[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 69 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D505-D507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 12 through May 16, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will consider S. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax 
Act (Reconciliation Bill).
  During the balance of the week, Senate may also consider S. 14, 
Energy Policy Act, H.R. 1298 Global HIV/AIDS, and H. J. Res. 51, 
Increased Public Debt, and any other cleared legislative and executive 
business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 14, to hold 
hearings to examine the implementation of the 2002 Farm Bill, 2 
p.m., SR-328A.
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
calendar business, 11:30 p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 13, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2004 for the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, 
Transportation Security Administration, and Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  May 13, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, to hold hearings to examine investments in after school 
programs, focusing on effective academic and recreational 
opportunities and safe havens for youth, 10:30 a.m., SH-216.
  May 14, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the 
government of the District of Columbia, focusing on the foster care 
systems, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  May 14, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of 
Defense, 10:15 a.m., SD-192.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2004 for programs under its jurisdiction, 
9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimate for fiscal year 2004 for foreign 
operations, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 13, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Steven B. Nesmith, of 
Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, Jose Teran, of Florida, James Broaddus, of Texas, Lane 
Carson, of Louisiana, and Paul Pate, of Iowa, each to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building 
Sciences, Nicholas Gregory Mankiw, of Massachusetts, to be a Member 
of the Council of Economic Advisers, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
Fair Credit Reporting Act and issues presented by the Re-
authorization of the Expiring Preemption Provisions, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 13, to 
continue hearings to examine media ownership, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Columbia 
Space Shuttle investigation, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
recommendations to tighten oversight of the Title XI Shipbuilding 
Loan Guarantee Program, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard, to hold 
hearings to examine the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 13, Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 452, to require that 
the Secretary of the Interior conduct a study to identify sites and 
resources, to recommend alternatives for commemorating and 
interpreting the Cold War, S. 500, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to study certain sites in the historic district of 
Beaufort, South Carolina, relating to the Reconstruction Era,

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S. 601, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the 
McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon City, Oregon, for 
inclusion in the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, S. 612, to 
revise the boundary of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in 
the States of Utah and Arizona, H.R. 788, to revise the boundary of 
the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Utah and 
Arizona, S. 630, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a study of the San Gabriel River Watershed, and H.R. 519, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the 
San Gabriel River Watershed, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  May 13, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 520, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
certain facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District in the 
State of Idaho, S. 625, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to 
conduct certain feasibility studies in the Tualatin River Basin in 
Oregon, S. 960, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize certain projects in the State 
of Hawaii and to amend the Hawaii Water Resources Act of 2000 to 
modify the water resources study, S. 649, to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in projects within the San 
Diego Creek Watershed, California, and S. 993, to amend the Small 
Reclamation Projects Act of 1956, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: May 13, Subcommittee on International Trade, 
to hold hearings to examine the status of the free trade area of the 
Americas, focusing on negotiations and preparations for the Miami 
Ministerial, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 14, to hold hearings to 
examine tissue banks, focusing on tainted tissues and federal 
regulation, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  May 15, to hold hearings to examine the Department of Homeland 
Security, focusing on state and local governments, 9:30 a.m., SD-
342.
