[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 112 (Friday, July 25, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D899-D901]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 28 through August 2, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 11 a.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 14, 
Energy Policy Act. At 5:20 p.m., Senate will consider the nomination of 
Earl Leroy Yeakel III, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Texas, with a vote on confirmation of the 
nomination to occur at 5:30 p.m., following which, Senate will confirm 
the nomination of Kathleen Cardone, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Texas. Also, Senate expects to consider S. 
1416, United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, and 
S. 1417, United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation 
Act.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of 
Priscilla Richman Owen, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Fifth Circuit, with a vote on the third motion to close further 
debate on the nomination.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills and 
certain nominations, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: July 31, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rule 
on coal dust; to be followed by a hearing on union financial 
reporting and disclosure, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 29, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of General Peter J. Schoomaker (Ret.), USA, for 
appointment as Chief of Staff, United States Army and appointment to 
the grade of general; and Lieutenant General Bryan D. Brown, USA, 
for appointment as Commander, United States Special Operations 
Command and appointment to the grade of general, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold a closed briefing regarding the 
work of the Iraq Survey Group, 9:30 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 29, to hold 
hearings to examine consumer awareness and understanding of the 
credit granting process, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine measures to 
enhance the operation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 30, 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to 
examine space exploration, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  July 31, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to 
examine Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 29, Subcommittee 
on Energy, to hold hearings to examine the role of the Department of 
Energy's Office of Science in supporting research in physical 
sciences, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 29, Subcommittee on National Parks, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 29, to hold 
hearings to examine climate history and its implications, and the 
science underlying fate, transport and health effects of mercury 
emissions, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 30, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert Stanley Nichols, of Washington, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, and Teresa M. Ressel, of 
Virginia,to be Assistant Secretary for Management, both of the 
Department of Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 29, to resume hearings to 
examine the status and prospects for reconstruction resources 
relating to Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jeffrey A. Marcus, of Texas, to be Ambassador to 
Belgium, and Constance Albanese Morella, of Maryland, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Organization 
for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of 
Ambassador, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  July 31, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine corruption in North Korea's economy, 2 p.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 29, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Joe D. Whitley, of Georgia, to be General 
Counsel, and Penrose C. Albright,

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of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of 
Homeland Security; to be followed by a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Joel David Kaplan, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 30, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine practices for identifying and caring for new 
cases of SARS, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine origination, 
organization and prevention in relation to terrorism financing, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 29, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Howard Radzely, of 
Maryland, to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  July 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Howard Radzely, of Maryland, to be Solicitor for the 
Department of Labor, and Michael Young, of Pennsylvania, to be a 
Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, 10 
a.m., Room to be announced.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine solutions to 
the problem of health care transmission of HIV/AIDS in Africa, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 30, business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, to be followed by oversight hearing on 
potential settlement mechanisms of the Cobell v. Norton lawsuit, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  July 30, Full Committee, 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, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 29, business meeting to consider 
the nominations of Henry W. Saad, of Michigan, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Larry Alan Burns, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of California, Glen 
E. Conrad, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Virginia, Henry F. Floyd, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of South Carolina, Kim R. Gibson, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, Michael W. Mosman, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Oregon, and Dana Makoto Sabraw, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of California, 9:30 
a.m., SD-226.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and 
Citizenship, to hold hearings to examine the LI visa and American 
interests in the 21st century global economy, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S.J. Res. 15, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
make eligible for the Office of President a person who has been a 
United States citizen for 20 years, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 1194, to 
foster local collaborations which will ensure that resources are 
effectively and efficiently used within the criminal and juvenile 
justice systems, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, 
to hold hearings to examine the funding of forensics sciences, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 29, to hold hearings to 
examine U.S. Army policies on the award of the Combat Medical Badge, 
and 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, 3 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 31, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 28, to hold hearings to examine 
mental health treatments for older Americans with depression, 2 
p.m., SD-628.
  July 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine a current law 
trust fund exhaustion scenario if no action is taken to strengthen 
Social Security, focusing on the GAO report analyzing the ``do 
nothing'' scenario with the analytical framework previously used to 
evaluate the models developed by the President's Commission to 
Strengthen Social Security, 10 a.m., SD-628.


