[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 10, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D638-D639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JUNE 11, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to resume hearings to examine health 
care access and affordability, focusing on the effect of uninsurance 
on families, health care providers and communities, 9:30 a.m., SD-
124.
  Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
the District of Columbia's local budget request, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Competition, Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure, to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorization of the Federal Trade Commission, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations, to hold hearings to examine patient safety, focusing 
on instilling hospitals with a culture of continuous improvement, 9 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 648, to amend the Public Health Service Act 
with respect to health professions programs regarding the practice 
of pharmacy, and S. 1225, Greater Access to Affordable 
Pharmaceuticals Act, and the nomination of Anne Rader, of Virginia, 
to be a Member of the National Council on Disability, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Charles W. Grim, of Oklahoma, to be Director of the 
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, to 
be followed by hearings on S. 1146, to implement the recommendations 
of the Garrison Unit Tribal Advisory Committee by providing 
authorization for the construction of a rural health care facility 
on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota, 10 a.m., SR-
485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, and Diane M. Stuart, 
of Utah, to be Director of the Violence Against Women Office, 
Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2004, 10:30 
a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up H.R. 660, 
Small Business Fairness Act of 2003, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``The Reauthorization of 
the Federal Trade Commission: Positioning the Commission for the 
Twenty-First Century,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing on 
entitled ``The Spectrum Needs of Our Nation's First Responders,'' 11 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Domestic and 
International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Matching Capital and Accountability--The Millennium 
Challenge Account,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Technology, 
Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, to 
consider the following: The Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of 
Information Act and The Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government 
Records, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on The Middle East 
Peace Process at a Crossroads; followed by a markup of H. Con. Res. 
209, commending the signing of the United States-Adriatric Charter, 
a charter of partnership among the United States, Albania, Croatia, 
and Macedonia, 10:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on Renewing the Transatlantic 
Partnership: A View From the United States, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on Overview of Radio 
and Television Marti, 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following measures: H. Con. 
Res. 21, commemorating the Bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase; 
H. Res. 30, concerning the San Diego long-range sportfishig fleet 
and rights to fish the waters near the Revillagigedo Islands of 
Mexico; H.R. 74, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey 
certain land in the lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, to the 
Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of 
Nevada and California; H.R. 272, to direct the Secretary of 
Agriculture to convey certain land to Lander Counter, Nevada, and 
the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Eureka 
County, Nevada, for continued use as cemeteries; H.R. 901, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct a bridge on 
Federal land west of and adjacent to Folsom Dam in California; H.R. 
1113, to authorize an exchange of land at Fort Frederica National 
Monument; H.R. 1209, to extend the authority for the construction of 
a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., in the District of Columbia; 
H.R. 1284, to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 to increase the Federal share of the costs of 
the San Gabriel Basin demonstration project; and H.R. 1945, Pacific 
Salmon Recovery Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1115, Class Action Fairness 
Act of 2003, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 
hearing on U.S.-Russian Cooperation in Space, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Revitalizing 
America's Manufacturers: SBA Business and Enterprise Development 
Programs,'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on EPA Grants Management: 
Persistent Problems and Proposed Solutions, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 886, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity 
compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who died on 
or before September 30, 1999, under the same eligibility conditions 
as apply to payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the 
survivors of former prisoners of war who die after that date; H.R. 
1167, to amend title 38, United States Code, to permit remarried 
surviving spouses of veterans to be eligible for burial in a 
national cemetery; H.R. 1500, Veterans' Appraiser Choice Act; H.R. 
1516, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
national cemetery for veterans in southeastern Pennsylvania; and 
H.R. 2163, to amend title 38, United States Code, to exclude the 
proceeds of life insurance from consideration as income for purposes 
of determining veterans' pension benefits, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the following: H.R. 1720, 
Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act; a measure 
to authorize specific major medical construction projects in Las 
Vegas, Chicago Westside, West Haven, San Diego, and a lease at the 
Charlotte NC outpatient clinic; H.R. 116, Veterans' New Fitzsimons 
Health Care Facilities Act of 2003; and other measures to authorize 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out construction projects 
for the purpose of improving, renovating, establishing, and updating 
patient care facilities in the Department of Veterans Affairs, 2 
p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on the Administration's Foster Care Flexible Funding 
Proposal, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold joint hearings to examine issues 
relating to Iraq's economy, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.