[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D116-D117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 12, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Fisheries, to hold 
hearings to examine Coast Guard transition to Homeland Security, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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.
  Committee on Finance: 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.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
reconstruction of Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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: 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: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Timothy M. Tymkovich, of Colorado, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, J. Daniel Breen, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 
William H. Steele, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Alabama, Thomas A. Varlan, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Timothy C. 
Stanceu, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of 
International Trade, and Marian Blank Horn, of Maryland, to be a 
Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to meet for organizational purposes, and 
to consider an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress, 1 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.

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  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the fiscal year 2004 
National Defense Authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Department of 
Transportation Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2004, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing on ``Back to 
Work: the Administration's Plan for Economic Recovery and the 
Workforce Investment Act,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing entitled ``A Review of 
the Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 Health Care Priorities,'' 
followed by consideration of the following: further organizational 
business; an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress; and H.R. 663, 
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on monetary policy and 
the state of the economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  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, hearing on the President's 
International Affairs Budget request for Fiscal Year 2004, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Prospects for Peace in Ivory 
Coast, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to meet for organizational purposes; 
to consider the following: an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress; 
and to mark up H.R. 534, Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003, 
10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to meet for organizational purposes, 3 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 4, Personal 
Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003; an Oversight 
Plan for the 108th Congress; and the Committee Budget Request for 
108th Congress, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to meet for 
organizational purposes and to consider an Oversight Plan for the 
108th Congress, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on reauthorization of the FAA 
and the Aviation Programs: Introduction, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Select Revenue 
Measures, to meet for organizational purposes, 10:30 a.m., 1129 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, to meet for organizational 
purposes, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: 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.