[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 64 (Thursday, May 1, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D435-D436]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: SAA/CAPITOL POLICE
Committee on Appropriations:  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2004 for the U.S. Capitol Police and the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms, after 
receiving testimony from Terrance W. Gainer, Chief, United States 
Capitol Police; and William H. Pickle, Senate Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper, and Chairman, United States Capitol Board.
APPROPRIATIONS: HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations:  Subcommittee on Homeland Security 
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2004 for the Secret Service and Coast Guard, after receiving testimony 
from W. Ralph Basham, Director, U.S. Secret Service, and Admiral Thomas 
H. Collins, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, both of the Department of 
Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: NASA
Committee on Appropriations:  Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies concluded hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, after receiving testimony from 
Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:  Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 824, to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 886, to ratify otherwise legal appointments and promotions in the 
commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration that failed to be submitted to the Senate for its advice 
and consent as required by law;
  S. 929, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for 
security improvements to over-the-road bus operations, with an 
amendment; and
  Certain nomination lists for promotion in the United States Coast 
Guard.
NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:  Committee 
concluded hearings to examine S. 189, to authorize appropriations for 
nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology research, after 
receiving testimony from James Murday, Acting Chief Scientist, Office 
of Naval Research, Department of Defense; James B. Roberto, Associate 
Laboratory Director for Physical Sciences, Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory, Department of Energy; E. Clayton Teague, Director, National 
Nanotechnology Coordination Office, on behalf of the Nanoscale Science, 
Engineering, and Technology Subcommittee of the National Science and 
Technology Council; Davis Baird, University of South Carolina, 
Columbia; Jun Jiao, Portland State University, Oregon; Kent A. Murphy, 
Luna Innovations, Blacksburg, Virginia; and James R. Von Ehr II, Zyvex 
Corporation, Richardson, Texas.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations:  Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the nomination of Roger Francisco Noriega, of Kansas, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs), after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Brownback, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAMS
Committee on Governmental Affairs:  Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the Department of Homeland Security, focusing on streamlining 
and enhancing homeland security grant programs, after receiving 
testimony from Tom Ridge, Secretary of Homeland Security.
  Hearings recessed until Thursday, May 15.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary:  Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:

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  S. Res. 75, commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and 
sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their lives while 
serving as law enforcement officers;
  S. Con. Res. 15, commemorating the 140th anniversary of the issuance 
of the Emancipation Proclamation; and
  The nominations of Patricia Head Minaldi, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, and Adam Noel 
Torres, to be United States Marshal for the Central District of 
California, Department of Justice.
  Also, Committee ordered reported, without recommendation, the 
nomination of J. Leon Holmes, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Arkansas.
AUTHORIZATION--INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence:  Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.