[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 53 (Wednesday, April 2, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D342-D343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 3, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for child 
nutrition programs, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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: 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 Finance: to hold hearings to examine health care 
services, 9:15 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Lino Gutierrez, of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
Argentina, James B. Foley, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Haiti, and Roland W. Bullen, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine NATO enlargement, 
focusing on qualifications and contributions, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 731, 
to prohibit fraud and related activity in connection with 
authentication features, S. 274, to amend the procedures that apply 
to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer 
outcomes for class members and defendants, the nominations of Edward 
C. Prado, of

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Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, 
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, 
Charles F. Lettow, of Virginia, and Susan G. Braden, of the District 
of Columbia, each to be a Judge of the United States Court of 
Federal Claims, Allen Garber, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Minnesota, and Raul David Bejarano, to be United States 
Marshal for the Southern District of California, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies, on State Department 
Management, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Border Protection and 
Customs and Immigration Enforcement, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Transportation and Treasury, and Independent 
Agencies, on Transportation Safety, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on 
Congressional Witnesses, 9:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Total Force, hearing on Views from the Field--
Perspectives of Mobilized Reservists, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, to mark up H.R. 1119, Family Time Flexibility 
Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit and the Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, joint hearing entitled ``Fighting Fraud: 
Improving Information Security,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Toward a 
Logical Governing Structure: Restoring Executive Reorganization 
Authority,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Africa, 
hearing on Democratic Republic of Congo: Key to the Crisis in the 
Great Lakes Region, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, to mark up the following: H. Res. 165, 
expressing support for a renewed effort to find a peaceful, just, 
and lasting settlement to the Cyprus problem; H.R. 854, Belarus 
Democracy Act of 2003; H. Res. 154, commending the Prime Minister of 
Great Britain for his stalwart leadership and unwavering support of 
the United States in the effort to disarm Saddam Hussein of weapons 
of mass destruction and free the Iraqi people of the scourge of 
brutal dictatorship; and H. Con. Res. 129, expressing appreciation 
for the longstanding support and friendship of the people and 
Government of the United Kingdom, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up H.R. 1036, Protection of 
Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on H.R. 1561, United States Patent and Trademark Fee 
Modernization Act of 2003, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to mark 
up the following bills: H.R. 901, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to construct a bridge on Federal land west of an 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; H.R. 135, Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 
2003; and H.R. 495, Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 
2003, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, and 
Exports, hearing on Small Business Expensing, Section 179 of the IRS 
Code, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways, Transit, and Pipelines, to continue hearings on Member 
Policy Initiatives and Project Requests for Reauthorization of 
Federal Highway and Transit Programs, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 100, Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; and H.R. 1297, Columbia 
Orbiter Memorial Act, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1531, Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003; and H.R. 1528, Taxpayer 
Protection and IRS Accountability Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Joint Military Intelligence Program/Tactical Intelligence and 
Related Programs, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.