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Susanne T. Marshall, of Virginia, to be Chairman of 
the Merit Systems Protection Board, Neil McPhie, of Virginia, to be 
a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Terrence A. Duffy, 
of Illinois, to be a Member of of the Federal Retirement Thrift 
Investment Board, and Thomas Waters Grant, of New York, to be a 
Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, 2 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 14, 
business meeting to consider S.888, to reauthorize the Museum and 
Library Services Act, S. 686, to provide assistance for poison 
prevention and to stabilize the funding of regional poison control 
centers, 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, and 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, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 14, business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, to be immediately followed by oversight 
hearings to examine the role of funding of the Federal National 
Indian Gaming Commission, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 575, to 
amend the Native American Languages Act to provide for the support 
of Native American language survival schools, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 13, to hold hearings to examine 
Project Safe Neighborhoods, focusing on gun violence, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
  May 14, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine recruitment of terrorists in 
prison, 2:15 p.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, May 13, Subcommittee on Labor, Health 
and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, on Member of 
Congress, 9:45 a.m., and on public witnesses, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  May 14, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on public witnesses, 
10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  May 14, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Agencies, on International Education, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 14, 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.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 13, to mark up H.R. 1588, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, 1 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 13, hearing on ``The 
State of American Higher Education: What are Parents, Students and 
Taxpayers Getting for their Money?'' 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 14, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Air Quality, hearing entitled ``United Nations Oil For Food 
Program,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 13, hearing on the state of 
the international financial system, IMF reform, and compliance with 
IMF agreements, 4 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 14, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, to mark up H.R. 1474, Check Clearing the 21st Century Act, 2 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 14, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Divesting Saddam: Freezing, Seizing, and Repatriating 
Saddam's Money to the Iraqis,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government 
Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Retirement Security: What 
Seniors Need to Know about Protecting Their Futures,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, May 13, Subcommittee on Government 
Efficiency and Financial Management, oversight hearing on ``Show Me 
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Much is Lost to Improper Payments Each Year?'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  May 13, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations, hearing on ``Humanitarian Assistance 
Following Military Operations: Overcoming Barriers,'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  May 13, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, oversight hearing 
entitled ``The American Community Survey: The Challenges of 
Eliminating the Long Form From the 2010 Census,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  May 15, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Overexposed: The 
Threats to Privacy and Security on File Sharing Networks,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  May 16, hearing on ``Protecting Our Most Vulnerable Residents: A 
Review of Reform Efforts at the District of Columbia Child and 
Family Services Agency,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, May 13, Subcommittee on 
Africa, hearing on Reviewing the Sudan Peace Act Report, 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  May 14, Subcommittee on Europe and the Subcommittee on 
International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights, to 
continue joint hearings on U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction and 
Nonproliferation Programs: How Far Have We Come--Where Are We 
Heading?, Part 11, 12:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 15, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Iraq, 10:30 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 13, Subcommittee on Immigration, 
Border Security, and Claims, oversight hearing on ``John Allen 
Muhammad, Document Fraud, and the Western Hemisphere Passport 
Exception,'' 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  May 14, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
oversight hearing on ``Reauthorization of the U.S. Department of 
Justice: Bureau of Prisons; Office of Justice Programs; U.S. 
Marshals Service; and Criminal Division,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 15, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1115, Class Action 
Fairness Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing 
on H.R. 361, Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on the 
``Reauthorization of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights 
Division,'' 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 15, Subcommittee Water and Power, 
oversight hearing on CALFED's Cross-Cut Budget, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, May 13, to consider the following: H.R. 1527, 
National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2003; 
and H.R. 1000, Pension Security Act of 2003, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, May 14, hearing on Cybersecurity Research 
and Development, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 13, hearing to discuss the impact 
of foreign titanium purchased by the Air Force on small and medium 
sized U.S. manufacturers, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 14, hearing on the Effect on U.S. Small Business of the World 
Trade Organization's Challenge to the FSC/ETI Rules of the IRC, 2 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight, hearing 
on the cost of regulations to the small business community, 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprise, Agriculture and 
Technology, hearing on the Impact of the Highway Beautification Act 
on small businesses across America, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 14, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, to mark up the following: a measure to 
reauthorize programs for the Federal Aviation Administration; and 
the Aviation Security Technical Corrections and Improvement Act, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines, oversight 
hearing on overview of Administration's Proposed Reauthorization 
bill (SAFETEA), 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 15, to mark up pending 
business, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 13, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on the Use of Private Collection Agencies to Improve IRS 
Debt Collection, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 14, executive, 
hearing on General Defense Intelligence Program (GDIP) Budget, 2 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, 
executive, hearing on Sensitive Programs Budget, 1 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security. May 15, hearing entitled 
``Bioshield: Countering the Bioterrorist Threat,'' 1 p.m., room to 
be announced.