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Thursday, October 2, 2003


Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS




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Senate


Chamber Action


Routine Proceedings, pages S12305-S12419

Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1701-1709, S. Res. 238, and S. Con. Res. 71.

Page S12376

Measures Reported:

Report to accompany S. 1689, making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004. (S. Rept. No. 108-160)
S. 1478, to reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. (S. Rept. No. 108-161)
S. Res. 230, calling on the People's Republic of China immediately and unconditionally to release Rebiya Kadeer.
S. Res. 231, commending the Government and people of Kenya.
S. 1580, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the special immigrant religious worker program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. Con. Res. 66, commending the National Endowment for Democracy for its contributions to democratic development around the world on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the National Endowment for Democracy.

Page S12375

Measures Passed:

Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 71, providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate.

Pages S12349-50

Authorizing Regulations: Senate agreed to S. Res. 238, authorizing regulations relating to the use of official equipment.
Pages S12417-18

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, Iraq and Afghanistan: Senate continued consideration of S. 1689, making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:

Pages S12311-46, S12350-60

Adopted:
By 98 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 372), McConnell Modified Amendment No. 1795, to commend the Armed Forces of the United States in the War on Terrorism.
Pages S12311-16

Coleman Amendment No. 1802, to fund travel within the United States for members of the Armed Forces on rest and recuperation leave from a deployment overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pages S12337-39

Collins/Wyden Amendment No. 1820, to limit the obligation and expenditure of funds for using procedures other than full and open competition for entering into certain contracts or other agreements for the benefit of Iraq.
Pages S12354-55

Daschle/Graham (SC) Amendment No. 1816, to ensure that members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces are treated equitably in the provision of health care benefits under TRICARE and otherwise under the Defense Health Program.
Pages S12356-57

Stevens Amendment No. 1821, to strike the requirement for the Department of Defense to describe an Analysis of Alternatives for replacing the capabilities of the KC-135 aircraft fleet.
Page S12357

Reid (for Murray/Durbin) Amendment No. 1822, to provide requirements with respect to United States activities in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Pages S12357-58

Reed/Kennedy Modified Amendment No. 1812, to increase the amount provided for the Army for D1082procurement of up-armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles, to require an Army reevaluation of requirements and options for procuring armored security vehicles, and to provide an offset.
Pages S12358-60

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Stevens (for Voinovich/Lott) Amendment No. 1808, to require a report on efforts to increase financial contributions from the international community for reconstruction in Iraq and the feasibility of repayment of funds contributed for infrastructure projects in Iraq.

Page S12360

Rejected:
Biden Modified Amendment No. 1796, to provide funds for the security and stabilization of Iraq by suspending a portion of the reductions in the highest income tax rate for individual taxpayers. (By 57 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 373), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S12311, S12316-37

Leahy/Daschle Amendment No. 1803, to place the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq under the direct authority and foreign policy guidance of the Secretary of State. (By 56 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 374), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S12339-46

Dodd Amendment No. 1817, to provide an additional $322,000,000 for safety equipment for United States forces in Iraq and to reduce the amount provided for reconstruction in Iraq by $322,000,000. (By 49 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 376), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S12351-54

Pending:
Byrd Amendment No. 1818, to impose a limitation on the use of sums appropriated for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.
Page S12350

Byrd/Durbin Amendment No. 1819, to prohibit the use of Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds for low priority activities that should not be the responsibility of U.S. taxpayers, and shift $600 million from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund to Defense Operations and Maintenance, Army, for significantly improving efforts to secure and destroy conventional weapons, such as bombs, bomb materials, small arms, rocket propelled grenades, and shoulder-launched missiles, in Iraq.
Pages S12350-51

Reid (for Stabenow) Amendment No. 1823, to provide emergency relief for veterans healthcare, school construction, healthcare and transportation needs in the United States, and to create 95,000 new jobs.
Page S12358

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at 10 a.m., on Friday, October 3, 2003.
Page S12418

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Senate began consideration of S. 1053, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment, agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute and agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:

Pages S12403-17

Frist (for Snowe) Amendment No. 1824, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S12403-17

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, October 14, 2003; there be 15 minutes of debate equally divided, followed by a vote on final passage to occur thereon.
Pages S12403-04

Appointments:

Social Security Advisory Board: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, and in consultation with the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member of the Finance Committee, pursuant to Public Law 103-296, appointed Sylvester J. Schieber, of Maryland, as a member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a six-year term.

