[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 25, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D740-D741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JUNE 26, 2003

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on 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, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to consider proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2004, and proposed legislation making 
appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base 
realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to 
examine affiliate sharing practices in relation to the Fair Credit 
Reporting Act, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business meeting to 
consider S. 1264, to reauthorize the Federal Communications Commission, 
S. 1218, to provide for Presidential support and coordination of 
interagency ocean science programs and development and coordination of a 
comprehensive and integrated United States research and monitoring 
program, H.R. 1320, to amend the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration Organization Act to facilitate the 
reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users, S. 1262, 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006 for 
certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation, and S. 
1106, to establish National Standards for Fishing Quota Systems, an 
original bill authorizing funds for TEA-21 programs, and pending 
nominations, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Josette Sheeran Shiner, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, and James J. Jochum, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. Res. 
90, expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate strongly supports 
the nonproliferation programs of the United States, S. Res. 62, calling 
upon the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Commission 
on Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 
the European Union, and human rights activists throughout the world to 
take certain actions in regard to the human rights situation in Cuba, S. 
Res. 149, expressing the sense of the Senate that the international 
response to the current need for food in the Horn of Africa remains 
inadequate, and the nominations of Robert W. Fitts, of New Hampshire, to 
be Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands and 
Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu, Marsha E. Barnes, of Maryland, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, John E. Herbst, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to Ukraine, Tracey Ann Jacobson, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan, George A. Krol, of New 
Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus, John F. Maisto, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Permanent Representative of the

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United States of America to the Organization of American States, with the 
rank of Ambassador, Greta N. Morris, of California, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Roger Francisco Noriega, of Kansas, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs), 
William B. Wood, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Colombia, and certain Foreign Service Officer promotion lists, 9:15 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Department of State's 
Office of Children's Issues, focusing on responding to international 
parental abduction, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Judith Nan Macaluso, to be an Associate Judge of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Fern Flanagan Saddler, to be 
an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and 
Joshua B. Bolten, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, Time to be announced, S-211, Capitol.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 11 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to resume consideration of 
S. 1125, to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of 
victims for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, and begin 
consideration of S.J. Res. 1, proposing an amendment to the Constitution 
of the United States to protect the rights of crime victims, S. 1280, to 
amend the Protect Act to clarify certain volunteer liability, S. Res. 
174, designating Thursday, November 20, 2003, as ``Feed America 
Thursday'', S. Res. 175, designating the month of October 2003, as 
``Family History Month'', and the nominations of William H. Pryor, Jr., 
of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, 
Diane M. Stuart, of Utah, to be Director of the Violence Against Women 
Office, Department of Justice, and Thomas M. Hardiman, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 9:30 
a.m., SR-325.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the ideological structure of Wahhabism, an extreme 
and violent form of Islam, and its potential for political and social 
influence in the United States, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review the mandatory country-of-
origin labeling law, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to consider the following appropriations 
for fiscal year 2004; Defense and Legislative, 10 a.m., 2539 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Serving the Underserved: 
Initiatives to Broaden Access to the Financial Mainstream,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Governmental Reform, hearing titled ``New Century, New 
Process: A Preview of Competitive Sourcing for the 21st Century,'' 9:30 
a.m., and to mark up H.R. 2556, DC Parental Choice Incentive Act of 2003, 
1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on East Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing on U.S. Security Policy in Asia and the Pacific; 
Restructuring America's Forward Deployment, 12 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, to mark up H.R. 2550, to amend the American 
Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 to provide clarification with 
respect to the eligibility of certain countries for United States 
military assistance, 11:30 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing on H.R. 919, Hometown Heroes Survivors 
Benefits, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, to mark up 
private relief measures; and to hold an oversight hearing on `The Federal 
Government's Response to the Issuance and Acceptance in the U.S. of 
Consular Identification Cards,'' 11 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1204, to amend 
the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to 
establish requirements for the award of concessions in the National 
Wildlife Refuge System, to provide for maintenance and repair of 
properties located in the System by concessionaires authorized to use 
such properties; and H.R. 2408, National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Act of 
2003, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, to mark up 
H.R. 1085, NASA Flexibility Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight, hearing entitled: ``CRS Regulations and Small Business in the 
Travel Industry,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, oversight hearing on National Rail Infrastructure Financing 
Proposals, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1516, as amended, National Cemetery Expansion Act of 2003; H.R. 2297, as 
amended, Veterans Benefits Act of 2003; H.R. 116, as amended, Veterans' 
New Fitzsimons Health Care Facilities Act of 2003; H.R. 1720, as amended, 
Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act; H.R. 2357, as 
amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish standards of 
access to care for veterans seeking health care from the Department of 
Veterans Affairs; and H.R. 2433, as amended, Health Care for Veterans of 
Project 112/Project SHAD Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up H.R. 2122, Project 
BioShield Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.