[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 18, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D251-D252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction 
concluded hearings to examine the base realignment and closure process 
and the critical importance of the rationalization of military 
infrastructure to the Department of Defense, focusing on base reuse and 
community profile, environmental cleanup and property disposal, after 
receiving testimony from Raymond F. Dubois, Deputy Under Secretary for 
Installations and Environment, Mario Fiori, Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Installations and Environment, Nelson Gibbs, Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment, and 
Logistics, and Wayne Arny, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Installations and Facilities, all of the Department of Defense; Robert 
B. Leonard, Sacramento County Airport System, Sacramento, California; 
James C. Bryan, Charleston Naval Complex Redevelopment Authority, 
Charleston, South Carolina; and Brigadier General Paul Roberson, USAF 
(Ret.), San Antonio, Texas.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal years 2004 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on ballistic missile defense, after 
receiving testimony from Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., Under Secretary for 
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Thomas P. Christie, Director of 
Operational Test and Evaluation, J.D. Crouch II, Assistant Secretary 
for International Security Policy, and Lieutenant General Ronald T. 
Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency, all of the Department 
of Defense.
INTERNET GAMBLING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine proposals to regulate illegal Internet gambling, 
including S. 627, to prevent the use of certain payments instruments, 
credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Kyl; John G. Malcolm, Deputy Assistant 
Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Connecticut 
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Hartford; William S. Saum, 
National Collegiate Athletic Association, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; 
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., American Gaming Association, Stewart A. 
Baker, U.S. Internet Service Provider Association, and L. Richard 
Fischer, Morrison and Foerster, all of Washington, D.C.; and Frank

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Catania, Catania Consulting, North Haledon, New Jersey, on behalf of 
the Interactive Gaming Council.
2004 BUDGET: FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, and Water concluded hearings to examine the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, after receiving testimony from Steven A. Williams, 
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of 
Mark W. Everson, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 
Department of the Treasury, after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
WAR ON TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the war on terrorism, focusing on diplomacy issues, the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of 
State, and the Millennium Challenge Account which are funds initiatives 
to improve the economies and standards of living in qualified 
developing countries, after receiving testimony from Marc Grossman, 
Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Grant S. Green, Jr., Under 
Secretary for Management, J. Cofer Black, Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, all of the Department of State; John S. Pistole, 
Deputy Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Justice; and Juan C. Zarate, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Executive Office for Terrorist 
Financing and Financial Crimes.
COLOMBIAN HOSTAGES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on the current hostage situation in Colombia from 
Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
CONTRACT BUNDLING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the practice of contract bundling in federal agency 
procurement, focusing on the loss of federal jobs in small business, 
after receiving testimony from Hector V. Barreto, Administrator, U.S. 
Small Business Administration; Angela B. Styles, Administrator, Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget; Deidre 
Lee, Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Office of 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and 
Logistics; David E. Cooper, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing 
Management, General Accounting Office; Carol Kuc, Complete Conference 
Coordinators, Inc., Naperville, Illinois, on behalf of Women Impacting 
Public Policy; Eric A. Adolphe, OPTIMUS Corporation, Silver Spring, 
Maryland; Paul Murphy, Eagle Eye Publishers, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia; 
and Michael E. Robinson, Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership, Worcester.