[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 134 (Friday, September 26, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1055-D1057]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of September 29 through October 4, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2 p.m., Senate will resume consideration H.R. 2765, 
District of Columbia Appropriations Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills, 
conference reports and certain nominations, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: September 30, business meeting to 
mark up proposed legislation making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for Iraq and Afghanistan, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 30, to 
hold hearings to examine the state of the securities industry, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  October 2, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the 
implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Public Law 107-204) and 
restoring investor confidence, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 30, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Product Safety, to hold 
hearings to examine dietary guidelines in relation to obesity, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  October 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine climate 
change, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  October 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine media 
ownership, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  October 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Amtrak, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 30, 
Subcommittee on Water and Power, with the Committee on Indian 
Affairs, to hold joint hearings to examine S. 437, to provide for 
adjustments to the Central Arizona Project in Arizona, to authorize 
the Gila River Indian Community water rights settlement, to 
reauthorize and amend the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement 
Act of 1982, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  October 2, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 524, to expand the boundaries of the Fort Donelson 
National Battlefield to authorize the acquisition and interpretation 
of lands associated with the campaign that resulted in the capture 
of the fort in 1862, S. 1313, to establish the Congaree Swamp 
National Park in the State of South Carolina, S. 1472, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to provide a grant for the 
construction of a statue of Harry S Truman at Union Station in 
Kansas City, Missouri, and S. 1576, to revise the boundary of 
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: October 1, business meeting to consider an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute to S. 1637, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade 
Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that 
preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to 
reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United 
States, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 30, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Randall L. Tobias, of Indiana, to be 
Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/
AIDS Globally, with the rank of Ambassador, W. Robert Pearson, of 
Tennessee, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, and 
William Cabaniss, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the Czech 
Republic, all of the Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  October 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert B. Charles, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement 
Affairs), and H. Douglas Barclay, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of El Salvador, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  October 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine challenges 
for U.S. policy to Cuba, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 30, to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Dale Cabaniss, of Virginia, to be a 
Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, Craig S. Iscoe, to 
be Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, and Brian F. Holeman, to be an Associate Judge of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  September 30, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine illegal file sharing on peer-to-peer networks 
and the impact of technology on the entertainment industry, 10 a.m., 
SDG-50.
  October 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the need 
for federal real property reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 30, 
Subcommittee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, to hold 
hearings to examine underage drinking, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  October 2, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Energy and Commerce to examine National Institutes of 
Health management of

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biomedical research to prevent and cure disease in the 21st Century, 
10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 30, with the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to 
hold joint hearings to examine S. 437, to provide for adjustments to 
the Central Arizona Project in Arizona, to authorize the Gila River 
Indian Community water rights settlement, to reauthorize and amend 
the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  October 2, Full Committee, 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, 2 p.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 30, Subcommittee on 
Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship, to hold hearings to 
examine visa issuance in relation to homeland security, 2 p.m., SD-
226.
