[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 102 (Friday, July 11, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D798-D801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and 
Independent Agencies approved for full Committee action the Transportation, 
Treasury and Independent Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 2004.
IMMIGRATION RELIEF UNDER THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE FOR SERIOUS 
CRIMINALS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and 
Claims held an oversight hearing on ``Immigration Relief Under the 
Convention Against Torture for Serious Criminals and Human Rights 
Violators.'' Testimony was heard from C. Steward Verdery, Assistant 
Secretary, Policy and Planning, Border and Transportation Security 
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security; Eli Rosenbaum, Director, 
Office of Special Investigations, Department of Justice; and public 
witnesses.
F


                       CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of July 14 through July 19, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 2658, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills and 
certain nominations, when available.
  (On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 4 p.m., Prime Minister Tony Blair will 
address a Joint Meeting of Congress. At 3:40 p.m., Senators will meet in the 
Senate chamber and proceed to the chamber of the House of Representatives.)


                            Senate Committees

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: July 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
appropriations for energy and water development programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2004, 10 a.m., SD-124.

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  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 16, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the semi-annual monetary policy report of 
the Federal Reserve System, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine regulatory 
oversight of government sponsored enterprise accounting practices, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 16, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed legislation to make permanent the moratorium 
on taxes on Internet access, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard, to hold 
hearings to examine the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  July 17, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar 
business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 15, to hold hearings to 
examine the Compact of Free Association with the Federated States of 
Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  July 17, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the improved 
understanding of the governance of the Department of Energy laboratories, 
10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the importation of exotic species and the impact on public health 
and safety, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 15, to hold hearings to examine 
successes and challenges for U.S. policy relative to Haiti, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine benefits for U.S. 
victims of international terrorism, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 15, to hold hearings to examine 
certain situations where parents must relinquish custody in order to 
secure mental health services for their children, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine the recent General Accounting Office report entitled: ``An 
Overall Strategy and Indicators for Measuring Progress Are Needed to 
Better Achieve Restoration Goals'', focusing on the ramifications of an 
uncoordinated Great Lakes restoration strategy, current management of 
various environmental programs, and possible next steps to improve the 
management of Great Lakes programs, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 17, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine certain 
situations where parents must relinquish custody in order to secure 
mental health services for their children, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 15, 
Subcommittee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  July 16, Full Committee, business meeting to markup the proposed 
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2003, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for Head Start, focusing on programs to 
prepare children to succeed in school and in life, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 16, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business; to be followed by joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Resources to examine S. 556, to amend the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act, 10 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 14, to hold hearings to examine 
temporary entry provisions of the proposed free trade agreements with 
Chile and Singapore, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship, 
to hold hearings to examine visa issuance, information sharing and 
enforcement in a post 9-11 environment, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings on the federal 
sentencing guidelines of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer 
Rights, to hold hearings to examine competition in the marketplace in 
relation to hospital group purchasing, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 15, to hold hearings to receive a 
report by the National Commander of The American Legion, Ronald F. 
Conley, of his tenure, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 16, to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.


