[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 12 (Thursday, January 23, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D52-D53]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 27 through February 1, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will be not be in session.
  On Tuesday, Senate will be in a period of morning business. At 8:30 
p.m., Senate will meet in the Senate Chamber to proceed to the House of 
Representatives to receive the President's State of the Union Address.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: January 29, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to 
examine the implementation of smallpox vaccination plan, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-192.
  January 30, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings to examine Medicare reimbursement for 
physicians and hospitals, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: January 30, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Paul McHale, of Pennsylvania, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Security, and 
Christopher Ryan Henry, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of 
Defense for Policy, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: January 29, to hold hearings to examine 
the state of the economy, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  January 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the budget 
and current economic outlook, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: January 28, 
organizational business meeting to consider Subcommittee membership 
for the 108th Congress; to be followed by a hearing to discuss 
recent allegations of ethical violations at the United States 
Olympic Committee, and examine the management of the organization, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  January 29, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to 
hold hearings to examine the science and ethics of human cloning, 
and other issues in the field of bioethics, 2:30 p.m., SR-243.
  January 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine media 
ownership focusing on consolidation in the radio industry, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: January 28, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of John W. Snow, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the 
Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  January 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the status 
of U.S. border security, 10 a.m., SD-215.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 28, business meeting to 
consider Committee organizational matters including Committee rules 
of procedure and Subcommittee jurisdiction and membership for the 
108th Congress, 2:30 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 30, 
to hold hearings to examine the challenges and next steps in regard 
to the small pox vaccination, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: January 29, organizational business 
meeting to consider proposed legislation requesting funds for the 
Committee's operating expenses, Subcommittee assignments, and rules 
of procedure for the 108th Congress, 10 a.m., Room to be announced.
  Committee on the Judiciary: January 28, to hold hearings to 
examine judicial nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  January 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.


                            House Committees

  Committee on the Budget, January 29, hearing on the Congressional 
Budget Office: The Budget and Economic Outlook Fiscal Years 2004-
2013, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, January 29, to hold an 
organizational meeting, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, January 29, to hold an 
organizational meeting, 9:30 a.m., followed by a hearing on the 
Department of Veterans Affairs health care system, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: January 30, to hold joint hearings to 
examine the Administration's growth and jobs plan, 10 a.m., SD-628.