[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 12, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 13, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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 the Budget: 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: organizational 
business meeting to consider subcommittee assignments and rules of 
procedure for the 108th Congress, 9:15 a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United States Olympic 
Committee reforms, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine infrastructure needs 
of minority serving institutions, and S. 196, to establish a digital 
and wireless network technology program, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  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: 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: to hold hearings to examine Enron, focusing 
on the Joint Committee on Taxation's investigative report, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Deborah L. Cook, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Sixth Circuit, John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, 
Jeffrey S. Sutton, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Sixth Circuit, Jay S. Bybee, of Nevada, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Ralph R. Erickson, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of North Dakota, William D. 
Quarles, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Maryland, Gregory L. Frost, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Ohio, Jeremy H.G. Ibrahim, of Pennsylvania, 
to be a Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the 
United States, Edward F. Reilly, of Kansas, and Cranston J. 
Mitchell, of Missouri, both to be a Commissioner of the United 
States Parole Commission, S.253, to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to exempt qualified current and former law enforcement 
officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed 
handguns, and S.113, to exclude United States persons from the 
definition of ``foreign power'' under the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 relating to international terrorism, 11 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold an organizational 
business meeting, to be followed by hearings on certain proposed 
committee resolutions requesting funds for operating expenses, 10:30 
a.m., SR-301.


                                 House

  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Department of State Budget 
priorities Fiscal Year 2004, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
  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 Financial Services, to consider the following: H.R. 
254, to authorize the President of the United States to agree to 
certain amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican 
States concerning the establishment of a Border Environment 
Cooperation Commission and a North American Development Bank; H.R. 
258, American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity Act of 2003; H.R. 239, 
Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act; the Hospital Mortgage 
Insurance Act of 2003; the Emergency Securities Response Act of 
2003; and a committee print entitled ``Views and Estimates of the 
Committee on Financial Services on Matters to be Set Forth in the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2004,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to meet for organizational 
purposes; and to consider the following: an Oversight Plan for the 
108th Congress; and to consider the Committee's Views and Estimates 
of the President's Fiscal Year 2004 Budget, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, oversight hearing on North Korea's Nuclear Program: The 
Challenge to Stability in Northeast Asia, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, hearing on An Overview of the Federal R&D 
Budget for fiscal year 2004, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform, 12 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Free Electronic Filing 
National Taxpaper Advocate Annual Report, 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.