Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Program and Technology Exports, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st 
Century Competitiveness and the Subcommittee on Select Education, 
joint hearing on Responding to the Needs of Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities in the 21st Century, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, to consider a resolution authorizing the Chairman of 
the full Committee to issue subpoenas in connection with the 
Committee's investigation into Global Crossing Ltd., Qwest and 
related entities, 9:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Terrorist 
Financing: A Progress Report on Implementation of the USA PATRIOT 
Act,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, 
Drug Policy and Human Resources, hearing on ``Ecstasy and Club 
Drugs: A Growing Threat to the Nation's Youth,'' 1 p.m., 2203 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory 
Affairs, hearing on ``Agency Implementation of the SWANCC 
Decision,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and 
Intergovernmental Relations and the Subcommittee on Legislative and 
Budget Process of the Committee on Rules, joint oversight hearing 
``Linking Program Funding to Performance Results,'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on U.S. Policy 
Toward Iraq, 10:45 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 5119, Plant Breeders 
Equity Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``Federal Farm Program: Unintended 
Consequences of FAV Rules,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on Stakeholder Proposals for the 
Reauthorization of Surface Transportation Programs, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs 
medical research programs, 11 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security and 
the Subcommittee on Immigration, Boarder Security, and Claims of the 
Committee on the Judiciary, joint hearing on Preserving the 
Integrity of Social Security Numbers and Preventing Their Misuse by 
Terrorists and Identity Thieves, 1 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 RHOB.
  Joint Meetings: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to 
continue joint hearings with the House Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence to examine events surrounding September 11, 2001, 10 
a.m., SH-216.