[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 146 (Friday, October 17, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1140-D1141]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 20 through October 25, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 1751, Class Action Lawsuits. At 5:15 
p.m. Senate will consider and vote on the nomination of Margaret 
Catharine Rodgers, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Florida.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any 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 Armed Services: October 21, to hold a closed briefing 
regarding ongoing military operations and areas of key concern 
around the world, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  October 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
military nominations, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 22, to 
hold hearings to examine counterterror initiatives in the terror 
finance program and organization of terror groups for funding and 
future U.S. responses, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  October 23, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine 
proposals for improving the regulation of the Housing GSEs, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 22, to 
hold hearings to examine federal involvement in the regulation of 
the insurance industry, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  October 22, Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard, to 
hold an oversight hearing on fisheries, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  October 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Boeing, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine, to hold hearings to examine railroad shipper issues and S. 
919, to amend title 49, United States Code, to enhance competition 
among and between rail carriers in order to ensure efficient rail 
service and reasonable rail rates, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 23, business 
meeting to consider S. 994, to protect human health and the 
environment from the release of hazardous substances by acts of 
terrorism, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: October 21, to hold hearings to examine tax 
shelters, and the role of the Federal Government relative to the 
buying and selling of tax shelters, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  October 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine company 
owned life insurance, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 21, to hold hearings to 
examine United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, with 
Annexes, done at Montego Bay, December 10, 1982 (the 
``Convention''), and the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of 
Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 
December 1982, with Annex, adopted at New York, July 28, 1994 (the 
Agreement''), and signed by the United States, subject to 
ratification, on July 29, 1994 (Treaty Doc.103-39), 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  October 21, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export 
and Trade Promotion, to hold hearings to examine U.S. energy 
security relating to West Africa and Latin America, 2:30 p.m., SD-
419.
  October 22, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine Anti-Semitism in Europe, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  October 23, Subcommittee on International Operations and 
Terrorism, to hold hearings to examine how to achieve the necessary 
security improvements in a global environment relating to the post-
9/11 visa reforms and new technology, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: October 22, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: October 23, 
to hold hearings to examine federal and state role in pharmacy 
compounding and reconstitution, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: October 22, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of David Wayne Anderson, of Minnesota, to be 
an Assistant Secretary of the Interior; to be followed by a business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 21, to hold hearings to 
examine criminal terrorism investigations and prosecutions relating 
to national security, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Janice R. Brown, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 22, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  October 23, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: October 20, to hold hearings to 
examine confronting family elder abuse, 1:30 p.m., SD-628.


                              House Chamber

   To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 21, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review 
the United States National Arboretum, 9:30 a.m.,1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, October 21, hearing on Operation 
Iraqi Freedom: Outside Perspectives, 8 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.

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  October 21, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on Resetting and 
Reconstituting the Forces, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  October 21, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on C41 Interoperability: New Challenges in 
21st Century Warfare, 11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, October 20, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Government and 
Industry Efforts to Protect Our Money During Blackouts, Hurricanes, 
and Other Disasters,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, October 23, hearing entitled 
``Open for Business: Ensuring Employee and Customer Safety at the 
Former Brentwood Postal Facility,'' 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, October 21, hearing on U.S.-
China Ties: Reassessing the Economic Relationship, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  October 21, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Policy in the Western 
Hemisphere, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 21, Subcommittee on Courts, 
the Internet, and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 2723, Ninth 
Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2003, 2 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, October 21, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2907, Northern 
Arizona National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2003; and H.R. 3247, 
Trail Responsibility and Accountability for the Improvement of Lands 
Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  October 21, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 265, Mount Rainier 
National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003; H.R. 280, National 
Aviation Heritage Area Act; H.R. 532, Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden 
Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act; H.R. 1014, 
Gateway Communities Cooperation Act; H.R. 1058, to provide for an 
exchange of certain private property in Colorado and certain Federal 
property in Utah; H.R. 1594, St. Croix National Heritage Area Study 
Act; H.R. 1618, Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 
1629, Upper Missouri River Breaks Boundary Clarification Act; H.R. 
1798, Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 1862, 
Oil Region National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 1964, Highlands 
Stewardship Act; H.R. 2424, National Great Black Americans 
Commemoration Act of 2003; H.R. 2715, to provide for necessary 
improvements to facilities at Yosemite National Park; and S. 677, 
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge 
National Conservation Area Boundary Revision Act of 2003, 2 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, October 20, hearing on the Offshoring 
of High-Skilled Jobs, Part II, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  October 21, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprise, Agriculture and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``Challenges that Small Businesses Face 
Accessing Homeland Security Contracts,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 21, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs physician and 
dentist compensation issues, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, October 21, executive, 
hearing on Middle East Issues, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security. October 21, hearing 
entitled ``Funding for First Responders: Ensuring That Federal Funds 
Are Distributed Intelligently,'' 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.