House Appropriations Committee-Subcommittee on
Labor, Health and Human Services and Education
May 2, 2002
FISCAL 2003 APPROPRIATIONS: LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION Subcommittee Hearing
(Chairman Regula, R-Ohio)
House Budget Committee
May 2, 2002
ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF CBO ESTIMATES Updated Full Committee Hearing
(Chairman Nussle, R-Iowa) will hold
Witnesses Scheduled:
PANEL:
Dan L. Crippen - director, Congressional Budget Office (05/07)
PANEL:
Rudolph G. Penner - senior fellow, Urban Institute; (05/07)
Kevin A. Hasset - American Enterprise Institute for
Public Policy Research; (05/07)
William G. Gale - senior fellow,
Brookings Institution
House Education and the Workforce Committee-Subcommittee on Education Reform
May 2, 2002
SPECIAL EDUCATION Oversight Hearing
(Chairman Castle, R-Del.) of
Witnesses Scheduled:
Patrick J. Wolf - assistant professor of public policy,
Georgetown Public Policy Institute;
W. Douglas Tynan - director,
Disruptive Behavior Clinic,
Al DuPont Hospital for Children,
Wilmington, Del.;
Gregory J. Lock - principal,
Oak View Elementary School,
Fairfax, Va.;
Katy Beh Neas - co-chairwoman,
Education Task Force, Consortium for
Citizens with Disabilities
House Energy and Commerce Committee
May 2, 2002
DELAY OF BROADCAST SPECTRUM AUCTION Updated Full Committee Markup
(Chairman Tauzin, R-La.)
House Financial Services Committee-Subcommittee on
International Monetary Policy and Trade
May 2, 2002
CHANGES TO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
Updated Subcommittee Hearing
(Chairman Bereuter, R-Neb.)
Witnesses Scheduled:
PANEL:
Joseph Christoff - director of
international affairs and trade,
General Accounting Office
PANEL:
Victor Miramontes - American City Vista;
Jose A. Aranda Jr. - mayor, Eagle Pass, Texas;
Ernesto Silva - city manager, Mercedes, Texas;
Don Gonzales - Estrada Hinojosa and Co.
House Government Reform Committee-Subcommittee on
Government Efficiency, Financial Management and
Intergovernmental Relations
May 2, 2002
FEDERAL INFORMATION SECURITY Updated Subcommittee Hearing
(Chairman Horn, R-Calif.)
WITNESSES:
Robert Dacey - director of information security,
General Accounting Office;
Mark Forman - associate director of
information technology and e-government,
Office of Management and Budget;
Daniel Wolf - director,
Information Assurance Directorate,
National Security Agency;
Benjamin Wu - deputy undersecretary of
Commerce for technology administration;
James Dempsey - deputy director,
Center for Democracy and Technology;
David Williams - inspector general, Tax Administration,
Department of the Treasury;
Ronald Miller - chief information officer,
Federal Emergency Management Agency
House International Relations Committee-Subcommittee on
East Asia and the Pacific
May 2, 2002
NORTH KOREA AND HUMAN RIGHTS Subcommittee Hearing
(Chairman Leach, R-Iowa)
Witnesses Scheduled:
PANEL:
Jasper Becker - former Beijing bureau chief,
South China Morning Post;
John Powell - regional director,
World Food Program;
Sophie Delaunay - North Korean project representative,
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF);
Timothy A. Peters - founder and director,
Helping Hands/Korea and Ton-a-Month Club
PANEL:
Norbert Vollertsen - former medical doctor
inside North Korea;
Kim Sung-min - North Korean defector;
Lee Soon-ok - North Korean prison camp survivor;
Lee Young-kook - North Korean prison camp survivor
and former bodyguard for Chairman Kim Jong Il
House Judiciary Committee-Subcommittee on
Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property
May 2, 2002
FEDERAL COURTS IMPROVEMENT ACT Subcommittee Markup
(Chairman Coble, R-N.C.)
House Judiciary Committee-Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
May 2, 2002
IMMIGRANT'S ID; ALIENS & CHILD SUPPORT;
IRISH PEACE PROGRAM New Subcommittee Markup
(Chairman Gekas, R-Pa.)
House Resources Committee-Subcommittee on
Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans
May 2, 2002
REAUTHORIZATION OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS Subcommittee Hearing
(Chairman Gilchrest, R-Md.)
