[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 91 (Thursday, June 19, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D694-D695]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
302(b) ALLOCATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee completed its review of 302(b) 
subcommittee allocations of budget outlays and new budget authority 
allocated to the committee in H. Con. Res. 95, establishing the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2004 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 
2003 and 2005 through 2013.
IDENTITY THEFT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the problem of identity theft in relation to the 
Fair Credit Reporting Act, focusing on the impact of identity theft on 
consumers and the importance of information security in preventing 
identity theft, after receiving testimony from Howard Beales II, 
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; 
Timothy Caddigan, Special Agent In Charge, Criminal Investigative 
Division, United States Secret Service, Department of Homeland 
Security; Michael D. Cunningham, JP Morgan Chase Cardmember Services, 
Tempe, Arizona; Linda Foley,

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Identity Theft Resource Center, San Diego, California; William Hough, 
Neiman Marcus Group, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the National Retail 
Federation; Stuart K. Pratt, Consumer Data Industry Association, and 
Michael W. Naylor, AARP, both of Washington, D.C.; and John M. 
Harrison, Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1234, to reauthorize the Federal Trade Commission, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1261, to reauthorize the Consumer Product Safety Commission, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1244, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Maritime 
Commission for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, with an amendment;
  S. 247, to reauthorize the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research 
and Control Act of 1998, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 861, to authorize the acquisition of interests in undeveloped 
coastal areas in order to better ensure their protection from 
development, with an amendment;
  S. 1152, to reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1260, to promote the development of the commercial space 
transportation industry, to authorize appropriations for the Office of 
the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation;
  S. 189, to authorize appropriations for nanoscience, nanoengineering, 
and nanotechnology research, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 877, to regulate interstate commerce by imposing limitations and 
penalties on the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail 
via the Internet, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with amendments; and
  The nominations of Annette Sandberg, of Washington, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and 
sundry promotion lists in the Coast Guard.
ULLICO
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded 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 and charges concerning potential 
conflicts of interest, after receiving testimony from James R. 
Thompson, Winston and Strawn, Chicago, Illinois; and Terence 
O'Sullivan, ULLICO Inc., Washington, D.C.
TEACHER UNION SCANDALS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine teacher union scandals, focusing on 
closing the gaps in union member protections, the Department of Labor's 
administration and enforcement of the Labor-Management Reporting and 
Disclosure Act (Landrum-Griffin Act), and certain investigative matters 
involving the Washington Teachers Union and the United Teachers of 
Dade, after receiving testimony from Lary F. Yud, Deputy Director, 
Office of Labor-Management Standards, Employment Standards 
Administration, Department of Labor; Damaris Daugherty, Teacher Rights 
Advocacy Coalition, Miami, Florida; and Sandra Feldman, American 
Federation of Teachers, and Tom Donahue, Work in America Institute, 
both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 724, to amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt certain 
rocket propellants from prohibitions under that title on explosive 
materials, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 1233, to authorize assistance for the National Great Blacks in Wax 
Museum and Justice Learning Center;
  Also, Committee began markup of S. 1125, to create a fair and 
efficient system to resolve claims of victims for bodily injury caused 
by asbestos exposure, but did not complete action thereon, and will 
meet again on Tuesday, June 24.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Thursday, June, 26.