[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 125 (Thursday, September 11, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D989-D991]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 15 through September 20, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2:30 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 
2754, Energy and Water Development Appropriations. Also, pursuant to 
the order of July 30, 2003, Senate will debate a motion to go to 
conference on S. 3, Partial Birth Abortion Ban.
  On Tuesday, at 9:30 a.m., Senate will resume consideration of S.J. 
Res. 17, FCC Media Ownership, with a vote on final passage to occur 
thereon.
  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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 16, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Harvey S. Rosen, of New 
Jersey, and Kristin J. Forbes, of Massachusetts, each to be a Member 
of the Council of Economic Advisers, Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement, and Peter 
Lichtenbaum, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Export Administration, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  September 16, Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance, to 
hold hearings to examine financial reconstruction in Iraq, 2:30 
p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 17, 
to hold hearings to examine digital right management and privacy 
issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  September 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Gwendolyn Brown, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial 
Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Karen K. 
Bhatia, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, 
and Charles Darwin Snelling, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports 
Authority, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine, to hold hearings to examine railroad shipper issues and S. 
919, to amend title 49, United States Code, to enhance competition 
among and between rail carriers in order to ensure efficient rail 
service and reasonable rail rates, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 17, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 213, to clear title to certain real property in New 
Mexico associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project, S. 1236, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to 
control or eradicate tamarisk in the western States, S. 1516, to 
further the purposes of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 by directing the Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through the commissioner of Reclamation, to carry out an 
assessment and demonstration program to assess potential increases 
in water availability for Bureau of Reclamation projects and other 
uses through control of salt cedar and Russian olive, H.R. 856, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise a repayment 
contract with the Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement 
District No. 1, San Angelo project, Texas, and H.R. 961, to promote 
Department of the Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for 
the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper 
Mississippi River Basin, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 16, 
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine the implementation of the Clean Water Act, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  September 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Michael O. Leavitt, of Utah, to be Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 17, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, to hold 
hearings to examine West Africa and Latin America in relation to 
U.S. Energy Security, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 15, Financial 
Management, the Budget, and International Security, to hold hearings 
to examine defined benefit pension plans and the Pension Benefits 
Guaranty Corporation, focusing on specific changes that may be 
required within the current pension system to help ensure the 
financial stability of companies with underfunded pension 
liabilities, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.

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  September 16, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine the future of the GAO; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to consider the nomination of C. Suzanne Mencer, of 
Colorado, to be the Director of the Office for Domestic 
Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  September 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine what can 
be done to ensure the future viability of the U.S. Postal Service, 
10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 18, 
Subcommittee on Aging, to hold hearings to examine financial abuse 
of the elderly, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 17, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 420, to provide for the acknowledgement of the Lumbee 
Tribe of North Carolina, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 16, with the Committee on 
Rules and Administration, to hold joint hearings to examine the 
continuity of the United States government in relation to the 
Presidency, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  September 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
importance of the H-1 visa to the American economy, 2:30 p.m., SD-
226.
  September 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Margaret Catharine Rodgers, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, Roger W. Titus, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, 
George W. Miller, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims, and David W. McKeague, of Michigan, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
effective federal, state, and local law enforcement strategies to 
combat gang violence in America, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and 
Citizenship, to hold hearings to examine state and local law 
enforcement of immigration laws in relation to stopping terrorism, 
2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: September 16, with the 
Committee on the Judiciary, to hold joint hearings to examine the 
continuity of the United States government in relation to the 
Presidency, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 16, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to receive 
the legislative presentation of The American Legion, 10 a.m., SH-
216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 18, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 18, Subcommittee on General 
Farm Commodities and Risk Management, hearing to review crop 
insurance for specialty crop producers, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, September 18, hearing on United 
States Policy and operations in Iraq, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 17, 
Subcommittee on Select Education, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 3076, Graduate Opportunities in Higher Education Act; and H.R. 
3077, International Studies in Higher Education Act, 10:30 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on 
H.R. 2731, Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to 
Justice Act of 2003, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 17, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing on the 
International Consumer Protection Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 17, hearing entitled 
``Accounting under Sarbanes-Oxley: Are financial statements more 
reliable?'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 18, hearing on the following: H.R. 2575, Secondary 
Mortgage Market Enterprises Regulatory Improvement Act; and the 
Administration's proposals on GSE regulation, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, September 16, hearing on 
``Holocaust Era Insurance Restitution after AIA v. Garamedi: Where 
Do We Go From Here?'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing 
entitled ``A Medicare Prescription Drug Safety Net: Creating a 
Target Benefit for Low-Income Seniors,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency 
Organization, oversight hearing titled ``Human Capital Planning: 
Exploring the National Commission on the Public Service's 
Recommendations for Reorganizing the Federal Government,'' 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and 
Human Resources, hearing entitled ``Implementation of National 
Supply Reduction Strategy,'' 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, oversight hearing titled 
``Exploring Common Criteria: Can It Ensure That the Federal 
Government Gets Needed Security in Software?'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  September 18, full Committee, hearing titled ``What Happened to 
GPRA? A Retrospective Look At Government Performance and Results,'' 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, executive, hearing 
titled ``Security of Industrial Control Systems in Our Nation's 
Critical Infrastructure,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, September 18, hearing on H.R. 
2844, Continuity in Representation Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, September 16, Subcommittee 
on Middle East and Central Asia, hearing on

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Syria: Implications for U.S. Security and Regional Stability--Part 
I, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 18, full Committee, hearing on United States Policy in 
Afghanistan: Current Issues in Reconstruction--Part II, 10:30 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on U.S. Policy 
Toward Liberia, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on Turkey's Future 
Direction and U.S.-Turkey Relations, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on International Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation and Human Rights and the Subcommittee on Asia and 
the Pacific, joint hearing on Human Rights in Burma: Fifteen Years 
Post Military Coup, 12:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 16, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 280, National Aviation Heritage Area Act; H.R. 646, Fort 
Donelson National Battlefield Act of 2003; H.R. 1594, St. Croix 
National Heritage Area Study Act; H.R. 1618, Arabia Mountain 
National Heritage Area Act; and H.R. 1862, Oil Region National 
Heritage Act, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, 
oversight hearing on ``Environmental Aspects of Modern Oil and Gas 
Development,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Forests and Forests Health, 
oversight hearing on the Forest Service Recreation Fee Demonstration 
Program, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 18, full Committee, to hold a hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 1899, Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act of 2003; 
and H.R. 2010, to protect the voting rights of members of the Armed 
Services in elections for the Delegate representing American Samoa 
in the United States House of Representatives, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, September 17, hearing on small 
business success stories, 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 16, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, oversight hearing on Emergency Preparedness Issues, 
including Reauthorization of the Pre-disaster Mitigation Program, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
oversight hearing on Contributions of Ports and Inland Waterways to 
the Nation's Intermodal Transportation System, 11 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on the 
DOT Inspector General's September 4th Report on the Safety of the 
FAA's Contract Tower Program, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 18, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, hearing on the SSA's Management of the Office of Hearings 
and Appeals, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security. September 16, Subcommittee 
on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and Development, hearing 
entitled ``The Invisible Battleground: What the Department of 
Homeland Security is Doing to Make America's Cyberspace More 
Secure,'' 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research 
and the Subcommittee on Infrastructure and Border Security, to 
continue joint hearings entitled ``Implications of Power Blackouts 
for the Nation's Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure 
Protection: The Electric Grid, Critical Interdependencies, 
Vulnerabilities, and Readiness,'' 3 p.m., HC-5 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: September 16, Senate Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs to receive the legislative presentation of The 
American Legion, 10 a.m., SH-216.