APRIL 24

House Appropriations Committee-Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary

April 24, 2002

FISCAL 2003 APPROPRIATIONS: COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE Updated Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Wolf, R-Va.)

WITNESSES: Shibley Telhami - professor, University of Maryland; (4/26)

Kenton Keith - chairman, Alliance of International Educational and Cultural Exchange; (4/26)

Charlotte Beers - undersecretary of State for public diplomacy and public affairs; (4/26)

Marc Nathanson - chairman, Broadcasting Board of Governors, (4/26)

Tom Korologos - member, Broadcasting Board of Governors,(not available)

Norman Pattiz - member, Broadcasting Board of Governors (4/26)

House Appropriations Committee-Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs

April 24, 2002

FISCAL 2003 APPROPRIATIONS: FOREIGN OPERATIONS Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Kolbe, R-Ariz.) of House

Witnesses Scheduled:

Paul H. O'Neill - secretary of the Treasury (4/29)

House Appropriations Committee-Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education

April 24, 2002

FISCAL 2003 APPROPRIATIONS: LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION * Updated * Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Regula, R-Ohio)

PANEL:

Susan B. Neuman - assistant secretary of Education for elementary and secondary education; (4/29)

Robert H. Pasternack - assistant secretary of Education for special education and rehabilitative services; (4/29)

Sally Stroup - assistant secretary of Education for postsecondary education, (4/29)

Grover J. (Russ) Whitehurst - assistant secretary of Education for educational research and improvement; (4/29)

Maria Hernandez Ferrier - director, Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students; (4/29)

Thomas P. Skelly - director, Budget Service (not available)

PANEL:

Abrilyn Reeder - teacher, East Los Angeles School District;(not available)

Tom Carroll - executive director, National Commission on Teaching and American's Future; (not available)

Lewis Finch - superintendent, Cedar Rapids Community School District (not available)

House Appropriations Committee-Subcommittee on Legislative Branch

April 24, 2002

FISCAL 2003 APPROPRIATIONS: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Updated Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Taylor, R-N.C.) of

WITNESSES:

Jeff Trandahl - clerk of the House; (4/26)

Wilson Livingood - sergeant-at-arms; (4/26)

James Eagan - chief administrative officer (4/26)

WITNESSES:

James H. Billington - librarian of Congress (4/26)

WITNESSES:

Robert T. Mansker - deputy public printer (not available)

WITNESSES:

David M. Walker - comptroller general (4/29)

Michael F. DiMariio Public Printer(4/29)

WITNESSES:

Alan M. Hantman - architect of the capitol

WITNESSES:

Dan L. Crippen - director;

Barry B. Anderson - deputy director

M. Pope Barrow, Legislative Counsel(4/26)

John R. Miller law revision counsel(4/26)

Geraldine R. Gennet, Gen. Counsel (4/26)

Daniel P. Mulhollan Director, Cong.Research Ser.(4/26)

Marybeth Peters (4/26)

House Armed Services Committee-Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation

April 24, 2002

FISCAL 2003 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: MORALE, WELFARE AND RECREATION Subcommittee Markup

(Chairman Bartlett, R-Md.) (4/24)

House Armed Services Committee-Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine

April 24, 2002

FISCAL 2003 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: MERCHANT MARINE Subcommittee Markup

(Chairman Hunter, R-Calif.)(not available)

House Energy and Commerce Committee

April 24, 2002

ABSTINENCE EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY ISSUES Updated Full Committee Markup

(Chairman Tauzin, R-La.) will mark up pending legislation. (not available)

House Financial Services Committee-Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity

April 24, 2002

AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS Updated Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Roukema, R-N.J.)

PANEL:

John C. Weicher - assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development for housing (and Federal Housing Commissioner); (4/29)

Roy Bernardi - assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development for community planning and development; (4/29)

Michael Liu - assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development for public and Indian housing; (4/29)

Thomas J. McCool - managing director for financial markets and community investment, General Accounting Office (4/25)

PANEL:

John Courson - president, Central Pacific Mortgage Co., representing Mortgage Bankers Association of America; (4/25)

Martin Edwards - president, National Association of Realtors; (4/29)

Kevin P. Kelly - Weiner and Associates, Wilmington, Del., representing National Association of Home Builders; (4/25)

Edward L. Shapoff - vice president, Goldman, Sachs and Co., representing Healthcare Financing Study Group; (4/25)

Louis Cannon - president, Fraternal Order of Police, D.C. State Lodge (4/25)

House Government Reform Committee-Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations

April 24, 2002

WITNESSES:

Jonathan R. Turley - law professor, George Washington University School of Law; (4/25)

Morton Rosenberg - American public law specialist, American Law Division, Congressional Research Service; (NA)

Mark J. Rozell - politics professor, Catholic University of America; (4/25)

Todd Gaziano - director, Center for Judicial and Legal Studies, Heritage Foundation (4/25)

Chairman Stephen Horn, R-CA (4/25)

House International Relations Committee

April 24, 2002

Witnesses Scheduled:

Asa Hutchinson - administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration; (4/25)

Mark Wong - deputy coordinator for counterterrorism, State Department; (4/25)

Gen. Fernando Tapias - chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Armed Forces of Colombia (NA)

Chairman Henry J. Hyde (4/25)

House International Relations Committee-Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights

April 24, 2002

U.N. PEACEKEEPERS AND SEX SLAVE TRADE IN BOSNIA Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.)

