[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 34 (Tuesday, March 4, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D182-D183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 5, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
closed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 
for operations intelligence, 10 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Army Corps of 
Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation energy and water development 
programs, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Communications, to hold hearings to examine the implementation of 
enhanced 911 (E-911) services for wireless phones, 9:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration's Trade Agenda, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold closed briefing to examine 
Turkish aid negotiations and developments in Northern Iraq, 10:30 
a.m., SH-219.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Convention Between 
the Government of the United States Of America and the Government of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the 
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion 
with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital Gains, signed at 
London on July 24, 2001, together with an Exchange of Notes, as 
amended by the Protocol signed at Washington on July 19, 2002 (the 
``Convention'') (Treaty Doc. 107-19), the Protocol Amending the 
Convention Between the Government of the United States Of America 
and the Government of Australia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation 
and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
Income, signed at Canberra on September 27, 2001 (the ``Protocol'') 
(Treaty Doc. 107-20), and the Second Additional Protocol that 
Modifies the Convention Between the Government of the United States 
of America and the Government of the United Mexican States for the 
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion 
with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed at Mexico City on November 
26, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 108-03), 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 
380, to amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to reform 
the funding of benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System 
for employees of the

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United States Postal Service, the nominations of Janet Hale, of 
Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Management, Department of 
Homeland Security, and Linda M. Springer, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of 
Management and Budget, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business; 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: to hold hearings to examine the 
asbestos litigation crisis, 2 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on 
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Secretary of 
Energy, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Forest Service, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Air Force Construction, 
10 a.m., and on Quality of Life, 2 p.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 444, Back to Work Incentive Act of 2003; and H.R. 1000, 
Pension Security Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``Comprehensive National Energy Policy,'' 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, hearing 
entitled ``The Effectiveness of Leaking Underground Storage Tank 
Cleanup Programs,'' 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on housing related agency 
budgets for fiscal year 2004, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, 
hearing on H.R. 758 and H.R. 859, Business Checking Freedom Act of 
2003, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, 
Drug Policy and Human Resources hearing on ``ONDCP Reauthorization 
and the National Drug Control Strategy for 2003,'' 1 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, oversight hearing on the 
Smithsonian Institution, 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following: 
H.R. 192, to amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 
and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance for 
the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise 
assistant programs under those Acts; H.R. 441, to amend Public Law 
107-10 to authorize a United States plan to endorse and obtain 
observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health 
Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland; H.R. 868, to amend 
section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1994 and 1995, to require that certain claims for expropriation by 
the Government of Nicaragua meet certain requirements for purposes 
of the prohibition on foreign assistance to that government; H. Res. 
109, urging passage of a resolution addressing human rights abuses 
in North Korea at the 59th session of the United Nations Commission 
on Human Rights, and calling on the Government of North Korea to 
respect and protect the human rights of its citizens; H. Con. Res. 
57, supporting the goals of International Women's Day; H. Con. Res. 
26, condemning the punishment of execution by stoning as a gross 
violation of human rights; and a resolution commemorating the 60th 
anniversary of the historic rescue of Bulgarian Jews from Holocaust 
and commending the Bulgarian people for preserving and continuing 
their tradition of ethnic and religious tolerance, 10:15 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up H.R. 5, Help Efficient, 
Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight 
hearing on the Bureau of Reclamation's Proposed Fiscal Year 2004 
Budget, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, to meet for organizational purposes; 
followed by a hearing on The Path to a Hydrogen Economy, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Small Business 
Access and Alternatives to Health Care,'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, oversight hearing on Independent 
Peer Review of Products that Support Agency Decision-Making, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on the 
Administration's Economic Growth Proposals, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.