[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 4, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D608-D609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MEDIA OWNERSHIP
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine activities of the Federal Communications 
Commission, focusing on their recent decision to adopt new broadcast 
ownership limits, after receiving testimony from Michael K. Powell, 
Chairman, and Kathleen Q. Abernathy, Michael J. Copps, Kevin J. Martin, 
Jonathan S. Adelstein, each a Commissioner, all of the Federal 
Communications Commission.
PUBLIC LANDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded 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

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an Alaska Native Village Corporation and the Department of the 
Interior, after receiving testimony from Senator Murray; Mark Rey, 
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; 
Jim Hughes, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of 
the Interior; Mike Town, Friends of the Wild Sky, Skykomish, 
Washington; Mark Heckert, Washington Wildlife Federation, Olympia; Ed 
Husmann, Sultan, Washington, on behalf of the Snohomish County Farm 
Bureau; and John Postema, Snohomish, Washington.
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine Iraq 
stabilization and reconstruction, focusing on international 
contributions and resources, receiving testimony from Alan P. Larson, 
Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural 
Affairs; Dov S. Zakheim, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); John 
B. Taylor, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; 
and Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
  Hearing continue on Thursday, June 12.
NATIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL SYSTEM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine proposed legislation to create a National Security Personnel 
System, focusing on transforming the way the Department of Defense 
recruits, retains and manages its civilian workforce, after receiving 
testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; David M. 
Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting 
Office; Bobby L. Harnage, Sr., American Federation of Government 
Employees (AFL-CIO), Washington, D.C.; Paul C. Light, New York 
University Wagner School of Public Service, New York, on behalf of the 
Center for Public Service and the Brookings Institution.
INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS PROGRAM
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on 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, 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. 1165, to 
amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to provide 
from the Highway Trust Fund additional funding for Indian reservation 
roads, after receiving testimony from Senator Bingaman; Arthur E. 
Hamilton, Associate Administrator for Federal Lands Highways, Federal 
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; Terry Virden, 
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Joe 
Shirley, Jr., Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Chadwick Smith, 
Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma; Richard Milonovich, Agua Caliente 
Band of Cahuilla, Palm Springs, California; James Garrigan, Red Lake 
Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, Red Lake; and Loretta Bullard, 
Kawerak, Inc., Nome, Alaska.
AUTHORIZATION--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request and 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the 
Small Business Administration, after receiving testimony from Hector V. 
Barreto, Administrator, Small Business Administration.