[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 25, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D150-D151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





          COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold a closed briefing to examine 
planning for post-conflict Iraq and potential U.S. military 
operations in the Philippines, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the Federal Deposit Insurance System, 
9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's Fiscal Year 2004 Budget proposal for Medicare and 
Medicaid, 3 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the proposed Fiscal Year 2004 Environmental Protection 
Agency budget, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to mark up the 
Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Correction Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: committee will meet to receive a 
perspective on the revitalization and reconstruction of post 
conflict Afghanistan, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to continue hearings to examine 
consolidating intelligence analysis, focusing on a review of the 
President's proposal to create a Terrorist Threat Integration 
Center, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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

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claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in Apache County, Arizona; to be 
followed by hearings to examine the Presidents proposed budget for 
Fiscal Year 2004 for Indian Affairs, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: business meeting to 
consider an original resolution authorizing certain expenditures for 
committee operations, 9:15 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration's proposed Fiscal Year 2004 Department of Veterans 
Affairs Budget, 4 p.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on 
Office of Inspector General, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of the Interior, 10 a.m., 
B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Army Construction, 10 
a.m., and on Navy Construction, 2 p.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Armed Services, to continue hearings on the fiscal 
year 2004 National Defense Authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 
and to hold a hearing on U.S. forward-deployed strategy in the 
European Theater, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Department of Health and 
Human Services Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2004, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Procurement and Property 
Mismanagement and Theft at Los Alamos National Laboratory,'' 1 p.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Russia's Policies 
Toward the Axis of Evil: Money and Geopolitics in Iraq and Iran, 
10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on ``Peer-to-Peer 
Piracy On University Campuses,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 534, Human Cloning 
Prohibition Act of 2003, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, 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.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the Administration's Trade 
Agenda, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, hearing on Terrorist 
Threat Integration Center, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the Economic 
Report of the President, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.