[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 129 (Thursday, September 18, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1017-D1019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2003

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  No meetings/hearings scheduled.
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                       CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of September 22 through September 27, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 2691, 
Interior Department Appropriations with votes to occur on certain 
amendments.
  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 Armed Services: September 24, to hold hearings to examine 
ongoing operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the report of 
the Panel to Review Sexual Misconduct Allegations at the United States 
Air Force Academy, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 23, to hold 
hearings to examine the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and 
restoring investor confidence, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  September 23, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up the National 
Consumer Credit Reporting System Improvement Act of 2003, the Defense 
Production Reauthorization Act of 2003, and The Federal Transit Extension 
Act of 2003, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine counterterror 
initiatives in the terror finance program, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 23, 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

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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 23, 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, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear 
Safety, to hold hearings to examine the findings of the GAO concerning 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency's financial allocations and 
activities after the terrorist attacks on September 11, and to conduct 
oversight on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's effectiveness 
since becoming part of the Department of Homeland Security, 9 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 25, 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 to Switzerland, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
Principality of Liechtenstein, and James Casey Kenny, of Illinois, to be 
Ambassador to Ireland, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  September 25, Subcommittee on African Affairs, with the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Children and 
Families, to hold joint hearings to receive a briefing from Senator Frist 
on HIV/AIDS in Africa, 3 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 24, to hold hearings to 
examine discrimination against employees and retirees relating to social 
security government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions, 
9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 23, to 
hold hearings to examine health technology, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  September 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine intellectual 
diversity, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  September 25, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 606, to 
provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed 
by States or their political subdivisions, the Workforce Investment Act 
Amendments of 2003, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control 
Act, and pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Children and Families, with the Committee 
on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold joint 
hearings to receive a briefing from Senator Frist on HIV/AIDS in Africa, 
3 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 24, 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, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
legislation to reauthorize the Head Start program, 10 a.m., Room to be 
announced.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 23, Subcommittee on Immigration, 
Border Security and Citizenship, to hold hearings to examine information 
sharing and coordination for visa issuance in relation to homeland 
security, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  September 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Dale S. Fischer to be United States District Judge for the 
Central District of California, Claude A. Allen, of Virginia, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, and Gary L. Sharpe to 
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 
9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Crime, Corrections and Victims' Rights, 
to hold hearings to examine elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 23, to hold hearings to examine 
HIPAA medical privacy and transaction rules, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.


                              House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 24, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities and Risk Management, hearing to review crop insurance for 
program crops, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, September 24, Subcommittee on Task Force, 
hearing on the final report of the Panel to Review Sexual Misconduct 
Allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  September 25, full Committee, hearing on United States policy and 
operations in Iraq, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 23, Subcommittee on 
21st Century Competitiveness, hearing entitled ``The College Cost Crisis 
Report: Are Institutions Accountable Enough to Students and Parents?'' 2 
p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 23, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Challenges Facing the Medicaid Program in the 21st 
Century,'' 2:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, to 
mark up H.R. 2898, E-911 Implementation Act of 2003, 1 p.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``The Future of Universal Service,'' 1 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, 
hearing entitled ``Freddie Mac: Accounting Standards Issues Raised in the 
Doty Report,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 24, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``The Hamas Asset Freeze 
and Other Government Efforts to Stop Terrorist Financing,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  September 25, full Committee, 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 23, Subcommittee on National 
Security, Emerging Threats and

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International Relations, hearing on Strategic Workforce Planning at 
USAID, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial 
Management, oversight hearing entitled ``Improving USAID Financial 
Management,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing 
entitled ``A Medicare Prescription Drug Safety Net: Creating a Target 
Benefit for Low-Income Seniors,'' 12 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 25, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Implementing the 
SAFETY Act: Advancing New Technologies for Homeland Security,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 23, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, oversight hearing on ``Potential Congressional Responses to 
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Campbell: Checking and Balancing 
Punitive Damages,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual 
Property and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection 
of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, joint hearing on the Database 
and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act of 2003, 4 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 23, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Recreation and Public Lands, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 408, to 
provide for expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore; H.R. 
546, to revise the boundary of the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical 
Park in the State of Hawaii; H.R. 1521, to provide for additional lands 
to be included within the boundary of the Johnstown Flood National 
Memorial in the State of Pennsylvania; and H.R. 2055, to amend Public Law 
89-366 to allow for an adjustment in the number of free roaming horses 
permitted in Cape Lookout National Seashore, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 154, to exclude certain 
properties from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System; H.R. 
2501, to clarify the boundaries of Coastal Barrier Resources System Cape 
Fear Unit NC-07P; H.R. 2619, to provide for the expansion of Kilauea 
Point National Wildlife Refuge; H.R. 2623, Cahaba River National Wildlife 
Refuge Expansion Act; and H.R. 3056, to clarify the boundaries of the 
John H. Chafee Coast Barrier Resources System Cedar Keys Unit P25 on 
Otherwise Protected Area P25P, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 23, to consider H.R. 2557, Water 
Resources Development Act of 2003, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, September 24, Subcommittee on Workforce, 
Empowerment, and Government Programs and the Subcommittee on Tax, 
Finance, and Exports, joint hearing on Federal Prison Industry's Effects 
on the U.S. Economy and the Small Business Environment, 10:30 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprise, Agriculture and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``The Future of Rural Telecommunications: Is 
the Universal Service Fund Sustainable?'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 24, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on the DOT Inspector 
General's September 4 Report on the Safety of the FAA's Contract Tower 
Program, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 24, hearing to examine the 
transition between the Department of Defense and the Department of 
Veterans Affairs of service members requiring health care services, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing on the Department of 
Veterans Affairs' Life Insurance Program, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 25, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, hearing on the SSA's Management of the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 24, executive, to 
consider Committee business, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on Global HUMINT Strategies, 4 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  September 24, executive, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and 
National Security and the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland 
Security, joint hearing on Joint Inquiry Recommendations, 1:30 p.m., H-
405 Capitol.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National 
Security, executive, briefing on Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., H-
405 Capitol.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
executive, hearing on Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection 
and the Terrorist Threat Integration Center, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, September 24, Subcommittee on 
Emergency Preparedness and Response, hearing entitled ``Disease 
Surveillance Systems: How Can They Help the Nation Prepare for 
Bioterrorism?'' 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 25, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Knowing Our Enemies--
Consolidating U.S. Government Watch Lists to Promote Homeland Security,'' 
time and room to be announced.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: September 25, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 
Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold joint hearings to receive a 
briefing from Senator Frist on HIV/AIDS in Africa, 3 p.m., SH-216.
  Joint Meetings: September 25, Senate Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold joint 
hearings to receive a briefing from Senator Frist on HIV/AIDS in Africa, 
3 p.m., SH-216.