[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 154 (Wednesday, October 29, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1198-D1199]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





           COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine 
Palestinian education, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the Treasury Department's report to Congress on 
international economic and exchange rate policy, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the universal service, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 1241, to establish 
the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in the State of New York, S. 
1364, to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
to authorize the payment of expenses after the death of certain 
Federal employees in the State of Alaska, S. 1433, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance in implementing 
cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in the 
Connecticut River watershed of the States of New Hampshire and 
Vermont, and S. 1462, to adjust the boundary of the Cumberland 
Island Wilderness, to authorize tours of the Cumberland Island 
National Seashore, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 
1097, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to implement the 
Calfed Bay-Delta Program, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold a closed briefing to 
examine U.S. policy directions relating to Syria, 9 a.m., SH-219.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine U.S. policy directions 
relating to Syria, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to examine 
combating transnational crime and corruption in Europe, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Subcommittee on African Affairs, with the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Children and 
Families, to hold joint hearings to examine a report relative to 
HIV/AIDS Codel to Africa, 3 p.m., S-211, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Aging, to hold hearings to examine financial abuse and 
exploitation of the elderly, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Subcommittee on Children and Families, with the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold joint 
hearings to examine a report relative to HIV/AIDS Codel to Africa, 3 
p.m., S-211, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1720, 
to provide for Federal court proceedings in Plano, Texas, S. 710, to 
amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who 
commit acts of torture, extrajudicial killings, or other specified 
atrocities abroad are inadmissible and removable and to establish 
within the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice an Office 
of Special Investigations having responsibilities under that Act 
with respect to all alien participants in war crimes, genocide, and 
the commission of acts of torture and extrajudicial killings abroad, 
S. Con. Res. 58, expressing the sense of Congress with respect to 
raising awareness and encouraging prevention of stalking in the 
United States and supporting the goals and ideals of National 
Stalking Awareness Month, a proposed resolution recognizing that 
November 2, 2003, shall be dedicated to ``A tribute to Survivors'' 
at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the nominations 
of Henry W. Saad, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Sixth Circuit, Dora L. Irizarry, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of New York, William K. Sessions III, 
of Vermont, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing 
Commission, D. Michael Fisher, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Janice R. Brown, of California, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia 
Circuit, and David L. Huber, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Kentucky, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-
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  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine monopsony issues in 
agriculture, focusing on the buying power of processors in the 
nation's agricultural markets, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Cynthia R. Church, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Public and Intergovernmental 
Affairs), and Robert N. McFarland, of Texas, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Information and Technology), 2 p.m., 
SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, hearing on Destruction of 
the U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile--Program Status and Issues, 9 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing on ``Energy Employees Workers' 
Compensation: Examining the Department of Labor's Role in Helping 
Workers with Energy-Related Occupational Illnesses and Diseases,'' 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``E-Commerce: The Case of 
Online Wine Sales and Direct Shipment,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``Reviewing U.S. Capital Market Structure: Promoting Competition in 
a Changing Trading Environment,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Serving the 
Underserved in the 21st Century: The Need for a Stronger, More 
Responsive Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security, and Claims, to consider private relief bills; followed by 
an oversight hearing on ``The Prospects for American Workers: 
Immigration's Impact,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on the GAO report entitled 
``Opportunities to Improve the Management and Oversight of Oil and 
Gas Activities on Federal Lands,'' 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on the upcoming 18th Regular Meeting of the 
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing and markup of the 
following bills: H.R. 142, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Inland Empire regional water 
recycling project, to authorize the Secretary to carry out a program 
to assist agencies in projects to construct regional brine lines in 
California, and to authorize the Secretary to participate in the 
Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstration and reclamation 
project; H.R. 1156, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to increase the ceiling on the 
Federal share of the costs of phase I of the Orange County, 
California, Regional Water Reclamation Project; H.R. 2960, to amend 
the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling and desalinization 
project; and H.R. 2991, Inland Empire Regional Water Recycling 
Initiative; the Provo River Project Transfer Act; the Riverside-
Corona Feeder; and to hold a hearing on the following: H.R. 3334, 
Riverside-Corona Feeder Authorization Act; the Provo River Project 
Transfer Act; and S. 212, High Plains Aquifer Hydrogeologic 
Characterization, Mapping, Modeling and Monitoring Act, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and 
Standards, hearing on ``What is Space Weather and Who Should 
Forecast It?'' 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Research, hearing on Implementation of the Math 
Science Partnership Program: Views from the Field, 12 p.m., 2325 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight, hearing on the impact of unsolicited commercial e-mail 
(spam) on small businesses, 10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on The Status of the Federal Aviation 
Administration's Air Traffic Control Modernization Programs, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on United States-China 
Economic Relations and China's Role in the Global Economy, 2 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, hearing entitled 
``Securing Freedom and the Nation: Collecting Intelligence Under the 
Law, Constitutional and Public Policy Consideration,'' 8:30 a.m., 
1302 Longworth.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up H.R. 2886, 
Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act, 1 
p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and 
Development, hearing entitled ``Strength Through Knowledge: Homeland 
Security Science and Technology; Setting and Steering a Strong 
Course,'' 3 p.m., 210 Cannon.