[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 167 (Tuesday, November 18, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1290-D1291]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SPACE ACQUISITION POLICIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine space acquisition policies and processes, focusing 
on the Commission to Assess National Security Space Management and 
Organization, the space industrial base, and improvements needed to 
optimize the growing investment in space exploration, after receiving 
testimony from Peter B. Teets, Under Secretary of the Air Force, and 
Director, National Reconnaissance Office; Lieutenant General Brian 
Arnold, USAF, Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force 
Space Command; A. Thomas Young, Chairman, Defense Science Board/Air 
Force Scientific Advisory Board Joint Task Force on Acquisition of 
National Security Space Programs; and Robert E. Levin, Director, 
Acquisition and Sourcing Management, General Accounting Office.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Michael W. Wynne, of Florida, to be Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine current investigations and regulatory actions 
regarding the mutual fund industry, focusing on investors' rights, the 
Risk Management Initiative, the Putnam settlement, disclosure 
proposals, and late trading and market timing, after receiving 
testimony from William H. Donaldson, Chairman, Securities and Exchange 
Commission; and Matthew P. Fink, Investment Company Institute, and Marc 
E. Lackritz, Securities Industry Association, both of Washington, DC.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Michael D. Gallagher, of 
Washington, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
and Information, 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, Kirk Van Tine, of 
Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Jeffrey A. Rosen, 
of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, 
Robert L. Crandall, of Texas, Floyd Hall, of New Jersey, and Louis S. 
Thompson, of Maryland, each to be a Member of the Reform Board 
(Amtrak), and certain nominations for promotion in the United States 
Coast Guard.
PUBLIC LANDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded a hearing to examine S. 1209, to provide for the 
acquisition of property in Washington County, Utah, for implementation 
of a desert tortoise habitat conservation plan, H.R. 708, to require 
the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in Mendocino 
National Forest, California, to provide for the use of the proceeds 
from such conveyance for National Forest purposes, S. 1467, to 
establish the Rio Grande Outstanding Natural Area in the State of 
Colorado, S. 1167, to resolve the boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone 
Counties in the State of Missouri, and S. 1848, to amend the Bend Pine 
Nursery Land Conveyance Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site in the State of Oregon, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Bond; Tom Thompson, Deputy 
Chief, National Forest Systems, Department of Agriculture; Jim Hughes, 
Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; 
Charlotte Bobicki, County Commission, Alamosa, Colorado; and Kate Booth 
Doyle, San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council, Del Norte, Colorado.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Arnold I. Havens, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for 
the Department of the Treasury, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of James M. Loy, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Homeland Security, after the nominee, who was introduced 
by Senators Stevens and Inouye, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
U.S. TAX SHELTER INDUSTRY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the role of professional organizations like accounting firms, 
law firms, and financial institutions in developing, marketing and 
implementing tax shelters, after receiving testimony from Debra S. 
Petersen, California Franchise Tax Board, Rancho Cordova; Calvin H. 
Johnson, University of Texas at Austin School of Law; Philip Weisner 
and Mark Watson, both of Washington, D.C., Jeffrey Eischeid, Atlanta, 
Georgia, Lawrence DeLap, San Francisco, California, Larry Manth, Los 
Angeles, California, and Richard H. Smith, Jr., New York, New York, all 
of KPMG LLP; Richard Berry, Jr., PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York, New 
York; and Mark A. Weinberger, Ernst and Young LLP, Washington, D.C.
AMERICA POST 9/11
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
America after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, focusing on whether the 
government response to the attacks has adversely affected individual 
liberties, including the right to privacy, after receiving testimony 
from former Representative Barr; Nadine Strossen, American Civil 
Liberties Union, Muzaffar A. Chishti, Migration Policy Institute at New 
York University School of Law, and Robert J. Cleary, Proskauer Rose 
LLP, all of New York, New York; and Viet D. Dinh, Georgetown University 
Law Center, James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, and James X. 
Dempsey, Center for Democracy and Technology, all of Washington, D.C.