[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E524-E525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       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 Thursday, March 20, 2003 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                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 the science and 
           technology program and the role of Department of 
           Defense laboratories.
                                                            SR-325

                                MARCH 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the 
           Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense 
           Program, focusing on homeland defense; to be followed 
           by closed hearings in SH-219.
                                                            SH-216
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the qualifications of NATO 
           enlargement.
                                                            SD-419
       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
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Energy's Office 
           of Environmental Management, and Office of Civilian 
           Radioactive Waste Management.
                                                            SD-192
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the Enron situation, focusing 
           on the Joint Committee on Taxation investigation on 
           compensation-related issues.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the Washington Teachers' 
           Union, focusing on union member protections.
                                                            SD-430
       Appropriations
       Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Homeland 
           Security.
                                                            SD-106
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 520, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities 
           to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District in the State 
           of Idaho, and S. 625, to authorize the Bureau of 
           Reclamation to conduct certain feasibility studies in 
           the Tualatin River Basin in Oregon.
                                                            SD-366
     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 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, S. 634, to amend the National Trails System Act 
           to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a 
           study on the feasibility of designating the Trail of 
           the Ancients as a national historic trail, and S. 635, 
           to amend the National Trails System Act to require the 
           Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and 
           suitability studies of four national historic trails.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ricky Dale 
           James, of Missouri, and Rear Adm. Nicholas Augustus 
           Prahl, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
           both to be a Member of the Mississippi River 
           Commission, and Richard W. Moore, of Alabama, to be 
           Inspector General, Tennessee Valley Authority.
                                                            SD-406
       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
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Edward C. 
           Prado, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
           the Fifth Circuit, Cecilia M. Altonaga, to be United 
           States District Judge for the Southern District of 
           Florida, Richard D. Bennett, to be United States 
           District Judge for the District of Maryland, Dee D. 
           Drell, to be United States District Judge for the 
           Western District of Louisiana, J. Leon Holmes, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
           of Arkansas, and Susan G. Braden, of the District of 
           Columbia, and Charles F. Lettow, of Virginia, each to 
           be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal 
           Claims.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the reauthorization of child 
           nutritionprograms.
                                                           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
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the 
           Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense 
           Program, focusing on Navy shipbuilding programs.
                                                            SR-222
       Appropriations
       Transportation, Treasury and General Government 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2004 for the Department of the Treasury.
                                                            SD-138
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine global energy security 
           issues.
                                                            SD-106
       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
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine certain proposals with 
           respect to electricity, including S. 475, to reform the 
           nation's outdated laws relating to the electric 
           industry, improve the operation of our transmission 
           system, enhance reliability of our electric grid, 
           increase consumer benefits from whole electric 
           competition, and restore investor confidence in the 
           electric industry.
                                                            SD-106

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       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Education.
                                                            SD-192
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine health care transmission of 
           global AIDS in Africa.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To resume hearings to examine the qualifications for NATO 
           enlargement.
                                                            SD-419

                                APRIL 1
     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 and the Future Years Defense 
           Program, focusing on Navy and Marine Corps development 
           and procurement priorities.
                                                           SR-232A

                                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