[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 18, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D690-D691]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 19, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider S. 865, to amend the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration Organization Act to facilitate the 
reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users, S. 
1234, to reauthorize the Federal Trade Commission, S. 1244, to 
authorize appropriations for the Federal Maritime Commission for 
fiscal years 2004 and 2005, S. 247, to reauthorize the Harmful Algal 
Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998, S. 1106, to 
establish National Standards for Fishing Quota Systems, S. 861, to 
authorize the acquisition of interests in undeveloped coastal areas 
in order to better ensure their protection from development, S. 
1152, to reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, S. 189, 
to authorize appropriations for nanoscience, nanoengineering, and 
nanotechnology research, S. 877, to regulate interstate commerce by 
imposing limitations and penalties on the transmission of 
unsolicited commercial electronic mail via the Internet, S. 1046, to 
amend the Communications Act of 1934 to preserve localism, to foster 
and promote the diversity of television programming, to foster and 
promote competition, and to prevent excessive concentration of 
ownership of the nation's television broadcast stations, and the 
nomination of Annette Sandberg, of Washington, to be Administrator 
of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of 
Transportation, and other pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
Union Labor Life Insurance Company (ULLICO) policy on investment 
decisions and stock value, focusing on allegations of self-dealing 
and breaches of fiduciary duty involving certain board members 
profiting from sales of company stock, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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 the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 724, 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt certain rocket 
propellants from prohibitions under that title on explosive 
materials, S. 1125, to create a fair and efficient system to resolve 
claims of victims for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, S. 
1233, to authorize assistance for the National Great Blacks in Wax 
Museum and Justice Learning Center, S.J. Res. 1, proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the 
rights of crime victims, and 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., SH-
216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, Subcommittee on Legislative, to mark 
up appropriations for fiscal year 2004, 9:30 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2004, 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to continue markup of 
H.R. 2210, School Readiness Act of 2003, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Select Education, hearing on ``International 
Programs in Higher Education and Questions of Bias,'' 1 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to continue markup of H.R. 2743, 
Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing 
entitled ``Rural Housing in America,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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.

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  Committee on International Relations, hearing on U.S. Policy in 
Afghanistan: Current Issues in Reconstruction, 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 339, Personal Responsibility in 
Food Consumption Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on the Domestic Natural Gas Supply 
Shortage, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  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.
  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 Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, oversight hearing on the Need to 
Update Water Quality Standards to Improve Clean Water Act Programs, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 2351, Health Savings 
Account Availability Act, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and the Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
joint hearing on unemployment fraud and abuse, following full 
Committee markup, 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on S Corporation 
Reforms, following full Committee markup, B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Ingtelligence, executive, to 
continue hearings on Iraq WMD, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Counterintelligence 
Issues, 10:30 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, 
executive, briefing on Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Response 
to Terrorism: How is DHS Improving Our Capabilities?'' 1 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.