                              House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, July 15, to mark up the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 2004: Energy and Water Development; and 
District of Columbia, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, to mark up 
appropriations for fiscal year 2004, 4 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on the Budget, July 16, hearing on Mid-Session Review Budget 
of the United States Government, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 15, Subcommittee on 21st 
Century Competitiveness, hearing on ``Expanding Access to College in 
America: How the Higher Education Act Can Put College Within Reach,'' 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations and the 
Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the Committee on Ways and 
Means, joint hearing on Examining Pension Security and Defined Benefit 
Plans: the Administration's Proposal to Replace the 30-year Treasury 
Rate, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Education Reform, hearing on ``Food for 
Thought: How to Improve Child Nutrition Programs,'' 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 16, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Legislative Efforts to 
Reform the U.S. Olympic Committee,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the Health Insurance 
Certificate Act of 2003, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``A Review of DOE's Radioactive High-Level Waste Cleanup Program, 9:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, July 15, hearing on monetary policy 
and the state of the economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, to 
consider the following bills: H.R. 2043, United States Financial Policy 
Committee For Fair Capital Standards Act; and H.R. 2622, Fair and 
Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government 
Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on H.R. 2575, Secondary Mortgage Market 
Enterprises Regulatory Improvement Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, July 15, Subcommittee on Technology, 
Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, oversight 
hearing on ``Federal Information Systems Integration and Consolidation: 
Maximizing Technology Investment Across Agency Boundaries,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  July 16, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Cutting Out Waste, Fraud, 
Mismanagement, Overlap and Duplication: Exploring Ideas for Improving 
Federal Reorganization, Management and Spending,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization, hearing 
on ``GAO Human Capital Reform: Leading By Example.'' followed by 
consideration of the following bills: H.R. 1231, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military retirees to 
pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction 
for TRICARE supplemental premiums; and H.R. 1151, to provide that transit 
pass transportation fringe benefits be made available to all qualified 
Federal employees in the National Capital Region; to allow passenger 
carriers which are owned or leased by the Government to be used to 
transport Government employees between their place of employment and mass 
transit facilities, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 17, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Thrift Savings Plan: 
Putting Customers First?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing on ``A New 
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Is it Good for Seniors?'' 3 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human 
Resources, hearing entitled, ``Facing the Methamphetamine Problem in 
America,'' 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn .
  July 18, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and 
Regulatory Reform, and the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight of the Committee on Small Business, joint hearing entitled 
``What is OMB's Record in Small Business Paperwork Relief?'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and 
International Relations, hearing entitled ``Humanitarian Assistance 
Following Military Operations: Overcoming Barriers--Part II,'' 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, July 15, Subcommittee on the 
Middle East and Central Asia, hearing on Syria: Implications for U.S. 
Security and Regional Stability--Part I, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 16, full Committee, hearing on Intellectual Property Crimes: Are 
Proceeds From Counterfeited Goods Funding Terrorism? 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to mark up 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, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 16, to mark up the following: the 
U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; the U.S.-Singapore 
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; H.R. 49, Internet Tax 
Nondiscrimination Act; and H.R. 1829, Federal Prison Industries 
Competition in Contracting Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, hearing on H.R. 2517, Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 
2003, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on ``Advancing 
Justice Through Forensic DNA Technology,'' 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 15, to mark up the following measures: 
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. 
884, Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act; H.R 1006, Captive Wildlife 
Safety Act; H.R. 1092, Nevada National Forest Land Disposal Act of 2003; 
H.R. 1409, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Land Exchange Act; H.R. 1472, 
Don't Feed the Bears Act of 2003; H.R. 2696, to establish Institutes to 
demonstrate and promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to 
reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore the health of fire-adapted 
forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West; and S. 111, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study 
to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle site in the 
State of Florida as well as the suitability and feasibility of its 
inclusion in the National Park System as part of Biscayne National Park, 
2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 15, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1289, National Parks Institute Act; 
H.R. 532, Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden Gate National Recreation Area 
Boundary Adjustment Act; and H.R. 408, to provide for expansion of 
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on ``The Role of Strategic and Critical Minerals in Our National 
and Economic Security,'' 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 1598, Irvine Basin Surface and Groundwater Improvement Act of 
2003; and H.R. 1732, Williamson County Water Recycling Act of 2003, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 14, to consider the following: H.R. 2691, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004; and H.R. 1950, 
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Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  July 15, to consider the following: H.R. 2210, School Readiness Act of 
2003; and H.R. 2122, Project Bioshield Act of 2003, 2 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Technology and the House, oversight hearing on 
the 1996 Unfunded Mandates Reform Act--``An Overview of Effectiveness and 
Opportunities for Enhancement,'' 10:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 15, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology 
and Standards, hearing on NOAA Satellites: Will Weather Forecasting Be 
Put at Risk? 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 16, full Committee, hearing on Supercomputing: Is the U.S. on the 
Right Path? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Research, hearing and markup of H.R. 2692 , 
United States Fire Administration Authorization Act of 2003, 9:30 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 15, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform 
and Oversight, hearing on Contract Bundling and Small Business 
Procurement, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, Agriculture and Technology, 
hearing on Endangered Farmers and Ranchers: the Unintended Consequences 
of the Endangered Species Act, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 15, hearing and 
mark up of H. Res. 288, directing the Secretary of Transportation to 
transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the 
date of the adoption of this resolution all physical and electronic 
records and documents in his possession related to any use of Federal 
agency resources in any task or action involving or relating to Members 
of the Texas Legislature in the period beginning May 11, 2003, and ending 
May 16, 2003, except information the disclosure of which would harm the 
national security interests of the United States, 3 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and 
Emergency Management, to mark up the following: General Services 
Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 Capital Investment and Leasing Program 
resolutions; and other pending business, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to mark up 
the following bills: H.R. 1560, Water Quality Financing Act of 2003; and 
H.R. 2557, Water Resources Development Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 15, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on H.R. 1585, to establish an office to oversee research 
compliance and assurance within the Veterans Health Administration of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing on the Department of 
Veterans Affairs' Fiduciary and Field Examination Activity, 10:30 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 17, hearing on Waste, Fraud and 
Abuse, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 15, executive, to 
consider pending business, 10:30 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, 
executive, briefing on Hunt for Al-Qaida, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, July 15, Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and Development, hearing entitled 
``Industry Speaks on Cybersecurity, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism, hearing 
entitled ``DHS Responsibility for Threat Warnings and Analysis: How Well 
is the Department Serving its Customers?'' 1 p.m., room to be announced.
  July 17, full Committee, hearing entitled ``First Responders: How 
States, Localities and the Federal Government Can Strengthen Their 
Partnership to Make America Safer,'' 1 p.m., room to be announced.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: July 16, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, business 
meeting, to consider pending calendar business; to be followed by joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Resources to examine S. 556, to 
amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that 
Act, 10 a.m., SD-106.