[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 86 (Thursday, June 12, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D654-D655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURAL CROP INSURANCE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine the Department of Agriculture's 
implementation of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 and 
related crop insurance issues, after receiving testimony from J.B. 
Penn, Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, Keith 
Collins, Chief Economist, and Ross J. Davidson, Jr., Administrator, 
Risk Management Agency, all of the Department of Agriculture.
HOMEOWNERSHIP
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine issues relating to expanding homeownership 
opportunities, focusing on the American Dream Downpayment Initiative, 
HOME Investment Partnerships Program, Community Development Block Grant 
programs, Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance product, 
Single-Family Affordable Housing Tax Credit, and HUD's Section 8 
Housing Choice Voucher Program, after receiving testimony from 
Representative Harris; Mel Martinez, Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development; Terri Y. Montague, Enterprise Foundation, Columbia, 
Maryland; Cathy Whatley, National Association of Realtors, 
Jacksonville, Florida; Thomas L. Jones, Habitat for Humanity 
International, Washington, D.C.; James R. Rayburn, Rayburn Associates, 
Jackson, Mississippi, on behalf of the National Association of Home 
Builders.
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine global overfishing and international fishery 
conservation and management, including the role of the United States, 
the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, 
and the Convention of the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living 
Resources, after receiving testimony from Admiral Thomas H. Collins, 
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security; Rebecca 
Lent, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National 
Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce; John F. Turner, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and 
Scientific Affairs; Ransom A. Myers, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia 
Halifax, Canada; Richard P. Ruais, East Coast Tuna Association, Salem, 
New Hampshire; Lisa Speer, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, 
New York; and Patrick J. Sullivan, Cornell University Department of 
Natural Resources, Ithaca, New York.
STEM CELL RESEARCH
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine advances 
in adult and non-embryonic stem cell research, focusing on the use of 
bone marrow and cord blood stem cells, after receiving testimony from 
David C. Hess, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta; Joanne Kurtzberg, 
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; John W. 
McDonald, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, 
Missouri, on behalf of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical 
Research; Jean D. Peduzzi-Nelson, University of Alabama at Birmingham; 
Pablo Rubinstein, New York Blood Center, New York, New York; Steven L. 
Barsh, Merion Station, Pennsylvania; Keone Penn, Snellville, Georgia; 
and Stephen R. Sprague, Staten Island, New York.
PUBLIC LANDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded hearings to examine S. 434, to authorize the 
Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or part of certain 
parcels of National Forest System land in the State of Idaho and use 
the proceeds derived from the sale or exchange for National Forest 
System purposes, S. 435, to provide for the conveyance by the Secretary 
of Agriculture of the Sandpoint Federal Building and adjacent land in 
Sandpoint, Idaho, S. 490, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management

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Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the Washoe 
Indian Tribe of Nevada and California, H.R. 762, to amend the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Mineral Leasing Act to 
clarify the method by which the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture determine the fair market value of certain 
rights-of-way granted, issued, or renewed under these Acts, and H.R. 
622, to provide for the exchange of certain lands in the Coconino and 
Tonto National Forests in Arizona, after receiving testimony Tom 
Thompson, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture.
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
repercussions of Iraq stabilization and reconstruction policies, 
focusing on the consequences of looting, political confusion, regional 
consequences, and Europe and the Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO), after receiving testimony from Peter W. Galbraith, National 
Defense University, and Geoffrey Kemp, Nixon Center, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Frank G. Wisner, American International Group, New 
York, New York.
TWA/AMERICAN INTEGRATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine certain issues relative to TWA/American 
Airline workforce integration, after receiving testimony Jeff Brundage, 
American Airlines, and Captain Edwin C. White, Jr., Allied Pilots 
Association, both of Fort Worth, Texas; Karen Schooling, American 
Airlines, Independence, Missouri; Theodore A. Case, Snellville, 
Georgia; Sherry Cooper, Jupiter, Florida.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  H.R. 1954, to revise the provisions of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act relating to naturalization through service in the Armed 
Forces, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 141, recognizing ``Inventing Flight: The Centennial 
Celebration'', a celebration in Dayton, Ohio of the centennial of 
Wilbur and Orville Wright's first flight;
  S. Res. 163, commending the Francis Marion University Patriots men's 
golf team for winning the 2003 National Collegiate Athletic Association 
Division II Men's Golf Championship; and
  The nominations of David G. Campbell, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Arizona, Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, to 
be Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, 
Department of Homeland Security, and Richard James O'Connell, of 
Arkansas, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of 
Arkansas, Department of Justice.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution approved 
for full committee consideration, S.J. Res. 1, proposing an amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime 
victims.