WITNESSES:
William T. Hogarth - assistant administrator for fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service;
Rick Savage - chairman,
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council;
Richard Gutting National Fisheries Institute;
Robert G. Hayes - Coastal Conservation Association;
Lee Crockett - executive director,
Marine Fish Conservation Network;
Edward Houde - professor, University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science;
Zeke Grader - executive director,
Pacific Coast Federation of
Fisherman's Associations
House Rules Committee-Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process
May 2, 2002
ACCURACY OF BUDGET ESTIMATING Subcommittee Hearing
(Chairman Pryce, R-Ohio)
Witnesses Scheduled:
David Malpass - chief global economist,
Bear, Stearns and Co. Inc.;
Stephen Entin - president, Institute for
Research on the Economics of Taxation;
Peter Orszag - senior fellow,
Brookings Institution
House Science Committee-Subcommittee on Research
May 2, 2002
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION REAUTHORIZATION Postponed Subcommittee Hearing
(Chairman Smith, R-Mich.) of House
House Select Intelligence Committee
May 2, 2002
FISCAL 2003 BUDGET: INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES Full Committee Hearing
(Chairman Goss, R-Fla.)
Event Note: CLOSED
House Small Business Committee-Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight
May 2, 2002
ISSUES IN THE TRAVEL AGENCY BUSINESS Updated Subcommittee Hearing
(Chairman Pence, R-Ind.) PANEL:
Lou Fenech - general manager,
Royal Holiday Travel, Sayville, Texas;
Jacquelyn Alton - owner, CWT/Almeda Travel,
Houston, Texas, representing Society of
Government Travel Professionals;
Gary Doernhoefer - vice president and
general counsel, Orbitz, Chicago, Ill.;
Celeste Siemsen - president,
Empress Travel of Coram, Coram, N.Y.;
Michael Thomas - president,
OneTravel.com, East Greenville, Pa.;
Stan Morse - president and owner,
Marstan Travel, Millbrook, N.Y.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee-Subcommittee on Aviation
May 2, 2002
ARMING FLIGHT CREWS Updated Subcommittee Hearing
(Chairman Mica, R-Fla.) of House
Witnesses Scheduled:
Sarah V. Hart - director,
National Institute of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs,
Justice Department;
Stephen A. Luckey - chairman,
National Flight Security Committee,
Air Line Pilots Association;
Hank Krakwski - vice president,
Corporate Safety, Quality Assurance and
Security, United Airlines;
Ron J. Hinderberger - director,
Aviation Safety, Boeing Co.
House Veterans' Affairs Committee-Subcommittee on Benefits
May 2, 2002
VETERANS' BENEFITS LEGISLATION Updated Subcommittee Markup
(Chairman Simpson, R-Idaho)
House Ways and Means Committee
May 2, 2002
WELFARE REAUTHORIZATION Updated Full Committee Markup
(Chairman Thomas, R-Calif.)
House Ways and Means Committee-Subcommittee on Social Security
May 2, 2002
CHALLENGES FACING THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM Updated Joint Hearing
(Chairman Shaw, R-Fla.) and
(Chairman Herger, R-Calif.) of
Witnesses Scheduled:
PANEL:
Jo Anne Barnhart - commissioner,
Social Security Administration
PANEL:
Barbara Bovbjerg - director of education,
workforce and income security issues,
General Accounting Office (GAO);
David L. McClure - director for information
technology management issues, GAO;
James G. Huse Jr. - inspector general,
Social Security Administration;
Hal Daub - chairman, Social Security Advisory Board;
Marie Smith - president-elect,
Board of Directors, AARP;
Marty Ford - Social Security Task Force,
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities;
Barbara Kennelly - president, National Committee to
Preserve Social Security and Medicare
Senate Appropriations Committee
May 2, 2002
HOMELAND SECURITY Full Committee Hearing
(Chairman Byrd, D-W.Va.)
May 2, 10:00 a.m.
Witnesses Scheduled:
Norman Y. Mineta - secretary of Transportation
Tommy G. Thompson - secretary of Health and
ohn Ashcroft - attorney general; (05/07)
Joe M. Albaugh - director, Federal Emergency Management Agency (05/07)
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
May 2, 2002
INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS
Full Committee Hearing
(Chairman Sarbanes, D-Md.)
