[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 7, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D490-D491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 8, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of 
Agriculture, 9:30 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 Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Secretary of 
the Senate and the Architect of the Capitol, 1:30 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: closed business meeting to mark up 
proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2004 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, 9:45 a.m., SR-
222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Annette Sandberg, of 
Washington, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean 
Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 485, to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce air pollution through 
expansion of cap and trade programs, to provide an alternative 
regulatory classification for units subject to the cap and trade 
program, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine S. 2, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax 
incentives to encourage economic growth, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 878, 
to authorize an additional permanent judgeship in the district of 
Idaho, and the nominations of John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, 
David G. Campbell, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Arizona, S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, William Emil 
Moschella, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Carolyn 
B. Kuhl and Consuelo Maria Callahan, both of California, both to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Michael Chertoff, 
of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third 
Circuit, and L. Scott Coogler, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Alabama, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Robert D. McCallum, Jr., of Georgia, to be Associate Attorney 
General, and Peter D. Keisler, of

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Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, both of the 
Department of Justice, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                                House -

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider the following: H.J. Res. 49, 
recognizing the important service to the Nation provided by the 
Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department of Agriculture on the 
occasion of its 50th anniversary; and H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act of 2003, 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, to continue on 
public witnesses. 9:45 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Transportation and Treasury, and 
Independent Agencies, on Management and Cost Oversight of Federal 
Highway Funding, 10 a.m., and on the Secretary of the Treasury, 2 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up the Project Bioshield 
Act of 2003, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing 
entitled ``Trade in Services and E-Commerce: The Significance of the 
Singapore and Chile Free Trade Agreements,'' 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``The Importance 
of the National Credit Reporting System to Consumers and the U.S. 
Economy,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Out of Many, 
One: Assessing Barriers to Information Sharing in the Department of 
Homeland Security,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing on ``Consumer 
Choice and Implementing Full Disclosure in Dentistry,'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to continue markup of H.R. 
1950, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 
2005, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe and the Subcommittee on International 
Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights, joint hearing on U.S. 
Cooperative Threat Reduction and Nonproliferation Programs, Part I, 
1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing on ``Direct 
Broadcasting Satellite Service in the Multichannel Video 
Distribution Market,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims, oversight 
hearing on War on Terrorism: Immigration Enforcement Since September 
11, 2001, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Research, hearing on the 
National Earthquake Reduction Program: Past, Present, and Future, 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's 
Integrated Space Transportation Plan and Orbital Space Plan Program, 
10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, and 
Exports, hearing on Overcoming Obstacles Facing the Uninsured: How 
the Use of Medical Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts and 
Tax Credits Can Help, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,- Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on the Status of the Federal Flight Deck Officer 
Program, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Aviation, to mark up H.R. 765, to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to allow cargo pilots to participate in the 
Federal flight deck officer program, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on past and present 
efforts to identify and eliminate fraud, waste, abuse and 
mismanagement in programs administered by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.--