[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 108 (Monday, July 21, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1548-E1549]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[[Page E1548]]
                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Monday, July 21, 2003 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 22
     10 a.m.
       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.
                                                            SD-366
       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.
                                                            SD-430
       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 Proctor, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 
           both of the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     11 a.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine the consequences of direct-
           to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs.
                                                            SD-628
     2 p.m.
       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.
                                                            SD-538
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine bankcruptcy and competition 
           issues in relation to the WorldCom Case.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 23
     9 a.m.
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine public interest and localism.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider the Convention for the 
           Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage 
           by Air, done at Montreal May 28, 1999 (Treaty Doc.106-
           45), protocol to Amend the Convention for the 
           Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International 
           Carriage by Air Signed at Warsaw on October 12, 1929, 
           done at The Hague September 28, 1955 (The Hague 
           Protocol) (Treaty Doc.107-14), STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON 
           PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS, WITH ANNEXES, DONE AT 
           STOCKHOLM, MAY 22-23, 2001 (Treaty Doc.107-05), 
           Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent 
           Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and 
           Pesticides in International Trade, with Annexes, done 
           at Rotterdam, September 10, 1998 (Treaty Doc.106-21), 
           agreement Between the Government of the United States 
           of America and the Government of the Russian Federation 
           on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-
           Chukotka Polar Bear Population done at Washington on 
           October 16, 2001 (Treaty Doc.107-10), agreement 
           Amending the Treaty Between the Government of the 
           United States of America and the Government of Canada 
           on Pacific Coast Albacore Tuna Vessels and Port 
           Privileges done at Washington May 26, 1981 (the 
           ``Treaty''), effected by an exchange of diplomatic 
           notes at Washington on July 17, 2002, and August 13, 
           2002 (the ``Agreement''). Enclosed is the report of the 
           Secretary of State on the Agreement and a related 
           agreement, effected by an exchange of notes at 
           Washington on August 21, 2002, and September 10, 2002, 
           amending the Annexes to the Treaty (Treaty Doc.108-01), 
           amendments to the 1987 Treaty on Fisheries Between the 
           Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the 
           Government of the United States of America, with 
           Annexes and agreed statements, done at Port Moresby, 
           April 2, 1987, done at Koror, Palau, March 30, 1999, 
           and at Kiritimati, Kiribati, March 24, 2002. Also 
           transmitted, related Amendments to the Treaty Annexes, 
           and the Memorandum of Understanding (Treaty Doc.108-
           02), and H. Con. Res. 209, commending the signing of 
           the United States-Adriatic Charter, a charter of 
           partnership among the United States, Albania, Croatia, 
           and Macedonia.
                                                            SD-419
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider proposed Patient Safety and 
           Quality Improvement Act of 2003, and the nominations of 
           Daniel Pipes, of Pennsylvania, Charles Edward Horner, 
           of the District of Columbia, and Stephen D. Krasner, of 
           California,each to be a Member of the Board of 
           Directors of the United States Institute of Peace, and 
           Eric S. Dreiband, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of 
           the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
                                                            SD-430
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 556, to amend the Indian 
           Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that 
           Act.
                                                            SR-485
       Judiciary
         To resume oversight hearings on the federal sentencing 
           guidelines of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
                                                            SH-216
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Rene 
           Acosta, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
           General, and Daniel J. Bryant, of Virginia, to be an 
           Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of 
           Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Housing and Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine enhancing the role of the 
           private sector in public transportation.
                                                            SD-538
     2:45 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine status and prospects for 
           reconstruction relating to Iraq.
                                                            SH-216
     4 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine agricultural consolidation 
           and the Smithfield/Farmland Deal.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
       African Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Congo Basin Forest 
           Partnership; to be followed by hearings on the 
           nomination of Donald K. Steinberg, to be Ambassador to 
           the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Department of State.
                                                            SD-419

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       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
       Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the past and present of the 
           administration's competitive sourcing initiative.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine federal biodefense readiness.
                                                            SD-430
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics to 
           examine space commercialization.
                                                            SH-216
     11 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         Business meeting to markup 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.
                                                           SR-328A
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the Greater Access to 
           Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     3 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the competitive 
           sourcing effort within the National Park Service.
                                                            SD-366

                                JULY 25
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Crime, Corrections and Victims' Rights Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine deterrence of alien smuggling 
           and human trafficking.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 28
     2 p.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine mental health treatments for 
           older americans with depression.
                                                            SD-628

                                JULY 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To resume hearings to examine the status and prospects 
           for reconstruction resources relating to Iraq.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Howard 
           Radzely, of Maryland, to be Solicitor for the 
           Department of Labor.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 808, to provide for 
           expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, S. 
           1107, to enhance the Recreational Fee Demonstration 
           Program for the National Park Service, and H.R. 620, to 
           authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
           supplemental funding and other services that are 
           necessary to assist the State of California or local 
           educational agencies in California in providing 
           educational services for students attending schools 
           located within the Park.
                                                            SD-366
       Veterans' Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending legislation and 
           nominations, to be followed by a hearing on U.S. Army 
           policies on the award of the Combat Medical Badge.
                                                            SR-418

                                JULY 30
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 
           to be followed by oversight hearing on potential 
           settlement mechanisms of the Cobell v. Norton lawsuit.
                                                            SH-216
     2 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 578, to amend the Homeland 
           Security Act of 2002 to include Indian tribes among the 
           entities consulted with respect to activities carried 
           out by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
                                                            SH-216

                              SEPTEMBER 16
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to receive the legislative 
           presentation of The American Legion.
                                                            SH-216

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                JULY 23
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine privacy and digital rights 
           management.
                                                            SR-253

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                JULY 22
     2:30 p.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings on pending legislation relating to VA-
           provided health care services including the following: 
           S. 613, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
           to construct, lease, or modify major medical facilities 
           at the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical 
           Center, Aurora, Colorado, S. 615, to name the 
           Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in 
           Horsham, Pennsylvania, as the ``Victor J. Saracini 
           Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic'', S. 
           1144, to name the health care facility of the 
           Department of Veterans Affairs located at 820 South 
           Damen Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Jesse Brown 
           Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center'', S. 
           1156, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
           and enhance the provision of long-term health care for 
           veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to 
           enhance and improve authorities relating to the 
           administration of personnel of the Department of 
           Veterans Affairs, S. 1213, to amend title 38, United 
           States Code, to enhance the ability of the Department 
           of Veterans Affairs to improve benefits for Filipino 
           veterans of World War II and survivors of such 
           veterans, S. 1283, to require advance notification of 
           Congress regarding any action proposed to be taken by 
           the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the implementation 
           of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services 
           initiative of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
           S. 1289, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs 
           Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after Paul 
           Wellstone.
                                                            SR-418