[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 18448-18449]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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                          EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

                       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 Thursday, July 17, 2003 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                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 the nominations of Steven M. 
           Colloton, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge 
           for the Eighth Circuit, H. Brent McKnight, to be United 
           States District Judge for the Western District of North 
           Carolina, and R. David Proctor, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 
           both of the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine the consequences of direct-
           to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs.
                                                            SD-628
     2 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mark C. 
           Brickell, of New York, to be Director of the Office of 
           Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of 
           Housing and Urban Development, Alicia R. Castaneda, of 
           the District of Columbia, to be a Director of the 
           Federal Housing Finance Board, and Thomas J. Curry, of 
           Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
           of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
                                                            SD-538
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine bankruptcy and competition 
           issues in relation to the WorldCom Case.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine public interest and localism.
                                                            SR-253
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider proposed Patient Safety and 
           Quality Improvement Act of 2003, and the nominations of 
           Daniel Pipes, of Pennsylvania, Charles Edward Horner, 
           of the District of Columbia, and Stephen D. Krasner, of 
           California, each to be a Member of the Board of 
           Directors of the United States Institute of Peace, and 
           Eric S. Dreiband, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of 
           the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
                                                            SD-430
       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 resume oversight hearings on the federal sentencing 
           guidelines of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Rene 
           Acosta, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
           General, and Daniel J. Bryant, of Virginia, to be an 
           Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of 
           Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine privacy and digital rights 
           management.
                                                            SR-253
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Housing and Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine enhancing the role of the 
           private sector in public transportation.
                                                            SD-538
     2:45 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine status and prospects for 
           reconstruction relating to Iraq.
                                                            SD-419
     4 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine agricultural consolidation 
           and the Smithfield/Farmland Deal.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the past and present of the 
           administration's competitive sourcing initiative.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine federal biodefense readiness.
                                                            SD-430
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics to 
           examine space commercialization.
                                                            SH-216

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     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 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To resume hearings to examine the status and prospects 
           for reconstruction resources relating to Iraq.
                                                            SH-216
                                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