Page S12418

Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 99-498, appointed Rene Drouin of New Hampshire, vice Charles Terrell of Massachusetts, to the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance for a three-year term.
Page S12418

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 375), William Q. Hayes, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California.

Pages S12346-47, S12419

John A. Houston, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California.
Robert Clive Jones, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada.
Phillip S. Figa, of Colorado, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado.
1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
Pages S12347-49, S12417, S12419

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Jose Antonio Aponte, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National Commission On Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2007.
Sandra Frances Ashworth, of Idaho, to be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2004.
Edward Louis Bertorelli, of Massachusetts, to be Member of the National Commission on Libraries D1083and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2005.

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Carol L. Diehl, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2005.
Allison Druin, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2006.
Beth Fitzsimmons, of Michigan, to be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2006.
Patricia M. Hines, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2005.
Colleen Ellen Huebner, of Washington, to be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2007.
Stephen M. Kennedy, of New Hampshire, to be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2007.
Bridget L. Lamont, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2008.
Mary H. Perdue, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2008.
Herman Lavon Totten, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2008.
2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
A routine list in the Public Health Service.

Pages S12418-19

Messages From the House:

Pages S12371-72

Measures Referred:

Page S12372

Enrolled Bills Presented:

Page S12372

Executive Communications:

Pages S12372-75

Executive Reports of Committees:

Pages S12375-76

Additional Cosponsors:

Pages S12376-77

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:

Pages S12377-87

Additional Statements:

Pages S12369-71

Amendments Submitted:

Pages S12387-S12403

Authority for Committees to Meet:

Page S12403

Privilege of the Floor:

Page S12403

Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--376)

Pages S12316, S12337, S12346, S12347, S12354

Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:36 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, October 3, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S12418.)

Committee Meetings


(Committees not listed did not meet)

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT


Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Public Law 107-204) and restoring investor confidence, after receiving testimony from Paul A. Volcker, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, former Chairman, Federal Reserve System, Charles A. Bowsher, National Association of Securities Dealers, Chicago, Illinois, former Comptroller General of the United States, Ralph Larsen, Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Peter G. Peterson, Blackstone Group, New York, New York, all on behalf of the Conference Board, Inc.; Brian P. Anderson, Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, Illinois; John J. Castellani, Business Roundtable, and Richard L. Trumka, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, both of Washington, D.C.; and Keith D. Grinstein, Coinstar, Inc., Bellevue, Washington.

MEDIA OWNERSHIP


Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing on media ownership, focusing on issues of media concentration and ownership rules, after receiving testimony from Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, Washington, D.C.; and Victor B. Miller IV, Bear, Stearns and Company, Inc., Eli M. Noam, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and Philip M. Napoli, Fordham University Graduate School of Business, all of New York, New York.

AMTRAK


Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing on S. 1501, to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for stable, productive, and efficient passenger rail service in the United States, focusing on the future of intercity passenger rail service, after receiving testimony from Allan Rutter, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both of the Department of Transportation; David L. Gunn, President and Chief Executive Officer, Amtrak; and Claudia L. Howells, Oregon Department of Transportation, Salem.

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NATIONAL PARKS


Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 524, to expand the boundaries of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield to authorize the acquisition and interpretation of lands associated with the campaign that resulted in the capture of the fort in 1862, S. 1313, to establish the Congaree Swamp National Park in the State of South Carolina, S. 1472, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide a grant for the construction of a statue of Harry S Truman at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, and S. 1576, to revise the boundary of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, after receiving testimony from Senator Hollings; Sue Masica, Associate Director of Park Planning, Facilities, and Lands, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Debby Spencer, West Kentucky Corporation, Bowling Green, Kentucky; Dennis E. Frye, Civil War Adventures, Sharpsburg, Maryland; Hattie Fruster, Lower Richland National Association For the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Hopkins, South Carolina; and Harriet Hampton-Faucette, Friends of the Congaree Swamp, Columbia, South Carolina.

