[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 149 (Wednesday, October 22, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1156-D1158]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TERRORIST FINANCING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine counterterror initiatives in the terror finance 
program and organization of terror groups for funding and future U.S. 
responses, focusing on related provisions of the PATRIOT Act (Public 
Law 107-56), including fundraising methods, financial conduits, the 
Islamic banking system, charities, and the role of Saudi Arabia, after 
receiving testimony from Richard A. Clarke, Good Harbor Consulting, 
LLC, Arlington, Virginia; Louise Richardson, Harvard University 
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Jean-
Charles Brisard, JCB Consulting International, Paris, France; and 
Matthew A. Levitt, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 
Washington, D.C.
THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine federal involvement in the regulation of the 
insurance industry, including proposals for an insurance regulatory 
modernization action plan and an optional federal charter, improvements 
to State insurance regulation, and a draft of consumer principles and 
standards for insurance regulation, after receiving testimony from 
Ernst Csiszar, South Carolina Department of Insurance, Columbia, on 
behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; Thomas 
Ahart, Ahart, Frinzi, and Smith Insurance, Alexandria, Virginia, on 
behalf of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America; 
Stephen E. Rahn, Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, 
Indiana, on behalf of the American Council of Life Insurers; Douglas 
Heller, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Santa Monica, 
California; and Craig A. Berrington, American Insurance Association, 
and J. Robert Hunter, Consumer Federation of America, both of 
Washington, D.C.
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded an oversight hearing on 
fisheries, focusing on the Magnuson-Stevens Act National Standards, and 
the condition of New England groundfish fisheries, after receiving 
testimony from William Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce.
ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine the scope of anti-Semitism in Europe, 
including selected incidents that occurred across Europe and Eurasia in 
2003, international anti-prejudice programs, and anti-Americanism, 
after receiving testimony from Edward B. O'Donnell, Jr., Special Envoy 
for Holocaust Issues, Department of State; Abraham H. Foxman, Anti-
Defamation League, and David Harris, American Jewish Committee, both of 
New York, New York; and Mark B. Levin, National Conference on Soviet 
Jewry, Washington, D.C.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 129, to provide for reform relating to Federal employment, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1741, to provide a site for the National Women's History Museum in 
the District of Columbia;
  S.1267, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide 
the District of Columbia with autonomy over its budgets, with an 
amendment;
  S. 1522, to provide new human capital flexibility with respect to the 
GAO, with an amendment;
  S. 1561, to preserve existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia;
  S. 1567, to amend title 31, United States Code, to improve the 
financial accountability requirements applicable to the Department of 
Homeland Security, with an amendment in the nature a substitute;
  S. 1612, to establish a technology, equipment, and information 
transfer within the Department of Homeland Security, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1683, to provide for a report on the parity of pay and benefits 
among Federal law enforcement officers and to establish an exchange 
program between Federal law enforcement employees and State and local 
law enforcement employees;
  H.R. 1416, to make technical corrections to the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002, with an amendment;
  H.R. 3159, to require Federal agencies to develop and implement plans 
to protect the security and privacy of government computer systems from 
the risks posed by peer-to-peer file sharing;
  S. 1405, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 514 17th Street in Moline, Illinois, as the ``David 
Bybee Post Office Building'';
  S. 1415, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 141 Weston Street in Hartford, Connecticut, as the 
``Barbara B. Kennelly Post Office Building'';
  S. 1590, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service, located at 315 Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, 
New York, as the ``James E. Davis Post Office Building'';
  S. 1659, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 57 Old Tappan Road in Tappan, New York, as the 
``John G Dow Post Office Building'';
  S. 1671, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 10701 Abercorn Street in Savannah, Georgia, as the 
``J.C. Lewis, Jr., Post Office Building'';
  S. 1692, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 38 Spring Street in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the 
``Hugh Gregg Post Office Building'';
  S. 1718, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3710 West 73rd Terrace in Prairie Village, Kansas, 
as the ``Senator James B. Pearson Post Office Building'';
  S. 1746, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 339 Hicksville Road in Bethpage, New York, as the 
``Brian C. Hickey Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1610, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 120 East Ritchie Avenue in Marceline, Missouri, as 
the ``Walt Disney Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1882, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 440 South Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando, Florida, 
as the ``Arthur `Pappy' Kennedy Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1883, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1601-1 Main Street in Jacksonville, Florida, as the 
``Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 2075, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1905 West Blue Heron Boulevard in West Palm Beach, 
Florida, as the ``Judge Edward Rodgers Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2254, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1101 Colorado Street in Boulder City, Nevada, as the 
``Bruce Woodbury Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2309, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2300 Redondo Avenue in Long Beach, California, as 
the ``Stephen Horn Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2328, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2001 East Willard Street in Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Robert A. Borski Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2396, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1210 Highland Avenue in Duarte, California, as the 
``Francisco A. Martinez Flores Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2452, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 339 Hicksville Road in Bethpage, New York, as the 
``Brian C. Hickey Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2533, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 10701 Abercorn Street in Savannah, Georgia, as the 
``J.C. Lewis, Jr. Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2746, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 141 Weston Street in Hartford, Connecticut, as the 
``Barbara B. Kennelly Post Office Building'';

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  H.R. 3011, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 135 East Olive Avenue in Burbank, California, as the 
``Bob Hope Post Office Building''; and
  The nominations of Dale Cabaniss, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, Jerry Stewart Byrd, Joseph Michael 
Francis Ryan III, Brian F. Holeman, and Craig S. Iscoe, each to be 
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of David Wayne Anderson, of Minnesota, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs.
  Prior to this action, Committee concluded a hearing on the nomination 
of Mr. Anderson, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator 
Coleman, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony 
was also received on the nomination from Louis Taylor, Lac Courte 
Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Hayward, Wisconsin; 
and Audrey Bennett, Prairie Island Indian Community, Welch, Minnesota.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing on the 
nomination of Janice R. Brown, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Senator Cornyn, testified and answered questions 
in her own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.