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Hearings Held in the 107th Congress

Full committee and subcommittee hearings held during the course of the 107th Congress are listed here; after the hearing has been printed, the "printed hearing serial no." will be added to the information for that hearing. To go directly to the full committee list, or to a specific subcommittee list, select one of the following:

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Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection	Energy and Air Quality
Environment and Hazarous Materials	Health
Oversight & Investigations	Telecommunications and the Internet

Witness lists are provided for each hearing; to see the prepared testimony for any witness please go to the majority's website.

When a hearing has been printed, its printed hearing number will appear (in bold) to the right of the hearing description. The text of the printed hearing may be viewed at the Government Printing Office website.

FULL COMMITTEE

Hearing Date

Subject

Printed Hearing
Serial No.

2/06/02	Lessons Learned from Enron's Collapse: Auditing the Accounting Industry Witness List	107-83
11/15/01	Bioterrorism and Proposals to Combat Bioterrorism Witness List	107-72
4/25/01	H.R. 1542, The Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001 Witness List	107-24
2/14/01	Election Night 2000 Coverage by the Networks Witness List	107-25

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, TRADE, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Hearing Date

Subject

Printed Hearing
Serial No.

10/17/02	ECNs and Market Structure: Ensuring Best Prices for Consumers Witness List	107-134
10/09/02	Telecommunications and Trade Promotion Authority: Meaningful Market Access Goals for Telecommunications Services in International Trade Agreements Witness List	107-138
9/26/02	State Impediments to E-Commerce: Consumer Protection or Veiled Protectionism? Witness List	107-130
9/24/02	H.R. 4678, the Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2002 Witness List	107-131
9/10/02	H.R. 4646, "Steel Industry Legacy Relief Act of 2002" Witness List	107-136
9/4/02	The Consumer Product Safety Commission: The New Chairman's Agenda Witness List	107-128
7/26/02	Oath-Taking, Truth-Telling, and Remedies in the Business World Witness List	107-121
7/18/02	Are all Online Travel Sites Good for the Consumer: An Examination of Supplier-owned Online Travel Sites Witness List	107-120
6/26/02	H.R. ____, Financial Accounting Standards Board Act Witness List	107-109
6/25/02	The FTC's Franchise Rule: Twenty-Three Years After Its Promulgation Witness List	107-116
6/05/02	H.R. 4701, "Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act" Witness List	107-125
5/23/02	H.R. 3321, "American Travel Promotion Act" Witness List	107-103
4/18/02	H.R. 2037, "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act" Witness List	107-94
2/28/02	Implementation of the TREAD Act: One Year Later Witness List	107-92
2/14/02	Are Current Financial Accounting Standards Protecting Investors? Witness List	107-84
2/13/02	Challenges Facing Amateur Athletics Witness List	107-85
12/19/01	Electronic Communications Networks in the Wake of September 11th Witness List	107-79
11/15/01	Cyber Security: Prive Sector Efforts Addressing Cyber Threats Witness List	107-74
11/7/01	Challenges Facing the Federal Trade Commission Witness List	107-68
10/17/01	The State of the U.S. Tourism Industry Witness List	107-66
7/31/01	Current Issues before the Financial Accounting Standards Board Witness List	107-48
7/26/01	How Do Businesses Use Customer Information: Is the Customer's Privacy Protected? Witness List	107-49
7/11/01	The Potential for Discrimination in Health Insurance Based on Predictive Genetic Tests Witness List	107-46
6/21/01	Information Privacy: Industry Best Practices and Technological Solutions Witness List	107-38
6/19/01	Ford Motor Company's Recall of Certain Firestone Tires (JOINT HEARING WITH THE OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE) Witness List	107-45
5/23/01	On-line Fraud and Crime: Are Consumers Safe? Witness List	107-37
5/22/01	Impediments to Digital Trade Witness List	107-36
5/8/01	Opinion Surveys: What Consumers Have To Say About Information Privacy Witness List	107-35
4/3/01	An Examination of Existing Federal Statutes Addressing Information Privacy Witness List	107-22
3/21/01	Airline Mergers and their Effect on American Consumers Witness List	107-3
3/8/01	The EU Data Protection Directive: Implications for the U.S. Privacy Debate Witness List	107-19
3/1/01	Privacy in the Commercial World Witness List	107-16

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND AIR QUALITY

Hearing Date

Subject

Printed Hearing
Serial No.

