[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 132 (Wednesday, September 24, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1041-D1043]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 25, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: to continue hearings to examine the 
President's fiscal year 2004 supplemental request for Iraq and 
Afghanistan, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine ongoing 
operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine counterterror initiatives in the terror finance program, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to examine 
scientific and medical advances in the field of in utero surgery, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.

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  Committee on 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 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.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine proposed 
legislation to reauthorize the Head Start program, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1451, 
to reauthorize programs under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act and 
the Missing Children's Assistance Act, S. 1293, to criminalize the 
sending of predatory and abusive e-mail, S. 1580, to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the special immigrant 
religious worker program, S. Res. 209, recognizing and honoring 
Woodstock, Vermont, native Hiram Powers for his extraordinary and 
enduring contributions to American sculpture, S. Res. 222, 
designating October 17, 2003, as ``National Mammography Day'', S. 
Res. 98, expressing the sense of the Senate that the President 
should designate the week of October 12, 2003, through October 18, 
2003, as ``National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week'', and the 
nominations of Henry W. Saad, of Michigan, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Mauricio J. Tamargo, of 
Florida, to be Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 
of the United States, Carlos T. Bea, of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Charles W. Pickering, 
Sr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth 
Circuit, Marcia A. Crone, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Texas, Phillip S. Figa, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Colorado, William Q. Hayes, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
California, John A. Houston, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of California, Robert Clive Jones, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, Ronald A. 
White, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Oklahoma, and John Francis Bardelli, to be United States Marshal 
for the District of Connecticut, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on United States policy and 
operations in Irag, 1:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 3076, Graduate Opportunities in Higher Education Act 
of 2003; H.R. 3077, International Studies in Higher Education Act of 
2003; H.R. 3030, Improving the Community Services Block Grant Act of 
2003; and H. Con. Res. 282, honoring the life of Johnny Cash, 11 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Freddie Mac: Accounting 
Standards Issues Raised in the Doty Report,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to consider a motion 
authorizing the issuance of subpoenas for testimony in connection 
with the Committee's investigation into the financial collapse of 
HealthSouth Corporation, 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, to consider the following 
measures: H.R. 1151, to provide that transit pass transportation 
fringe benefits be made available to all qualified Federal employees 
in the National Capital Region; to allow passenger carriers which 
are owned or leased by the Government to be used to transport 
Government employees between their place of employment and mass 
transit facilities; H.R. 1231, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health 
insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction for 
TRICARE supplemental premiums; H.R. 3054, District of Columbia 
Military Retirement Equity Act of 2003; H. Con. Res. 273, 
recognizing and congratulating the East Boynton Beach, Florida, 
Little League team as the 2003 United States Little League 
Champions; and the Government Network Security Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following: H. 
Res. 364, Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit to the 
House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of 
adoption of this resolution the report prepared for the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff entitled ``Operation Iraqi Freedom Strategic Lessons 
Learned:'' and documents in his possession on the reconstruction and 
security of post-war Irag; a measure to amend the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 to reauthorize the Overseas Private Investment 
Coporation; H. Con. Res. 274, commending the National Endowment for 
Democracy for its contributions to democratic development around the 
world on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment 
of the National Endowment for Democracy; H.R. 2264m Congo Basin 
Forest Partnership Act of 2003; H. Res. 372, expressing the 
condolences of the House of Representatives in response to the 
murder of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh; and H. Res. 356, 
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
man-made famine that occurred in Ukraine 1932-1933, 1:30 p.m., and 
to hold a hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Irag, 4 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing entitled ``The Toxic Release Inventory 
and its Impact on Federal Minerals and Energy,'' 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  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

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P25 on Otherwise Protected Area P25P; followed by mark up of H.R. 
2693, Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 2003, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to mark up H.R. 2828, Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on Keeping 
the Lights on: Removing Barriers to Technology to Prevent Blackouts, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, 
Agriculture and Technology, hearing entitled ``The Future of Rural 
Telecommunications: Is the Universal Service Fund Sustainable?'' 1 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on the Department of Veterans Affairs' Life Insurance Program, 10:30 
a.m., 334 Canon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence Policy and National Security, executive, briefing on 
Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  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.