[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 3, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D604-D605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              JUNE 4, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
oversight hearings to examine activities of the Federal 
Communications Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 714, to provide 
for the conveyance of a small parcel of Bureau of Land Management 
land in Douglas County, Oregon, to the county to improve management 
of and recreational access to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation 
Area, S. 391, to enhance ecosystem protection and the range of 
outdoor opportunities protected by statute in the Skykomish River 
valley of the State of Washington by designating certain lower-
elevation Federal lands as wilderness, S. 1003, to clarify the 
intent of Congress with respect to the continued use of established 
commercial outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River, H.R. 417, to 
revoke a Public Land Order with respect to certain lands erroneously 
included in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, California, and S. 
924, to authorize the exchange of lands between an Alaska Native 
Village Corporation and the Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine Iraq 
stabilization and reconstruction, focusing on international 
contributions and resources, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
transforming the Department of Defense Personnel System, focusing on 
finding the right approach, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 281, 
to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to make 
certain amendments with respect to Indian tribes, to provide for 
training and technical assistance to Native Americans who are 
interested in commercial vehicle driving careers, and S. 725, to 
amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to provide 
from the Highway Trust Fund additional funding for Indian 
reservation roads, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine the impacts 
on tribal fish and wildlife management programs in the Pacific 
Northwest, 2 p.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine S. 1125, 
to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims 
for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2004 and proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Small 
Business Administration, 2 p.m., SR-428A.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the District of 
Columbia, on Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Request, 10 a.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st 
Century Competitiveness, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 438, 
Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2003; and H.R. 2211, Ready 
to Teach Act of 2003, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Wireless E-
911 Implementation: Progress and Remaining Hurdles,'' 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on U.S. 
Nonproliferation Policy After Iraq, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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 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 Rules, Subcommittee on Technology and the House, 
hearing on H. Con. Res. 190, to establish a joint committee to 
review House and Senate rules, joint

[[Page D605]]

rules, and other matters assuring continuing representation and 
congressional operations for the American people, 10 a.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, 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.
  Committee on Small Business, to mark up H.R. 1772, Small Business 
Advocacy Improvement Act of 2003; followed by a hearing on the Visa 
Approval Backlog and its impact on American Small Business, 1 p.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  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.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Special Programs, 2:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on CIA Technical Program, 10 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine democracy, human rights, and justice in Serbia today, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon Building.