[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 25, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D295-D297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies held a hearing on 
Administration for Children and Families. Testimony was heard from Wade 
F. Horn, M.D., Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and 
Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Administration on Aging. 
Testimony was heard from Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary, 
Aging, Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human 
Services.
OUTSOURCING AND THE OMB CIRCULAR A-76 PROCESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing 
on outsourcing and the OMB Circular A-76 process. Testimony was heard 
from Angela B. Styles, Administrator, Federal Procurement Policy, OMB; 
Michael M. Wynne, Principal Deputy Under Secretary (Acquisition, 
Technology, Logistics), Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
CBO:
ANALYSIS--PRESIDENT'S BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Congressional Budget 
Office: Analysis of the President's Budget Fiscal Year 2004. Testimony 
was heard from Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin, Director, CBO.
COMMERCIAL SPECTRUM ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing on H.R. 1320, Commercial Spectrum 
Enhancement Act. Testimony was heard from Nancy Victory, Assistant 
Secretary, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
Department of Commerce; Stephen Price, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Spectrum, Space, Sensors and C3 Policy, Department of Defense; and 
public witnesses.
STRENGTHENING AMERICA'S COMMUNITIES
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity held a hearing entitled ``Strengthening America's 
Communities: Examining the Impact of Faith-Based Housing 
Partnerships.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEPLOYED FORCES--PROTECTING HEALTH
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing on 
Protecting the Health of Deployed Forces: Lessons Learned From the 
Persian Gulf War. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Defense: William Winkenwerder, Assistant Secretary, 
Health Affairs; and Michael E. Kilpatrick, Deputy Director, Deployment 
Health, Support Directorate; the following officials of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs: Robert H. Roswell, Under Secretary, Health; and K. 
Craig Hyams, Chief Consultant, Occupational and Environmental Health; 
and public witnesses.

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DATA MINING--CURRENT APPLICATIONS--FUTURE POSSIBILITIES
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology, Information 
Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census held a hearing on 
``Data Mining: Current Applications and Future Possibilities.'' 
Testimony was heard from Mark A. Forman, Associate Director, 
Information Technology and Electronic Government, OMB; Gregory Kutz, 
Director, Financial Management and Assurance, GAO; Paula Dockery, 
Senator, State of Florida; and public witnesses.
PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution approved 
for full Committee action H.R.760, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 
2003.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 760. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STATUS--CONCESSIONS MANAGEMENT AND 
IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on the Status of the National 
Park Service Concessions Management Program and Implementing 
Regulations. Testimony was heard from Randy Jones, Deputy Director, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.
SMALLPOX EMERGENCY PERSONNEL PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Testimony heard from Representatives Waxman and 
Capps but no action was taken on H.R. 1413, Smallpox Emergency 
Personnel Protection Act of 2003.
CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
1 hour of general debate on H.R. 1194, The Child Abduction Prevention 
Act of 2003, with 45 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary 
and 15 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in 
the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points 
of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules 
Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that 
the amendments printed in the report shall be considered only in the 
order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 
in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for a division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendments printed in the report. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. The rule provides that 
after the passage of H.R. 1104, it shall be in order to consider in the 
House S. 151, to move to strike all after the enacting clause of S. 
151, and to insert the provisions of H.R. 1104 as passed by the House. 
The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the Senate 
bill and the motion to strike and insert. Finally, the rule provides 
that if the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as amended, is 
passed, it shall be in order to move that the House insist on its 
amendments and request a conference. Testimony was heard from Chairman 
Sensenbrenner, Representatives Pence, Weiner, Maloney, Pomeroy and 
Acevedo-Vila.


            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 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 for Civil 
Rights, 9:30 a.m., S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 
for the Air Force, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and General Government, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2004 for the Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, 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, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold oversight hearings to 
examine foreign assistance, 9:30 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings to examine 
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, focusing

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on the role and funding of the National Indian Gaming Commission, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the 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, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review Artificial Barriers to 
United States Agricultural Trade and Foreign Food Assistance, 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies, on State and Local 
Law Enforcement Assistance, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol, and on Secretary 
of State, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Program, on the following: Export-Import Bank; U.S. Trade and 
Development Agency; and Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 2 
p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, oversight hearing on Everglades, 10 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, on Health Resources and Services Administration, 
10:15 a.m., and on Substance Abuse Mental Health Services, 11:15 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation and Treasury, and Independent 
Agencies, on Members of Congress, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA and HUD and Independent Agencies, on Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces, hearing on the fiscal year 2004 national defense 
authorization budget request for Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle 
(UCAV) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) programs, 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up H.R. 1261, 
Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act of 2003, and to 
consider a motion authorizing the Chairman to submit the provisions 
of H.R. 1261 to the Committee on the Budget pursuant to H. Con. Res. 
95, establishing the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2004 and setting forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 and 2005 through 2013, 11 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up H.R. 810, Medicare 
Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act of 2003, 11 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 658, Accountant, Compliance, and Enforcement Staffing Act of 
2003; and H.R. 1280, Defense Production Act Reauthorization Act of 
2003, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government 
Efficiency and Financial Management, oversight hearing on 
``Management and The President's Budget,'' 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on East Asia 
and the Pacific, hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Southeast Asia, 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
Human Rights, hearing on Overview of International Terrorist 
Organizations, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up H.R. 760, Partial-Birth 
Abortion Act of 2003 and to consider pending Committee business, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, to mark up H.R. 1297, to require the 
construction at Arlington National Cemetery of a memorial to the 
crew of the Columbia Orbiter; followed by a hearing on Enhanced 
Security: Policies and Implications for Foreign Students and 
Scholars, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the 
impact of the section 201 safeguard action on certain steel 
products, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
General Defense Intelligence Program, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.