                             House Chamber

  The House is not in session.


                            House Committees

  No committee meetings are scheduled.

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            Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

                   HOUSE
       
     Aderholt, Robert B., Ala., E1659
     Alexander, Rodney, La., E1608
     Allen, Thomas H., Maine, E1636
     Andrews, Robert E., N.J., E1588
     Baker, Richard H., La., E1638
     Baldwin, Tammy, Wisc., E1587, E1591
     Becerra, Xavier, Calif., E1633
     Bereuter, Doug, Nebr., E1658
     Berman, Howard L., Calif., E1663
     Bilirakis, Michael, Fla., E1597
     Bonilla, Henry, Tex., E1611
     Bordallo, Madeleine Z., Guam, E1641, E1643, E1646, E1648
     Brady, Kevin, Tex., E1588
     Brady, Robert A., Pa., E1613
     Brown, Corrine, Fla., E1597, E1635
     Brown-Waite, Ginny, Fla., E1663
     Burns, Max, Ga., E1609
     Burton, Dan, Ind., E1592, E1606
     Buyer, Steve, Ind., E1661
     Capuano, Michael E., Mass., E1644, E1650
     Cardin, Benjamin L., Md., E1604
     Case, Ed, Hawaii, E1593
     Coble, Howard, N.C., E1594
     Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E1601
     Costello, Jerry F., Ill., E1642, E1648
     Cox, Christopher, Calif., E1632
     Crowley, Joseph, N.Y., E1605
     Davis, Danny K., Ill., E1613, E1614, E1614
     Davis, Jim, Fla., E1610
     Davis, Lincoln, Tenn., E1601
     Davis, Tom, Va., E1652
     DeLay, Tom, Tex., E1612
     Deutsch, Peter, Fla., E1641, E1654
     Diaz-Balart, Lincoln, Fla., E1595
     Dingell, John D., Mich., E1643, E1647, E1648
     Edwards, Chet, Tex., E1655
     Emanuel, Rahm, Ill., E1599, E1609, E1644, E1651
     Engel, Eliot L., N.Y., E1646, E1651
     Etheridge, Bob, N.C., E1658
     Evans, Lane, Ill., E1640, E1643
     Farr, Sam, Calif., E1612
     Forbes, J. Randy, Va., E1594, E1662
     Franks, Trent, Ariz., E1657
     Gallegly, Elton, Calif., E1589
     Gerlach, Jim, Pa., E1662
     Gonzalez, Charles A., Tex., E1635
     Goodlatte, Bob, Va., E1656
     Gordon, Bart, Tenn., E1605, E1660
     Graves, Sam, Mo., E1615, E1616, E1618
     Gutierrez, Luis V., Ill., E1598
     Harris, Katherine, Fla., E1642, E1647
     Hart, Melissa A., Pa., E1637
     Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E1601
     Hayworth, J.D., Ariz., E1599, E1629
     Hensarling, Jeb, Tex., E1640
     Hobson, David L., Ohio, E1600, E1609, E1635
     Holt, Rush D., N.J., E1615, E1628
     Honda, Michael M., Calif., E1639, E1657
     Hooley, Darlene, Ore., E1644, E1650
     Hoyer, Steny H., Md., E1640, E1656
     Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E1614, E1653
     Jones, Walter B., N.C., E1613, E1642, E1647
     Kaptur, Marcy, Ohio, E1604
     Kelly, Sue W., N.Y., E1631
     Kind, Ron, Wisc., E1587, E1591
     Kirk, Mark Steven, Ill., E1613, E1617, E1618, E1664
     Kleczka, Gerald D., Wisc., E1628
     Kolbe, Jim, Ariz., E1600
     Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E1638
     Langevin, James R., R.I., E1611, E1631
     Larson, John B., Conn., E1589
     Leach, James A., Iowa, E1642, E1648
