[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 113 (Monday, July 28, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D904-D905]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 29, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine consumer awareness and understanding of the credit 
granting process, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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 Foreign Relations: to resume hearings to examine the 
status and prospects for reconstruction resources relating to Iraq, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Joe D. Whitley, of Georgia, to be General Counsel, 
and Penrose C. Albright, 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.
  Committee on 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, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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,

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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.
  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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: 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.
  Special Committee on Aging: 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

  No Committee meetings are scheduled.