[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 18, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1302-E1303]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, June 19, 2003 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JUNE 20
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold closed hearings to examine Iraqi reconstruction 
           and humanitarian activities.
                                                            SR-222

                                JUNE 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine implementation of the 
           National Marine Fisheries Service's 2000 Biological 
           Opinion for listed anadromous fish regarding operation 
           of the Federal Columbia River Power System.
                                                            SD-406
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the cost of federal health 
           programs by curing diabetes.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine bus rapid transit and other 
           bus service innovations.
                                                            SD-538
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine changes over time in the 
           relationship between the Department of Energy and its 
           predecessors and contractors operating DOE laboratories 
           and sites to determine if these changes have affected 
           the ability of scientists and engineers to respond to 
           national missions.
                                                            SD-366
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine controlling the cost of 
           Federal Health Programs by curing diabetes, focusing on 
           a case study.
                                                            SH-216
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Samuel 
           Der-Yeghiayan, to be United States District Judge for 
           the Northern District of Illinois, Allyson K. Duncan, 
           of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge 
           for the Fourth Circuit, Louise W. Flanagan, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
           of North Carolina, Lonny R. Suko, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 
           Earl Leroy Yeakel III, to be United States District 
           Judge for the Western District of Texas, and Karen P. 
           Tandy, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug 
           Enforcement, and Christopher A. Wray, of Georgia, to be 
           an Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department 
           of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine how to preserve and protect 
           media competition in the marketplace.
                                                            SD-226
       Foreign Relations
       European Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. relations with respect 
           to a changing Europe, focusing on differing views on 
           technology issues.
                                                            SD-419
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Children and Families Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings to examine support for military 
           families.
                                                            SD-106
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation relating to VA-
           provided health care services, including S. 613, to 
           authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
           construct, lease, or modify major medical facilities at 
           the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, 
           Aurora, Colorado, S. 615, to name the Department of 
           Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Horsham, 
           Pennsylvania, as the ``Victor J. Saracini Department of 
           Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic'', S. 1144, to name 
           the health care facility of the Department of Veterans 
           Affairs located at 820 South Damen Avenue in Chicago, 
           Illinois, as the ``Jesse Brown Department of Veterans 
           Affairs Medical Center'', S. 1153, to amend title 38, 
           United States Code, to permit medicare-eligible 
           veterans to receive an out- patient medication benefit, 
           to provide that certain veterans who receive such 
           benefit are not otherwise eligible for medical care and 
           services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 
           1156, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
           and enhance the provision of long-term health care for 
           veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to 
           enhance and improve authorities relating to the 
           administration of personnel of the Department of 
           Veterans Affairs, and S. 1213, to amend title 38, 
           United States Code, to enhance the ability of the 
           Department of Veterans Affairs to improve benefits for 
           Filipino veterans of World War II and survivors of such 
           veterans.
                                                            SR-418

                                JUNE 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the consulting 
           process required by Section 7 of the Endangered Species 
           Act.
                                                            SD-406
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the implementation of African 
           Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200).
                                                            SD-419
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Joshua B. 
           Bolten, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of 
           the Office of Management and Budget.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 1248, to reauthorize the 
           Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and 
           pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Department of 
           Justice Inspector General's Report on the 9/11 
           detainees.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Economic Policy Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine certain measures to 
           strengthen the economic situation in rural America.
                                                            SD-538
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Allyson K. 
           Duncan, of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit 
           Judge for the Fourth Circuit, and Louise W. Flanagan, 
           to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
           District of North Carolina.
                                                            SD-215
       Foreign Relations
       Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Subcommittee
       Judiciary
       Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings to examine constitutionalism, 
           human rights, and the Rule of Law in Iraq.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SD-366

                                JUNE 26
     9 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine H.R. 1904, to improve the 
           capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
           Secretary of the Interior to plan and conduct hazardous 
           fuels reduction projects on National Forest System 
           lands and Bureau of Land Management lands aimed at 
           protecting communities, watersheds, and certain other 
           at-risk lands from catastrophic wildfire, to enhance 
           efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to 
           forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic 
           wildfire, across the landscape.
                                                           SR-328A
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider S. 1218, to provide for 
           Presidential support and

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           coordination of interagency ocean science programs and 
           development and coordination of a comprehensive and 
           integrated United States research and monitoring 
           program, proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
           National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
           proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Federal 
           Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and proposed 
           legislation authorizing funds for recreational boating 
           safety programs.
                                                            SR-253
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the need for Federal real 
           property reform, focusing on deteriorating buildings 
           and wasted opportunities.
                                                            SD-342
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine federal real property reform.
                                                            SD-342
     10:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-485
     2 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the Department of State's 
           Office of Children's Issues, focusing on responding to 
           international parental abduction.
                                                            SD-106

                                 JULY 9
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Indian Gaming 
           Regulatory Act.
                                                            SD-106

                                JULY 16
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 556, to amend the Indian 
           Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that 
           Act.
                                                            SR-485

                                JULY 23
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 556, to amend the Indian 
           Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that 
           Act.
                                                            SR-485
       Judiciary
         To hold oversight hearings to examine certain pending 
           matters.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 30
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 578, to amend the Homeland 
           Security Act of 2002 to include Indian tribes among the 
           entities consulted with respect to activities carried 
           out by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
                                                            SR-485

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                JUNE 24
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for the Substance Abuse and Mental 
           Health Services Administration, Department of Health 
           and Human Services.
                                                            SD-430