[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 50 (Thursday, March 27, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D314-D317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 31 through April 5, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2 p.m., Senate will be in a period of morning business 
until 6 p.m.; following which, Senate will consider the nomination of 
Theresa Lazar Springmann, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Indiana, with a vote to immediately occur on 
confirmation of the nomination.
  On Tuesday, at 9:30 a.m., Senate will consider the nomination of 
Timothy M. Tymkovich, of Colorado,

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to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, with 6 hours 
for debate; following which, Senate will vote on confirmation of the 
nomination.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: April 3, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
child nutrition programs, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: April 1, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to 
examine Alzheimer's Disease, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine an 
overview of the fiscal year 2004 Navy Budget, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  April 2, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine the status of foster care in the District of Columbia, 10 
a.m., SD-138.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the 
Federal Aviation Administration, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  April 3, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2004 for the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science 
Technology Policy, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the 
Department of State, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 31, Subcommittee on Emerging 
Threats and Capabilities, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2004 focusing on the science and technology program and 
the role of the Department of Defense laboratories, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  March 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the U.S. Air 
Force investigations into allegations of sexual assault at the U. S. 
Air Force Academy and related recommendations, 4 p.m., SH-216.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
resume hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
impacts of environmental laws on readiness and the related 
Administration Legislative Proposal, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  April 1, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the 
Department of Defense for Navy and Marine Corps development, 
procurement priorities, and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 
p.m., SR- 232A.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine 
Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force aviation and air-launched weapons 
programs in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal 
year 2004 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 3, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the Federal Reserve Board proposal on 
check truncation; to be followed by a business meeting to consider 
the nominations of Thomas Waters Grant, of New York, Noe Hinojosa, 
Jr., of Texas, Thomas Waters Grant, of New York, and William Robert 
Timken, Jr., of Ohio, each to be a Director of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation, and Alfred Plamann, of California, 
to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer 
Cooperative Bank, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 2, 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to 
examine NASA maned space flight, 2:30 p.m., SR-254.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 1, business 
meeting to consider comprehensive energy legislation, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  April 2, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 
comprehensive energy legislation, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  April 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 
comprehensive energy legislation, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 1, 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  April 2, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
issues relating to military encroachment, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 1, to hold hearings to examine tax 
payer issues, focusing on public accountants and charitable car 
donations; to be followed by hearings on the nominations of Mark Van 
Dyke Holmes, of New York, to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court, Diane L. Kroupa, of Minnesota, to be a Judge of the United 
States Tax Court, Robert Allen Wherry, Jr., of Colorado, to be a 
Judge of the United States Tax Court, and Harry A. Haines, of 
Montana, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  April 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine health care 
services, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 1, to hold hearings to 
examine NATO enlargement, focusing on Brussels, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  April 2, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine foreign 
assistance oversight, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  April 3, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine NATO 
enlargement, focusing on qualifications and contributions, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.

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  Committee on Governmental Affairs: April 2, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Clay Johnson III, of Texas, to be Deputy 
Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget, Albert 
Casey, of Texas, to be a Governor of the United States Postal 
Service, and James C. Miller III, of Virginia, to be a Governor of 
the United States Postal Service, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 2, 
business meeting to consider S.231, to authorize the use of certain 
grant funds to establish an information clearinghouse that provides 
information to increase public access to defibrillation in schools, 
proposed legislation entitled ``Genetics Information 
Nondiscrimination Act of 2003'', ``Smallpox Emergency Personnel 
Protection Act of 2003'', ``The Improved Vaccine Affordability and 
Availability Act'', ``Caring for Children Act of 2003'', and pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  April 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine mammography, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 2, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 556, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise 
and extend that Act, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 1, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Carolyn B. Kuhl, of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Cecilia M. Altonaga, to 
be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Florida, and Patricia Head Minaldi, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 1, to hold closed hearings 
to examine intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, April 1, Subcommittee on District of 
Columbia, on Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, 2 p.m., 
2362A Rayburn.
