[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 29 (Monday, February 24, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D140-D143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of February 25 through March 1, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 9:30 a.m., Senate will continue 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 25, to hold hearings to 
examine the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2004 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, to be immediately followed by a 
closed hearing in SH-219, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold a closed briefing to examine 
planning for the post-conflict Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Stephen A. Cambone, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, John Paul Woodley, Jr., of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, and Linton F. 
Brooks, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, 
Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 26, to 
hold oversight hearings to examine the Federal Deposit Insurance 
System, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 26, to hold hearings to examine 
the President's Fiscal Year 2004 Budget proposal for Medicare and 
Medicaid, 2:30 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 25, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, to resume hearings to examine proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for the Federal Aviation 
Administration, focusing on the financing of airport improvement and 
expansion, including the Airport Improvement Programs, as well as 
passenger facilities charges (PFCs) and airport bonds, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues 
involving Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) safety, including data 
relating to vehicle rollovers, crash compatibility, and seatbelt 
use, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.

[[Page D141]]


  February 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Ellen G. Engleman, of Indiana, Richard F. Healing, of 
Virginia, and Mark V. Rosenker, of Maryland, each to be a Member of 
the National Transportation Safety Board, Department of 
Transportation, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to 
hold hearings to examine U.S. involvement in aerospace research, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 25, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine oil, gas, 
hydrogen, and conservation, focusing on gas supply and prices, 2 
p.m., SD-366.
  February 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine oil, gas, 
hydrogen, and conservation, focusing on energy production on federal 
lands, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 32, to establish Institutes to conduct 
research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in 
forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West, S. 203, to open 
certain withdrawn land in Big Horn County, Wyoming, to locatable 
mineral development for bentonite mining, S. 278, to make certain 
adjustments to the boundaries of the Mount Naomi Wilderness Area, 
and S. 246, to provide that certain Bureau of Land Management land 
shall be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo 
of San Ildefonso in the State of New Mexico, 3 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 26, to hold 
hearings to examine the proposed Fiscal Year 2004 Environmental 
Protection Agency budget, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to 
hold hearings to examine the Federal Highway Administration's Fiscal 
Year 2004 budget, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 26, business meeting to mark up the 
Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Correction Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 health care priorities, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 25, to hold hearings to 
examine the State of the World Report on Hunger from Africa to North 
Korea, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 26, Full Committee, committee will meet to receive a 
perspective on the revitalization and reconstruction of post 
conflict Afghanistan, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine American 
public diplomacy with respect to Islam, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 25, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 344, expressing the policy of the United States regarding 
the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide 
a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native 
Hawaiian governing entity, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  February 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Ross Owen Swimmer, of Oklahoma, to be Special Trustee, 
Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the 
Interior, S. 162, to provide for the use of distribution of certain 
funds awarded to the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and 
S. 222, to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the 
Zuni Indian Tribe in Apache County, Arizona; to be followed by 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 
2004 for Indian Affairs, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 27, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: February 26, business 
meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing certain 
expenditures for committee operations, 9:15 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 25, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine a 
legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans, 2 p.m., 
SH-216.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration's proposed Fiscal Year 2004 Department of Veterans 
Affairs Budget, 4 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 25, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: February 27, to hold hearings to 
examine the impact of global aging on the US economy, 10 a.m., SD-
628.


                             House Chamber

  Tuesday, consideration of suspensions:
  (1) H. Res. 67, Official Photographs of the House of Representatives 
on March 12, 2003;
  (2) H. Con. Res. 40, Capitol Rotunda Ceremony for the Commemoration 
of the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust; and
  (3) H. Res. 46, Honoring the life of Al Hirschfeld and his legacy.
  Wednesday, consideration of suspensions:
  (1) H. Con. Res. 36, encouraging the celebration of the 140th 
anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and commending Abraham 
Lincoln's efforts to end slavery;
  (2) H.R. 254, North American Development Bank Reauthorization;
  (3) H.R. 657, Emergency Authority of the Securities and Exchange 
Commission; and
  (4) H.R. 258, American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity Act of 2003.
  Thursday, consideration of H.R. 534, Human Cloning Prohibition 
(subject to a rule).