6/05/02	Clean Air Act Implementation: Experience of State and Local Regulators Witness List	107-119
5/01/02	Accomplishments of the Clean Air Act, as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 Witness List	107-106
4/18/02	A Review of the President's Recommendation to Develop a Nuclear Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada Witness List	107-99
3/19/02	Reauthorization of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act Witness List	107-87
2/13/02	The Effect of the Bankruptcy of Enron on the Functioning of Energy Markets Witness List	107-82
12/13/01	H.R. 3406, "Electric Supply and Transmission Act" Witness List	107-81
12/12/01	H.R. 3406, "Electric Supply and Transmission Act" Witness List	107-81
10/10/01	Electricity Transmission Policy; Electricity Transmission Policy: Regional Transmission Organizations, Open Access, and Federal Jurisdiction Witness List	107-64
9/20/01	National Electricity Policy: Federal Government Perspectives Witness List	107-76
9/6/01	Reauthorization of the Price-Anderson Act Witness List	107-69
7/27/01	National Electricity Policy: Barriers to Competitive Generation Witness List	107-62
6/27/01	Hydroelectric Relicensing and Nuclear Energy Witness List	107-55
6/22/01	National Energy Policy: Conservation and Energy Efficiency Witness List	107-50
6/13/01	National Energy Policy Report of the National Energy Policy Development Group Witness List	107-47
5/15/01	Consumer Perspectives on Energy Policy Witness List	107-14
5/3/01	H.R. 1647, "Electricity Emergency Relief Act" Witness List	107-26
5/1/01	H.R. ____, "Electricity Emergency Relief Act" Witness List	107-26
3/30/01	National Energy Policy: Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products Witness List	107-12
3/27/01	National Energy Policy: Nuclear Energy Witness List	107-10
3/22/01	Electricity Markets: California Witness List	107-6
3/20/01	Electricity Markets: California Witness List	107-6
3/14/01	National Energy Policy: Coal Witness List	107-2
3/6/01	Congressional Perspectives on Electricity Markets in California and the West and National Energy Policy Witness List	107-8
2/28/01	National Energy Policy Witness List	107-11
2/15/01	Electricity Markets: Lessons Learned from California Witness List	107-7

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Hearing Date Subject Printed Hearing
Serial No.

7/16/02 Recent Developments in the EPA Office of the Ombudsman (JOINT HEARING WITH THE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE)   Witness List
107-123

5/21/02 MTBE Contamination in Groundwater: Identifying and Addressing the Problem   Witness List
107-108

4/11/02 Drinking Water Needs and Infrastructure   Witness List
107-107

8/1/01 Perspectives on Interstate and International Shipments of Municipal Solid Waste   Witness List
107-61

6/28/01 Brownfields Legislation: S. 350, "The Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001," H.R. ____, "Gillmor Discussion Draft," and H.R. ____, "Democratic Discussion Draft"
Witness List
107-43

3/28/01 Drinking Water Needs and Infrastructure
Witness List
107-59

3/7/01 A Smarter Partnership: Removing Barriers to Brownfields Cleanups   Witness List
107-17

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Hearing Date Subject Printed Hearing
Serial No.

10/09/02 Examining Issues Related to Competition in the Pharmaceutical Marketplace: A Review of the FTC Report, "Generic Drug Entry Prior to Patent Expiration" Witness List
107-140

7/25/02 Examining Prescription Drug Reimportation: A Review of a Proposal to Allow Third Parties to Reimport Prescription Drugs Witness List
107-135

7/23/02 Insurance Coverage of Mental Health Benefits   Witness List
107-118

7/17/02 Harming Patient Access to Care: The Impact of Excessive Litigation   Witness List
107-127

7/16/02 Recent Developments in the EPA Office of the Ombudsman (JOINT HEARING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SUBCOMMITTEE)   Witness List
107-123

7/11/02 Protecting the Rights of Conscience of Health Care Providers and a Parent's Right to Know Witness List
107-126

6/06/02 The National Institutes of Health: Investing in Research to Prevent and Cure Disease Witness List
107-122

5/08/02 Reducing Medical Errors: A Review of Innovative Strategies to Improve Patient Safety Witness List
107-112

4/23/02 Welfare Reform: A Review of Abstinence Education and Transitional Medical Assistance Witness List
107-104

4/17/02 Creating a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Assessing Efforts to Help America's Low-Income Seniors Witness List
107-101

3/20/02 Medicare Modernization: Examining the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program as a Model for Seniors Witness List
107-105

3/13/02 The 2003 Budget: A Review of the HHS Health Care Priorities Witness List
107-100

3/06/02 Reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act Witness List
107-93

2/28/02 The Uninsured and Affordable Health Care Coverage Witness List
107-98

2/14/02 Medicare Payment Policy: Ensuring Stability and Access Through Physician Payments Witness List
107-91

11/15/01 Raising Health Awareness Through Examining Benigh Brain Tumor Cancer, Alpha One, and Breast Implant Issues Witness List
107-75

9/21/01 Medicare Drug Reimbursements: A Broken System for Patients and Taxpayers (JOINT HEARING WITH THE OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE) Witness List
107-65

