[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D266-D267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 20, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Vernon Bernard Parker, of 
Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, 10:30 a.m., 
SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and the Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine the proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of 
Commerce, 10 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings to examine the proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of 
Agriculture Forest Service, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 
for the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on 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, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean 
Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed legislation amending the Clean Air Act regarding fuel 
additives and renewable fuels, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine how to 
make embassies safer in areas of conflict, 2:30 p.m., S-116, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
possible terrorist threats on cargo containers, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on 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, 10 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine Medicare, 
focusing on prescription drugs, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on 
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and State and The Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies, on Secretary of State, 10 a.m., and on DEA and 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Fiscal Year 2004 Navy/Marine Corps 
Budget Overview, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Department of 
Energy: Nuclear Waste Management and Disposal, 10 a.m., 2362B 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Secretary of Homeland 
Security, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on Secretary of Health and Human Services, 10:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation, 10 a.m., and on Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry, 11 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the 2004 fiscal year 
defense authorization budget request for Ballistic Missile Defense 
programs, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, to continue hearings on the state of 
military readiness and review of the fiscal year 2004 Defense 
Authorization budget request, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on the 
fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request, 
11:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st 
Century Competitiveness, to mark up H.R. 1261, Workforce 
Reinvestment and Adult Education Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
on ``HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria: Combating a Global Pandemic,'' 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to consider H.R. 
658, Accountant, Compliance, and Enforcement Staffing Act of 2003, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on ``Breaking Fumes: A 
Decade of Failure in Energy Department Acquisitions;'' followed by 
consideration of H.R. 1346, to amend the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act to provide an additional function of the 
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy relating to encouraging 
Federal procurement policies that enhance energy efficiency, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up H.R. 1298, United 
States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 
2003, 11:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, hearing on the U.S. and 
South Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for American policy, 1 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to 
mark up H.J. Res. 22, proposing a balanced budget amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1302, Federal Courts 
Improvement Act of 2003; and H.R. 1303, to amend the E-Government 
Act of 2002 with respect to rulemaking authority of the Judicial 
Conference, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Changes to SBA 
Financing Programs Needed for Revitalization of Small 
Manufacturers,'' 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, to consider a motion to go into executive session to hold 
a hearing on Protecting Commercial Aircraft from the Threat of 
Missile Attacks, 9:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up 
H.R. 810, Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act of 2003, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing to Review State Use of 
Federal Unemployment Funds, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
National Imagery and Mapping Agency Program, 1 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 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, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.