[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 9, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D783-D785]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 10, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Paul Morgan Longsworth, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear 
Security Administration, and Thomas W. O'Connell, of Virginia, to be 
an Assistant Secretary of Defense, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine ``The Accuracy of Credit Report

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Information and the Fair Credit Reporting Act'', 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the high price of natural gas, its effect on the economy and 
to consider potential solutions, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to review and make 
recommendations on proposed legislation implementing the U.S.-
Singapore free trade agreement and the U.S.-Chile free trade 
agreement, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for Community Services Block grant 
program, 3 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1125, 
to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims 
for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, 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. 140, designating 
the week of August 10, 2003, as ``National Health Center Week'', S. 
764, to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership 
Grant Program, S. 1301, to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
prohibit video voyeurism in the special maritime and territorial 
jurisdiction of the United States, proposed free trade agreement 
with Chile, proposed free trade agreements with Singapore, and the 
nominations of William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Allyson K. Duncan, of 
North Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth 
Circuit, Robert C. Brack, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Mexico, Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 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, Michael J. Garcia, of New York, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, and Karen P. Tandy, of 
Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, Christopher A. 
Wray, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, and Jack 
Landman Goldsmith III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, all of the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: business meeting 
to markup proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal 
year 2004 for Small Business Administration programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-
428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to consider 
proposed legislation regarding VA-provided benefits programs, 
including the following: S. 257, S. 517, S. 1131, S. 1133, S. 1188, 
S. 1213, S. 1239, S. 1281, S. 249, S. 938, S. 1132, S. 792, S. 806, 
S. 1136, S. 978, S. 1124, S. 1199, S. 1282, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: 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 crop insurance products for 
specialty crop producers, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing and Related Programs, to mark up appropriations for 
fiscal year 2004. 8:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Operation Iraqi Freedom, 
10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st 
Century Competitiveness, hearing on ``Affordability in Higher 
Education: We know there's a problem; what's the solution?'' 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``NIH: Moving Research from the Bench to the Bedside,'' 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to consider a motion 
authorizing the issuance of subpoenas in connection with the 
Committee's investigation into dietary supplements containing 
ephedra, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to consider the 
following bills: H.R. 1553, to amend the securities laws to permit 
church pension plans to be invested in collective trusts; H.R. 2179, 
Securities Fraud Deterrence and Investor Restitution Act of 2003; 
and H.R. 2420, Mutual Funds Integrity and Fee Transparency Act of 
2003, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on ``Smooth Sailing or an 
Impending Wreck? The Impact of New Visa and Passport Requirements on 
Foreign Travel to the United States;'' and to consider the following 
measures: H.R. 2556, DC Parental Choice Incentive Act of 2003; H.R. 
2438, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 115 West Pine Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as the 
``Major Henry A. Commiskey, Sr. Post Office Building;'' H. Con. Res. 
230, honoring the 10 communities selected to receive the 2003 All-
America City Award; H. Res. 274, honoring John Stockton for an 
outstanding career, congratulating him on his retirement, and 
thanking him for his contributions to basketball, to the State of 
Utah, and to the Nation; H. Res. 303, honoring Maynard Holbrook 
Jackson, Jr., former Mayor of the City of Atlanta, and extending the 
condolences of the House of Representatives on his death; and S. 
867, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 710 Wicks Lane in Billings, Montana, as the ``Ronald 
Reagan Post Office Building,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following draft 
implementing proposals: the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Implementation 
Agreement Act; and the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement 
Implementation Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, oversight 
hearing on ``Terrorism and War-Time Hoaxes,'' 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Resources, to hold a hearing on the following: H.J. 
Res. 63, to approve the ``Compact of Free Association, as amended 
between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Federated States of Micronesia,'' and the 
``Compact of Free Association, as amended between the Government of 
the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands,'' and otherwise to amend Public Law 99-239, 
and to appropriate for the purposes of amended Public Law 99-239 for 
fiscal years ending on or before September 30, 2023; and H.R. 2522, 
Compact Impact Reconciliation Act, 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on 
Competition for Department of Energy Laboratory Contracts: What is 
the Impact on Science? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, informal markup of the following 
draft implementing proposals: the United States-Singapore Free Trade 
Agreement Implementation Act; and the United States-Chile Free Trade 
Agreement Implementation Act, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on Social Security Number 
Privacy, following full Committee markup, B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence Policy and National Security, executive, briefing on 
Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Rules, 
hearing entitled ``Perspectives on House Reform: Committees and the 
Executive Branch,'' 10:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.