[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 6054-6055]
[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 Thursday, March 13, 2003 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                MARCH 14
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the posture of U.S. Joint 
           Forces Command and the role of joint experimentation in 
           force transformation, in review of the Defense 
           Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2004.
                                                             SR-22

                                MARCH 18
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine ballistic missile defense in 
           review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
           year 2004.
                                                            SD-106
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the war on terrorism, 
           focusing on diplomacy issues.
                                                            SD-419
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine the practice of contract 
           bundling in federal agency procurement, focusing on the 
           loss of federal jobs in small business.
                                                           SR-428A
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine proposals to regulate illegal 
           Internet gambling.
                                                            SD-538
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold oversight hearings to examine water supply issues 
           in the Western United States.
                                                            SD-366
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Mark W. 
           Everson, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Internal 
           Revenue.
                                                            SD-219
       Environment and Public Works
       Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget for fiscal year 2004 for the Fish and Wildlife 
           Service.
                                                            SD-406
       Appropriations
       Military Construction Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Base Realignment and Closure.
                                                            SD-138
     4 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold a closed briefing to examine the current hostage 
           situation in Columbia.
                                                     S-407 Capitol

                                MARCH 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine ethical regenerative medicine 
           research and human reproductive cloning.
                                                            SD-226
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine acquisition policy and 
           outsourcing issues in review of the Defense 
           Authorization Request for fiscal year 2004.
                                                            SR-222
       Rules and Administration
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the operations of 
           the Secretary of the Senate and the Architect of the 
           Capitol.
                                                            SR-301
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 15, to amend the Public 
           Health Service Act to provide for the payment of 
           compensation for certain individuals with injuries 
           resulting from the administration of smallpox 
           countermeasures, to provide protections and 
           countermeasures against chemical, radiological, or 
           nuclear agents that may be used in a terrorist attack 
           against the United States, and to improve immunization 
           rates by increasing the distribution of vaccines and 
           improving and clarifying the vaccine injury 
           compensation program, proposed legislation entitled 
           ``Lifespan Respite Care Act'', ``Pediatric Drugs 
           Research Authority'', ``Caring for Children Act of 
           2003'', ``Genetics Information Nondiscrimination Act of 
           2003'', and pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 424, to establish, 
           reauthorize, and improve energy programs relating to 
           Indian tribes, and S. 522, to amend the Energy

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           Policy Act of 1992 to assist Indian tribes in 
           developing energy resources.
                                                            SR-485
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the effects and consequences 
           of an emerging China.
                                                            SD-419
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the 
           Department of Defense, focusing on strategic forces and 
           policy.
                                                           SR-232A
     3 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the National Guard and 
           Reserve military and civilian personnel programs in 
           review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
           year 2004.
                                                            SH-216

                                MARCH 20
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine atomic energy defense 
           activities of the Department of Energy, in review of 
           the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2004.
                                                            SH-216
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine issues related to the 
           Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed 
           rule on the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.
                                                            SD-538
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine possible terrorist threats on 
           cargo containers.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's budget 
           request for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of 
           Commerce.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the Washington Teacher's 
           Union.
                                                            SD-430
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to examine legislative presentations 
           of AMVETS, American Ex-Prisoners of War, the Vietnam 
           Veterans of America, the Military Officers Association 
           of America, and the National Association of State 
           Directors of Veterans' Affairs.
                                               345 Cannon Building
     10:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Vernon 
           Bernard Parker, of Arizona, to be an Assistant 
           Secretary of Agriculture.
                                                           SR-328A
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine how to make embassies safer 
           in areas of conflict.
                                                            SD-419
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the U.S. Transportation 
           Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
           for fiscal year 2004.
                                                           SR-232A

                                MARCH 25
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine National Trail 
           designations and the potential impact of National 
           Trails on private lands, communities, and activities 
           within the viewshed of the trails, and S. 324, to amend 
           the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal 
           authority relating to land acquisition from willing 
           sellers for certain trails in the National Trails 
           System.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-430
     10 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the reauthorization of child 
           nutrition programs.
                                                           SR-328A
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Indian Gaming 
           Regulatory Act, focusing on the role and funding of the 
           National Indian Gaming Commission.
                                                            SH-216
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the 
           Department of Defense, focusing on the Department of 
           Energy's Office of Environmental Management and Office 
           of Legacy Management.
                                                            SR-222

                                MARCH 27
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the future of the North 
           Atlantic Treaty Organization; to be followed by closed 
           hearings (in Room SH-219).
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine terrorism, focusing on public 
           health response.
                                                            SD-430

                                APRIL 2
     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

                                APRIL 8
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the Mammography Quality 
           Standards Act.
                                                            SD-430