     Lee, Barbara, Calif., E1602, E1608
     Levin, Sander M., Mich., E1661
     Lipinski, William O., Ill., E1589
     Lofgren, Zoe, Calif., E1653
     Lowey, Nita M., N.Y., E1622, E1624
     McCarthy, Carolyn, N.Y., E1621, E1624
     McCarthy, Karen, Mo., E1596
     McDermott, Jim, Wash., E1659
     McInnis, Scott, Colo., E1641, E1652
     Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E1603, E1622, E1625, E1645
     Manzullo, Donald A., Ill., E1611
     Matsui, Robert T., Calif., E1610
     Meek, Kendrick B., Fla., E1633
     Meeks, Gregory W., N.Y., E1639
     Mica, John L., Fla., E1658
     Miller, Gary G., Calif., E1609
     Moore, Dennis, Kansas, E1603
     Moran, James P., Va., E1588, E1636, E1658
     Myrick, Sue Wilkins, N.C., E1628, E1664
     Nadler, Jerrold, N.Y., E1592, E1607
     Ney, Robert W., Ohio, E1663
     Oberstar, James L., Minn., E1604
     Ose, Doug, Calif., E1660
     Paul, Ron, Tex., E1602
     Payne, Donald M., N.J., E1603, E1652
     Pelosi, Nancy, Calif., E1612, E1645
     Platts, Todd Russell, Pa., E1587, E1590
     Pomeroy, Earl, N.D., E1624, E1635
     Porter, Jon C., Nev., E1657
     Radanovich, George, Calif., E1623, E1625, E1654
     Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E1616, E1619
     Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E1599, E1602, E1604, E1615, E1616, 
     E1617, E1621, E1623, E1625, E1649, E1651
     Renzi, Rick, Ariz., E1634
     Reyes, Silvestre, Tex., E1654
     Rogers, Mike, Ala., E1594, E1596, E1602, E1603, E1657
     Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana, Fla., E1598
     Rothman, Steven R., N.J., E1603
     Roybal-Allard, Lucille, Calif., E1634
     Rush, Bobby L., Ill., E1633
     Ryun, Jim, Kans., E1655
     Sanchez, Loretta, Calif., E1616, E1617, E1621
     Sandlin, Max, Tex., E1631
     Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E1629, E1661
     Schiff, Adam B., Calif., E1594, E1638
     Serrano, Jose E., N.Y., E1627
     Shaw, E. Clay, Jr., Fla., E1607, E1637, E1662
     Shays, Christopher, Conn., E1663
     Sherman, Brad, Calif., E1664
     Shimkus, John, Ill., E1595, E1629
     Shuster, Bill, Pa., E1598
     Simmons, Rob, Conn., E1598, E1654
     Skelton, Ike, Mo., E1595, E1640
     Slaughter, Louise McIntosh, N.Y., E1632
     Smith, Adam, Wash., E1619, E1625
     Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E1587, E1591, E1655
     Smith, Nick, Mich., E1659
     Solis, Hilda L., Calif., E1611, E1627, E1630
     Stark, Fortney Pete, Calif., E1632
     Stupak, Bart, Mich., E1610, E1611, E1614, E1617, E1618, E1661
     Tiberi, Patrick J., Ohio, E1659
     Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E1634
     Udall, Mark, Colo., E1621, E1626
     Udall, Tom, N.M., E1614, E1636, E1649, E1651
     Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E1628
     Vitter, David, La., E1662
     Walden, Greg, Ore., E1596
     Wamp, Zach, Tenn., E1616, E1618
     Waters, Maxine, Calif., E1656
     Waxman, Henry A., Calif., E1627, E1630
     Wolf, Frank R., Va., E1629
     Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., E1601