8/1/01 Authorizing Safety Net Public Health Programs   Witness List
107-57

7/26/01 Medicare Modernization: Examining the President's Framework for Strengthening the Program   Witness List
107-53

6/28/01 Patients First: A 21st Century Promise to Ensure Quality and Affordable Health Coverage (JOINT HEARING WITH THE OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE)    Witness List
107-52

6/27/01 Advancing the Health of the American People: Addressing Various Public Health Needs    Witness List
107-32

6/20/01 H.R. 1644, "Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001," and H.R. 2172, "Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001"    Witness List
107-41

6/14/01 Medicare Reform: Modernizing Medicare and Merging Parts A and B    Witness List
107-40

6/13/01 Recent Developments Which May Impact Consumer Access to, and Demand for, Pharmaceuticals    Witness List
107-34

5/16/01 Medicare Reform: Providing Prescription Drug Coverage for Seniors    Witness List
107-28

5/10/01 Patients First: A 21st Century Promise to Ensure Quality and Affordable Coverage (JOINT HEARING WITH THE OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE)   Witness List
107-23

5/3/01 Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act    Witness List
107-51

4/26/01 Priorities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Reflected in the Fiscal Year 2002 Budget    Witness List
107-44

4/4/01 Patients First: A 21st Century Promise to Ensure Quality and Affordable Coverage (JOINT HEARING WITH THE OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE)   Witness List
107-23

3/22/01 Assessing HIPAA: How Federal Medical Record Privacy Regulations Can Be Improved
Witness List
107-15

3/15/01 A Smarter Health Care Partnership for American Families: Making Federal and State Roles in Managed Care Regulation and Liability Work for Accountable and Affordable Health Care Coverage    Witness List
107-9

3/1/01 Patients First: A 21st Century Promise to Ensure Quality and Affordable Health Coverage (JOINT HEARING WITH THE OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE) Witness List
107-23

2/15/01 Medicare Reform: Providing Prescription Drug Coverage for Seniors   Witness List
107-1

SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS

Hearing Date Subject Printed Hearing
Serial No.

12/11/02 Issues Relating to the Safety of Accutane Witness List
107-143

10/17/02 Securing America: The Federal Government's Response to Nuclear Terrorism at Our Nation's Ports and Borders Witness List
107-139

10/10/02 An Inquiry into the ImClone Cancer Drug Story Witness List
107-142

10/01/02 Capacity Swaps by Global Crossing and Qwest: Sham Transcations Designed to Boost Revenues? Witness List
107-129

9/24/02 Capacity Swaps by Global Crossing and Qwest: Sham Transcations Designed to Boost Revenues? Witness List
107-129

9/10/02 America's Blood Supply in the Aftermath of September 11, 2001 Witness List
107-137

7/25/02 The U.S. National Climate Change Assessment: Do the Climate Models Project a Useful Picture of Regional Climate? Witness List
107-117

7/19/02 A Review of DOE's Accelerated Cleanup Program and State-Based Compliance Agreements Witness List
107-124

7/09/02 Creating the Department of Homeland Security: Consideration of the Administration's Proposal Witness List
107-113

6/25/02 Creating the Department of Homeland Security: Consideration of the Administration's Proposal -- on chemical, biological and radiological response activities proposed for transfer to the Department of Homeland Security Witness List
107-113

6/13/02 An Inquiry into the ImClone Cancer-Drug Story Witness List
107-142

6/06/02 DOE's FreedomCAR: Hurdles, Benchmarks for Progress, and Role in Energy Policy Witness List
107-111

5/23/02 Assessing America's Health Risks: How Well Are Medicare's Clinical Preventive Benefits Serving America's Seniors? How Will the Next Generation of Preventive Medical Treatments be Incorporated and Promoted in the Health Care System? Witness List
107-110

5/01/02 Oversight and Management of the Government Purchase Card Program: Reviewing Its Weaknesses and Identifying Solutions Witness List
107-96

4/11/02 A Review of Enhanced Security Requirements at NRC Licensed Facilities Witness List
not printed

3/14/02 The Financial Collapse of the Enron Corporation focusing on Enron's Inside and Outside Counsel Witness List
107-90

2/14/02 The Financial Collapse of the Enron Corporation Witness List
107-89

2/07/02 The Financial Collapse of the Enron Corporation Witness List
107-88

2/05/02 The Financial Collapse of the Enron Corporation Witness List
107-86

1/24/02 The Destruction of Enron-related Documents by Andersen Personnel Witness List
107-80

12/5/01 A Review of Security Issues at Nuclear Power Plants (Executive Session) Witness List
not printed

11/7/01 HHS Inspector General's Review of Security at NIH and CDC Facilities Witness List
not printed

