[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 156 (Friday, October 31, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1213-D1215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of November 3 through November 8, 2003

                             Senate Chamber
  On Monday at 11 a.m., Senate will begin consideration of the 
conference report to accompany H.R. 3289, Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations, Iraq and Afghanistan, and adopt the conference report 
at approximately 5 p.m.; following which, Senate will begin 
consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2691, Interior 
Appropriations, with a vote on adoption of the conference report, 
following 60 minutes of debate.
  No earlier than Thursday, Senate will begin consideration of S. 150, 
Internet Tax Non-discrimination Act.

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  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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 4, 
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance, to resume hearings 
to examine financial reconstruction in Iraq, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  November 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the state 
of the banking industry, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 4, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Cheryl Feldman Halpern, 
of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Elizabeth Courtney, of 
Louisiana, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, 
to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, Kirk Van 
Tine, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation, and 
Michael D. Gallagher, of Washington, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  November 5, Full Committee, to hold open and closed hearings to 
examine aviation security, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  November 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Floyd Hall, of New Jersey, Louis S. Thompson, of 
Maryland, and Robert L. Crandall, of Texas, each to be a Member of 
the Reform Board (Amtrak), 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  November 6, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to 
hold hearings to examine lunar exploration, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 4, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of William J. Hudson, of Virginia to be 
Ambassador to Tunisia, Margaret Scobey, of Tennessee, to be 
Ambassador to Syria, and Thomas Thomas Riley, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  November 4, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to 
hold hearings to examine the current situation in North Korea, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  November 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Marguerita Dianne Ragsdale, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti, Edward B. O'Donnell, Jr., of 
Tennessee, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service 
as Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, and Jon R. Purnell, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Uzbekistan, 9 a.m., SD-419.
  November 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Mary Kramer, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to Barbados 
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, 
the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines, Timothy John Dunn, of Illinois, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Deputy Permanent 
Representative to the Organization of American States, and James 
Curtis Struble, of California, to be Ambassador to Peru, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: November 3, Financial 
Management, the Budget, and International Security, to hold hearings 
to examine the extent and impact of alleged trading abuses in the 
mutual fund industry and regulatory reforms necessary to mitigate 
such practices in the future, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  November 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the report 
of the Presidential Commission on the U.S. Postal Service, 2 p.m., 
SD-342.
  November 6, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine Department of Defense's improper use of first 
and business class airline travel, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 4, 
Subcommittee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, to hold 
hearings to examine report from the President's New Freedom 
Commission on mental health relating to recommendations to improve 
mental health care in America, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 5, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 11 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 4, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Technology and Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine 
database security, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 6, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, November 5, Subcommittee on Livestock 
and Horticulture, hearing to review domestic policies affecting the 
specialty crop industry, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  November 6, full Committee, to review the application for contract 
market designation of the United States Futures Exchange LLC before 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, November 5, hearing on Sustaining 
Global Commitments: Implications for U.S. Forces, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, November 5, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, to continue hearings entitled ``The 
Financial Collapse of HealthSouth,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  November 6, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Computer Viruses: The Disease, the Detection, and 
the Prescription for Protection,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, November 4 and 6, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, 
hearings entitled ``Mutual Funds: Who's Looking Our for Investors?'' 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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  November 5, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Reforming 
Insurance Regulation--Making the Marketplace More Competitive for 
Consumers,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit and the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
joint hearing entitled ``Protecting Homeowners: Preventing Abusive 
Lending While Preserving Access to Credit,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, November 6, to consider pending 
business, 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  November 6, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats 
and International Relations and the Subcommittee on Technology, 
Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, 
joint hearing on ``First Responder Interoperability: Can You Hear Me 
Now?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, November 5, Subcommittee on 
Western Hemisphere, hearing on the Case for a Social Investment Fund 
for the Americas, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, November 5, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 521, Steel Industry National Historic Site Act; H.R. 
1798, Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act; and H.R. 
2693, Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 2003, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, November 4, to consider H.R. 1829, Federal 
Prison Industries Competition in contracting Act of 2003, 5 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, November 5, Subcommittee on Environment, 
Technology, and Standards, hearing on Mercury Emissions: State of 
the Science and Technology, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on H.R. 
3245, Commercial Space Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  November 6, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on ``What are the 
Administration Priorities for Climate Change Technology?'' 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 5, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, oversight hearing 
on ``Financing Port Infrastructure--Who Should Pay?'' 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, November 6, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing to Examine Recent Failure to Protect Child 
Safety, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 4, executive, 
briefing on Afghanistan Update, 1:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  November 5, hearing on ``Building Capabilities: The Intelligence 
Community's National Security Requirements for Diversity of 
Languages, Skills, and Ethnic and Cultural Understanding,'' 9 a.m., 
334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: November 5, to hold hearings relating to 
rethinking the tax code, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  November 7, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings to examine the 
current employment situation, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.