[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D370-D371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              APRIL 9, 2003

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Labor, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine missile defense, 
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 Internal Revenue Service, 2 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities, to hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense, 
focusing on Special Operations Command, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed legislation authorizing funds fiscal year 2004 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on the readiness of the military services 
to conduct current operations and execute contingency plans, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to 
examine transportation and border security, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to consider 
comprehensive energy legislation, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to consider 
H.R.145, to designate the Federal building located at 290 Broadway in New 
York, New York, as the ``Ted Weiss Federal Building'', S. 703, to 
designate the regional headquarters building for the National Park 
Service under construction in Omaha, Nebraska, as the ``Carl T. Curtis 
National Park Service Midwest Regional Headquarters Building'', S. 763, 
to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 
46 Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Birch Bayh Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse'', S. 616, to amend the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act to reduce the quantity of mercury in the environment by 
limiting the use of mercury fever thermometers and improving the 
collection and proper management of mercury, S. 515, to provide 
additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, H.R.289, to expand the boundaries of the Ottawa 
National Wildlife Refuge Complex and the Detroit River International 
Wildlife Refuge, S. 163, to reauthorize the United States Institute for 
Environmental Conflict Resolution, S. 791, to amend the Clean Air Act to 
eliminate methyl tertiary butyl ether from the United States fuel supply, 
to increase production and use of renewable fuel, and to increase the 
Nation's energy independence, S. 156, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954 to reauthorize the Price-Anderson provisions, the nominations of 
Richard W. Moore, of Alabama, to be Inspector General, Tennessee Valley 
Authority, Ricky Dale James, of Missouri, and Rear Adm. Nicholas Augustus 
Prahl, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to be a Member of 
the Mississippi River Commission, Robert Boldrey, of Michigan, Richard 
Narcia and Herbert Guenther, both of Arizona, Bradley Udall, of Colorado, 
and Malcolm B. Bowekaty, of New Mexico, each to be a Member of the Board 
of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation, and the nomination of John Paul Woodley, 
Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the annual report for 
2003 of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old Age and Survivors 
Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider proposed 
legislation to authorize appropriations for the Department of State, and 
United States international broadcasting activities, S.J. Res. 3, 
expressing the sense of Congress with respect to human rights in Central 
Asia, H.R. 441, to amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a United States 
plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual 
summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, 
the nominations of Lino Gutierrez, of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
Argentina, Roland W. Bullen, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Co-
operative Republic of Guyana, Eric M. Javits, of New York, for the rank 
of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States 
Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical 
Weapons, John W. Snow, of Virginia, to be United States Governor of the 
International Monetary Fund, and a Foreign Service Officer appointment/
promotion list, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine United States policy with respect to the trafficking in women and 
children in East Asia, and the nomination of Pamela J. H. Slutz, of 
Texas, to be Ambassador to Mongolia, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Joseph 
LeBaron, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of 
Mauritania, Gregory W. Engle, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the 
Togolese Republic, Wayne E. Neill, of Nevada, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Benin, Helen R. Meagher La Lime, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Mozambique, and William M. Bellamy, of California, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Heather 
M. Hodges, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Eric S. 
Edelman, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, Ralph 
Frank, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the

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Republic of Croatia, Reno L. Harnish, of California, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Azerbaijan, Stephen D. Mull, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, and Stephen M. Young, of New 
Hampshire, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, 4:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine Homeland 
Security, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business meeting 
to consider S. 754, to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve 
immunization rates by increasing the distribution of vaccines and 
improving and clarifying the vaccine injury compensation program, the 
nominations of Karen Johnson, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education, Delores 
M. Etter, of Maryland, Daniel E. Hastings, of Massachusetts, Jo Anne 
Vasquez, of Arizona, Barry C. Barish, of California, and Douglas D. 
Randall, of Missouri, each to be a Member of the National Science Board, 
National Science Foundation, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 285, to 
authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance 
abuse programs and services provided by Indian tribal governments, S. 
558, to elevate the position Director of the Indian Health Service within 
the Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for 
Indian Health, and S. 555, to establish the Native American Health and 
Wellness Foundation, 10 a.m., SR-485.


                                  House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State 
and the Judiciary, and Related Agencies, on Supreme Court, 10 a.m., and 
on FTC, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on AID, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related 
Agencies, on Bioterrorism, 10:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative, on House of Representatives, 2 p.m., on 
Library of Congress, 3 p.m., on CBO, 4 p.m., on GPO, 4:30 p.m., and on 
GAO, 5:30 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation and Treasury, and Independent Agencies, 
on National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, 10 a.m., and on FAA Personnel 
Costs and Management, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, on public witnesses, 
9:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up H.R. 1350, 
Improving Education Results for Children With Disabilities Act of 2003, 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Strengthening and Improving Medicare,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, to mark up H.R. 
1320, Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit, to consider H.R. 1375, Financial Services Regulatory 
Relief Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider immunity for William Bulger 
and Francis Salemme; followed by a hearing on ``The SARS Threat: Is the 
Nation's Public Health Network Prepared for a Possible Epidemic,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Task Force on Antitrust, hearing on H.R. 
1086, Standard Development Organization Advancement Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2003, 2:30 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, hearing on The Societal Implications of 
Nanotechnology, focusing on H.R. 766, Nanotechnology Research and 
Development Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Will We Have an 
Economic Recovery Without a Strong U.S. Manufacturing Base?'' 2 p.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following: GSA Fiscal Year Lease Resolutions and amending Resolutions; H. 
Con. Res. 53, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater 
Washington Soap Box Derby; H. Con. Res. 96, authorizing the use of the 
Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service; H. 
Con. Res. 128, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 
National Peace Officers' Memorial Service; H.R. 281, to designate the 
Federal building and United States courthouse located at 200 West 2nd 
Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the ``Tony Hall Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse;'' H.R. 1018, to designate the building located at 1 
Federal Plaza in New York, New York, as the ``James L. Watson United 
States Court of International Trade Building;'' and H.R. 1527, National 
Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2003, 11 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Reauthorization of the Federal 
Aviation Administration and the Aviation Programs: General Aviation, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, hearing on Regional Economic Development Authority issues 
relating to reauthorization of the Economic Development Administration, 2 
p.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, oversight 
hearing on the Troops to Teachers Program, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on Expanding Coverage of 
Prescription Drugs in Medicare, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.