11/6/01 Charitable Contributions for September 11: Protecting Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse   Witness List
107-67

11/1/01 Issues Concerning the Use of MTBE in Reformulated Gasoline: An Update   Witness List
107-73

11/1/01 A Review of Federal Bioterrorism Preparedness Programs: Building an Early Warning Public Health Surveillance System Witness List
107-71

10/10/01 A Review of Federal Bioterrorism Preparedness Programs from a Public Health Perspective   Witness List
107-70

9/21/01 Medicare Drug Reimbursements: A Broken System for Patients and Taxpayers (JOINT HEARING WITH THE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE) Witness List
107-65

8/28/01 Oxycontin: Its Use and Abuse   Witness List
107-54

8/3/01 How Secure is Sensitive Commerce Department Data and Operations? A Review of the Department's Computer Security Policies and Practices   Witness List
107-56

6/28/01 Patients First: A 21st Century Promise to Ensure Quality and Affordable Health Coverage (JOINT HEARING WITH THE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE)    Witness List
107-52

6/19/01 Ford Motor Company's Recall of Certain Firestone Tires (JOINT HEARING WITH THE COMMERCE, TRADE, AND CONSUMER PROTECITON SUBCOMMITTEE) Witness List
107-45

6/7/01 Continuing Concerns Over Imported Pharmaceuticals Witness List
107-30

5/31/01 Has Medicare+ Choice Reduced Variation in the Premiums and Venefits Offered by Participating Health Plans? A Review of Medicare+ Choice Plan Payment Methodology   Witness List
107-39

5/23/01 How Secure is Private Medical Information? A Review of Computer Security at the Health Care Financing Administration and Its Contractors   Witness List
107-29

5/10/01 Patients First: A 21st Century Promise to Ensure Quality and Affordable Coverage (JOINT HEARING WITH THE OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE)   Witness List
107-23

4/4/01 Patients First: A 21st Century Promise to Ensure Quality and Affordable Coverage (JOINT HEARING WITH THE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE)   Witness List
107-23

3/28/01 Issues Raised by Human Cloning Research
Witness List
107-5

3/1/01 Patients First: A 21st Century Promise to Ensure Quality and Affordable Health Coverage (JOINT HEARING WITH THE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE) Witness List
107-23

SUBCOMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNET

Hearing Date Subject Printed Hearing
Serial No.

10/01/02 Recording Industry Marketing Practices: A Check-Up Witness List
107-132

9/25/02 H.R. ____, Regarding the Transition to Digital Television Witness List
107-141

7/10/02 Corporation for Public Broadcasting Oversight and a Look Into Public Broadcasting in the Digital Era Witness List
107-133

6/26/02 Area Code Exhaustion: What are the Solutions? Witness List
107-115

6/05/02 The FCC's UWB Proceeding: An Examination of the Government's Spectrum Management Process Witness List
107-114

5/13/02 Chatting On-Line: A Dangerous Proposition for Children (FIELD HEARING) Witness List
107-102

4/25/02 Ensuring Content Protection in the Digital Age Witness List
107-95

12/11/01 The Settlement between the U.S. Government and NextWave Telecomm, Inc. to Resolve Disputed Spectrum Licenses Witness List
107-78

12/4/01 The Status of Competition in the Multi-Channel Video Programming Distribution Marketplace Witness List
107-77

11/1/01 H.R. 2417, Dot Kids Domain Name Act of 2001    Witness List
107-63

7/24/01 U.S. Deployment of Third Generation Wireless Services: When Will It Happen and Where Will It Happen?    Witness List
107-58

7/20/01 Media Violence: An Examination of the Entertainment Industry's Efforts to Curb Children's Exposure to Violent Content
Witness List
107-60

6/20/01 Campaign Finance Reform: Proposals Impacting Broadcasters, Cable Operators and Satellite Providers Witness List
107-42

6/14/01 Ensuring Compatibility with Enhanced 911 Emergency Calling Systems: A Progress Report Witness List
107-31

5/17/01 H.R. 1765, To increase penalties for common carrier violations of the Communications Act of 1934 Witness List
107-27

4/4/01 E-Rate and Filtering: A Review of the Children's Internet Protection Act Witness List
107-33

3/29/01 FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell: Agenda and Plans for Reform of the FCC   Witness List
107-21

3/15/01 Digital Television: A Private Sector Perspective on the Transition Witness List
107-20

3/8/01 Technology and Education: A Review of Federal, State, and Private Sector Programs
Witness List
107-18

2/8/01 Is ICANN’s New Generation of Internet Domain Name Selection Process Thwarting Competition?   Witness List
107-4

Prepared by the Committee on Energy and Commerce
2125 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515