[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 11, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D217-D219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 12, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2004 for the District of Columbia Courts, Court Services, and 
the Offender Supervision Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Defense, to hold closed hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for defense programs, 
focusing on worldwide threats to the United States, 10 a.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the 
Department of Energy Office of Energy and Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy, Office of Science, and the Office of Nuclear Energy Science 
and Technology, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to 
hold hearings to examine national security

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space programs and management in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2004, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine Army 
transformation in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
fiscal year 2004 and the Future Years Defense Program, 3 p.m., SR-
232A.
  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to mark up a proposed 
concurrent resolution setting forth the fiscal year 2004 budget for 
the Federal Government, 2:15 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Fisheries, to hold hearings to examine 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the 
Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine welfare reform, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 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), 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), 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), and a Foreign Service List 
received on January 28, 2003, 11:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine regional implications 
of the changing nuclear equation on the Korean Peninsula, 2:30 p.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, with the 
Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, 
to hold joint hearings to examine border technology, focusing on 
keeping terrorist out of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
James V. Selna and Cormac J. Carney, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Central District of California, Philip P. 
Simon and Theresa Lazar Springmann, both to a United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, Mary Ellen Coster 
Williams, of Maryland, and Victor J. Wolski, of Virginia, both to be 
a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and Ricardo H. 
Hinojosa, of Texas, and Michael E. Horowitz, of Maryland, both to be 
a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine a legislative 
presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon 
Building.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on 
Food Safety and Inspection Service, 9:30 a.m., and on Marketing and 
Regulatory Programs, 1:30 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Fiscal Year 2004 Army Posture, 1:30 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office 
of Special Trustee for American Indians, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, on Department of Education-Panel: ``No Child Left 
Behind Act'' program, 10:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Pacific Command Military 
Construction, 10 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation and Treasury, and Independent 
Agencies, on Inspector General, Department of Treasury, 10 a.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, to continue hearings on the fiscal 
year 2004 national defense authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 
and 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on the 
fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request, 5 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Total Force, hearing on patron and industry 
perspectives on military exchanges, commissaries, and morale, 
welfare and recreation programs, 5 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, to mark up the Budget Resolution for 
Fiscal Year 2004, 10:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Select 
Education, hearing on ``Recent Improvements of Financial Management 
Practices at the U.S. Department of Education,'' 2 p.m., 2261 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on H.R. 1119, 
Family Time Flexibility Act, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, to continue hearings on ``Comprehensive National Energy 
Policy,'' 2:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on ``Medicaid Today: The States' 
Perspective,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue hearings 
on the ``Procurement and Property Mismanagement and Theft at Los 
Alamos National Laboratory,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``Mutual Fund Industry Practices

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and their Effect on Individual Investors,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Energy 
Efficiency Improvements in Federal Buildings and Vehicles,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to consider Committee funding 
requests, 11:20 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following: H. 
Res. 68, requesting the President to transmit to the House of 
Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the 
adoption of this resolution documents in the President's possession 
relating to Iraq's declaration on its weapons of mass destruction 
that was provided to the United Nations on December 7, 2002; and the 
Northern Ireland Peace and Reconciliation Support Act, 10:15 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: H. Res. 132, 
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Ninth 
Circuit of Appeals ruling in Newdow v. United States Congress is 
inconsistent with the Supreme Court's interpretation of the first 
amendment and should be overturned; a resolution authorizing the 
Chairman to issue subpoenas in the matter relating to the Honorable 
James M. Rosenbaum; and H.R. 975, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and 
Consumer Protection Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, hearing on H.R. 39, Arctic Coastal Plain 
Domestic Energy Security Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Aerospace Commission Report and 
NASA Workforce, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Authorization of the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the Aviation Programs: Commercial Aviation, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the Administration's 
Fiscal Year 2004 Budget for the U.S. Department of Labor, 10:30 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
the Director of the CIA Overview, 2:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
examine a legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 
10 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.