[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 79 (Monday, June 2, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D594-D596]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FOLLOWING TOXIC CLOUDS: SCIENCE AND ASSUMPTIONS IN PLUME MODELING
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing on 
``Following Toxic Clouds: Science and Assumptions in Plume

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Modeling.'' Testimony was heard from Keith Rhodes, Chief Technologist, 
GAO; Anna Johnson-Wineger, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary, Chemical/
Biological Defense Programs, Department of Defense; Bruce Hicks, 
Director, Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA, Department of Commerce; 
Donald L. Ermak, Program Leader, National Atmospheric Release Advisory 
Center, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; and public witnesses.
FLAG PROTECTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 5 to 4, a modified closed 
rule providing 2 hours of debate in the House on H.J. Res. 4, proposing 
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the 
Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United 
States. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the joint resolution. The rule makes in order an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, if offered by Representative Conyers or his 
designee, which shall be separately debatable for one hour equally 
divided between the proponent and an opponent. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony 
was heard from Chairman Sensenbrenner and Representatives Watt and 
Cooper.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 4, Subcommittee on Conservation, 
Credit, Rural Development, and Research, hearing to review 
conservation technical assistance and the implementation of the 
Conservation Title of the 2002 Farm Bill, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  June 5, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk 
Management, hearing on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 3, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, on Screener Background Investigations, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on Fiscal Year 
2004 Budget Request, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 3, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, hearing on H.R. 2210, School Readiness Act of 
2003, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, to mark up 
H.R. 2211, Ready to Teach Act of 2003, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on 
``Strengthening Pension Security: Examining the Health and Future of 
Defined Benefit Pension Plans,'' 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 3, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Can 
Tobacco Cure Smoking?--A Review of Tobacco Harm Reduction,'' 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled 
``Status of Methyl Bromide under the Clean Air Act and the Montreal 
Protocol,'' 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Assessing Initiatives to Increase Organ Donations,'' 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Wireless E-911 Implementation: Progress and 
Remaining Hurdles,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Consumer 
Directed Services: Improving Medicaid Beneficiaries' Access to 
Quality Care,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 3, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing 
entitled ``The Accounting Treatment of Employee Stock Options,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Fair Credit Reporting Act: How it 
Functions for Consumers and the Economy,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government 
Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on H.R. 2179, Securities Fraud 
Deterrence and Investor Restitution Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, June 3, hearing entitled 
``Potential Reduced Exposure/Reduced Risk Tobacco Products: An 
Examination of the Possible Public Health Impact and Regulatory 
Challenges,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 5, hearing on ``Wasted Space, Wasted Dollars: Reforming 
Federal Real Property to Meet 21st Century Needs;'' followed by a 
markup of H.R. 2086, Office of National Drug Control Policy 
Reauthorization Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 6, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing on ``Elevation of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to Department Level Status: H.R. 37, and H.R. 2138 
(Department of Environmental Protection Act),'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, June 3, Subcommittee on the 
Middle East and Central Asia, briefing entitled ``The Forgotten 
Refugees: the Jewish Exodus from Arab Lands,'' 2:30 p.m., 2255 
Rayburn.
  June 4, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Nonproliferation Policy 
After Iraq, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Africa, to mark up the following measures: 
H. Con. Res. 80, expressing the sense of Congress relating to 
efforts of the Peace Parks Foundation in the Republic of South 
Africa to facilitate the establishment and development of 
transfrontier conservation efforts in southern Africa; H. Con. Res. 
134, acknowledging the deepening relationship between the United 
States and the Republic of Djibouti and recognizing Djibouti's role 
in combating terrorism; H. Con. Res. 154, concerning the transition 
to democracy in the Republic of Burundi; H. Res. 177, commending the 
people of the Republic of Kenya for conducting free and fair 
elections, for the peaceful and orderly transfer of power in their

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government, and for the continued success of democracy in their 
nation since that transition; H. Res. 237, honoring the life and 
work of Walter Sisulu, a critical leader in the movement to free 
South Africa of apartheid, on the occasion of his death; and H. Res. 
194, regarding the importance of international efforts to abolish 
slavery and other human rights abuses in the Sudan, 2 p.m., 2255 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 5, oversight hearing entitled 
``The United States Department of Justice,'' 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 3, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Recreation and Public Lands, oversight hearing on the 
Reauthorization of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and 
Private Property Protection Under the National Historic Preservation 
Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 3, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
760, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003; and H.R. 1474, Check 
Clearing for the 21st Century Act, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 4, to mark up H.R. 1081, Aquatic 
Invasive Species Research Act; followed by a hearing on H.R. 1118, 
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Act 
of 2003, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards, to 
mark up H.R. 1856, Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research 
Amendments Act of 2003; followed by a hearing on Manufacturing R&D: 
How Can the Federal Government Help? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 4, hearing on Visa Delays, 2 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 3, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on 
Port Security, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and 
Emergency Management, oversight hearing on The Administration's 
Proposal to Reauthorize the Economic Development Administration, 2 
p.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to 
continue oversight hearings on Water: Is it the ``Oil'' of the 21st 
Century? 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on The 
Aircraft Cabin Environment, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 3, hearing to receive the 
report of the President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery 
for our Nation's Veterans, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 4, executive, 
hearing on Special Programs, 2:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on CIA Technical Program, 10 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, 
executive, briefing on Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: June 4, to hold 
hearings to examine democracy, human rights, and justice in Serbia 
today, 10 a.m., 334, Cannon Building.
  June 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine arming rogue 
regimes, focusing the role of OSCE Participating States, 10 a.m., 
334, Cannon Building.