[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 9, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D973]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





          COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2003

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider a substitute to H.R. 
4, to reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for 
temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality child 
care, and S. 622, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to 
provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase 
coverage under the Medicaid program for such children, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and 
Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine terrorism two years after 
9/11, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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 Energy and Commerce, to consider the following measures: 
the Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act of 2003; 
H.R. 3034, National Bone Marrow Donor Registry Reauthorization Act; H.R. 
1813, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2003; and H.R. 1260, 
Animal Drug User Fee Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency 
and Financial Management, oversight hearing entitled ``Developing Sound 
Business Practices at the Department of Homeland Security,'' 2 p.m., 2203 
Rayburn.
  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.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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; a measure to authorize appropriations for the Department of 
Justice for fiscal years 2004 and 2005; H.R. 2152, to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for an additional 5 years the 
special immigrant religious worker program; and H.R. 2714, State Justice 
Institute Reauthorization Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Committee on Science, hearing on NASA's Response to the Columbia 
Report, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, 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.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Perspectives 
on 9-11: Building Effectively on Hard Lessons,'' 2:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.