BUSINESS MEETING


Committee on Finance: on Wednesday, October 1, 2003, Committee ordered favorably reported S. 1637, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.

CUBA


Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine challenges for U.S. policy toward Cuba, focusing on the Western Hemisphere, challenges to multilateral consensus, U.S. programs to promote democracy and human rights, humanitarian aid and educational tourism, agricultural trade, and travel, after receiving testimony from Senator Baucus; Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; R. Richard Newcomb, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury; Jose Miguel Vivanco, Human Rights Watch, Emilio T. Gonzalez, Tew Cardenas, LLP, and Bernard W. Aronson, ACON Investments, LLC, all of Washington, D.C.

BUSINESS MEETING


Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. Con. Res. 66, commending the National Endowment for Democracy for its contributions to democratic development around the world on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the National Endowment for Democracy;
S. Res. 230, calling on the People's Republic of China immediately and unconditionally to release Rebiya Kadeer;
S. Res. 231, commending the Government and people of Kenya; and
The nominations of Richard Eugene Hoagland, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, Pamela P. Willeford, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein, James Casey Kenny, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Ireland, Randall L. Tobias, of Indiana, to be Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, with the rank of Ambassador, W. Robert Pearson, of Tennessee, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, William Cabaniss, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, David L. Lyon, of California, to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Kiribati, Roderick R. Paige, of Texas, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Thirty-second Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Robert B. Charles, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs), H. Douglas Barclay, of New York, to be Ambassador to El Salvador, and Pamela A. White, of Virginia, for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service.

BUSINESS MEETING


Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of C. Suzanne Mencer, of Colorado, to be the Director of the Office for Domestic Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security.

BUSINESS MEETING


Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
S. 606, to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions; and
S. 1627, to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.

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SPOKANE TRIBE HYDROPOWER SETTLEMENT


Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 1438, to provide for equitable compensation of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation in settlement of claims of the Tribe concerning the contribution of the Tribe to the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, after receiving testimony from Senator Murray; Warren Seyler, Spokane Tribal Business Council, Wellpinit, Washington; Howard Funke, Funke and Work Law Offices, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho; and Charles E. Pace, Regional Services, Challis, Idaho.

BUSINESS MEETING


Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 1580, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the special immigrant religious worker program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Charles W. Pickering, Sr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Margaret Catharine Rodgers, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, Roger W. Titus, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, and Karin J. Immergut, of Oregon, to be United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, Department of Justice.

INTELLIGENCE


Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.

House of Representatives


Chamber Action


Measures Introduced: public bills, H.R. ; private bills, H.R. ; and resolutions, H.J. Res. ; H. Con. Res. , and H. Res. were introduced.

Pages H9213-14

Additional Cosponsors:

Pages H9214-15

Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
H. Res. 364, a resolution of inquiry requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of adoption of this resolution the report prepared for the Joint Chiefs of Staff entitled ``Operation Iraqi Freedom Strategic Lessons Learned'' and documents in his possession on the reconstruction and security of post-war Iraq, adversely, (H. Rept. 108-289, Pt. 2).
H.R. 408, to provide for expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, amended, (H. Rept. 108-292);
H.R. 708, to require the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in Mendocino National Forest, California, to provide for the use of the proceeds from such conveyance for National Forest purposes, (H. Rept. 108-293);
H.R. 1092, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of Federal land in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada, amended, (H. Rept. 108-294);
H.R. 1442, to authorize the design and construction of a visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, amended, (H. Rept. 108-295); and
S. 254, to revise the boundary of the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park in the State of Hawaii, (H. Rept. 108-296).

