[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 87 (Friday, June 13, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D662-D665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 16 through June 21, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of S. 1, to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements in 
the medicare program, to provide prescription drug coverage under the 
medicare program, for debate only.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will continue consideration of 
S. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act, and may consider 
any other cleared legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 18, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, 
to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, and to 
be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 18, to hold 
hearings to examine the New Basel Capital Accord, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  June 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the growing 
problem of identity theft and its relationship to the Fair Credit 
Report Act, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 19, Subcommittee 
on Public Lands and Forests, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
grazing programs of the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest 
Service, focusing on grazing permit renewal, BLM's potential changes 
to grazing regulations, range monitoring, drought, and other grazing 
issues, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 17, Subcommittee 
on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold hearings to examine S. 
525, the National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2003, to amend the 
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to 
reauthorize and improve that Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 17, to hold hearings to examine the 
implementation of the U.S. Bilateral Free Trade Agreements with 
Singapore and Chile, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for 
International Carriage by Air, done at Montreal May 28, 1999 (Treaty 
Doc. 106-45), Protocol to Amend the Convention for the Unification 
of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air Signed at 
Warsaw on October 12, 1929, done at The Hague September 28, 1955 
(The Hague Protocol) (Treaty Doc. 107-14), Stockholm Convention on 
Persistent Organic Pollutants, with Annexes, done at Stockholm, May 
22-23, 2001 (Treaty Doc. 107-05), Rotterdam Convention on the Prior 
Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and 
Pesticides in International Trade, with Annexes, done at Rotterdam, 
September 10, 1998 (Treaty Doc.106-21), Agreement Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Russian Federation on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-
Chukotka Polar Bear Population done at Washington on October 16, 
2001 (Treaty Doc. 107-10), Agreement Amending the Treaty Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of 
Canada on Pacific Coast Albacore Tuna Vessels and Port Privileges 
done at Washington May 26, 1981 (the ``Treaty''), effected by an 
exchange of diplomatic notes at Washington on July 17, 2002, and 
August 13, 2002 (the ``Agreement''). Enclosed is the report of the 
Secretary of State on the Agreement and a related agreement, 
effected by an exchange of notes at Washington on August 21, 2002, 
and September 10, 2002, amending the Annexes to the Treaty (Treaty 
Doc. 108-01), and Amendments to the 1987 Treaty on Fisheries Between 
the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government 
of the United States of America, with Annexes and agreed statements, 
done at Port Moresby, April 2, 1987, done at Koror, Palau, March 30, 
1999, and at Kiritimati, Kiribati, March 24, 2002. Also transmitted, 
related Amendments to the Treaty Annexes, and the Memorandum of 
Understanding (Treaty Doc. 108-02), 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  June 18, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine the development of democracy in Burma, to be 
immediately followed by full committee hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert W. Fitts, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador 
to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, and Greta N. 
Morris, of California, to be Ambassador to the Marshall Islands, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.

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  June 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of John E. Herbst, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
Ukraine, Tracey Ann Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to Turkmenistan, and George A. Krol, of New Jersey, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus, 4 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 17, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar items, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  June 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Fern Flanagan Saddler, Judith Nan Macaluso, Joseph 
Michael Francis Ryan III, and Jerry Stewart Byrd, all of the 
District of Columbia, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  June 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to conduct an initial 
review of the ULLICO matter, focusing on self-dealing and breach of 
duty, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 18, 
Subcommittee on Employment, Safety, and Training, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Workforce 
Investment Act, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  June 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine teacher union 
scandals, focusing on closing the gaps in union member protections, 
10:15 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 18, to hold oversight hearings 
to examine Native American sacred places, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 17, to hold hearings to examine 
the FTC study on barriers to entry in the pharmaceutical 
marketplace, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine whether 
personal and national security risks compromise the potential of P2P 
File-Sharing Networks, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine the NewsCorp/DirecTV 
deal, focusing on global distribution, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 17, to hold hearings 
to examine Senate Resolution 151, requiring public disclosure of 
notices of objections (holds) to proceedings to motions or measures 
in the Senate, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Alan G. Lance, Sr., of Idaho, and 
Lawrence B. Hagel, of Virginia, both to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 17, to hold closed hearings 
to examine the nomination of Frank Libutti, of New York, to be Under 
Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, 
Department of Homeland Security, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 19, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 17, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine Section 202 housing, focusing on efforts to do the right 
thing for seniors through better government, 10 a.m., SD-628.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 17, Subcommittee on Conservation, 
Credit, Rural Development and Research, hearing to review 
Biotechnology in Agriculture; followed by consideration of H.R. 
1907, to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to ensure the 
availability of funds to provide technical assistance for certain 
conservation programs of the Department of Agriculture, 11 a.m., 
1302 Longworth.
  June 18, full Committee, hearing to review multilateral and 
bilateral agricultural trade negotiations, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 19, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk 
Management, hearing to review of the Commodity Futures Modernization 
Act, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 17, to consider the following: 
Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations Report, Fiscal Year 
2003; Suballocation of Budget Allocations Report, Fiscal Year 2004; 
Homeland Security Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004; and the 
Military Construction Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004, 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary and 
Related Agencies, hearing on FBI Reorganization, 1 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 18, hearing on worldwide U.S. 
military commitments, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 18, hearing on Waste, Fraud and 
Abuse in Federal Mandatory Programs, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 17, hearing on 
``The ULLICO Scandal and its Implications for U.S. Workers,'' 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on H.R. 
