[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 26, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D158-D159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 27, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: organizational 
business meeting to consider subcommittee assignments and rules of 
procedure for the 108th Congress, to be followed by hearings to 
consider the nominations of Richard F. Healing, of Virginia, to be a 
Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, and Mark V. 
Rosenker, of Maryland, and Ellen G. Engleman, of Indiana, both to be 
a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, 9:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  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: to hold hearings to 
examine oil, gas, Hydrogen, and conservation, focusing on energy 
production on federal lands, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  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withdrawn land in Big Horn County, Wyoming, to locatable mineral 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: 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: to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 health care priorities, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
American public diplomacy with respect to Islam, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Clark Kent Ervin, of Texas, to be Inspector General, 
Department of Homeland Security, 11 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations 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, 
Jay S. Bybee, of Nevada, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit, Timothy M. Tymkovich, of Colorado, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Tenth 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, J. Daniel Breen, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 
Thomas A. Varlan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Tennessee, William H. Steele, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, 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, Marian Blank 
Horn, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of 
Federal Claims, Timothy C. Stanceu, of Virginia, to be a Judge of 
the United States Court of International Trade, Joseph Elliott, to 
be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio, 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

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from the definition of ``foreign power'' under the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 relating to international 
terrorism, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the impact 
of global aging on the US economy, 10 a.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on 
Secretary of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  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, to continue hearings on the fiscal 
year 2004 National Defense Authorization budget request, 9:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Department of Defense 
Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2004, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Assessing the Need to Enact Medical Liability Reform,'' 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, 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,, 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, 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.
  Committee on Science, hearing on NASA's Fiscal Year 2004 Budget 
Request, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, 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, 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, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
877, Patients Safety Improvement Act of 2003; and H.R. 878, Armed 
Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2003, 12 p.m., 1100 Longworth
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on H.R. 743, Social 
Security Protection Act of 2003, 9 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.