[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 130 (Monday, October 7, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1050-D1051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 8, 2002

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold 
oversight hearings to examine perspectives on America's transit 
needs, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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; Philip Merrill, of Maryland, to be President of 
the Export-Import Bank of the United States; 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, both to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer 
Cooperative Bank, 2 p.m., S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold oversight 
hearings to examine the current implementation of the Clean Water 
Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
2667, to amend the Peace Corps Act to promote global acceptance of 
the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence 
among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government; H.R. 
3656, to amend the International Organizations Immunities Act to 
provide for the applicability of that Act to the European Central 
Bank; H.R. 4073, to amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act 
of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase 
assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under 
microenterprise assistance programs under those Acts, and pending 
nominations and treaties, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Ruth Y. Goldway, of California, to be a Commissioner 
of the Postal Rate Commission; and Tony Hammond, of Virginia, to be 
a Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission for the remainder of 
the term expiring October 14, 2004, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring 
and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine the 
current system of regulation of the herb ephedra and oversight of 
dietary supplements, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  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 the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.

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  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Feres Doctrine 
focusing on the examination of military exception to the Federal 
Torts Claims Act, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Special Oversight Panel on the 
Merchant Marine, hearing on the Department of Defense's current and 
projected requirements for vessels operating under the Maritime 
Security Program, 9 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, hearing on Literacy Partnerships That Work, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on Emerging 
Trends in Employment and Labor-Law: Labor-Management Relations in a 
Global Economy, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Catastrophic Bonds: Spreading 
Risk,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government 
Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations, 
oversight hearing on ``The Use and Abuse of Government Credit Cards 
at the Department of the Navy,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs and 
International Relations, hearing on Are We Listening to the Arab 
Street? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security, hearing on H.R. 2929, Bail Bond Fairness Act of 
2001, 4 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following bills: 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. 
5200, Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources 
Act of 2002; H.R. 5319, Healthy Forests Reform Act of 2002; and H.R. 
5399, Carpinteria and Montecito Water Distribution Systems 
Conveyance Act of 2002; and to discuss the Comprehensive Natural 
Resources Protection Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on H.R. 5455, Expediting Project 
Delivery to Improve Transportation and the Environment Act, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
5558, Retirement Savings and Security Act of 2002; and H.R. 1619, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation 
on capital losses applicable to individuals, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  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.