[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17949-17950]
[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 15, 2003 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 16
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation to make 
           permanent the moratorium on taxes on Internet access.
                                                            SR-253
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Marine Mammal Protection 
           Act.
                                                           SR-428A
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the semi-annual 
           monetary policy report of the Federal Reserve System.
                                                            SD-538
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by joint hearings with the House 
           Committee on Resources to examine S. 556, to amend the 
           Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend 
           that Act.
                                                            SD-106
       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
     11 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
           appropriations for energy and water development 
           programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004.
                                                            SD-138
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine competition in the 
           marketplace in relation to hospital group purchasing.
                                                            SD-226
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-216

                                JULY 17
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the importation of exotic 
           species and the impact on public health and safety.
                                                            SD-406

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       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine benefits for U.S. victims of 
           international terrorism.
                                                            SD-419
       Governmental Affairs
         To resume hearings to examine certain situations where 
           parents must relinquish custody in order to secure 
           mental health services for their children.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine regulatory oversight of 
           government sponsored enterprise accounting practices.
                                                            SD-538
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To resume hearings to examine the improved understanding 
           of the governance of the Department of Energy 
           laboratories.
                                                            SD-366
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine nursing home quality.
                                                            SD-215

                                JULY 18
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Steven M. 
           Colloton, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge 
           for the Eighth Circuit, Henry F. Floyd, to be United 
           States District Judge for the District of South 
           Carolina, H. Brent McKnight, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Western District of North 
           Carolina, R. David Proctor, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 
           and Rene Acosta, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
           Attorney General, Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 21
     2 p.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Financial Management, the Budget, and International 
           Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the risks and benefits to 
           consumers related to government sponsored enterprises.
                                                            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
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for Head Start, focusing on programs 
           to prepare children to succeed in school and in life.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine bankcruptcy and competition 
           issues in relation to the WorldCom Case.
                                                            SD-226

                                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
       Judiciary
         To resume oversight hearings on the federal sentencing 
           guidelines of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 24
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the competitive 
           sourcing effort within the National Park Service.
                                                            SD-366

                                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

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                JULY 16
     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.
                                                            SD-366

                             POSTPONEMENTS

     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold oversight hearings on the federal sentencing 
           guidelines of the U.S. Sentencing Comission.
                                                            SD-226
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to markup the proposed Patient Safety 
           and Quality Improvement Act of 2003.
                                                            SD-430