[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 121 (Friday, September 5, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D959-D961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of September 8 through September 13, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 1 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 2660, 
Labor/HHS/Education Appropriation Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills and 
certain nominations, when available.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: September 9, to hold hearings to 
examine U.S. military commitments and ongoing military operations 
abroad, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 9, to 
hold hearings to examine the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley 
Act (Public Law 107-204), and restoring investor confidence, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  September 9, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the Federal Home Loan Bank system, 2 
p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 9, 
to hold oversight hearings to examine the state of transportation 
security, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 9, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Suedeen G. Kelly, of New 
Mexico, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
and Rick A. Dearborn, of Oklahoma, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  September 9, 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.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 849, to provide for a land exchange in the 
State of Arizona between the Secretary of Agriculture and Yavapai 
Ranch Limited Partnership, S. 511, to provide permanent funding for 
the Payment In Lieu of Taxes program, S. 432, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to 
conduct and support research into alternative treatments for timber 
produced from public lands and lands withdrawn from the public 
domain for the National Forest System, and S. 1582, to amend the 
Valles Preservation Act to improve the preservation of the Valles 
Caldera, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: September 9, to hold hearings to examine the 
homeland security and terrorism threat from document fraud, identity 
theft and social security number misuse, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 9, to hold a closed 
briefing on the situation in North Korea, 9:30 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  September 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine U.S.-
China relations, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 10, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine the cause of the 
August 2003 Northeast blackouts, and what the federal government can 
do to ensure that blackouts of this magnitude do not occur again, 9 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 9, to hold hearings to 
examine Congress and the continuity of the United States government, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine problems 
and solutions on peer-to-peer networks regarding pornography, 
technology, and process, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine terrorism two years after 9/
11, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 11, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 9, to hold hearings to 
examine protecting seniors from representative payee fraud in 
relation to social security programs, 10 a.m., SD-628.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 10, to consider a Letter to 
the Committee on the Budget as required by the Resolution on the 
Budget for Fiscal Year 2004, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 9, 
Subcommittee on Select Education, hearing entitled ``Beyond 
Baccalaureate: Graduate Programs in the Higher Education Act,'' 2 
p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, 
hearing on ``The Expanding Opportunities in Higher Education Act of 
2003,'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 9, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing on H.R. 2221, 
Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 9, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Nuclear Terrorism Prevention: A Review of the Federal 
Government's Progress toward Installing Radiation Detection Monitors 
at U.S. Posts and Borders,'' 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing 
entitled ``A Review of the Progress of DOE's Yucca Mountain 
Project,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing on H.R. 2898, E-911 Implementation Act of 2003, 9:30 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 10, hearing on the 
Department of the Treasury's views on the regulation of government 
sponsored enterprises, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, September 9, Subcommittee on 
Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``Elevation of the EPA to Department Level Status: Federal 
and State Views,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 9, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats 
and International Relations, hearing on Combating Terrorism: 
Preparing and Funding First Responders, 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.

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  September 9, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, oversight hearing 
entitled ``Advancements in Smart Card and Biometric Technology,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial 
Management, oversight hearing entitled ``Developing Sound Business 
Practices at the Department of Homeland Security,'' 2 p.m., to be 
followed by markup of H.R. 2886, Department of Homeland Security 
Financial Accountability Act, 3:30 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing 
entitled ``The SV-40 Virus: Has Tainted Polio Vaccine Caused an 
Increase in Cancer?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, hearing entitled ``Worm 
and Virus Defense: How Can We Protect the Nation's Computers From 
These Threats?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 12, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Black Men and 
Boys in the District of Columbia and their Impact on the Future of 
the Black Family,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 9, Subcommittee on 
Europe, to mark up the following: a resolution expressing the sense 
of the House of Representatives regarding the man-made famine that 
occurred in Ukraine in 1932-1933; and H. Res. 355, Commemorating the 
100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States 
and Bulgaria, 4 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 10, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 1038, Public Lands Fire Regulations Enforcement Act 
of 2003; H.J. Res. 63, Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 
2003; H.R. 2134, Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2003; and a measure to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice for fiscal 
years 2004 and 2005, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and 
Claims, oversight hearing on ``Should There Be a Social Security 
Totalization Agreement with Mexico?'' 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 10, Subcommittee on Water and 
Power, hearing on the following: H.R. 142, to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Inland Empire 
regional water recycling project, to authorize the Secretary to 
carry out a program to assist agencies in projects to construct 
regional brine lines in California, and to authorize the Secretary 
to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination 
demonstration and reclamation project; H.R. 1156, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
increase the ceiling on the Federal share of the costs of phase I of 
the Orange County, California, Regional Water Reclamation Project; 
H.R. 2960, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling 
and desalinization project; and H.R. 2991, to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of Interior to participate in the Inland Empire regional 
recycling project in the Cucamonga County Water District recycling 
project, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on H. Con. Res. 268, expressing the sense of the 
Congress regarding the imposition of sanctions on nations that are 
undermining the effectiveness of conservation and management 
measures for Atlantic highly migratory species, including marlin, 
adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of 
Atlantic Tunas and that are threatening the continued viability of 
United States commercial and recreational fisheries, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 9, to consider H.R. 2622, Fair and 
Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, September 10, hearing on NASA's Response to 
the Columbia Report, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 10, hearing on the WTO's 
Challenge to the FSC/ETI Rules and the Effect on America's Small 
Businesses, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 10, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, oversight hearing on Reauthorization of the John F. 
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 9, to mark up the 
following: the Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Letter to the House Committee 
on the Budget; and H.R. 7, Charitable Giving Act of 2003, 4 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, September 9, Subcommittee 
on Rules, hearing entitled ``Perspectives on House Reform: Former 
House Leaders,'' 10:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  September 10, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Perspectives on 
9-11: Building Effectively on Hard Lessons,'' 2:30 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 9, to 
hold hearings to examine U.S. policy towards the Organization for 
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), 10 a.m., 334 CHOB.