[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 144 (Wednesday, October 15, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1118-D1119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SECURITIES MARKETS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities and Investment concluded a hearing on the future of the 
securities markets, focusing on the structure of the U.S. equities 
markets, with particular regard to their fairness and efficiency, after 
receiving testimony from William H. Donaldson, Chairman, U.S. 
Securities and Exchange Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 811, to support certain housing proposals in the fiscal year 2003 
budget for the Federal Government, including the downpayment assistance 
initiative under the HOME Investment Partnership Act, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 300, to award a congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson 
(posthumously), in recognition of his many contributions to the Nation, 
and to express the sense of Congress that there should be a national 
day in recognition of Jackie Robinson; and
  The nominations of Harvey S. Rosen, of New Jersey, and Kristin J. 
Forbes, of Massachusetts, each to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers, Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement, Peter Lichtenbaum, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export 
Administration.
WATER BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded hearings to examine S. 943, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to enter into 1 or more contracts with the city of 
Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of water in the Kendrick Project, 
Wyoming, S. 1027 and H.R. 2040, bills to amend the Irrigation Project 
Contract Extension Act of 1998 to extend certain contracts between the 
Bureau of Reclamation and certain irrigation water contractors in the 
States of Wyoming and Nebraska, S. 1058, to provide a cost-sharing 
requirement for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the 
State of Colorado, S. 1071, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study on a 
water conservation project within the Arch Hurley Conservancy District 
in the State of New Mexico, S. 1307, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to assist in the 
implementation of fish passage and screening facilities at non-Federal 
water projects, S. 1308, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
pursue and complete actions related to the implementation of a U.S. 
District Court Consent Decree, S. 1355, to authorize the Bureau of 
Reclamation to participate in the rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake 
Dam in Oregon, S. 1577, to extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Wyoming, H.R. 
1284, to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment 
Act of 1992 to increase the Federal share of the costs of the San 
Gabriel Basin demonstration project, and S. Res. 183, commemorating 50 
years of adjudication under the McCarran Amendment of rights to the use 
of water, after receiving testimony from Senator Allard; Representative 
Musgrave; John W. Keys III, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Department of the Interior; and James W. Broderick, Southeastern 
Colorado Water Conservancy District, Pueblo.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1066, to correct a technical error from Unit T-07 of the John H. 
Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1643, to exempt certain coastal barrier property from financial 
assistance and flood insurance limitations under the Coastal Barriers 
Resources Act and the National Flood Act of 1968, with amendments;
  S. 1663, to replace certain Coastal Barrier Resources System maps;
  S. 1669, to reauthorize the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration 
Act; and
  The nomination of Michael O. Leavitt, of Utah, to be Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency.

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ROAD MAP TO PEACE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs met in closed session to receive a briefing to discuss 
overcoming obstacles to peace relating to the Middle East road map from 
William J. Burns, Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of Near 
Eastern Affairs.
ROAD MAP TO PEACE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs concluded a hearing on overcoming obstacles to peace 
relating to the Middle East road map, after receiving testimony from 
Dennis Ross, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington, 
D.C.; Rabbi Michael Melchior, former Deputy Foreign Minister, and Dror 
Etkes, Peace Now, both of Jerusalem, Israel; and Boaz Ganor, 
International Policy Institute on Counter-Terrorism, Herzlia, Israel.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROBATE REFORM ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 550, to amend the Indian Land Consolidation Act to improve 
provisions relating to probate of trust and restricted land, after 
receiving testimony from Wayne Nordwall, Director, Western Region, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; D. Fred Matt, 
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, Pablo, 
Montana; Maurice Lyons, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Banning, 
California; Lisa C. Oshiro, California Indian Legal Services, 
Washington, D.C.; and Austin Nunez, Indian Land Working Group, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing on the 
nominations of D. Michael Fisher, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, who was introduced by Senators 
Specter and Santorum and Representatives Hart and Murphy; Dale S. 
Fischer, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of 
California, who was introduced by Senator Feinstein; and Gary L. 
Sharpe, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
New York, who was introduced by Senators Schumer and Clinton, after 
each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
PORNOGRAPHY VICTIMS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing on the 
oversight of Department of Justice to protect victims of pornography, 
focusing on enforcement efforts against those who produce and 
disseminate adult obscenity and child pornography, after receiving 
testimony from John G. Malcolm, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division, J. Robert Flores, Administrator, Office of Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, and 
Mary Beth Buchanan, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh), all of the Department of Justice; Lawrence 
E. Maxwell, Inspector in Charge, Fraud and Dangerous Mail Investigative 
Programs, United States Postal Inspection Service; Bruce A. Taylor, 
National Law Center for Children and Families, Fairfax, Virginia; 
Victor Cline, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; and Steven Takeshita, 
Los Angeles Police Department, Organized Crime and Vice Division, Los 
Angeles, California.