[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 13394-13396]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.

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  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, June 3, 2003 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 JUNE 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold oversight hearings to examine activities of the 
           Federal Communications Commission.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine Iraq stabilization and 
           reconstruction, focusing on international contributions 
           and resources.
                                                            SD-419
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine transforming the Department 
           of Defense Personnel System, focusing on finding the 
           right approach.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 281, to amend the 
           Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to make 
           certain amendments with respect to Indian tribes, to 
           provide for training and technical assistance to Native 
           Americans who are interested in commercial vehicle 
           driving careers, and S. 725, to amend the 
           Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to 
           provide from the Highway Trust Fund additional funding 
           for Indian reservation roads.
                                                            SR-485
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1125, to create a fair and 
           efficient system to resolve claims of victims for 
           bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure.
                                                            SH-216
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 714, to provide for the 
           conveyance of a small parcel of Bureau of Land 
           Management land in Douglas County, Oregon, to the 
           county to improve management of and recreational access 
           to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, S. 391, 
           to enhance ecosystem protection and the range of 
           outdoor opportunities protected by statute in the 
           Skykomish River valley of the State of Washington by 
           designating certain lower-elevation Federal lands as 
           wilderness, S. 1003, to clarify the intent of Congress 
           with respect to the continued use of established 
           commercial outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River, 
           H.R. 417, to revoke a Public Land Order with respect to 
           certain lands erroneously included in the Cibola 
           National Wildlife Refuge, California, and S. 924, to 
           authorize the exchange of lands between an Alaska 
           Native Village Corporation and the Department of the 
           Interior.
                                                            SD-366
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine democracy, human rights, and 
           justice in Serbia today.
                                              334, Cannon Building
     2 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the impacts on 
           tribal fish and wildlife management programs in the 
           Pacific Northwest.
                                                            SR-485
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2004 and proposed 
           legislation authorizing funds for the Small Business 
           Administration.
                                                           SR-428A

                                 JUNE 5
     2:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine Title XI.
                                                            SR-253
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 485, to amend the Clean 
           Air Act to reduce air pollution through expansion of 
           cap and trade programs, to provide an alternative 
           regulatory classification for units subject to the cap 
           and trade program, focusing on emissions-control 
           technologies and utility-sector investment issues.
                                                            SD-406
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine financing AMTRAK.
                                                            SR-253
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the 
           Defense Production Act.
                                                            SD-538
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine arming rogue regimes, 
           focusing the role of OSCE Participating States.
                                              334, Cannon Building
     10:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of C. Stewart 
           Verdery, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
           for Policy and Planning/Border and Transportation 
           Security Directorate, Michael J. Garcia, of New York, 
           to be Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs 
           Enforcement, and Joe D. Whitley, of Georgia, to be 
           General Counsel, all of the Department of Homeland 
           Security.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Foreign Operations Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2004 for foreign operations.
                                                            SD-192
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Eduardo 
           Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, to be Director of the Bureau of 
           Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of 
           Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-226
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine Senate Rule XXII relative to 
           the cloture rule and proposals to amend this rule.
                                                            SR-301
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine life inside North Korea.
                                                            SD-419

                                JUNE 10
     9:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine castaway children, focusing 
           on whether parents must relinquish custody in order to 
           secure mental health services for their children.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the Head Start program.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 499, to authorize the 
           American Battle Monuments Commission to establish in 
           the State of Louisiana a memorial to honor the Buffalo 
           Soldiers, S. 546, to provide for the protection of 
           paleontological resources on Federal lands, S. 643, to 
           authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation 
           with the University of New Mexico, to construct and 
           occupy a portion of the Hibben Center for 
           Archaeological Research at the University of New 
           Mexico, S. 677, to revise the boundary of the Black 
           Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge 
           National Conservation Area in the State of Colorado, S. 
           1060 and H.R. 1577, bills to designate the visitor 
           center in Organ Pipe National Monument in Arizona as 
           the ``Kris Eggle Visitor Center'', H.R. 255, to 
           authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant an 
           easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark 
           Interpretative Center in Nebraska City, Nebraska, and 
           H.R. 1012, to establish the Carter G. Woodson Home 
           National Historic Site in the District of Columbia.
                                                            SD-366

                                JUNE 11
     9 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Investigations Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine patient safety, focusing on 
           instilling hospitals with a culture of continuous 
           improvement.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-430
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Charles W. 
           Grim, of Oklahoma,

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           to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department 
           of Health and Human Services.
                                                            SR-485

                                JUNE 12
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine repercussions of Iraq 
           stabilization and reconstruction policies.
                                                            SD-419
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine private sector lessons for 
           Medicare.
                                                            SD-430
     2 p.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine certain issues relative to 
           TWA.
                                              Room to be announced

                                JUNE 17
     10 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar items.
                                                            SD-342

                                JUNE 18
     9:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Fern 
           Flanagan Saddler, Judith Nan Macaluso, Joseph Michael 
           Francis Ryan III, and Jerry Stewart Byrd, all of the 
           District of Columbia, each to be an Associate Judge of 
           the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine Native American 
           sacred places.
                                                            SR-485

                                JUNE 19
     10 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to conduct an initial review of the 
           ULLICO matter, focusing on self-dealing and breach of 
           duty.
                                                            SD-342

                                JUNE 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine controlling the cost of 
           Federal Health Programs by curing diabetes, focusing on 
           a case study.
                                                            SD-342

                                JUNE 25
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366

                                JUNE 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the need for Federal real 
           property reform, focusing on deteriorating buildings 
           and wasted opportunities.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the Department of State's 
           Office of Children's Issues, focusing on responding to 
           international parental abduction.
                                                            SD-419