[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 58 (Thursday, April 10, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D388-D390]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FBI
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary concluded hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
after receiving testimony from Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for 
the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Gale A. 
Norton, Secretary, Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary for Policy, 
Management, and Budget, and John Trezise, Director, Office of the 
Budget, all of the Department of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS: CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2004 for the Corporation for National and Community Service 
and Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, after receiving 
testimony from Leslie Lenkowsky, Chief Executive Officer, and Michelle 
Guillermin, Chief Financial Officer, both of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service; and Tony T. Brown, Director, Community 
Development Financial Institutions Fund, Department of the Treasury.
APPROPRIATIONS: LOC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch 
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2004 for the Library of Congress and the Open World Russian Leadership 
Program, after receiving testimony from James H. Billington, Librarian 
of Congress, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Center for Russian 
Leadership Development; Donald L. Scott, Deputy Librarian of Congress; 
and Kenneth E. Lopez, Director of Security, Library of Congress.
APPROPRIATIONS: HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security 
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2004 for the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology 
Directorate, after receiving testimony

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from Charles E. McQueary, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Science and Technology.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2004 for the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
after receiving testimony from Linton F. Brooks, Acting Administrator, 
Kenneth E. Baker, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear 
Nonproliferation, Everet H. Beckner, Deputy Administrator for Defense 
Programs, and Admiral Frank L. Bowman, USN, Deputy Administrator for 
Naval Reactors, all of the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
Department of Energy.
NATO ENLARGEMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the military implications of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
enlargement, focusing on new members of NATO and its new capabilities, 
post-conflict Iraq, including the Iraqi economy and system of 
governance, after receiving testimony from Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy 
Secretary of Defense; General Peter Pace, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint 
Chiefs of Staff; and General James L. Jones, USMC, Supreme Allied 
Commander, Europe.
HEDGE FUNDS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine recent developments in Hedge Funds (an investment 
company that uses high-risk techniques, such as borrowing money and 
selling short, in an effort to make extraordinary capital gains), 
focusing on investor protection implications, the differences between 
hedge funds and investment companies, regulation under the federal 
securities laws, and conflicts of interest, after receiving testimony 
from William H. Donaldson, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange 
Commission.
FAA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for the 
Federal Aviation Administration, after receiving testimony from Marion 
C. Blakey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, and Read C. 
Van De Water, Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International 
Affairs, both of the Department of Transportation; and Gerald L. 
Dillingham, Director of Civil Aviation Issues, General Accounting 
Office.
MEDIA VIOLENCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine 
neurobiological research and the impact of media violence on child 
health, after receiving testimony from Joanne Cantor, University of 
Wisconsin, Madison; Dale Kunkel, University of California Washington 
Center, Washington, D.C.; Michael Rich, Harvard University, Boston, 
Massachusetts; Daniel R. Anderson, University of Massachusetts, 
Amherst; and John P. Murray, Kansas State University, Manhattan.
BUSINESS MEETING: COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee met to consider 
comprehensive energy legislation, focusing on provisions relating 
nuclear matters, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet 
again on Tuesday, April 29.
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, and Water held oversight hearings to examine the designation 
of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act, focusing on 
conservation benefits, legal implications, and economic impacts, 
receiving testimony from Craig Manson, Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; Jeffrey Kightlinger, 
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles, on 
behalf of the Western Urban Water Coalition; John F. Kostyack, National 
Wildlife Federation, Reston, Virginia; David L. Sunding, University of 
California, Berkeley; Craig Douglas, Smith, Robertson, Elliott, and 
Glenn, Austin, Texas; and William J. Snape III, Defenders of Wildlife, 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING: NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Marie Sophia Aguirre, of the District of Columbia, 
Elizabeth F. Bagley, of the District of Columbia, Barbara McConnell 
Barrett, of Arizona, Charles William Evers III, of Florida, Harold C. 
Pachios, of Maine, and Jay T. Snyder, of New York, each to be a Member 
of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; William 
M. Bellamy, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya; 
Eric S. Edelman, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Turkey; Gregory W. Engle, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Togolese 
Republic; Ralph Frank, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Croatia; Reno L. Harnish, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
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Heather M. Hodges, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Moldova; Helen R. Meagher La Lime, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Mozambique; Joseph LeBaron, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to 
the Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Stephen D. Mull, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania; Wayne E. Neill, of Nevada, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Benin; Pamela J. H. Slutz, of Texas, 
to be Ambassador to Mongolia; Stephen M. Young, of New Hampshire, to be 
Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic; and Dennis L. Schornack, of 
Michigan, to be Commissioner on the part of the United States on the 
International Joint Commission, United States and Canada.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the nomination of Peter Eide, of Maryland, to be General 
Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
IRAQI WAR CRIMES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of 
Prisoners of War, focusing on Department of Defense policies with 
respect to the current conflict with Iraq, and Iraqi violations of the 
Convention, after receiving testimony from Pierre-Richard Prosper, 
Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Department of State; W. Hays 
Parks, Special Assistant, Office of the Judge Advocate General of the 
Army, Department of Defense; David J. Scheffer, United Nations 
Association of the United States of America, New York, New York; Tom 
Malinowski, Human Rights Watch, Washington, D.C.; Ruth Wedgwood, Johns 
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine S. 504, to establish academics for 
teachers and students of American history and civics and a national 
alliance of teachers of American history and civics, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Byrd; Bruce Cole, Chairman, National Endowment 
of the Humanities; Eugene W. Hickok, Under Secretary of Education; 
James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress; Diane Ravitch, New York 
University, New York; Blanche Deaderick, University of Memphis, 
Tennessee; David McCullough, West Tisbury, Massachusetts; and Russell 
Berg, Trumbull, Connecticut.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original resolution (S. Res. 117) recognizing the 100th 
anniversary of the founding of the Laborers' International Union of 
North America, and congratulating members and officers of the Laborers' 
International Union of North America for the union's many achievements; 
and
  The nominations of Susan G. Braden, of the District of Columbia, and 
Charles F. Lettow, of Virginia, both to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims, and Cecilia M. Altonaga, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.
  Also, Committee began consideration of S. 274, to amend the 
procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to 
assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, but did not 
complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Bruce E. Kasold, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and John W. 
Nicholson, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for 
Memorial Affairs.