[[Page D142]]


  Friday, no votes.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 26, to consider the following: 
Committee Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2004 for 
submission to the Committee on the Budget; and further 
organizational matters, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and 
Related Agencies, on Office of Inspector General, 9:30 a.m., 2362A 
Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of the 
Interior, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Army 
Construction, 10 a.m., and on Navy Construction, 2 p.m., B-300 
Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
American Battle Monuments Commission, 10 a.m., and on Selective 
Service System, 11 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on Secretary of 
Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of Energy, 10 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
Community Development Financial Institutions, 10 a.m., and on Office 
of Science and Technology Policy, 11 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 26 and 27, to continue 
hearings on the fiscal year 2004 National Defense Authorization 
budget request, 10 a.m., on February 26 and 9:30 a.m., on February 
27, 2118 Rayburn.
  February 26, hearing on U.S. forward-deployed strategy in the 
European Theater, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 26, hearing on the Department of 
Health and Human Services Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2004, 10 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 27, hearing on the Department of Defense Budget 
Priorities Fiscal Year 2004, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 26, 
Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, to mark up H.R. 444, 
Back to Work Incentive Act of 2003, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Procurement and 
Property Mismanagement and Theft at Los Alamos National Laboratory, 
1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Health of the Telecommunications Sector: A 
Perspective from the Commissioners of the Federal Communications 
Commission,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Assessing 
the Need to Enact Medical Liability Reform,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 25, Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Simplifying 
the Home Buying Process: HUD's Proposal to Reform RESPA,'' 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``It's only FAIR: 
Returning Money to Defrauded Investors,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing entitled ``The New Basel 
Accord-Sound Regulation or Crushing Complexity?'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, February 27, Subcommittee on 
Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, hearing on 
``Recovery Now: The President's Drug Treatment Initiative,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, February 26, hearing on 
Russia's Policies Toward the Axis of Evil: Money and Geopolitics in 
Iraq and Iran, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 27, hearing on The U.S. Response to East African Famines 
and the Future Outlook for Food Aid in Africa, 10:45 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
Overview of U.S. Policy Toward the Western Hemisphere, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 26, Subcommittee on Courts, 
the Internet, and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on 
``Peer-to-Peer Piracy On University Campuses,'' 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and 
Claims, oversight hearing on ``New York's Sanctuary Policy and the 
Effect of Such Policies on Public Safety, Law Enforcement, and 
Immigration,'' 9 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  February 28, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 5, Help Efficient, 
Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003, 9 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, February 25, Subcommittee on Fisheries 
Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on the Twelfth 
Regular Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) of the 
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 
Fauna and Flora (CITES), 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, February 26, to consider H.R. 534, Human 
Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, February 27, hearing on NASA's Fiscal Year 
2004 Budget Request, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 25, Subcommittee on 
Regulatory Reform and Oversight, hearing on the Burden of 
Regulations on the small business community, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 26, full Committee, to meet for organizational purposes, 
1:30 p.m., followed by a hearing on the Small Business 
Administration's Budget for Fiscal Year 2004, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 27, to consider Committee Budget Views and Estimates for 
Fiscal Year 2004 for submission to the Committee on the Budget, 9:30 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 25, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public

[[Page D143]]

Buildings and Emergency Management, hearing on Emergency 
Preparedness at the Indian Point Energy Center located in Buchanan, 
New York, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 26, full Committee, to mark up the following: Committee 
Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2004 for submission to 
the Committee on the Budget; H.R. 866, Wastewater Treatment Works 
Security Act of 2003; the Over-the-Road Bus Security and Safety Act 
of 2003; the Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act of 2003; 
and other pending business, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Aviation and the Subcommittee on 
Railroads, joint hearing on Planes, Trains, and Intermodalism: 
Improving the Link Between Air and Rail, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
oversight hearing on Agency Budgets and Priorities for Fiscal Year 
2004, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 27, to consider Committee 
Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2004 for submission to 
the Committee on the Budget, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 25, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Eliminating Barriers to Chronic Care Management in 
Medicare, 4 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 26, full Committee, hearing on the Administration's Trade 
Agenda, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on H.R. 743, 
Social Security Protection Act of 2003, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 26, 
Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, hearing 
on Terrorist Threat Integration Center, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security. February 25, to meet for 
organizational purposes, 3 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: February 25, Senate Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs to examine a legislative presentation of the 
Disabled American Veterans, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Joint Economic Committee: February 26, to hold hearings to examine 
the Economic Report of the President, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.