[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 57 (Wednesday, April 9, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D375-D377]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the 
Department of Labor, after receiving testimony from Elaine L. Chao, 
Secretary of Labor.
APPROPRIATIONS: MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the 
Department of Defense missile defense program, focusing on missile 
defense technology, research, development, and operational test 
activities of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, after receiving 
testimony from Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile 
Defense Agency, and Thomas P. Christie, Director, Operational Test and 
Evaluation, both of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: IRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, 
and General Government concluded hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Internal Revenue Service, after 
receiving testimony from Robert E. Wenzel, Acting Commissioner of 
Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded hearings to examine proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense 
and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on U.S. Special 
Operations Command, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General 
Byron D. Brown, USA, Deputy Commander, Harry Schultz, Senior 
Procurement and Acquisition Executive, and Richard Rogers, Command 
Master Chief, all of the U.S. Special Operations Command.

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DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: CONTINGENCY PLANS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing 
funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
the readiness of the military services to conduct current operations 
and execute contingency plans, after receiving testimony from Paul W. 
Mayberry, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Readiness; Lieutenant 
General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF, Director for Operations, The Joint 
Staff; Lieutenant General Richard Cody, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-
3, Department of the Army; Vice Admiral Kevin P. Green, USN, Deputy 
Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy, and Operations; Lieutenant 
General Emil R. Bedard, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, 
and Operations; and Major General Randall M. Schmidt, USAF, Assistant 
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and 
Space Operations.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine homeland security issues, focusing on securing the 
nation's transportation systems, borders, and ports of entry, after 
receiving testimony from Tom Ridge, Secretary of Homeland Security.
BUSINESS MEETING: COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee met to consider 
comprehensive energy legislation, focusing on provisions relating to 
oil and gas, and coal, but did not complete action thereon, and will 
meet again on Thursday, April 10.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  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 East 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, with amendments;
  S. 156, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to reauthorize the 
Price-Anderson provisions, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute amendment; and
  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, both 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 John Paul Woodley, Jr., of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
SOCIAL SECURITY TRUSTEES' REPORT
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the 2003 
Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old Age and 
Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, focusing on 
the current financial status of the Social Security program, new 
measures in the report, sustainable solvency, stochastic projections 
and uncertainty, and the effects of deferring reform, receiving 
testimony from Stephen C. Goss, Chief Actuary, Social Security 
Administration.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  An original bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of 
State, and United States international broadcasting activities;
  S.J. Res. 3, expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to 
human rights in Central Asia;
  S. 243, concerning participation of Taiwan in the World Health 
Organization; and

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  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, and John W. Snow, of Virginia, to be United States Governor of 
the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, 
the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African 
Development Fund, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and a Foreign Service Officer appointment/promotion list received in 
the Senate on February 25, 2003.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded hearings to examine United States policy toward the 
trafficking of women and children in East Asia, focusing on prevention, 
protection and support for victims, and prosecution of traffickers, 
after receiving testimony from John R. Miller, Director, Office to 
Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department of State; Donna 
M. Hughes, University of Rhode Island, Kingston; and Gary A. Haugen, 
International Justice Mission, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the nomination of Pamela J.H. Slutz, of Texas, to be Ambassador to 
Mongolia, after the nominee testified and answered questions in her own 
behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded 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, 
after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded 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, who was introduced by Mr. Warner, Ralph Frank, 
of Washington, to be Ambassador to the 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, who was introduced by Mr. Warner, and Stephen M. Young, of 
New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, after each 
nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
homeland security issues, focusing on the Department of Homeland 
Defense's responsibilities in assisting states, local governments, and 
first responders, receiving testimony from Chauncey Bowers, Prince 
George's County Fire Department, Maryland, on behalf of the 
International Association of Fire Fighters; Michael J. Chitwood, 
Portland Police Department, Maine; Jeffrey Horvath, Dover Police 
Department, Delaware; and Edward P. Plaugher, Arlington County Fire 
Department, Virginia.
  Hearings recessed until Wednesday, May 14.
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded 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, after receiving 
testimony from William Raub, Acting Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services for Planning and Evaluation; Julia Davis-Wheeler, 
Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the National Indian Health Board; and 
Hoskie Benally, Jr., Our Youth, Our Future, Inc., Farmington, New 
Mexico.