[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 42 (Monday, March 17, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E482-E483]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, March 18, 2003 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                MARCH 19
     9 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the fiscal year 2004 proposed 
           budget estimates for the Department of Health and Human 
           Services.
                                                            SD-124
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine nonproliferation programs of 
           the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine ethical regenerative medicine 
           research and human reproductive cloning.
                                                            SD-226
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the 
           Department of Defense, focusing on acquisition policy 
           and outsourcing issues.
                                                            SR-222
       Rules and Administration
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the operations of 
           the Secretary of the Senate and the Architect of the 
           Capitol.
                                                            SR-301
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2004 for the Department of the Army.
                                                            SD-192
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 15, to amend the Public 
           Health Service Act to provide for the payment of 
           compensation for certain individuals with injuries 
           resulting from the administration of smallpox 
           countermeasures, to provide protections and 
           countermeasures against chemical, radiological, or 
           nuclear agents that may be used in a terrorist attack 
           against the United States, and to improve immunization 
           rates by increasing the distribution of vaccines and 
           improving and clarifying the vaccine injury 
           compensation program, proposed legislation entitled 
           ``Lifespan Respite Care Act'', proposed legislation 
           entitled ``Pediatric Drugs Research Authority'', and 
           pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the effects and consequences 
           of an emerging China.
                                                            SD-419
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 424, to establish, 
           reauthorize, and improve energy programs relating to 
           Indian tribes, and S. 522, to amend the Energy Policy 
           Act of 1992 to assist Indian tribes in developing 
           energy resources.
                                                            SR-485
     3 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the 
           Department of Defense, focusing on the National Guard 
           and Reserve military and civilian personnel programs.
                                                            SH-216
                                MARCH 20
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation amending 
           the Clean Air Act regarding fuel additives and 
           renewable fuels.
                                                            SD-406
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the 
           Department of Defense, focusing on atomic energy 
           defense activities of the Department of Energy.
                                                            SH-216
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine issues related to the 
           Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed 
           rule on the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.
                                                            SD-538
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider an original bill to 
           authorize Appropriations for Global HIV/AIDS, 
           Tuberculosis, and Malaria programs, and other pending 
           calendar business.
                                                            SD-419
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine possible terrorist threats on 
           cargo containers.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates 
           for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Commerce.
                                                     S-146 Capitol
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates 
           for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Agriculture 
           Forest Service.
                                                            SD-124
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the fiscal year 2004 budget 
           request for the Environmental Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-138
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to examine legislative presentations 
           of AMVETS, American Ex-Prisoners of War, the Vietnam 
           Veterans of America, the Military Officers Association 
           of America, and the National Association of State 
           Directors of Veterans' Affairs.
                                               345 Cannon Building
     10:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Vernon 
           Bernard Parker, of Arizona, to be an Assistant 
           Secretary of Agriculture.
                                                           SR-328A
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine Medicare, focusing on 
           prescription drugs.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the Space Shuttle Columbia, 
           focusing on the future of space policy.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine how to make embassies safer 
           in areas of conflict.
                                                            SD-419
                                MARCH 21
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the 
           Department of Defense, focusing on science and 
           technology programs and the role of Defense 
           laboratories.
                                                            SR-325
                                MARCH 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine Medicare's financial crisis, 
           focusing on the long-term financial viability of the 
           program, proposals to add a prescription drug benefit 
           and other reforms.
                                                            SD-628
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Alfred 
           Plamann, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
           Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank, 
           and Thomas Waters Grant, of New York, Noe Hinojosa, 
           Jr., of Texas, and William Robert Timken, Jr., of Ohio, 
           each to be a Director of the Securities Investor 
           Protection Corporation.
                                                            SD-538
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the Washington Teachers 
           Union.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine National Trail 
           designations and the potential impact of National 
           Trails on

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           private lands, communities, and activities within the 
           viewshed of the trails, and S. 324, to amend the 
           National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority 
           relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for 
           certain trails in the National Trails System.
                                                            SD-366
                                MARCH 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider proposed legislation 
           entitled ``Caring for Children Act of 2003'', proposed 
           legislation entitled ``Genetics Information 
           Nondiscrimination Act of 2003'', and other pending 
           calendar business.
                                                            SD-430
     10 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the reauthorization of child 
           nutrition programs.
                                                           SR-328A
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2004 for the Air Force.
                                                            SD-192
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Indian Gaming 
           Regulatory Act, focusing on the role and funding of the 
           National Indian Gaming Commission.
                                                            SH-216
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine issues uncovered as a result 
           of the Blue Ribbon Panel's report of findings on Aerial 
           Fire Fighting Safety and responses to the report.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the 
           Department of Defense, focusing on the Department of 
           Energy Office of Environmental Management and Office of 
           Legacy Management.
                                                            SR-222
                                MARCH 27
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the future of the North 
           Atlantic Treaty Organization; to be followed by closed 
           hearings (in Room SH-219).
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine health care transmission of 
           global AIDS in Africa.
                                                            SD-430
                                APRIL 2
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 556, to amend the Indian 
           Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that 
           Act.
                                                            SR-485
                                APRIL 8
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the Mammography Quality 
           Standards Act.
                                                            SD-430

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                MARCH 19
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the 
           Department of Defense, focusing on strategic forces and 
           policy, to be followed by a closed session in SR-222.
                                                           SR-232A
                                MARCH 20
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the 
           Department of Defense, focusing on the U.S. 
           Transportation Command.
                                                           SR-232A