[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 153 (Tuesday, October 28, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1186-D1187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 29, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the future of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings 
to examine the International Space Station, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler, of Alabama, to be 
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, Zalmay Khalilzad, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Louise V. Oliver, of 
the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador during her 
tenure of service as the United States Permanent Representative to 
the United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization, 
and to be U.S. Representative to the 32nd and General Conference of 
UNESCO, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine challenges for U.S. 
policy toward Colombia, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 423, to promote health care coverage parity 
for individuals participating in legal recreational activities or 
legal transportation activities, S. 1172, to establish grants to 
provide health services for improved nutrition, increased physical 
activity, obesity prevention, proposed Head Start Improvement and 
School Readiness Act, proposed Human Services Reauthorization Act, 
proposed Pension Stability Act, proposed Health Care Safety Net 
Amendments Technical Corrections Act, and the nominations of Robert 
Lerner, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Education Statistics, 
Leslie Silverman, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission, and Stuart Ishimaru, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine intellectual diversity 
on America's college campuses, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business; to be immediately followed by a hearing on S. 
1770, to establish a voluntary alternative claims resolution process 
to reach a settlement of pending class action litigation, 10 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine 
competitive and economic effects of the Bowl Championship series on 
and off the field, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of 
James B. Comey, of New York, to be Deputy Attorney General, 2 p.m., 
SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider the following measures: H.J. 
Res. 74, recognizing the Agricultural Research Service of the 
Department of Agriculture on the occasion of its 50th anniversary 
for the important service it provides for the Nation; H.R. 1367, 
National Veterinary Medical Services Act; H.R. 2304, to resolve 
boundary conflicts in the vicinity of the Mark Twain National Forest 
in Barry and Stone Counties, Missouri, that resulted from private 
landowner reliance on a subsequent Federal survey; H.R. 3157, to 
provide for the designation of a Department of Agriculture disaster 
liaison to assist State and local employees of the Department in 
coordination with other disaster agencies in response to a federally 
declared disaster area as a result of a disaster; and H.R. 3217, to 
provide for the conveyance of several small parcels of National 
Forest System land in the Apalachicola National Forest, Florida, to 
resolve boundary discrepancies involving the Mt. Trial Primitive 
Baptist Church of Wakulla County, Florida, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Iraq Reconstruction and 
Stability Operations: The Way Forward, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing on ``The Pension 
Underfunding Crisis: How Effective Have Funding Reforms Been?'' 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Domestic and 
International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing on 
World Bank lending to Iran, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Service and 
Agency Organization, oversight hearing entitled ``Decision Time: A 
New Human Resources Management System at the Department of Homeland 
Security,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Agency Compliance with FFMIA--Private 
Sector Views,'' 2:30 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing entitled ``The 
Ongoing Tragedy of International Slavery and Human Trafficking: An 
Overview,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific and the Subcommittee on International Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation and Human Rights, joint hearing on the Challenge of 
Terrorism in Asia and the Pacific, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, to mark up H. Res. 390, recognizing the 
continued importance of the transatlantic

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relationship and promoting stronger relations with Europe by 
reaffirming the need for a continued and meaningful dialogue between 
the United States and Europe, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, hearing on 
Central Asia: Terrorism, Religious Extremism, and Regional 
Stability, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following measures: H. Con. 
Res. 237, honoring the late Rick Lupe, lead forestry technician for 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs Fort Apache Agency, for his dedication 
and service to the United States and for his essential service in 
fighting wildfires and protecting the environment and communities of 
Arizona; H.R. 154, to exclude certain properties from the John H. 
Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources; H.R. 265, Mount Rainier National 
Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003; H.R. 280, National Aviation 
Heritage Act; H.R. 421, Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution 
Advancement Act of 2003; H.R. 506, Galisteo Basin Archaeological 
Sites Protection Act; H.R. 958, Hydrographic Services Amendments of 
2003; 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. 1648, Carpinteria and 
Montecito Water Distribution Systems Conveyance Act of 2003; H.R. 
1732, Williamson County Water Recycling Act of 2003; H.R. 1862, Oil 
Region National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 1964, Highlands Stewardship 
Act; H.R. 2408, National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Act of 2003; H.R. 
2425, Quinault Permanent Fisheries Fund Act; H.R. 2489, Cowlitz 
Indian Tribe Distribution of Judgment Funds Act; H.R. 2584, to 
provide for the conveyance to the Utrok Atoll local government of a 
decommissioned National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship; 
H.R. 2693, Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 2003; H.R. 
2707, Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act; H.R. 
2715, to provide for necessary improvements to facilities at 
Yosemite National Park; H.R. 2907, Northern Arizona National Forest 
Land Exchange Act of 2003; H.R. 3209, to amend the Reclamation 
Project Authorization Act of 1972 to clarify the acreage for which 
the North Loup division is authorized to provide irrigation water 
under the Missouri River Basin project; S. 523, Native American 
Technical Corrections Act of 2003; S. 625, Tualatin River Basin 
Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2003; S. 677, Black Canyon of the 
Gunnison Boundary Revision Act of 2003; S. 924, to authorize the 
exchange of lands between an Alaska Native Village Corporation and 
the Department of the Interior; and S. 1233, National Great Black 
Americans Commemoration Act of 2003, 10 a.m.; and to hold a hearing 
on H.R. 2010, to protect the voting rights of members of the Armed 
Services in elections for the Delegate representing American Samoa 
in the United States House of Representatives, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on NASA's Organizational and 
Management Challenges in the Wake of the Columbia Disaster, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 3289, making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for defense and for the reconstruction 
of Iraq and Afghanistan for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2004, 11 a.m., HC-5, Capitol.