[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 126 (Monday, September 15, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1787-E1788]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       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 Tuesday, September 16, 2003 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 17
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine digital right management and 
           privacy issues.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
       Finance
         Business meeting to consider S. 1548, to amend the 
           Internal RevenueCode of 1986 to provide incentives for 
           the production of renewable fuels and to simplify the 
           administration of the Highway Trust Fund fuel excise 
           taxes, Extension of Highway Trust Fund Provisions, and 
           National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarantee 
           Act.
                                                            SD-215
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine what can be done to ensure 
           the future viability of the U.S. Postal Service.
                                                            SD-342
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 420, to provide for the 
           acknowledgement of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
                                                            SR-485
       Judiciary
         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.
                                                            SD-226
     1:30 p.m.
       Conferees
         Meeting of conferees on H.R. 2555, making appropriations 
           for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
           year ending September 30, 2004.
                                                    S-128, Capitol
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine effective federal, state and 
           local law enforcement strategies to combat gang 
           violence in America.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         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.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
       International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine West Africa and Latin America 
           in relation to U.S. Energy Security.
                                                            SD-419

                              SEPTEMBER 18
     9 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider a bill to extend the 
           authority of TEA-21 (Transportation Equity Act for the 
           21st Century) for five months, to be immediately 
           followed by a hearing to consider the nomination of 
           Michael O. Leavitt, of Utah, to be Administrator of the 
           Environmental Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-406
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine how to internationalize Iraq 
           reconstruction and organize the U.S. government to 
           administer reconstruction efforts.
                                                               TBD
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Aging Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine financial abuse of the 
           elderly.
                                                            SD-430
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to markup the National Consumer Credit 
           Reporting System Improvement Act of 2003 and the 
           Defense Production Reauthorization Act of 2003.
                                                            SD-538
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SR-253
     10:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine state and local law 
           enforcement of immigration laws in relation to stopping 
           terrorism.
                                                            SD-226
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SD-366
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              SEPTEMBER 23
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the implementation of the 
           Sarbanes-Oxley Act and restoring investor confidence.
                                                            SD-538
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine health technology.
                                                            SD-430

                              SEPTEMBER 24
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-430
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1601, to amend the Indian 
           Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to 
           provide for the reporting and reduction of child abuse 
           and family violence incidences on Indian reservations.
                                                            SR-485

                              SEPTEMBER 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the report of the Panel to 
           Review Sexual Misconduct Allegations at the United 
           States Air Force Academy.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine intellectual diversity.
                                                            SD-430
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation to 
           reauthorize the Head Start program.
                                              Room to be announced
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Richard 
           Eugene Hoagland, of the District of Columbia, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, Pamela P. 
           Willeford, of Texas, to be Ambassador of the United 
           States of America to Switzerland, and to serve 
           concurrently and without additional compensation as 
           Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein, and

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           James Casey Kenny, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to 
           Ireland.
                                                            SD-419

                              SEPTEMBER 30
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the state of the securities 
           industry.
                                                            SD-538
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine underage drinking.
                                                            SD-430

                               OCTOBER 2
     2 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1438, to provide for 
           equitable compensation of the Spokane Tribe of Indians 
           of the Spokane Reservation in settlement of claims of 
           the Tribe concerning the contribution of the Tribe to 
           the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam.
                                                            SR-485

                               OCTOBER 16
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the Missouri River Master 
           Manual.
                                                            SR-485

                               OCTOBER 21
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1565, to reauthorize the 
           Native American Programs Act of 1974.
                                                            SR-485

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                              SEPTEMBER 17
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the report of the Mental 
           Health Commission.
                                                            SD-430