Pages H9212-13

Chaplain: The prayer was offered today by Rev. Charles L. Moseley, Pastor, Great Bridge Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Page H9133

Approval of Journal: The House agreed to approve the Journal of the proceedings of Wednesday, October 1 by a voice vote.

Page H9133

Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act: The House agreed to the conference report on S. 3, to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion, by a yea-and-nay vote of 281 yeas to 142 nays, Roll No. 530.

Pages H9135-55

H. Res. 383, the rule providing for consideration of the conference report was agreed to by voice vote.
Page H9154

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations--Motion to go to Conference: Agreed by unanimous consent to disagree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2660, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and agreed to a conference.

Pages H9155-66

The House agreed to the Obey motion to instruct conferees on the bill by a yea-and-nay vote of 221 yeas to 203 nays, Roll No. 531.
Pages H9155-66

Appointed as conferees: Representatives Regula, Istook, Wicker, Northup, Cunningham, Granger, D1086Peterson of Pennsylvania, Sherwood, Weldon of Florida, Simpson, Young of Florida, Obey, Hoyer, Lowey, DeLauro, Jackson of Illinois, Kennedy of Rhode Island, and Roybal-Allard.
Page H9166

Energy Policy Act of 2003--Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House agreed to the Inslee motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 6, to enhance energy conservation and research and development, to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people by a voice vote.

Pages H9168-71

Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit--Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House debated the Bishop of New York motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003.

Pages H9171-87

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The House also debated the Flake motion to instruct conferees on the bill.

Pages H9180-87

Further proceedings on both motions were postponed until a later date.
Page H9187

Senate Messages: Messages from the Senate appear today on pages H9133 and H9203.

Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourn today, it adjourn to meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow, and further, that when it adjourns tomorrow, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7 for morning hour debate.

Page H9187

Private Calendar: Agreed to dispense with the private calendar for Tuesday, October 7.

Page H9187

Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, October 8.

Page H9187

Conditional Adjournment or Recess of the Senate: The House agreed to S. Con. Res. 71, providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate.

Page H9208

Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:31 p.m.

Committee Meetings


REVIEW CROP INSURANCE--SPECIALTY CROP PRODUCERS


Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a hearing to review crop insurance for specialty crop producers. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST--IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN


Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a hearing on the Administration's Fiscal Year Supplemental Request for Iraq and Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Ray DuBois, Deputy Under Secretary, Installations and Environment; Gen. Larry Lust, USA, Assistant Chief of Staff, Installation Management; Gen. Dean Fox, USAF, Air Force Civil Engineer; and Lawrence Lanzillotta, Principal Deputy and Deputy Under Secretary, Management Reform.

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM--OPERATIONAL LESSONS


Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the U.S. Joint Forces Command on operational lessons from Operation Iraqi Freedom. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Adm. E.P. Giambastiani, U.S. Navy Command, Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command; and Brig. Gen. Bob Cone, USA, Director, Joint Lessons Learned Team.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES


Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 992, Union Members Right-to-Know Act; H.R. 993, Labor Management Accountability Act; and H.R. 994, Union Member Information Act.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; ENTREPRENEURIAL GOVERNMENT RUN AMOK?


Committee on Government: Ordered reported the following measures: H. Con. Res. 264, authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Constantino Brumidi; and H.J. Res. 70, recognizing Inspectors General over the last 25 years in their efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Federal Government.
The Committee also held a hearing on ``Entrepreneurial Government Run Amok? A Review of FTS/FTS Organizational and Management Challenges.'' Testimony was heard from Stephen Perry, Administrator, GSA; William T. Woods, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, GAO; and public witnesses.

U.S. POLICY TOWARD LIBERIA


Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Liberia, Testimony was heard from Walter H. Kansteiner III, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State; Theresa Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of African Affairs, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.

