[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 22 (Thursday, February 6, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D102-D103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY,

                            FEBRUARY 7, 2003

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  No meetings/hearings scheduled.


                                  House

  No committee meetings are scheduled.
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                       CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of February 10 through February 15, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 11 a.m., Senate will resume consideration of the nomination 
of Miguel A. Estrada, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit.
  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 Armed Services: February 12, to hold hearings to examine 
the current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the 
United States; to be followed by a closed meeting to be held in SH-219, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense, and 
the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 11, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report of 
the Federal Reserve; and to hold a business meeting to consider the 
nomination of William H. Donaldson, of New York, to be a Member of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: February 11, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's International Affairs Budget, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  February 13, Full Committee, to resume hearings on the President's 
proposed budget for fiscal year 2004, focusing on the Department of 
Transportation, 2:30 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 11, to 
hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Federal 
Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  February 12, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics to examine the 
recent space shuttle Columbia accident, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Fisheries, to hold 
hearings to examine Coast Guard transition to Homeland Security, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  February 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United States 
Olympic Committee reforms, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  February 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine infrastructure 
needs of minority serving institutions, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 11, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2004 for the Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of Joseph Timothy Kelliher, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  February 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the Forest 
Service of the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine oil, gas, 
hydrogen, and conservation, focusing on oil supply and prices, 2:30 p.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 12, business 
meeting to markup S.195, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to bring 
underground storage tanks into compliance with subtitle I of that Act, to 
promote cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks, to provide 
sufficient resources for such compliance and cleanup, and an original 
resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear 
Safety, to hold oversight hearings to examine the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 11, to hold hearings to examine 
proposals for economic growth and job creation, focusing on incentives 
for consumption, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  February 12, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine proposals 
for economic growth and job creation, focusing on incentives for 
consumption; to be followed by hearings to examine the nominations of 
Joseph Robert Goeke, of Illinois, to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court, Glen L. Bower, of Illinois, to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court, Daniel Pearson, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission, Charlotte A. Lane, of West Virginia, to 
be a Member of the United States International Trade Commission, and 
Raymond T. Wagner, Jr., of Missouri, to be a Member of the Internal 
Revenue Service Oversight Board for the remainder of the term expiring 
September 14, 2004, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  February 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Enron, 
focusing on the Joint Committee on Taxation's investigative report, 10 
a.m., SD-215.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 11, to hold hearings to 
examine a post Saddam Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  February 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine a post 
conflict Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 11, with 
the Committee on the Judiciary, to hold joint hearings to examine patient 
access crisis, focusing on the role of medical litigation, 2:30 p.m., SD-
106.
  February 12, Full Committee, business meeting to consider committee's 
rules of procedure for the 108th Congress, subcommittee assignments, S. 
239, to amend the Public Health Services Act to add requirements 
regarding trauma care, proposed legislation entitled ``Keeping Children 
and Families Safe Act of 2003'', proposed legislation concerning NIH 
Foundation, proposed legislation concerning birth defects, and proposed 
legislation entitled ``Animal Drug User Fee Act'', 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 12, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination Ross O. Swimmer, to be Special Trustee--American Indians, 
Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 11, with the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions, to hold joint hearings to examine patient 
access crisis, focusing on the role of medical litigation, 2:30 p.m., SD-
106.
  February 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine judicial 
nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 11, to hold hearings to 
examine current and projected national security threats, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  February 11, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: February 11, to hold hearings to examine 
guardianship over the elderly, focusing on security provided or due 
process denied, 10 a.m., SD-628.


                              House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, February 11, to meet for organizational 
purposes, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 12, hearing on the fiscal year 
2004 National Defense Authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 12, hearing on the Department of 
Transportation Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2004, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 13, hearing on the Department of State Budget priorities 
Fiscal Year 2004, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 12, hearing on 
``Back to Work: the Administration's Plan for Economic Recovery and the 
Workforce Investment Act,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 13, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 13, Museum and 
Library Services Act of 2003; and H.R. 14, Keeping Children and Families 
Safe Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
``The Pension Security Act: New Pension Protections to Safeguard the 
Retirement Savings of American Workers,'' 1 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 12, hearing entitled ``A 
Review of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 Health Care Priorities,'' 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 12, hearing on monetary 
policy and the state of the economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government 
Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Recovery and Renewal: 
Protecting the Capital Markets Against Terrorism Post 9/11,'' 3 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, February 11, to meet for 
organizational purposes, and to consider an Oversight Plan for the 108th 
Congress, 5:45 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 12, hearing on the President's International Affairs Budget 
request for Fiscal Year 2004, 10 a.m., and to hold a hearing on Prospects 
for Peace in Ivory Coast, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 13, hearing on North Korea's Nuclear Program: The Challenge to 
Stability in Northeast Asia, 10 a.m., and a hearing on Overview of U.S. 
Policy Toward the Western Hemisphere, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, February 12, to meet for organizational 
purposes, 3 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, February 13, hearing on An Overview of the 
Federal R&D Budget for fiscal year 2004, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 12, to meet 
for organizational purposes and to consider an Oversight Plan for the 
108th Congress, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on reauthorization of 
the FAA and the Aviation Programs: Introduction, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, oversight hearing on 
reauthorization of Federal Highway and Transit Programs: What are the 
needs, and how to meet those needs, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 11, hearing on the Department 
of Veterans Affairs Budget request for Fiscal Year 2004, 2 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 13, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform, 12 p.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Free Electronic 
Filing National Taxpayer Advocate Annual Report, 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: February 10, meeting of conferees on H.J. Res. 2, making 
further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, 6:30 p.m., S-
207, Capitol.
  Joint Meetings: February 12, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics to examine the recent space 
shuttle Columbia accident, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.