[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 135 (Monday, September 29, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1060-D1061]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 30, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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 Armed Services: to hold hearings regarding 
investigations into allegations of sexual assault at the United 
States Air Force Academy, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the state of the securities industry, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the status of the Do-Not-Call Registry, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Product Safety, to hold 
hearings to examine dietary guidelines in relation to obesity, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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.
  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.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, to hold hearings to 
examine underage drinking, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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

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water rights settlement, to reauthorize and amend the Southern 
Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security and Citizenship, to hold hearings to examine visa issuance 
in relation to homeland security, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 
1131, to increase, effective December 1, 2003, the rates of 
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and 
the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors 
of certain disabled veterans, S. 1132, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to improve and enhance certain benefits for survivors 
of veterans, S. 1156, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
improve and enhance the provision of long-term health care for 
veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to enhance and 
improve authorities relating to the administration of personnel of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 1136, to restate, clarify, 
and revise the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, and 
H.R. 1516, to provide for the establishment by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs of five additional cemeteries in the National 
Cemetery System, 4 p.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, on the 
Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 Supplemental Request for Iraq and 
Afghanistan, 3:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  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 Armed Services, to mark up 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 Iraq Freedom Strategic Lessons Learned'' and documents 
in his possession on the reconstruction and security of post-war 
Iraq, 7:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Nuclear Terrorism Prevention: A 
Review of the Federal Government's Progress Toward Installing 
Radiation Detection Monitors at U.S. Ports and Borders,'' 2 p.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe, 
hearing on Russia's Transition to Democracy and U.S.-Russia 
Relations: Unfinished Business, 3:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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., 340 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on S. 3, to prohibit the 
procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion, 5:45 p.m., HC-6, 
Capitol.