  April 1 and 2, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, on NIH, 10:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Transportation and Treasury, and 
Independent Agencies, on Cost Controls and Cost Drivers in Federal 
Transit Investments Panel, 10 a.m., and on Executive Office of the 
President, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on D.C. Courts; 
Defender Services; and Public Defender Service, 10 a.m., 2362A 
Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs, on Member of Congress, 10 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Interior, on Members of Congress, 10 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Transportation and Treasury, and 
Independent Agencies, on GSA Building Cost Drivers, 10 a.m., and on 
OPM, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
EPA, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn, and 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary and Related Agencies, on State Department Management, 10 
a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Border Protection; 
Customs and Immigration Enforcement, 10 a.m., and Homeland Security 
Training, 2 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, on Center for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, 10:15 a.m., and on Agency for Healthcare Research Quality, 
11:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Transportation and Treasury, and 
Independent Agencies, on Transportation Safety, 2358 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
Congressional Witnesses, 9:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 1, hearing on all major 
Department of Defense acquisition programs, and review the 
Department's plans for acquisition reform and future acquisition 
programs, 4 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the fiscal year 2004 national defense 
authorization budget request for the Special Operations Command, 2 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Total Force, hearing on the U.S. Air 
Force report on sexual assault at the academy, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on 
the fiscal year national defense authorization budget request for 
the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Air Force 
tactical weapon system acquisition programs and future technology 
initiatives, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Total Force, hearing on Military Resale 
and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Programs Activities, 3:30 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Projection Forces, hearing on the 
Department of the Navy fiscal year 2004 research and development 
program in support of naval transformation and future naval 
capabilities, 12 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the fiscal year 2004 national defense 
authorization budget request for Department of Defense Information 
Technology Programs, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Total Force, hearing on Views from the 
Field--Perspectives of Mobilized Reservists, 1 p.m., 2216 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 1, Subcommittee on 
Select Education, hearing on the ``Performance, Accountability, and 
Reforms at the Corporation for National and Community Service,'' 2 
p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Education Reform, to mark up H.R. 1350, 
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With Disabilities Act of 2003 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 1, Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Opening Trade in Financial Services--The Chile and 
Singapore Examples,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing entitled ``The National Flood Insurance Program: Review and 
Reauthorization,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Rating the 
Rating Agencies: the State of Transparency and Competition,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, March 31, Subcommittee on National 
Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations and the 
Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental 
Relations and the Census, joint hearing on Strengthening Oversight 
of DOD Business Systems Modernization, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization, 
oversight hearing ``Compensation Reform: How Should the Federal 
Government Pay Its Employees?'' 1 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial 
Management, oversight hearing entitled ``Performance, Results, and 
Budget Decisions,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 3, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Toward a Logical 
Governing Structure: Restoring Executive Reorganization Authority,'' 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing 
entitled ``International Prescription Drug Parity: Are Americans 
Being Protected or Gouged?'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, April 1, hearing on U.S. 
Response to East African Families and the Future Outlook for Food 
Aid in Africa, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on Democratic Republic of 
Congo: Key to the Crisis in the Great Lakes Region, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, April 1, Subcommittee on Water and Power, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 135, Twenty-First Century Water 
Commission Act of 2003; H.R. 495, Zuni Indian Tribe Rights 
Settlement Act of 2003; H.R. 901, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to construct a bridge on Federal land west of and adjacent 
to Folsom Dam in California; and H.R. 1284, to amend the Reclamation 
Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to increase the 
Federal share of the costs of the San Gabriel Basin Demonstration 
project, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, April 1, to mark up H.R. 238, Energy 
Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act 
of 2003, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Research, hearing on The National 
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program: Past, Present, and Future, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 1, Subcommittee on Workforce, 
Empowerment and Government Programs and the Subcommittee on 
Regulatory Reform and Oversight, joint hearing with respect to 
improving and strengthening the SBA Office of Advocacy, 2 p.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  April 2, full Committee, hearing on the impact of foreign titanium 
purchased by the Air Force on small and medium sized U.S. 
manufacturers, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, and Exports, hearing on 
small business expensing limits, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 1, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight 
hearing on the Coast Guard's Move to the Department of Homeland 
Security, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  April 1, 2 and 3, Subcommittee on Highways, Transit, and 
Pipelines, hearings on Member Policy Initiatives and Project 
Requests for Reauthorization of Federal Highway and Transit 
Programs, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings 
and Emergency Management, hearing on local economic development 
association issues relating to reauthorization of the Economic 
Development Administration, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 1, executive, 
briefing on Sensitive Program, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  April 2, executive, hearing on National Reconnaissance Program, 2 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  April 3, executive, hearing on Joint Military Intelligence 
Program/Tactical Intelligence and Related Programs, 1 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  April 4, executive, briefing on Intelligence Community Overview, 9 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security. March 31, to mark up H.R. 
1416, Homeland Security Technical Corrections Act of 2003, 3 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 2, to hold 
hearings to examine arming rogue regimes, focusing on the role of 
OSCE participating states, 2:30 p.m., 334 Cannon Building.