  October 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Dora L. Irizarry to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of New York, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 30, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 4 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 2, 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, October 1, Subcommittee on Livestock and 
Horticulture, hearing to review mandatory country of origin 
labeling, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  October 2, 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 Appropriations, September 30, Subcommittee on 
Defense, on the Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 Supplemental 
Request for Iraq and Afghanistan, 3:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing 
and Related Programs, on the Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 
Supplemental Request for Iraq and Afghanistan, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, October 1, to mark up 
H.R. 3030, Improving the Community Services Block Grant Act of 2003, 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, October 1, hearing entitled 
``Remittances: Reducing Costs, Increasing Competition, and 
Broadening Access to the Market,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  October 1, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing entitled ``China's Exchange 
Rate Regime and its Effects on the U.S. Economy,'' 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, September 29, Subcommittee on 
National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, 
hearing on ``Counterterrorism Technology: Picking Winners and 
Losers,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 1, Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Human Capital Succession Planning: How 
the Federal Government Can Get a Workforce to Achieve Results,'' 2 
p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  October 1, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Strengthening the Long Arm of the Law: 
How Are Fugitives Avoiding Extradition, and How Can We Bring Them To 
Justice?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 1, Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing 
entitled ``Dying for Help: Are Patients Needlessly Suffering Due to 
the High Cost of Medical Liability Insurance?'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  October 1, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, executive, oversight 
hearing entitled ``Security of Industrial Control Systems in Our 
Nation's Critical Infrastructure,'' 1 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  October 2, full Committee, hearing on ``Entrepreneurial Government 
Run Amok? A Review of FTS/FSS Organizational and Management 
Challenges,'' 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 3, full Committee, hearing on ``What If Isabel Met Tractor 
Man? A Post-Hurricane Reassessment of Emergency Readiness in the 
Capital Region,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 30, Subcommittee 
on Europe, hearing on Russia's Transition to Democracy and U.S.-
Russia Relations: Unfinished Business, 3:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 1, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on Turkey's Future 
Direction and U.S.-Turkey Relations, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  October 1, 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, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 2, Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on U.S. Policy Toward 
Liberia, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 30, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, hearing on H.J. Res. 48, proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime 
victims, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 1, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
oversight hearing on ``The Streamlined Sales Tax Agreement: States' 
Efforts to Facilitate Sales Tax Collection from Remote Vendors,'' 2 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 1, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and 
Claims, hearing on H.R. 2671, Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal 
Alien Removal Act of 2003, 4 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Resources, September 30, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 1629, Upper Missouri River Breaks Boundary Clarification Act; 
H.R. 2424, National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2003; 
and H.R. 2966, Right-to-Ride Livestock on Federal Lands Act of 2003, 
2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  October 1, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
313, Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act for the 21st 
Century; H.R. 542, to repeal the reservation of mineral rights made 
by the United States when certain lands in Livingston Parish, 
Louisiana, were conveyed by Public Law 102-562; H.R. 1899, Cape Fox 
Land Entitlement Adjustment Act of 2003; and H.R. 2766, Arapaho and 
Roosevelt National Forests Land Exchange Act of 2003; and to hold a 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 151, to elevate the position of 
Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department of 
Health and Human Services to Assist Secretary for Indian Health; and 
H.R. 2440, Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2003, 
9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 2, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 885, Arizona Water Settlements Act; and H.R. 
1753, Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand 
Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, October 1, 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, 2 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 1, to mark 
up the following: H.R. 587, to amend title 40, United States Code, 
to add Ashtabula, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties, Ohio, to the 
Appalachian region; H.R. 1274, to direct the Administrator of 
General Services to convey to Fresno County, California, the 
existing Federal courthouse in that county; H.R. 1702, to designate 
the Federal building which is to be constructed at 799 First Avenue 
in New York, New York, as the ``Ronald H. Brown United States 
Mission to the United Nations Building;'' H.R. 3118, to designate 
the Orville Wright Federal Building and the Wilbur Wright Federal 
Building in Washington, District of Columbia; H.R. 3181, Predisaster 
Mitigation Program Reauthorization Act of 2003; a measure 
reauthorizing the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; 
and other pending business, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 1, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
oversight hearing on Cleaning Up the Waste at EPA: Phase II, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 30, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2379, Rural Veterans 
Access to Care Act of 2003; and H.R. 3094, Veterans Timely Access to 
Health Care Act, 2:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  October 2, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on the impact of the nursing shortage on the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, October 1, 
Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, hearing 
on Afghanistan/Pakistan Issues, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  October 2, full Committee, executive, hearing on Iraq Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Update, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security. October 1, hearing entitled 
``Identification Documents Fraud and the Implications for Homeland 
Security,'' 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: September 30, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings to examine S. 437, to provide for adjustments 
to the Central Arizona Project in Arizona, to authorize the Gila 
River Indian Community water rights settlement, to reauthorize and 
amend the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Joint Meetings: September 30, Senate Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold joint 
hearings to examine S. 437, to provide for adjustments to the 
Central Arizona Project in Arizona, to authorize the Gila River 
Indian Community water rights settlement, to reauthorize and amend 
the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Joint Meetings: October 2, Senate Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee 
on Energy and Commerce to examine National Institutes of Health 
management of biomedical research to prevent and cure disease in the 
21st Century, 10 a.m., SD-106.