[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 124 (Thursday, September 26, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1002-D1003]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of September 30 through October 5, 2002

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 5005, Homeland 
Security Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will also consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business, including appropriations 
bills and conference reports, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: October 3, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Nancy C. Pellett, of 
Iowa, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm 
Credit Administration, 11 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 1, to 
hold hearings to examine the government's role in promoting the 
future of the telecommunications industry and broadband deployment, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  October 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine airlines 
viability in the current economic climate, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  October 3, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
park overflight regulations, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  October 3, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings to examine Title IX, the equal treatment of women in 
education focusing on the sciences, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 30, 
Subcommittee on Transportation, Infrastructure, and Nuclear Safety, 
to hold hearings to examine the conditions and performance of the 
federal-aid highway system, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  October 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
environmental standards for schools such as school siting in 
relation to toxic waste sites and green building codes, focusing on 
environmental and energy concerns relevant to school properties, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  October 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the status 
and studies of the health impacts of fine particles which result 
from fuel combustion from motor vehicles, power generation, and 
industrial facilities, as well as from residential fireplaces and 
wood stoves, known as PM-2.5, focusing on those effects associated 
with power plant emissions, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: October 1, business meeting to 
consider S. 2799, to provide for the use of and distribution of 
certain funds awarded to the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian 
Community; S. 2743, to approve the settlement of the water rights 
claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in Apache County, Arizona; the 
nominations of Philip N. Hogen, of South Dakota, to be Chairman of 
the National Indian Gaming Commission, and Quanah Crossland Stamps, 
of Virginia, to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native 
Americans, Department of Health and Human Services, and other 
pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 1, to resume 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: October 1, to hold hearings to examine 
recent Supreme Court jurisprudence on federalism issues, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  October 1, Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold hearings to 
examine the detention and treatment of Haitian asylum seekers, 2:15 
p.m., SD-226.
  October 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine protecting 
children from child pornography, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: October 3, to hold hearings 
to examine the nomination of Bruce R. James, of Nevada, to be Public 
Printer, Government Printing Office, 9 a.m., SR-301.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 2, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, hearing on Invasive 
Species, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, October 1, to continue markup of the 
Transportation appropriations for fiscal year 2003, 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, October 2, to continue hearings on 
U.S. Policy towards Iraq, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, October 1, Subcommittee 
on 21st Century Competitiveness, hearing on ``Assuring Quality and 
Accountability in Postsecondary Education: Assessing the Role of 
Accreditation,'' 2:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  October 2, full Committee, hearing on ``The Rising Price of a 
Quality Postsecondary Education: Fact or Fiction,'' 2 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, October 1, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, to continue hearings entitled 
``Capacity Swaps by Global Crossing and Qwest: Sham Transactions 
Designed to Boost Revenues?'' 9 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  October 1, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Recording Industry Marketing Practices: A Check-
up,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Government Reform, October 1, Subcommittee on 
National Security, Veterans' Affairs and International Relations, 
hearing on Chemical and Biological Equipment: Preparing for a Toxic 
Battlefield, 10 a.m., and, executive, to continue hearings on 
Chemical and Biological Equipment: Preparing for a Toxic 
Battlefield, 1 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  October 2 and 3, full Committee, hearings on ``Americans Kidnapped 
to Saudi Arabia: Is the Saudi Government Responsible?'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  October 3, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human 
Resources, hearing on ``Responding to West Nile Virus: Public Health 
Implications and Federal Response,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, October 3, hearing on Russia 
and the Axis of Evil: Money, Ambition, and U.S. Interests, 10:15 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 1, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism and Homeland Security, hearing and markup of H.R. 5422, 
Child Abduction Prevention Act, 4 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  October 3, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on 
``A Judiciary Diminished is Justice Denied: the Constitution, the 
Senate, and the Vacancy Crisis in the Federal Judiciary,'' 10 a.m., 
2237 Rayburn.
  October 3, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and 
Claims, oversight hearing on ``The Immigration and Naturalization 
Service's Interactions with Hesham Mohamed Ali Hedayet, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, October 3, Subcommittee on Fisheries 
Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the Coastal America 
program, and on the transfer of certain NOAA property to the Board 
of Trustees of the California State University, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, October 2, hearing on Meeting the Needs of 
the Fire Services: H.R. 3992, to establish the SAFER Firefighter 
Grant Program and H.R. 4548, to amend the Federal Fire Prevention 
and Control Act of 1974 with respect to firefighter assistance, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 3, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on the 
Threat of Near-Earth Asteroids, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, October 3, hearing entitled ``CMS 
Regulation of Healthcare Services,'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 2, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on VA's current programs for women veterans, 9:30 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, October 3, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Medicare Payments for Currently Covered Prescription 
Drugs, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: October 1, 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, 
3 p.m., SR-325.
  Joint Meetings: October 1, Senate Select Committee on 
Intelligence, to resume joint hearings with the House Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence to examine events surrounding 
September 11, 2001, 10 a.m., SH-216.