[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 161 (Friday, November 7, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1254-D1255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of November 10 through November 15, 2003

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday at 1 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 2799, 
Commerce, Justice, State, and The Judiciary Appropriations Act.
  On Wednesday, Senate will proceed to Executive Session to begin 
debate on judicial nominations.
  During the balance of the week, Senate is expected to resume 
consideration of S. 150, Internet Tax Non-discrimination Act, and 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 Armed Services: November 12, Subcommittee on 
Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to examine space acquisition 
policies and processes, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  November 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine current 
Army issues, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 12, 
Subcommittee on Securities and Investment, to hold hearings to 
examine the Financial Accounting Standards Board and small business 
growth, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  November 13, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine 
proposals for improving the regulation of the Housing Government 
Sponsored Enterprises, 10 a.m., SD-538.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 12, 
to hold hearings to examine state use of tobacco settlement funds, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  November 12, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, time to be announced, S-216.
  November 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine GAO's 
report on cable rate increases, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 13, 
Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 
1085, to provide for a Bureau of Reclamation program to assist 
states and local communities in evaluating and developing rural and 
small community water supply systems, S. 1732, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish a rural water supply program 
in the Reclamation States to provide a clean, safe, affordable, and 
reliable water supply to rural residents, S. 1211, to further the 
purposes of title XVI of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992, the ``Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act'', by directing the Secretary of the 
Interior to undertake a demonstration program for water reclamation 
in the Tularosa Basin of New Mexico, S. 1727, to authorize 
additional appropriations for the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 
1978, and S. 1791, to amend the Lease Lot Conveyance Act of 2002 to 
provide that the amounts received by the United States under that 
Act shall be deposited in the reclamation fund, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  November 14, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
the implementation of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 12, business 
meeting to consider S. 1072, to authorize funds for Federal-aid 
highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: November 12, to hold hearings 
to examine the nomination of Scott J. Bloch, of Kansas, to be 
Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing on S. 1358, to amend chapter 23 of title 5, 
United States Code, to clarify the disclosure of information 
protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement 
in non-disclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such 
policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure 
protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, 2 
p.m., SD-342.
  November 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine sources 
of past and present support for terrorist forces in Afghanistan 
relating to terrorism financing, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 13, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 12, to hold hearings to 
examine judicial and executive nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 13, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and 
Citizenship, to hold hearings to examine state and local authority 
to enforce immigration law relating to terrorism, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  The House is in pro forma Monday.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Government Reform: November 13, Subcommittee on Human 
Rights and Wellness, hearing entitled ``Preventing Another SV40 
Tragedy: Are Today's Vaccine Safety Protocols Effective?'' 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 13, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, and Homeland Security, oversight hearing on ``Homeland 
Security--the Balance Between Crisis and Consequence Management 
through Training and Assistance,'' including discussion of the 
following bills: H.R. 2512, First Responders Funding Reform Act of 
2003; H.R. 3266, Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act 
of 2003; and H.R. 3158, Preparing America to Respond Effectively Act 
of 2003, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 13, 
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 13, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing on Improved Monitoring of Vulnerable Children, 10 
a.m., B-318 Rayburn.