Occupational Safety and Health-Fairness Act of 2003, focusing on 
Small Business and Workplace Safety, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Select Education, hearing on 
``International Programs in Higher Education and Questions of 
Bias,'' 1 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 17, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing on the role of 
FCRA in employee background checks and the collection of medical 
information, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, to 
continue hearings on Section 8 Housing Assistance Program: Promoting 
Decent Affordable Housing for Families and Individuals who Rent, 2 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on H.R. 2420, Mutual Funds 
Integrity and Fee Transparency Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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  June 19, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
credit, hearing entitled ``The New Basel Accord--In Search of a 
Unified U.S. Position,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing entitled ``Rural Housing in America,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, June 17, Subcommittee on 
Government Efficiency and Financial Management, hearing on ``Federal 
Debt Management--Are Agencies Using Collection Tools Effectively?'' 
2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations, hearing on `` Visa Revocations: Catching 
the Terrorists Among Us,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 19, full Committee, to consider the following: a Report--A 
Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the 
Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records; H.R. 2396, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1210 Highland Avenue in Duarte, California as the ``Francisco A. 
Martinez Flores Post Office,'' H.R. 1761, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 9350 East Corporate 
Hill Drive in Wichita, Kansas, as the ``Garner E. Shriver Post 
Office Building''; H.R. 2249, Postmasters Equity Act of 2003; H.R. 
2328, to designate the facility of the Postal Service located at 
2001 East Willard Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the 
``Robert A. Borski Post Office Building''; H. Con. Res. 6, 
supporting the goals and ideals of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary 
Disease Awareness Month; H. Con. Res. 208, Supporting the National 
Men's Health Week; and H. Res. 240, expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives that there should be established a National 
Community Health Center Week to raise awareness of health services 
provided by community, migrant, public housing, and homeless health 
centers; followed by a hearing on ``The Next Step in the 
Investigation of the Use of Informants by the Department of 
Justice,'' 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, June 17, to mark up the 
following: a resolution expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong 
in advance of the July 9 meeting of the Legislative Council of Hong 
Kong on the matter of Article 23; and H. Res. 260, requesting the 
President to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 
14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents 
or other materials in the President's possession relating to Iraq's 
weapons of mass destruction, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on the Future of 
Transatlantic Relations: A View from Europe, 1:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, hearing 
on Enforcement of the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act and Increasing 
Security Threats from Iran, (Part I), 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, hearing on 
Reauthorizing the Compacts of Free Association with Micronesia and 
the Marshall Islands, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 19, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Policy in Afghanistan: 
Current Issues in Reconstruction, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 17, Subcommittee on Courts, the 
Internet, and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 2344, 
Intellectual Property Restoration Act of 2003, 4:30 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on H.R. 339, Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption 
Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
oversight hearing on ``The Issuance, Acceptance, and Reliability of 
Consular Identification Cards,'' 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 17, Subcommittee National Parks, 
Recreation and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
1399, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge 
National Conservation Area Boundary Revision Act of 2003; H.R. 1616, 
Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Land Exchange Act; and 
H.R. 1964, Highland Stewardship Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 18, full Committee, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 884, 
Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act; and H.R. 1409, Eastern 
Band of Cherokee Indians Land Exchange Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on the Domestic Natural Gas Supply Shortage, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  June 19, the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health and the 
Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, joint 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2057, Chronic Wasting Disease 
Support for States Act of 2003; and H.R. 2416, to provide for the 
protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 511, Mount Naomi Wilderness Boundary 
Adjustment Act; H.R. 708, to require the conveyance of certain 
National Forest System lands in Mendocino National Forest, 
California, to provide for the use of the proceeds from such 
conveyance for National Forest purposes; H.R. 1038, Public Lands 
Fire Regulations Enforcement Act of 2003; and H.R. 1651, Sierra 
National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2003, following joint hearing, 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 16, to consider Conference Report to 
accompany S. 342, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003, 7 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  June 17, to consider H.R. 8, Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003, 
1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, June 18, full Committee, hearing on 
the Globalization of White-Collar Jobs: Can America Lose These Jobs 
and Still Prosper? 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 18, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, to mark up the following: Reauthorizing the Economic 
Development Administration; and other pending business, 10 a.m., 
2253 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on the Need to Update Water Quality Standards to Improve Clean Water 
Act Programs, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 17, to continue hearings on 
the Report of the Administration's Task Force to improve Health Care 
Delivery for our Nation's Veterans, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing to 
assess the Department of Veterans Affairs' management of the human 
subject protections maintained in its nationwide research programs, 
10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Benefits, to mark up pending business, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 17, to mark up the following: 
the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003; and 
H.R. 2351, Health Savings Account Availability Act, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and the Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, joint hearing on unemployment fraud and abuse, 2 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on S 
Corporation Reforms, 10 a.m., 110 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Ingtelligence, June 17, Subcommittee 
on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, briefing on NSA 
Operations, 2:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 18 and 19, full Committee, executive, hearings on Irag WMD, 
12 p.m., on June 18 and 2 p.m., on June 19, H-405 Capitol.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National 
Security, executive, briefing on Counterproliferation and 
Counternarcotics, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
executive, hearing on Terrorist Financing, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Counterintelligence 
Issues, 10:30 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National 
Security, executive, briefing on Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., 
H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, June 16, Subcommittee on 
Infrastructure and Border Security, hearing on ``Balancing Security 
and Commerce,'' 3 p.m., 345 Cannon.
  June 19, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Response to Terrorism: 
How is DHS Improving Our Capabilities?'' 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.