Witnesses Scheduled:
Sheila Bair - assistant secretary of the
Treasury for financial institutions;
Michael Barr - assistant professor of law,
University of Michigan;
Fran Grossman - executive vice president, Shorebank;
Jaye Morgan Williams - senior vice president and
managing director of community investment, Bank One;
Marva Williams - vice president, Woodstock Institute
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
May 2, 2002
D.C. OFFENDER SUPERVISION OFFICE NOMINATION New Full Committee Markup
(Chairman Lieberman, D-Conn.) will
Nominations:
Paul A. Quander Jr. to be director,
District of Columbia Court Services
and Offender Supervision Agency
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee-Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
May 2, 2002
FUEL PRICE STABILITY Subcommittee Hearing
(Chairman Levin, D-Mich.) of
Witnesses Scheduled:
PANEL:
Richard Blumenthal - Connecticut State Attorney General ;
Jennifer Granholm - Michigan State Attorney General
PANEL:
Peter Ashton - president, Innovation and
Information Consultants, Concord, Mass.;
Justine Hastings - assistant professor of economics,
Dartmouth College;
R. Preston McAfee - professor of economics,
University of Texas;
Philip Verleger Jr. - president,
PK Verleger LLC, Newport Beach, Calif.
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee-Subcommittee on
Public Health
May 2, 2002
GENERIC DRUGS Postponed Subcommittee Hearing
(Chairman Kennedy, D-Mass.) of
Senate Judiciary Committee
May 2, 2002
JUDICIARY BILLS AND NOMINATIONS Updated Full Committee Markup
(Chairman Leahy, D-Vt.)
Agenda and Witnesses:
Julia Smith Gibbons to be a judge the
Sixth Circuit Court
Leonard E. Davis to be a judge for the
Eastern Texas District Court
David C. Godbey to be a judge for the
Northern Texas District Court
Andrew S. Hanen to be a judge for
U.S. Southern Texas District Court
Samuel H. Mays Jr. to be a judge for the
U.S. Western tennessee District Court
Thomas M. Rose to be a judge for the
U.S. Southern Ohio District Court
Paul G. Cassell to be a udge for the
U.S. Utah District Court
Steven M. Biskupic to be a U.S. attorney for
Eastern Wisconsin District Court
James E. McMahon to be a U.S attorney for the
South Dakota District Court
Jan Paul Miller to be a U.S. attorney for the
Central Illinois District Court
Randy Paul Ely to be a U.S> marshal for the
Northern Texas District Court
Stephen Robert Monier to be a marshal for the
New Hampshire District Court
Gary Edward Shovlin to be a marshal for the
Eastern Pennsylvania District Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
May 2, 2002
RESTRUCTURING THE INS Full Committee Hearing
(Chairman Leahy, D-Vt.)
Witnesses Scheduled:
Former Rep. Romano Mazzoli, D-Ky. (1975-1991) - former chairman,
House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration,
Refugees and International Law;
Paul Virtue - former general counsel,
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS);
Stephen Yale-Loehr - American
Immigration Lawyers Association;
Benedict Ferro - former director,
Baltimore office, INS
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
May 2, 2002
VETERANS LEGISLATION Updated Full Committee Hearing
(Chairman Rockefeller, D-W.Va.)
PANEL:
Tim McClain - general counsel,
Department of Veterans Affairs;
Frances M. Murphy - deputy undersecretary of
Veterans Affairs for health, Veterans Health
Administration;
Robert Epley - associate deputy undersecretary of
Veterans Affairs for policy and program management,
Veterans Benefits Administration;
John "Jack" Thompson - deputy general counsel,
Veterans Benefits Administration;
Claude "Mick" Kicklighter - assistant secretary of
Veterans Affairs for policy and planning and acting
director, Office of Operations, Security and Preparedness;
Vincent Barile - deputy undersecretary of
Veterans Affairs for management,
National Cemetery Administration
PANEL:
James Fischl - director, National Veterans Affairs
and Rehabilitation Commission, American Legion;
Joseph Violante - national legislative director,
Disabled American Veterans;
David Tucker - associate legislative director,
Paralyzed Veterans of America;
Dennis Cullinan - director, National Legislative Service,
Veterans of Foreign Wars