[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 17, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D680-D681]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JUNE 18, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to 
be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, vice Jill L. Long, resigned, and Thomas C. Dorr, of 
Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, 
9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the New Basel Capital Accord, a proposal issued by the 
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to make final modifications 
for a new capital adequacy framework, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 498, to authorize 
the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of 
Congress to Joseph A. De Laine in recognition of his contributions 
to the Nation, and the proposed Check Truncation Act of 2003, 2 
p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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.
  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: 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.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings to examine 
Native American sacred places, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review multilateral and 
bilateral agricultural trade negotiations, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, Judiciary and Related Agencies, hearing on FBI 
Reorganization, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, to mark up appropriations for 
fiscal year 2004, 3 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, to mark up 
appropriations for fiscal year 2004, 10 a.m., B-308 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on worldwide U.S. military 
commitments, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Waste, Fraud and Abuse in 
Federal Mandatory Programs, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up H.R. 2210, 
School Readiness Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to continue consideration of 
H.R. 2473, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003, 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, 
and Technology, to consider H.R. 2243, to provide for the 
participation of the United States in the thirteenth replenishment 
of the resources of the International Development Associate, the 
seventh replenishment of the resources of the Asian Development 
Fund, and the ninth replenishment of the resources of the African 
Development Fund, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats and International Relations, hearing on ``Visa 
Revocations: Catching the Terrorists Among Us,'' 11:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, 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.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Committee on Rules, to report the rule on H.R. 660, Small Business 
Health Fairness Act of 2003, 1:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on the Globalization of 
White-Collar Jobs: Can America Lose These Jobs and Still Prosper? 2 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.

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  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Iraq WMD, 12 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, 
executive, briefing on Counterproliferation and Counternarcotics, 2 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, 
hearing on Terrorist Financing, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.