[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 22, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D867-D869]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 23, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings to examine enhancing 
the role of the private sector in public transportation, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine public interest and localism, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the 
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), 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

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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'') (Treaty Doc. 108-
1), The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for 
International Carriage by Air, done at Montreal May 28, 1999 (Treaty 
Doc. 106-45), 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 (Treaty Doc. 108-
2), 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, S. Res. 184, calling on the 
Government of the People's Republic of China immediately and 
unconditionally to release Dr. Yang Jianli, and a Foreign Service 
Officer Promotion list received in the Senate on June 25, 2003, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine status and prospects 
for reconstruction relating to Iraq, 2:45 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on 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, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 556, 
to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend 
that Act, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, to resume oversight hearings on law enforcement 
and terrorism, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, 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, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, 
to hold hearings to examine agricultural consolidation and the 
Smithfield/Farmland Deal, 4 p.m., SD-138.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review the 2002 Wildlife 
Season and the Wildfire Threats of the 2003 Season, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Air Force Tanker Lease 
Proposal, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 382, Solid 
Waste International Transportation Act of 2003; H.R. 411, to direct 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry 
out certain authorities under an agreement with Canada respecting 
the importation of municipal solid waste; and H.R. 1730, Solid Waste 
Interstate Transportation Act of 2003, 3 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Issues Relating to Ephera--containing Dietary Supplements,'' 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following: H.R. 
1533, to amend the securities laws to permit church pension plans to 
be invested in collective trusts; H.R. 1985, FHA Multifamily Loan 
Limit Adjustment Act of 2003; ``Changes in Law to Eliminate Waste, 
Fraud, and Abuse;'' H.R. 253, Two Floods and You Are Out of the 
Taxpayers' Pocket Act of 2003; H.R. 2420, Mutual Funds Integrity and 
Fee Transparency Act of 2003; H.R. 2622, Fair and Accurate Credit 
Transaction Act of 2003; and H.R. 2179, Securities Fraud Deterrence 
and Investor Restitution Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Service and 
Agency Organization and the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources, joint hearing entitled ``Federal Law 
Enforcement Personnel in the Post 9/11 Era: How Can We Fix an 
Imbalanced Compensation System?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization, to mark up 
H.R. 2751, GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2003, 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management, 
oversight hearing entitled ``SEC Strategic Planning--Will Additional 
Resources Help the SEC Fulfill It's Mission?'' 2:30 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: 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; H.R. 1813, Torture Victims Relief 
Reauthorization Act of 2003; and H.R. 2620, Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, hearing on 
Central Asia: Terrorism, Religious Extremism, and Regional 
Stability, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1829, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 
2003; H.R. 292, Korean War Veterans Recognition Act of 2003; H. Res. 
234, condemning bigotry and violence against Arab-Americans, Muslim-
Americans, South Asian-Americans, and Sikh Americans; H.R. 2655, to 
amend and extend the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training 
Programs Act of 1998; H.R. 1417, Copyright Royalty and Distribution 
Reform Act of 2003; and H.R. 1837, Services Acquisition Reform Act 
of 2003, 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Assisting Small Businesses 
Through the Tax Code--Recent Gains and What Remains to be Done, 2 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: GSA Fiscal Year 2004 Capital Investment and Leasing 
Programs Resolutions and Courthouse Resolutions; Natural Resources 
Conservation Service Small Watershed Resolution; Transportation and 
Infrastructure Committee Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Reports; H.R. 2557, 
Water Resources Development Act of 2003; and other pending business, 
11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive hearing on 
Intelligence Issues, 10:30 a.m., and executive hearing on Legal 
Authorities, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on 
Infrastructure and Border Security, hearing entitled ``Best Business 
Practices in Securing America's Borders,'' 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.