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October 2002Oct 3Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Russell Senate Building. Congressional Hearing. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will conduct an oversight hearing on park overflight regulations. Oct 2 Congressional meeting — Washington, DC. Rayburn HOB. Mark up. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on Aviation will consider provisions for airline industry relief, FAA reform and make technical corrections to the Aviation Security Law. Oct 1 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn HOB. Mark up. The House Committee on Appropriations will mark up a spending bill making appropriations for the Department of Transportation in Fiscal Year 2003. September 2002Sep 26Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn HOB. Mark up. The House Committee on Appropriations will mark up the bill appropriating funds for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for Fiscal Year 2003. Sep 19 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Russell Senate Building. Mark up. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will mark up pending legislative business. An Aviation Security Bill is expected to be addressed in this hearing. Sep 10 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Russell Senate Building. Aviation Security Hearing. The full Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will consider the state of aviation in the year following the September 11th tragedy. July 2002Jul 25Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Russell Senate Building. Hearing. A hearing to examine aviation security transition issues. Jul 25 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Capitol Building. Mark up. Bill making appropriations for federal agencies, including the Department of Transportation, will be marked up.. Jul 25 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn HOB. Congressional Hearing. The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a hearing about transportation problems and solutions for communities.. Jul 24 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Dirksen Senate Building. Mark up. Mark up of a bill making appropriations for the Department of Transportation in FY2003. Jul 23 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn HOB. Congressional Hearing. The House Subcommittee on Aviation will old a hearing to discuss aviation security issues. Jul 17 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Dirksen Senate Building. Congressional Hearing. Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing about fuel taxes. Jul 16 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn HOB. Congressional Hearing. House Subcommittee on Aviation will hold an oversight hearing to investigate reorganizing the FAA. Jul 11 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn HOB. Congressional Hearing. The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a hearing on H.R. 5005, a bill to establish a Department of Homeland Security. Jul 11 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. The Capitol. Hearing. Select Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing on H.R. 5005, a bill to establish a Department of Homeland Security.. Jul 10 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn HOB. Mark up. Hearing on H.R. 5005, a bill to establish a Department of Homeland Security. June 2002Jun 26Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Dirksen Senate Building. Congressional Hearing. Hearing to examine the reorganization of the executive branch to include a Department of Homeland Security.. Jun 25 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Russell Senate Building. Senate Hearing. Senate Commerce Committee hearing regarding the reauthorization of the National Transportation Safety Board. Jun 25 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn HOB. Congressional Hearing. Hearing on Creating the Department of Homeland Security, consideration of the President's proposal.. Jun 5 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Dirksen Senate Building. Congressional Hearing. Defensive Airspace considerations around nuclear facilities. Jun 5 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn HOB. Hearing. FCC's UWB proceeding: An examination of the government's spectrum management process. Jun 4 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn HOB. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security. Subcommittee hearing to discuss provisions for communicating homeland security information between Federal intelligence and state and local law enforcement entities. May 2002May 21Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Russell Senate Office Building. Senate Commerce Hearing. Full Committee hearing on implementation of the Aviation Transportation Security Act. Witnesses- Secretary Norman Mineta, TSA Undersecretary John Magaw. For more information, visit the AOPA website. May 9 - 15 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn House Office Building. House Appropriations Committee Markup of Supplemental Appropriations for FY 02. The Full House Appropriations Committee will debate and vote on an emergency supplemental appropriations package(including supplemental funding for the Transportation Security Administration)for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002. May 8 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn House Office Building. House District of Columbia Subcommittee hearing. Hearing on security, noise and general aviation flights at Reagan National and Dulles Airports. Witnesses: Read Vanderwater, assistant secretary, Aviation and International Affairs, Transportation Department; Steve Brown, associate administrator, Air Traffic Services, FAA; James Wilding, president/CEO, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; Barbara Favola, chairman, Committee on Noise Abatement, Council of Governments ; Beth Haskins, CEO, Signature Flight Support; John Olcott, president National Business aviation Assn., Inc.; David Gries, chairman, Committee on Aircraft Noise, Palisades Citizens Assn.; Donald MacGlashan, board member, Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc. May 2 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Dirksen Senate Office Building. Senate Appropriations Committee hearing. Hearing on the Homeland Security and the FY 2002 Supplemental Appropriations bill. Witnesses: Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta and HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson. April 2002Apr 24Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn House Office Building. House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee hearing. Markup hearing to debate and vote on legislation, including a bill on streamlining the airport project process. Apr 23 Luncheon — Washington, DC. Capital Hilton Hotel. Aero Club of Washington Luncheon. Guest speaker:Chairman of Senate Aviation Subcommittee Chairman John "Jay" Rockefeller (D-W.Va.). Apr 18 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Russell Senate Office Building. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing. Markup hearing to debate and vote on legislation, including Senator Durbin's Chicago Airports Legislation (S. 2039) . Apr 18 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn House Office Building. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Hearing. Markup hearing to debate and vote on the following legislation: Airport Project Streamlining, Nat'l. Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization, and H.R. 1979--to provide assistance for the construction of air traffic control towers. Apr 17 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn House Office Building. House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee hearing. Hearing on appropriations for FY 2003 for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Witnesses: Michael Jackson, deputy transportation secretary; Kenneth Mead, inspector general, DOT. Apr 16 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Dirksen Senate Office Building. Senate Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia. Hearing to examine problems relating to the availability and use of fake or fraudulently issued driver's licenses, focusing on what state and federal governments can do to improve the system. Apr 16 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Dirksen Senate Office Building. Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee hearing. Hearing to examine aviation safety and capacity issues. Witness: Jane Garvey, FAA Administrator. Apr 12 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Dirksen Senate Office Building. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration . Hearing on "The Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act." Witnesses: MaryEllen Salamone, director, Families of September 11; Kathleen Campbell Walker, American Immigration Lawyers Association; and Senator Robert Byrd. Apr 10 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Hart Senate Office Building. Senate Appropriations Committee hearing. Hearing on Homeland Security--"The Domestic Terrorism Problem." Witnesses: Stephen Gale, professor, University of Pennsylvania; Ashton Carter, Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes; Michigan Gov. John Engler; Washington Gov. Gary Locke. Apr 9 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn House Office Building. House Judiciary Committee hearing. Hearing on INS Restructuring--will examine the current state of the INS and its long history of poor performance. Witnesses: James Ziglar, INS Commissioner; Richard Gallo, President, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association; Susan Martin, Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration; and Lawrence Gonzalez, Washington Director, National Asssociation of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund. For more information, visit the AOPA website. March 2002Mar 26Luncheon — Washington, DC. Capital Hilton. Aero Club of Washington Luncheon. Aero Club luncheon will feature speaker Don Phillips, Transportation reporter for The Washington Post. Mar 21 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Russell Senate Office Building. Hearing on Chicago Air Capacity. The Full Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on S.1786, legislation that would put into federal legislation Gov. Ryan and Mayor Daley's agreement that will preserve Chicago¿s flagship GA airport Meigs Field for another 25 years, expand O¿Hare International, and expedite the creation of a new airport at Peotone. Witnesses: Illinois Governor George Ryan; Chicago Mayor Richard Daley; Woodie Woodward, director of the FAA's airport division; Samuel Skinner, President and CEO of Chicago-based USFreightways Corp. and former transportation secretary; and John Geils, chairman of the Chicago Suburban O'Hare Commission . For more information, visit the AOPA website. Mar 14 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn House Office Building. House Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee hearing. Hearing on appropriations for FY2003 for the agencies under the jurisdiction of the House Transportation Subcommittee. Mar 13 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn House Office Building. House Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee hearing. Hearing on Appropriations for FY 2003 for the FAA. Witness: Jane Garvey, administrator, FAA. Mar 7 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn House Office Building. House space and aeronautics subcommittee hearing. Hearing on president's proposed FY03 budget for civil aeronautics research and development. Witnesses: Steve Zaidman, FAA; Sam Venneri, NASA; Rich Golaszewski, GRA Inc.; David Swain, Boeing Co. Mar 6 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. House aviation subcommittee hearing. Chicago Area Airport Capacity. Hearing on AOPA-backed legislation (H.R. 3479) that will preserve Chicago¿s flagship GA airport Meigs Field for another 25 years, expand O¿Hare International, and expedite the creation of a new airport at Peotone . For more information, visit the AOPA website. February 2002Feb 27Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn House Office Building. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Markup. Full Committee markup of pending legislation, including Chairman Mica's GA Relief Bill (HR 3347). Legislation will be debated, amended, and voted on. Feb 27 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. Rayburn House Office Building. House Small Business Committee hearing. Full Committee hearing on "Subsidy Rate Calculation: An Unfair Tax on Small Business?" Witnesses: Lloyd Blanchard, COO, Small Business Administration; John Graham, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Feb 13 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee hearing. Hearing on FY 2003 appropriations for the Office of the Inspector General of the Transportation Department. Witness: Kenneth Mead, DOT inspector general. Feb 7 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee hearing. The Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the President's FY 03 budget request for the Transportation Department. Transportation Deputy Secretary Michael Jackson and Undersecretary John Magaw are scheduled to testify. Feb 6 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. 2358 Rayburn House Office Building. House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee hearing. The Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the new Transportation Security Administration and its FY 03 budget request. Feb 5 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. 253 Russell Senate Office Building. Senate Commerce Committee hearing. The Committee will hold a hearing on the implementation of the aviation security bill passed last year. Witnesses will be DOT Undersecretary John Magaw and DOT Inspector General Kenneth Mead. Feb 5 Congressional hearing — Washington, DC. 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Senate Budget Committee hearing. Full Committee budget hearing on the President's budget proposals for FY 2003. Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mitchell Daniels, Jr. will testify. January 2002Jan 24Conference — Washington, DC. Senate Hart Office Building. Press Conference to Announce Chicago Airports Legislation hearing. Senators Durbin and Rockefeller and Chicago Mayor Daley Announce Congressional Hearing on S. 1786. Jan 23 Congressional meeting — Washington, DC. Rayburn House Office Building. House aviation subcommittee hearing. Subject: Aviation and Transportation Security Act (P.L. 107-71)--the implementation of checked baggage screening. Website link. Jan 23 Presidential Administration meeting — Washington, DC. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, White House. Meeting with Office of Homeland Security. AOPA President Phil Boyer and Government & Technical Affairs Senior Vice President Andy Cebula will meet with the Domestic Transportation and Aviation Security Director of the Office of Homeland Security. Jan 23 Congressional meeting — Washington, DC. Congress reconvenes. 1st day of the 2nd session of the 107th Congress. Website link. Second website link. Jan 22 Luncheon — Washington, DC. Capitol Hilton. Aero Club. The Honorable Jane Garvey, FAA Administrator, will be keynote speaker, discussing "The New World of Aviation Security". |
