[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 24, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D982-D983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 25, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine the 
status of the implementation of the Federal stem cell research 
policy, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: to resume hearings to examine U.S. 
policy on Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings to examine affordable 
housing production and working families, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, to hold hearings 
to examine the state of tourism one year after September 11, 2001, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: with the Committee on 
Finance, to hold joint hearings to examine alternatives for 
financing the U.S. surface transportation system, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Finance: with the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works, to hold joint hearings to examine alternatives for financing 
the U.S. surface transportation system, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to resume hearings to examine 
Iraq, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 830, to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of 
research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related 
to the etiology of breast cancer; S. 2499, to amend the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish labeling requirements 
regarding allergenic substances in food; S. 1806, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to health professions 
programs regarding the practice of pharmacy; S. 969, to establish a 
Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee; S. 2821, to establish 
grants to provide health services for improved nutrition, increased 
physical activity, obesity prevention; the nominations of David 
Wenzel, of Pennsylvania, Marco A. Rodriguez, of California, Milton 
Aponte, of Florida, Glenn Bernard Anderson, of Arkansas, Barbara 
Gillcrist, of New Mexico, and Graham Hill, of Virginia, each to be a 
Member of the National Council on Disability, and Michelle 
Guillermin, of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, Corporation 
for National and Community Service, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business; to be followed by a hearing to consider the 
nominations of Quanah Crossland Stamps, of Virginia, to be 
Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Department 
of Health and Human Services, and Philip N. Hogen, of South Dakota, 
to be Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, 10 a.m., 
SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine asbestos 
litigation, 10 a.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, hearing on Civil Rights Program 
of the USDA for Farmer Program Participants, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to consider the following: H.R. 
2037, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act; H.R. 4701, Sports 
Agent Responsibility and Trust Act; H. Res. 398, Recognizing the 
devastating impact of fragile X, urging increased funding for 
research on fragile X, and commending the goals of National Fragile 
X Research Day; the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act; a 
measure to regulate medical devices; and H.R. 4634, National Capital 
Area Physician Emergency Assistance Act, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing on a 
measure Regarding the Transition to Digital Television, 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing on the Check Clearing for 
the 21st Century Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe, to 
mark up the following measures: H. Res. 468, Transatlantic Security 
and NATO Enhancement Resolution of 2002; H. Con. Res. 116, 
Recommending the integration of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia into 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); and H. Res. 253, 
Recommending the integration of the Republic of Slovakia into the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on the following: H.R. 4869, Satellite 
Radio Freedom Act; and a measure to provide an Exemption From Local 
Taxation for Direct-To-Subscriber Satellite Service Providers, 12:30 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, hearing 
on H.R. 1198, Justice for United States Prisoners of War Act of 
2001, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 992, 
to provide grants to local governments to assist such local 
governments in participating in certain decisions related to certain 
Indian groups and Indian tribes; H.R. 2345, Thomasina E. Jordan 
Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2001; and H.R. 
5155, Native American Sacred Lands Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

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  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, 
Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (HEALTH) Act of 2002, 3 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, to continue hearings entitled ``Lost 
Jobs, More Imports: Unintended Consequences of Higher Steel Tariffs 
(Part II),'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: Additional GSA Fiscal Year 2003 Capital Investment Lease 
Resolutions; H.R. 5083, to designate the United States courthouse at 
South Federal Place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the ``Santiago E. 
Campos United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 5201, to designate the 
Federal building located at 111 West Washington Street in Bowling 
Green, Ohio, as the ``Delbert L. Latta Federal Building;'' H.R. 
5335, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse 
located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the ``Tony Hall 
Federal Building and United States Courthouse;'' and H.R. 5428, 
Water Resources Development Act of 2002, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.