[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 113 (Monday, July 28, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1665-E1666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

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                       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 28, 2003 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 29
     9 a.m.
       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.
                                                            SD-406
     9:30 a.m.
       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.
                                                            SR-222
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Energy Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the role of the Department of 
           Energy's Office of Science in supporting research in 
           physical sciences.
                                                            SD-366
       Foreign Relations
         To resume hearings to examine the status and prospects 
           for reconstruction resources relating to Iraq.
                                                            SH-216
       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.
                                                            SD-342
       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, 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.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine consumer awareness and 
           understanding of the credit granting process.
                                                            SD-538
       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
       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.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the LI visa and American 
           interests in the 21st century global economy.
                                                            SD-226
     3 p.m.
       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.
                                                            SR-418

                                JULY 30
     9 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jeffrey A. 
           Marcus, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Belgium, 
           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, George H. Walker, of 
           Missouri, to be Ambassador to Hungary, and Jackie 
           Wolcott Sanders, for the rank of Ambassador during her 
           tenure of service as United States Representative to 
           the Conference on Disarmament and the Special 
           Representative of the President of the United States 
           for Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
                                                            SD-419
       Governmental Affairs
       Investigations Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine practices for identifying and 
           caring for new cases of SARS.
                                                            SD-342
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider S. 1279, to amend the Robert 
           T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
           Act to authorize the President to carry out a program 
           for the protection of the health and safety of 
           residents, workers, volunteers, and others in a 
           disaster area, H.R. 274, to authorize the Secretary of 
           the Interior to acquire the property in Cecil County, 
           Maryland, known as Garrett Island for inclusion in the 
           Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, S. 930, to amend 
           the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
           Assistance Act to establish a program to provide 
           assistance to enhance the ability of first responders 
           to prepare for and respond to all hazards, S. 269, to 
           amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to further the 
           conservation of certain wildlife species, S. 551, to 
           provide for the implementation of air quality programs 
           developed in accordance with an Intergovernmental 
           Agreement between the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the 
           State of Colorado concerning Air Quality Control on the 
           Southern Ute Indian Reservation, S. 793, to provide for 
           increased energy savings and environmental benefits

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           through the increased use of recovered mineral 
           component in federally funded projects involving 
           procurement of cement or concrete, H.R. 1018, to 
           designate the building located at 1 Federal Plaza in 
           New York, New York, as the ``James L. Watson United 
           States Court of International Trade Building'', H.R. 
           281, to designate the Federal building and United 
           States courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in 
           Dayton, Ohio, as the ``Tony Hall Federal Building and 
           United States Courthouse'', S. 1210, to assist in the 
           conservation of marine turtles and the nesting habitats 
           of marine turtles in foreign countries, S. 1425, to 
           amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the 
           New York City Watershed Protection Program, proposed 
           legislation to amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
           Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to 
           modify requirements relating to the recycled oil, and 
           proposed legislation to amend the Toxic Substances 
           Control Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
           Rodenticide Act to implement the Stockholm Convention 
           on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Protocol on 
           Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on 
           Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, and the 
           Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent 
           Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and 
           Pesticides in International Trade.
                                                            SD-406
     10 a.m.
       Finance
         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.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         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.
                                              Room to be announced
       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
       Judiciary
         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.
                                                            SD-226
     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
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
         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.
                                                            SD-226
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine space exploration.
                                                            SR-253

                                JULY 31
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold a closed briefing regarding the work of the Iraq 
           Survey Group.
                                                    S-407, Capitol
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to mark up S. 627, to prevent the use of 
           certain payments instruments, credit cards, and fund 
           transfers for unlawful Internet gambling, and H.R. 659, 
           to amend section 242 of the National Housing Act 
           regarding the requirements for mortgage insurance under 
           such Act for hospitals; to be followed by a hearing to 
           examine measures to enhance the operation of the Fair 
           Credit Reporting Act.
                                                            SD-538
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine origination, organization and 
           prevention in relation to terrorism financing.
                                                            SD-342
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine solutions to the problem of 
           health care transmission of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
                                                            SD-430
     2 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine corruption in North Korea's 
           economy.
                                                            SD-106
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SD-192
       Judiciary
       Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the funding of forensics 
           sciences.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Communications Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Internet Corporation for 
           Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
                                                            SR-253
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                AUGUST 1
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the Greater Access to 
           Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act.
                                                            SD-226

                              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

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                JULY 29
     2:30 p.m.
       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
       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