[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 127 (Wednesday, October 2, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1026-D1027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 3, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the Administration's national money 
laundering strategy for 2002, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Armando J. Bucelo, Jr., of Florida, to be a Director of the 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation; Alberto Faustino 
Trevino, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development; Diana E. Furchtgott-Roth, of Maryland, to be a 
Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board; Carolyn Y. Peoples, 
of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development; Deborah Doyle McWhinney, of California, to be a 
Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation; John M. 
Reich, of Virginia, to be Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors 
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Rafael Cuellar, of 
New Jersey, and Michael Scott, of North Carolina, each to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer 
Cooperative Bank, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
oversight hearings to examine park overflight regulations, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  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 Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the final report 
produced by the President's Commission to Strengthen Social 
Security, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Richard Allan Roth, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-
Bissau; Joseph Huggins, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana; and Robin Renee Sanders, of 
New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Congo, 9 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Maura Ann Harty, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary of State for 
Consular Affairs; Kim R. Holmes, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs; Francis 
X. Taylor, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for 
Diplomatic Security, and Director for the Office of Foreign 
Missions, with the rank of Ambassador; and Ellen R. Sauerbrey, of 
Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador on the Commission on the Status 
of Women of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, 
10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  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.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: 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

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing on ``The Rising 
Price of a Quality Postsecondary Education: Fact or Fiction,'' 9:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Reforming the 
Real Estate Settlement Procedure: Review of HUD's proposed RESPA 
Rule,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to continue hearings on 
``Americans Kidnapped to Saudi Arabia: Is the Saudi Government 
Responsible?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and 
Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on ``Disappearing Tax Dollars: 
What Changes Are Needed?'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to continue consideration of 
H.J. Res. 114, to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces 
against Iraq, time to be announced, 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following: H.R. 2202, Lower 
Yellowstone Reclamation Projects Conveyance Act; H.R. 4601, to 
provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Bureau of Land 
Management land in Douglas County, Oregon, to the county to improve 
management of and recreational access to the Oregon Dunes National 
Recreation Area; H.R. 4912, to increase the penalties to be imposed 
for a violation of fire regulations applicable to the public lands, 
National Park System lands, or National Forest System lands when the 
violation results in damage to public or private property, to 
specify the purpose for which collected fines may be used; H.R. 
5319, Healthy Forests Reform Act of 2002; H.R. 5399, Carpinteria and 
Montecito Water Distribution Systems Conveyance Act of 2002; H.R. 
5460, Reclamation Recreation Management Act of 2002; and the 
Comprehensive Natural Resources Protection Act, 12 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.

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  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., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on the Threat of Near-Earth Asteroids, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``CMS Regulation of 
Healthcare Services,'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Medicare Payments for Currently Covered Prescription Drugs, 10 a.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, time to 
be announced, 2123 Rayburn Building.
  Joint Meetings: 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.