[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 2, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D937-D938]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of September 3 through September 6, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, at 9:30 a.m., Senate will continue consideration of 
H.R. 2660, Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act.
  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: September 3, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, business meeting to 
mark up proposed legislation making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 11 
a.m., S-146, Capitol.
  September 3, Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and General 
Government, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the 
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, 
and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, 2 p.m., SD-116.
  September 4, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, proposed legislation making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, proposed legislation making appropriations for 
the government of the District of Columbia and other activities 
chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, making appropriations 
for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and proposed legislation 
making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States 
Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 3, to hold closed hearings 
regarding ongoing military operations and areas of concern around 
the world, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  September 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
proposed lease of 100 KC-767 aerial refueling tanker aircraft by the 
U.S. Air Force, to be followed by a closed hearing in Room SH-219, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: September 3, to hold hearings to examine 
the budget and economic outlook, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 3, 
to hold hearings to examine the Columbia Accident Investigation 
Board's findings and recommendations from its investigation of the 
Columbia shuttle tragedy, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  September 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
proposed lease of 100 Boeing 767 aircraft for use by the U.S. Air 
Force as aerial refueling tankers, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  September 4, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to 
hold hearings to examine A New Kind of Science, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 4, to hold 
hearings to examine the Department of Energy polygraph program, 10 
a.m., SD-366.

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  Committee on Finance: September 4, to hold hearings to examine the 
economic relations between the United States and Cuba, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 3, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Carlos T. Bea, of California, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Marcia A. Crone, 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Texas, Phillip S. Figa, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Colorado, William Q. Hayes and John A. Houston, both to 
be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
California, Robert Clive Jones, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Nevada, and Ronald A. White, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  September 3, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine terrorism, focusing on First 
Responders, 2:15 p.m., SD-226.
  September 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  September 4, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and 
Property Rights to hold hearings to examine what is needed to defend 
the bipartisan Defense of Marriage Act of 1996, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                           House Committees-

  Committee on Appropriations, September 4, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, on Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, September 4, hearing on Update of the 
Budget and Economic Outlook, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 4, hearing on 
``Strengthening Pension Security and Defined Benefit Plans: 
Examining the Financial Health of the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
Corporation,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 3 and 4, hearings 
entitled ``Blackout 2003: How Did It Happen and Why?'' 10 a.m., on 
September 3 and 9:30 a.m., on September 4, 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 4, hearing on 
Government Accountability: Efforts to Identify and Eliminate Waste 
and Mismanagement, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 4, oversight hearing on 
``Competition in College Athletic Conferences and Antitrust Aspects 
of the Bowl Championship Series,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 4, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on ``Internet Domain Name 
Fraud--the U.S. Government's Role in Ensuring Public Access to 
Accurate Whois Data,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 4, to mark up H.J. Res. 63, 
Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 3, to consider H.R. 2989, 
Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2004, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, September 4, hearing on ``The Columbia 
Accident Investigation Board Report,'' 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 4, hearing to discuss 
attracting economic growth for the rural economy and whether the 
federal government is adequately supporting a policy of growth in 
the rural portions of the country, 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 5, to mark up the 
following: Waste, Fraud and Abuse letter to the House Committee on 
the Budget; and H.R. 7, Charitable Giving Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 4, 
executive, to consider pending business, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  September 4, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National 
Security, executive, briefing on Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., 
H-405 Capitol.
  September 4, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
executive, briefing on Recent Counterterrorism Success: Hambali, 
10:15 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, September 4, Subcommittee 
on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and Development and the 
Subcommittee on Infrastructure and Border Security, joint hearing 
entitled ``Implications of Power Blackouts for the Nation's 
Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection: The Electric 
Grid, Critical Interdependencies, Vulnerabilities, and Readiness,'' 
1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 3, to 
hold hearings to examine and review Dutch leadership of the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), 3:15 
p.m., SD-562.
  Joint Economic Committee: September 5, to hold hearings to examine 
the employment situation for August, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.