[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 5, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D95-D96]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee adopted 
its rules of procedure for the 108th Congress, and ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution (S. Res. 47) authorizing expenditures 
by the Committee.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness: Senators Dole 
(Chair), McConnell, Roberts, Chambliss, Coleman, Grassley, Conrad, 
Daschle, Miller, Baucus, and Lincoln.
  Subcommittee on Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion: 
Senators Talent (Chair), Roberts, Fitzgerald, Chambliss, Grassley, 
Baucus, Nelson (NE), Conrad, and Stabenow.
  Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization: 
Senators Crapo (Chair), Lugar, Coleman, Talent, McConnell, Roberts, 
Lincoln, Dayton, Leahy, Daschle, and Nelson (NE).
  Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation: Senator 
Fitzgerald (Chair), Lugar, McConnell, Crapo, Dole, Leahy, Stabenow, 
Miller, and Dayton.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of William H. Donaldson, of New York, to be 
Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Senators Schumer and Clinton, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
President's fiscal year 2004 budget, after receiving testimony from 
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget.
PROFESSIONAL BOXING REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to reform the professional boxing industry, after receiving 
testimony from Patrick S. Pannella, Maryland State Athletic Commission, 
Baltimore; Ross Greenberg, HBO Sports, and Thomas Hauser, both of New 
York, New York; Bernard Hopkins, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Bert 
R. Sugar, Chappaqua, New York.
AVIATION SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine aviation security and impacts associated with the 
regulatory and statutory requirements of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act, after receiving testimony from Admiral 
James M. Loy, Under Secretary of Transportation for Security, 
Transportation Security Administration; Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector 
General Department of Transportation; Edward M. Bolen, General Aviation 
Manufacturers Association, and James C. May, Air Transport Association 
of America, Inc., both of Washington, D.C.; and Charles Barclay, 
American Association of Airport Executives, Alexandria, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 111, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study to determine the national significance of the Miami 
Circle site in the State of Florida as well as the suitability and 
feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of 
Biscayne National Park, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 117, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange 
certain land in the State of Florida;
  S. 144, to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a 
program to provide assistance through States to eligible weed 
management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds on 
public and private land, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 210, to provide for the protection of archaeological sites in the 
Galisteo Basin in New Mexico;
  S. 214, to designate Fort Bayard Historic District in the State of 
New Mexico as a National Historic Landmark, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 233, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of 
Coltsville in the State of Connecticut for potential inclusion in the 
National Park System; and
  S. 254, to revise the boundary of the Kaloko-Honokohau National 
Historical Park in the State of Hawaii.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following measures:
  An original bill entitled, ``Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2003''; 
and
  An original bill entitled, ``CARE Act of 2003''.

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BUDGET 2004: REVENUE PROPOSALS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget estimates for fiscal years 2004, focusing 
on revenue proposals, economic growth plan, and the United States 
economy, receiving testimony from John W. Snow, Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably the 
following business items:
  An original resolution (S. Res. ***) authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee;
  The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian 
Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions, Signed at Moscow on May 
24, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 107-8), with 2 conditions and 6 declarations; and
  Foreign Service Officer Promotion lists received by the Senate on 
January 15, 2003.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on African Affairs: Senators Alexander (Chair), 
Brownback, Coleman, Sununu, Feingold, Dodd, and Nelson (FL).
  Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Senators Brownback 
(Chair), Alexander, Hagel, Allen, Voinovich, Kerry, Rockefeller, 
Feingold, and Corzine.
  Subcommittee on European Affairs: Senators Allen (Chair), Voinovich, 
Hagel, Sununu, Chafee, Biden, Sarbanes, Dodd, and Kerry.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade 
Promotion: Senators Hagel (Chair), Chafee, Enzi, Alexander, Coleman, 
Sarbanes, Rockefeller, Corzine, and Dodd.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism: Senators 
Sununu (Chair), Enzi, Allen, Voinovich, Brownback, Nelson (FL), Biden, 
Feingold, and Boxer.
  Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs: Senators Chafee 
(Chair), Hagel, Brownback, Voinovich, Coleman, Boxer, Corzine, 
Rockefeller, and Sarbanes.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics 
Affairs: Senators Coleman (Chair), Chafee, Allen, Enzi, Sununu, Dodd, 
Boxer, Nelson (FL), Biden, and Kerry.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee adopted its rules of 
procedure for the 108th Congress, and announced the following 
subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International 
Security: Senators Fitzgerald (Chairman), Stevens, Voinovich, Specter, 
Bennett, Sununu, Shelby, Akaka, Levin, Carper, Dayton, Lautenberg, and 
Pryor.
  Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Coleman 
(Chairman), Stevens, Voinovich, Specter, Bennett, Fitzgerald, Sununu, 
Shelby, Levin, Akaka, Durbin, Carper, Dayton, Lautenberg, and Pryor.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia: Senators Voinovich (Chairman), 
Stevens, Coleman, Bennett, Fitzgerald, Sununu, Durbin, Akaka, Carper, 
Lautenberg, and Pryor.
  Senators Collins and Lieberman are Ex Officio Members of all the 
Subcommittees.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Jay S. Bybee, of Nevada, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Ninth Circuit, who was introduced by Senators Reid and 
Ensign; Ralph R. Erickson, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of North Dakota, who was introduced by Senator Dorgan and 
Representative Pomeroy; William D. Quarles, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Maryland, who was introduced by 
Senators Sarbanes and Mikulski; and Gregory L. Frost, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, who was 
introduced by Senator DeWine, after each nominee testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH CARE
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded 
hearings on possible solutions to the small business health care 
crisis, focusing on dwindling choices in affordable health care for 
small business and double digit premium increases passed on to 
employers now providing insurance, after receiving testimony from 
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor; Hector V. Barreto, Administrator, 
U.S. Small Business Administration; Kathie M. Leonard, Auburn 
Manufacturing, Inc., Mechanic Falls, Maine; Anne Valentine, 
SmartCatalog, Portland, Maine; Jack Faris, National Federation of 
Independent Business, Harry Alford, National Black Chamber of Commerce, 
Judith L. Lichtman, National Partnership for Women and Families, and 
Len Nichols, Center for Studying Health System Change, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Terry Neese, Women Impacting Public Policy, Oklahoma 
City, Oklahoma; Cliff Shannon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf of 
the National Small Business United and SMC Business Councils; and Sandy 
Praeger, State of Kansas Commissioner of Insurance, Topeka, on behalf 
of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.