[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17063-17064]
[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.
  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, July 8, 2003 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 JULY 9
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine lessons learned during 
           Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation 
           Iraqi Freedom, and to receive testimony on ongoing 
           operations in the United States Central Command region; 
           followed by a closed session in SH-219.
                                                            SH-216
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of James O. 
           Browning, to be United States District Judge for the 
           District of New Mexico, Kathleen Cardone, to be United 
           States District Judge for the Western District of 
           Texas, James I. Cohn, to be United States District 
           Judge for the Southern District of Florida, Frank 
           Montalvo, to be United States District Judge for the 
           Western District of Texas, Xavier Rodriguez, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Western District 
           of Texas, and Rene Acosta, of Virginia, to be an 
           Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine S. Res. 173, to amend Rule 
           XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate with respect to 
           new or general legislation and unauthorized 
           appropriations in general appropriations bills and 
           amendments thereto, and new or general legislation, 
           unauthorized appropriations, new matter, or nongermane 
           matter in conference reports on appropriations Acts, 
           and unauthorized appropriations in amendments between 
           the Houses relating to such Acts.
                                                            SR-301
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine technology and innovation in 
           relation to health care costs.
                                                            SD-628
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Indian Gaming 
           Regulatory Act.
                                                            SD-106
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Homeland Security Subcommittee
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
           appropriations for the Deparment of Homeland Security 
           for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004.
                                                            SD-124
     11 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
           appropriations for the Department of the Interior and 
           related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
           30, 2004.
                                                            SD-138

                                JULY 10
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Paul 
           Morgan Longsworth, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
           Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, 
           National Nuclear Security Administration, and Thomas W. 
           O'Connell, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           Defense.
                                                            SR-222
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-G50
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation 
           authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for 
           Small Business Administration programs.
                                                           SR-428A
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine ``The Accuracy of Credit 
           Report Information and the Fair Credit Reporting Act''.
                                                            SD-538
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the high price of natural 
           gas, its effect on the economy and to consider 
           potential solutions.
                                                            SH-216
     2:30 p.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to consider proposed legislation 
           regarding VA-provided benefits programs, including the 
           following: S. 257, S. 517, S. 1131, S. 1133, S. 1188, 
           S. 1213, S. 1239, S. 1281, S. 249, S. 938, S. 1132, S. 
           792, S. 806, S. 1136, S. 978, S. 1124, S. 1199, S. 
           1282.
                                                            SR-418
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     3:30 p.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Children and Families Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for Community Services Block grant 
           programs.
                                                            SD-430


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                                JULY 15
     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.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine bankcruptcy and competition 
           issues in relation to the WorldCom Case.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to receive a report by the National 
           Commander of The American Legion, Ronald F. Conley, of 
           his tenure.
                                                            SR-418

                                JULY 16
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 556, to amend the Indian 
           Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that 
           Act.
                                                            SR-485
       Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the recent General Accounting 
           Office report entitled: ``An Overall Strategy and 
           Indicators for Measuring Progress Are Needed to Better 
           Achieve Restoration Goals'', focusing on the 
           ramifications of an uncoordinated Great Lakes 
           restoration strategy, current management of various 
           environmental programs, and possible next steps to 
           improve the management of Great Lakes programs.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Suedeen G. 
           Kelly, of New Mexico, to be a Member of Federal Energy 
           Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term 
           expiring June 30, 2004.
                                                            SD-366

                                JULY 17
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
       Governmental Affairs
         To resume hearings to examine castaway children, focusing 
           on whether parents must relinquish custody in order to 
           secure mental health services for their children.
                                                            SD-342

                                JULY 22
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1314, to expedite 
           procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities on 
           National Forest System lands established from the 
           public domain and other public lands administered by 
           the Bureau of Land Management, to improve the health of 
           National Forest System lands established from the 
           public domain and other public lands administered by 
           the Bureau of Land Management, and H.R. 1904, to 
           improve the capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture 
           and the Secretary of the Interior to plan and conduct 
           hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest 
           System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands aimed 
           at protecting communities, watersheds, and certain 
           other at-risk lands from catastrophic wildfire, to 
           enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address 
           threats to forest and rangeland health, including 
           catastrophic wildfire, across the landscape; to examine 
           the impacts of insects, disease, weather-related 
           damage, and fires on public and private forest lands. 
           Processes for implementing forest health and hazardous 
           fuels reduction projects on public and private lands, 
           and processes for implementing forest health and 
           hazardous fuels reduction projects will also be 
           discussed.
                                              Room to be announced

                                JULY 23
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 556, to amend the Indian 
           Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that 
           Act.
                                                            SR-485
       Judiciary
         To hold oversight hearings to examine certain pending 
           matters.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 30
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 578, to amend the Homeland 
           Security Act of 2002 to include Indian tribes among the 
           entities consulted with respect to activities carried 
           out by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
                                                            SR-485

                              SEPTEMBER 16
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to receive the legislative 
           presentation of The American Legion.
                                                            SH-216