[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 36 (Thursday, March 6, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D196-D198]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded closed 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for 
operations intelligence, after receiving testimony from General Richard 
B. Myers, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
APPROPRIATIONS: HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, after receiving testimony from Mel Martinez, Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies concluded hearings to 
examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the 
Department of State, after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell, 
Secretary of State.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department 
of Defense, and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from Thomas E. White, Secretary of the Army, Hansford T. 
Johnson, Acting Secretary of the Navy, and James G. Roche, Secretary of 
the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
military construction and environmental programs, after receiving 
testimony from Hansford T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Installations and Environemnt, Raymond F. DuBois, Jr., Deputy Under 
Secretary for Installations and Environment, Mario P. Fiori, Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Installations and Environment, and Nelson

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F. Gibbs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, 
Environment, and Logistics, all of the Department of Defense.
SPECTRUM POLICY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the future of spectrum policy, focusing on 
recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission's Spectrum 
Policy Task Force including, the establishment of a spectrum relocation 
trust fund, ways in which to evolve the current ``command and control'' 
approach to spectrum policy into a more integrated, market-oriented 
approach that provides greater regulatory certainty, while minimizing 
regulatory intervention, and the implementation of interference 
protection, spectral efficiency, effective public safety 
communications, and international spectrum policy, after receiving 
testimony from Steven K. Berry, Cellular Telecommunications and 
Internet Association, and Michael Calabrese, New America Foundation, on 
behalf of the Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, and the 
National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture, both of Washington, D.C.; 
Gregory L. Rosston, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, 
Stanford, California; Kevin Kahn, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon; 
and Paul J. Kolodzy, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New 
Jersey.
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine energy use in the transportation sector, focusing on oil 
dependency, technology challenges, vehicle safety issues, the Corporate 
Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program, and alternative fuels, after 
receiving testimony from David K. Garman, Assistant Secretary of Energy 
for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Emil H. Frankel, Assistant 
Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Policy; Gregory Dana, 
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Washington, D.C.; Richard 
Cromwell III, SunLine Transit Agency, Thousand Palms, California; and 
David Friedman, Union of Concerned Scientists, San Francisco, 
California.
HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER/ILLINOIS HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded hearings to examine S. 212, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to cooperate with the High Plains States in conducting 
a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling and monitoring 
program for the High Plains Aquifer, and S. 220 and H.R. 397, bills to 
reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a 
hydroelectric project in the State of Illinois, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Brownback; and William M. Alley, Chief, Office 
of Ground Water, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
an agreed framework for dialogue with North Korea, focusing on 
negotiations regarding their nuclear weapons program, and South Korea, 
after receiving testimony from Ashton B. Carter, Harvard University 
Preventive Defense Project, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Arnold 
Kanter, Scowcroft Group, and Robert J. Einhorn, Center for Strategic 
and International Studies International Security Program, former 
Assistant Secretary of State for Non-proliferation, both of Washington, 
D.C.
NASA
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of 
Columbia concluded hearings to examine the status of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration's workforce and consider proposed 
personnel flexibilities to assist the agency in achieving its mission, 
especially managing Human Capital effectively and efficiently, after 
receiving testimony from Representative Sherwood L. Boehlert; and Sean 
O'Keefe, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Employment, Safety and Training concluded hearings to examine the 
Administration's approach to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act 
(WIA), focusing on strengthening the delivery of employment and 
training services nationwide, after receiving testimony D. Cameron 
Findlay, Deputy Secretary of Labor.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  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;
  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, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Timothy M. Tymkovich, of Colorado, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the

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Tenth Circuit, 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, and Humberto S. Garcia, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Puerto Rico, and Eugene James Corcoran, to be United States 
Marshal for the Eastern District of New York, both of the Department of 
Justice
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.