Witnesses Scheduled:

Nancy Ely-Raphel - Office of Monitor and Combat Trafficking, State Department; (4/25)

Martina Vandenberg - Human Rights Watch; (4/25)

Ben Johnston - former employee, DynCorp; (4/25)

David Lamb - former U.N. human rights investigator in Bosnia; (4/25)

Sigal Rosen - Hotline for Migrant Workers in Israel (NA)

Adv. Nomi Levenkeron (4/25)

House Judiciary Committee

April 24, 2002

JUDICIARY BILLS Full Committee Markup

(Chairman Sensenbrenner, R-Wis.) (not available)

House Resources Committee

April 24, 2002

RESOURCES BILLS Full Committee Markup

(Chairman Hansen, R-Utah)

(not available)

House Resources Committee-Subcommittee on Water and Power

April 24, 2002

WATER PROJECTS IN UTAH AND MONTANA Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Calvert, R-Calif.)

WITNESSES:

Interior Department representative;

Don Christiansen - general manager, Central Utah Water Conservancy District;(4/24)

Randy A. Brailsford - mayor, Salem City, Utah;

Margaret Peterson - council member, West Valley, Utah; (4/24)

Leslie James - executive director, Colorado River Energy Distributors Association; (4/24)

Bob McMullin - president, Strawberry Water Users Association; (NA)

William Boyd Howarth - chairman, Juab County Commission, Utah; (NA)

Bruce Sunchild - vice chairman, Chippewa-Cree Tribe; (4/24)

Daniel Keil - chairman, North Central Rocky Boys Regional Authority; (4/24)

John E. Tubbs - bureau chief, Resource Development Bureau, Conservation and Resource Development Division, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (4/24)

John W. Keys III (4/24)

Bennett Raley (4/24)

House Rules Committee

April 24, 2002

RULES FOR FLOOR DEBATE Full Committee Markup

(Chairman Dreier, R-Calif.)

(not available)

House Select Intelligence Committee

April 24, 2002

INTELLIGENCE BUDGET MATTERS Full Committee Hearing

(Chairman Goss, R-Fla.)

Event Note: CLOSED

House Small Business Committee

April 24, 2002

IMPACT OF INTEREST RATE INCREASE ON SMALL BUSINESSES Updated Full Committee Hearing

(Chairman Manzullo, R-Ill.)

Witnesses Scheduled:

PANEL:

Roger W. Ferguson - vice chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (4/26)

PANEL:

Michael Czinkota - professor of international business, Georgetown University; (4/26)

Don Metz - owner and president, Metz Tool and Die; (4/26)

Edward Fedor - president, MASCO Machine, Inc.; (4/26)

Howard Habenicht - president and CEO, Vibro/Dynamics Corp.; (4/26)

Sara Garretson - president, Industrial and Technology Assistance Corp. (4/26)

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

April 24, 2002

AIR TRAFFIC AND RAIL BILLS Full Committee Markup

(Chairman Young, R-Alaska)

(not available)

House Veterans' Affairs Committee-Subcommittee on Health

April 24, 2002 (not available

CONSTRUCTION OF VA MEDICAL FACILITIES Updated Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Moran, R-Kan.)

PANEL:

D. Mark Catlett - principal deputy assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs for management;

Charles Yarbrough - chief facilities management officer, Veterans Health Administration

PANEL:

Gary Rossio - CEO, VA San Diego Healthcare System;

Alex Spector - director; Alaska VA Healthcare System and Regional Office;

David D. Gilbreath - colonel commander, Elmendorf Air Force Base Hospital

PANEL:

Antonio Laracuente - chairman, National Association of Veterans' Research and Education Foundations, representing Executive Committee of Friends of VA Medical Care and Health Research;

Donald E. Wilson - vice president for medical affairs and dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine

House Ways and Means Committee

April 24, 2002

DISAPPROVING PRESIDENTIAL TRADE ACTIONS New Full Committee Markup

(Chairman Thomas, R-Calif.)

(not available)

Senate Appropriations Committee-Subcommittee on Defense

April 24, 2002

FISCAL 2003 APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE Updated Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Inouye, D-Hawaii)

WITNESSES:

Lt. Gen. Russell C. Davis - chief, National Guard Bureau;(4/25)

Lt. Gen. Roger C. Schultz - director, Army National Guard;(4/25)

Brig. Gen. David A. Brubaker - deputy director, Air National Guard; (4/25)

Vice Adm. John B. Toushek - chief, Naval Reserve; (NA)

Lt. Gen. Dennis M. McCarthy - commander, Marine Forces Reserve; (4/24)

Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III - chief, Air Force Reserve (4/24)

Lt.Thomas J. PLEWES Chief, Army Reserve Department of the Army(4/24)

Senate Appropriations Committee-Subcommittee on Foreign Operations

April 24, 2002

FISCAL 2003 APPROPRIATIONS: FOREIGN OPERATIONS Updated Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Leahy, D-Vt.)

