[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 73 (Thursday, May 15, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D538]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the 
Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from numerous public 
witnesses.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1039, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to enhance 
the security of wastewater treatment works, with an amendment; and
  S. 1043, to provide for the security of commercial nuclear power 
plants and facilities designated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine homeland security issues facing state and local governments, 
focusing on the role and direction of U.S. homeland security efforts, 
including preparedness planning, investing resources based on 
comprehensive and integrated statewide plans, maximizing the investment 
in intelligence gathering and analysis, and providing a multi-year 
framework for homeland security planning, after receiving testimony 
from Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Boston, on behalf of the 
National Governors' Association; Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, Detroit, 
Michigan, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors; Art Cleaves, 
Maine Emergency Management Agency, Augusta; and Mark Stenglein, 
Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the nominations of Terrence A. Duffy, of Illinois, to be a 
Member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, who was 
introduced by Senator Durbin and Allen, and Susanne T. Marshall, of 
Virginia, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and 
Neil McPhie, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board, both of whom were introduced by Senator Allen, after 
each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine S. 
575, to amend the Native American Languages Act to provide for the 
support of Native American language survival schools, after receiving 
testimony from Leanne Hinton, University of California at Berkeley; 
Christine P. Sims, Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico, on behalf of the 
Linguistic Institute for Native Americans; Mary Eunice Romero, 
University of Arizona, Tucson, on behalf of the Cochiti Pueblo of New 
Mexico; Rosalyn R. LaPier and Joycelyn DesRosier, both of the Piegan 
Institute Nizipuhwahsin School, Browning, Montana; Geneva Woomavoyah 
Navarro and Rita Coosewon, both of the Comanche Nation College, Lawton, 
Oklahoma; Lawrence D. Kaplan, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Rosita 
Worl, University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, on behalf of the Sealaska 
Heritage Institute; Kalena Silva, Keiki Kawaiaea, William H. Wilson, 
and Holo Hoopai, all of the Ka Haka `Ula O Ke`elikolani College, 
University of Hawaii at Hilo; Namaka Rawlins, Aha Punana Leo, Inc., 
Hilo, Hawaii; Mary Hermes, University of Minnesota, Duluth, on behalf 
of the Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion School, and Lisa 
LaRonge, Ojibwe Language Immersion School, Hayward, Wisconsin; William 
Y. Brown and Jennifer Chock, both of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 
Hawaii; David Dinwoodie, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; and 
John W. Cheek, National Indian Education Association, Alexandria, 
Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 878, to authorize an additional permanent judgeship in the 
District of Idaho, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of L. Scott Coogler, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, and Mark Moki Hanohano, to 
be United States Marshal for the District of Hawaii.