[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 13, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S6143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at 
9:30 a.m. in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building to conduct a 
business meeting on S. 285, the Native American Alcohol and Substance 
Abuse Program Consolidation Act of 2003; S. 555, the Native American 
Health and Wellness Foundation Act of 2003; S. 558, a bill to elevate 
the Position of Director of the Indian Health Service to Assistant 
Secretary; S. 344, a bill to express the policy of the United States 
regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to 
provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the 
Native Hawaiian governing entity; and S. 702, a bill to reauthorize the 
Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act, to be followed immediately 
by an oversight hearing on the Role and Funding of the Federal National 
Indian Gaming Commission, NIGC.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at 224-2251.


                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at 10 
a.m. in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building to conduct an 
oversight hearing on the Role and Funding of the Federal National 
Indian Gaming Commission, NIGC.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at 224-2251.


                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, May 15, 2003 at 10 
a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a 
hearing on S. 575, a bill to amend the Native American Languages Act to 
provide for the support of Native American language survival schools, 
and for other purposes.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at 224-2251.


                 COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on 
Rules and Administration will meet at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 20, 2003, 
in Room SR-301 Russell Senate Office Building, to conduct an oversight 
hearing on the operations of the John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts and the Smithsonian Institution.
  For further information concerning this meeting, please contact Susan 
Wells at 202-224-6352.


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

  Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
will hold a hearing entitled ``SARS: How Effective Is The State And 
Local Response?'' The Subcommittee intends to examine the coordination 
of response to individual SARS outbreaks among local, state, and 
Federal officials as well as between government officials and the 
private sector. Additionally, the Subcommittee will examine what state 
and local officials are doing to anticipate and respond to the disease.
  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 9 a.m., in 
Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For further 
information, please contact Joseph V. Kennedy of the Subcommittee staff 
at 224-3721.

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