[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 108 (Monday, July 21, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D858-D859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 22, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Mark C. Brickell, of New York, to be 
Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Alicia R. Castaneda, of 
the District of Columbia, to be a Director of the Federal Housing 
Finance Board, and Thomas J. Curry, of Massachusetts, to be a Member 
of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1314, to expedite procedures for hazardous fuels 
reduction activities on National Forest System lands established 
from the public domain and other public lands administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management, to improve the health of National Forest 
System lands established from the public domain and other public 
lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, and 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; to examine the impacts of insects, disease, weather-
related damage, and fires on public and private forest lands. 
Processes for implementing forest health and hazardous fuels 
reduction projects on public and private lands, and processes for 
implementing forest health and hazardous fuels reduction projects 
will also be discussed, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Steven M. Colloton, of Iowa, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, H. Brent McKnight, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of North 
Carolina, and R. David

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Proctor, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Alabama, both of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine bankruptcy and 
competition issues in relation to the WorldCom Case, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the 
consequences of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription 
drugs, 11 a.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review Geographical 
Indications and the World Trade Organization's agricultural 
negotiations, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st 
Century Competitiveness, hearing on ``Consolidation Loans: What's 
Best for Past Borrowers, Future Students and U.S. Taxpayers?'' 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``FASB Derivative 
Accounting Standards,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled `` `Bump 
Up' Policy Under Title I of the Clean Air Act,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, hearing and markup of H.R. 1985, FHA 
Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing on H.R. 2432, Paperwork 
and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2003, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe, 
hearing on The United States and the European Union: Understanding 
the Partnership, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Homeland 
Security, joint hearing entitled ``The Terrorist Threat Integration 
Center (TTIC) and Its Relationship with the Departments of Justice 
and Homeland Security,'' 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law and the 
Subcommittee on the Constitution, joint hearing on H.R. 338, Defense 
of Privacy Act and Privacy in the Hands of the Government, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2391, Cooperative 
Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act of 2003; H.R. 2714, 
State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act of 2003; and H.R. 1768, 
Multidistrict Litigation Restoration Act of 2003, 4 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on the John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act 
Amendments of 2003, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 546, Kaloko-Honokohau National 
Historical Park Addition Act of 2003; H.R. 2457, Castillo de San 
Marcos National Monument Preservation and Education Act; and H.R. 
2715, to provide for necessary improvements to facilities at 
Yosemite National Park, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2734, 
Federal Aviation Administration Research and Development 
Reauthorization Act; H.R. 1085, NASA Flexibility Act of 2003; H.R. 
1856, Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research Amendments Act of 
2003; H.R. 2183, Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless 
Technology Opportunity Act of 2003; H.R. 2608, National Earthquake 
Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2003; and H.R. 
2692, United States Fire Administration Authorization Act of 2003, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Workforce, 
Empowerment and Government Programs, hearing on Federal Procurement 
Policy: Is the Federal Government Failing Certain Industrial 
Sectors? 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on 
elimination of waste, fraud and abuse in mandatory transportation 
programs as required by the fiscal year 2004 budget resolution 
reconciliation instructions, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
on Interim Final Regulations on Port Security, 2 p.m., 2157 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to consider 
pending business, 11 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity, Science and Research and Development, hearing 
entitled ``Cybersecurity-Getting It Right,'' 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.