[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 16, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1004-D1005]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 17, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine digital right management and privacy issues, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider S. 1548, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for 
the production of renewable fuels and to simplify the administration 
of the Highway Trust Fund fuel excise taxes, proposed Extension of 
Highway Trust Fund Provisions, proposed National Employee Savings 
and Trust Equity Guarantee Act, and H.R. 743, to amend the Social 
Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
additional safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security 
Income beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhance program 
protections, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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: 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 Indian Affairs: 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: 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.
  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.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
  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, 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, hearing entitled ``Accounting 
under Sarbanes-Oxley: Are financial statements more reliable,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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.
  Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, 
hearing entitled ``Implementation of National Supply Reduction 
Strategy,'' 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Boarder 
Security, and Claims, to mark up H.R. 2359, Basic Pilot Extension 
Act of 2003, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on ``Environmental Aspects of Modern 
Oil and Gas Development,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

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  Subcommittee on Forests and Forests Health, oversight hearing on 
the Forest Service Recreation Fee Demonstration Program, 2 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on National Small Business 
Week: Small Business Success Stories, 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to consider 
pending Committee business, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, 
executive, to consider recommendations from the Joint Inquiry, 1 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, 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., 2359 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 2555, making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 1:30 p.m., S-128, Capitol.