[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 159 (Wednesday, November 5, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1237-D1239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 6, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings 
to examine lunar exploration, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
Res. 237, welcoming the public apologies issued by the President of 
Serbia and Montenegro and the President of the Republic of Croatia 
and urging other leaders in the region to perform similar concrete 
acts of reconciliation, S. Res. 256, observing the 50th anniversary 
of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the 
Republic of Korea, affirming the deep cooperation and friendship 
between the people of the United States and the people of the 
Republic of Korea, and thanking the Republic of Korea for it's 
contributions to the global war on terrorism and to the 
stabilization and reconstruction of Afghanistan and Iraq, S. 950, to 
allow travel between the United States and Cuba, S. 1317, to amend 
the American Servicemember's Protection Act of 2002 to provide 
clarification with respect to the eligibility of certain countries 
for United States military assistance, and the nominations of Zalmay 
Khalilzad, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Transitional Islamic 
State of Afghanistan, 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

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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, 
William J. Hudson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Tunisia, Margaret Scobey, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to Syria, 
Thomas Thomas Riley, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom 
of Morocco, Jackie Wolcott Sanders, for the rank of Ambassador 
during her tenure of service as United States Representative to the 
Conference on Disarmament and the Special Representative of the 
President of the United States for Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
Weapons, 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, James Curtis 
Struble, of California, to be Ambassador to Peru, Hector E. Morales, 
of Texas, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the 
Inter-American Development Bank, 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, Jon R. 
Purnell, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Uzbekistan, Stuart W. Holliday, of Texas, to be Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, 10 a.m., 
S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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 the Judiciary: business meeting to consider 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, H.R. 1086, to encourage the development and 
promulgation of voluntary consensus standards by providing relief 
under the antitrust laws to standards development organizations with 
respect to conduct engaged in for the purpose of developing 
voluntary consensus standards, S. 1685, to extend and expand the 
basic pilot program for employment eligibility verification, S. Con. 
Res. 77, expressing the sense of Congress supporting vigorous 
enforcement of the Federal obscenity laws, H.R. 1437, to improve the 
United States Code, and the nominations of Henry W. Saad, of 
Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, 
Janice R. Brown, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the District of Columbia Circuit, D. Michael Fisher, of 
Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third 
Circuit, James B. Comey, of New York, to be Deputy Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, Michael J. Garcia, of New York, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, and Mark R. Filip, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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 Energy and Commerce, 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, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to continue 
hearings entitled ``Mutual Funds: Who's Looking Out for Investors?'' 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the following 
measures: H.R. 2751, GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2003; H.R. 
2886, Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act; 
H. Res. 274, honoring John Stockton for an outstanding career, 
congratulating him on his retirement, and thanking him for his 
contributions to basketball, to the State of Utah, and to the 
Nation; H. Res. 373, expressing the sense of Congress with respect 
to the Women's United Soccer Association; H. Res. 408, recognizing 
the 50th anniversary of The Conservative Mind; H. Con. Res. 69, 
expressing the sense of Congress that Althea Gibson should be 
recognized for her groundbreaking achievements in athletics and her 
commitment to ending racial discrimination and prejudice within the 
world of sports; H. Con. Res. 299, honoring Mr. Sargent Shriver for 
his dedication and service to the United States of America, for his 
service in the United States Navy, and for his lifetime of work as 
an ambassador for the poor and powerless citizens of the United 
States of America; H. Con. Res. 313, to urge the President, on 
behalf of the United States, to present the Presidential Medal of 
Freedom to His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, in recognition of his 
significant, enduring, and historic contributions to the causes of 
freedom, human dignity, and peace and to commemorate the Silver 
Jubilee of His Holiness' inauguration of his ministry as Bishop of 
Rome and Supreme Pastor of the Catholic Church; H.R. 2130, to 
redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 650 Kinderkamack Road in River Edge, New Jersey, as the ``New 
Bridge Landing Post Office;'' H.R. 3300, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 15500 Pearl Road in 
Strongsville, Ohio, as the ``Walter F. Ehrfelt, Jr. Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 3353, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 525 Main Street in Tarboro, North 
Carolina, as the ``George Henry White Post Office Building;'' S. 
1590, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service, located at 315 Empire Boulevard in Crown

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Heights, Brooklyn, New York, as the ``James E. Davis Post Office 
Building;'' and 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,'' 
1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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., and 11:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on ``What 
are the Administration Priorities for Climate Change Technology?'' 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing to Examine Recent Failure to Protect Child Safety, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.