WITNESSES:

Colin L. Powell - secretary of State

Senate Appropriations Committee-Subcommittee on the District of Columbia

April 24, 2002

D.C. FAMILY COURT OVERHAUL Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Landrieu, D-La.)

Witnesses Scheduled:

Cornelia Ashby - director, Education, Workforce and Income Security, General Accounting Office; (4/26)

Rufus King III chief judge, D.C. Superior Court; (4/26)

Lee Satterfield - presiding judge, Family Court, D.C. Superior Court;(4/26)

Matthew Fraidin - legal director, Children's Law Center; (4/26)

Deborah Luxenberg - chairwoman, Children in the Courts Committee, Council on Court Excellence

Senate Appropriations Committee-Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government

April 24, 2002

FISCAL 2003 APPROPRIATIONS: TREASURY & GENERAL GOV'T Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Dorgan, D-N.D.)

WITNESSES:

John P. Walters - director, Office of National Drug Control Policy (4/26)

Senate Appropriations Committee-Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies

April 24, 2002

FISCAL 2003 APPROPRIATIONS: VA, HUD Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Mikulski, D-Md.)

WITNESSES:

Ellen Lazar - executive director, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; (4/24)

Tony T. Brown - director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (4/24)

Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee- Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space

April 24, 2002

TECHNOLOGY AND ANTI-TERRORISM; COMPUTER AND NETWORK SECURITY Updated Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Wyden, D-Ore.)

PANEL:

Bruce Mehlman - assistant secretary of Commerce for technology policy;

George Strawn - assistant director, Directorate for Computer Information Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation (04/24)

PANEL:

Ronil Hira - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; (04/24)

Lance Hoffman - Department of Computer Science, George Washington University; (04/24)

Jeffrey Logan - business development manager, M/A-Com Inc. Wireless Systems;

W. Wyatt Starnes - president and CEO, Tripwire Inc.

PANEL:

Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Indian Affairs Committee (not available)

April 24, 2002

NEW MEXICO LAND CLAIM RESOLUTION Joint Hearing

(Chairman Bingaman, D-N.M.)

(Chairman Inouye, D-Hawaii)

PANEL:

William G. Myers III - solicitor, Interior Department;

Tom Sansonetti - assistant attorney general, Justice Department;

Nancy Bryson - general counsel, Agriculture Department

PANEL:

John Leshy - professor, University of California Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, Calif.;

Stanley M. Hordes - president, HMS Associates Inc., Santa Fe, N.M.

PANEL:

Stuwart Paisano - governor, Pueblo of Sandia, Sandia Tribal Council, Bernalillo, N.M.

PANEL:

Walter E. Stern - Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, representing Sandia Tram Co., Albuquerque, N.M.;

Anita P. Miller - Sandia Mountain Coalition, Albuquerque, N.M.;

Guy Riordan - owner, Piedra Lisa Tract, Albuquerque, N.M.;

Edward Sullivan - executive director, New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Albuquerque, N.M.;

Tim Cummins - county commissioner, Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, N.M.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee-Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs

April 24, 2002

U.S.-COLOMBIAN RELATIONS Subcommittee Hearing

(Chairman Dodd, D-Conn.)

Witnesses Scheduled:

PANEL:

Marc Grossman - undersecretary of State for political affairs;(NA)

Peter W. Rodman - assistant secretary of Defense for international security affairs; (4/24)

Maj. Gen. Gary D. Speer, U.S. Army - acting commander-in-chief, U.S. Southern Command (4/24)

PANEL:

Mark Schneider - senior vice president, International Crisis Group;

Jose Miguel Vivanco - executive director, Americas Division, Human Rights Watch;

additional witnesses TBA

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (not available)

April 24, 2002

EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT; PENDING NOMINATIONS Updated Full Committee Markup

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (Chairman Kennedy, D-Mass.)

Evelyn Dee Potter Rose to be a member, National Council on the Arts

James Stoner to be a member, National Council on the Humanities

Kathleen M. Harrington to be assistant secretary of Labor

Senate Indian Affairs Committee

April 24, 2002

INDIAN LOAN GUARANTEE AND INSURANCE PROGRAM Updated Full Committee Hearing

(Chairman Inouye, D-Hawaii)

PANEL:

Rep. Mary Bono, R-Calif.(4/29)

PANEL:

Les Minthorn - treasure, Board of Trustees, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Ore.;(4/29)

Marcia Warren Edelman - economic development consultant, National Congress of American Indians (4/29)

PANEL:

Kevin McGuire - president, Palm Desert National Bank, Palm Desert, Calif. (4/29)

Ben Nighthorse Campbell ch.(4/29)

Senate Select Intelligence Committee

April 24, 2002

INTELLIGENCE MATTERS Full Committee Hearing

(Chairman Graham, D-Fla.) CLOSED

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