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HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA


Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights, and the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific concluded joint hearings on Human Rights in Burma: Fifteen Years Post Military Coup, Part II. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State: Lorne W. Craner, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; and Matthew Daley, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

INTERNET TOBACCO SALES ENFORCEMENT ACT


Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 2824, Internet Tobacco Sales Enforcement Act.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES


Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 885, Arizona Water Settlements Act; and H.R. 1753, Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act. Testimony was heard from Senator Kyl; Representative Nethercutt; Bennett W. Raley, Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Steven Hickok, Deputy Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS--IMPACT OF NURSING SHORTAGE


Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the impact of the nursing shortage on the Department of Veterans Affairs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Cathy J. Rick, R.N., Chief Nursing Officer; Sandra K. Janzen, R.N., Associate Chief of Staff/Nursing, James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital; and Mary Raymer, R.N., Nursing Education Program Manager, Health Care Staff Development and Retention Office; representatives of nursing associations; and public witnesses.

IRAQ WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION UPDATE


Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold a hearing on Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction Update. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings


NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH


Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions concluded a joint hearing with the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to examine National Institutes of Health management of biomedical research to prevent and cure disease in the 21st Century, focusing on the doubling of the NIH budget that is fueling scientific advances and the complexity of these new biological discoveries that create scientific and management challenges, after receiving testimony from Elias A. Zerhouni, Director, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Harold Varmus, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, former Director, NIH; and Harold Shapiro, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, on behalf of the National Research Council Committee on the Organizational Structure of NIH.

NEW PUBLIC LAWS


(For last listing of Public Laws, see
Daily Digest, p. D1077)
H.R. 2555, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004. Signed on October 1, 2003. (Public Law 108-90).

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY,


OCTOBER 3, 2003


(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate


Committee on Armed Services: to hold a closed briefing on the interim report on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs, 9:30 a.m., S-407, Capitol.

House


Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled, ``What if Isabel Met Tractor Man? A Post-Hurricane Reassessment of Emergency Readiness in the Capital Region,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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Next Meeting of the
SENATE

9:30 a.m., Friday, October 3

Senate Chamber

Program for Friday: After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 10 a.m.), Senate will continue consideration of S. 1689, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.

Next Meeting of the
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

10 a.m., Friday, October 3

House Chamber

Program for Friday: The House will meet in pro forma session at 10 a.m.


Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE

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Baldwin, Tammy, Wisc., E1957

Becerra, Xavier, Calif., E1964

Berkley, Shelley, Nev., E1955

Berman, Howard L., Calif., E1963

Berry, Marion, Ark., E1962

Bilirakis, Michael, Fla., E1965

Bishop, Timothy H., Jr., N.Y., E1969

Brown, Corrine, Fla., E1955

Capuano, Michael E., Mass., E1971

Castle, Michael N., Del., E1953, E1954, E1966, E1973

Crane, Philip M., Ill., E1957

Cummings, Elijah E., Md., E1964

Davis, Danny K., Ill., E1961

Davis, Jim, Fla., E1962

Davis, Tom, Va., E1956

DeMint, Jim, S.C., E1959

Deutsch, Peter, Fla., E1967

Emanuel, Rahm, Ill., E1953, E1954

Everett, Terry, Ala., E1963

Frank, Barney, Mass., E1971

Gillmor, Paul E., Ohio, E1957

Gordon, Bart, Tenn., E1963

Granger, Kay, Tex., E1968

Hinojosa, Ruben, Tex., E1972

Honda, Michael M., Calif., E1972

Jackson-Lee, Sheila, Tex., E1973

Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E1959

Jones, Stephanie Tubbs, Ohio, E1970

Kennedy, Patrick J., R.I., E1969

Kleczka, Gerald D., Wisc., E1967

Langevin, James R., R.I., E1960

Levin, Sander M., Mich., E1955

McCollum, Betty, Minn., E1964, E1968

McCotter, Thaddeus G., Mich., E1961

McInnis, Scott, Colo., E1967, E1968, E1970, E1972, E1974

Menendez, Robert, N.J., E1965

Napolitano, Grace F., Calif., E1965

Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E1959

Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E1959

Pitts, Joseph R., Pa., E1961

Portman, Rob, Ohio, E1966

Roybal-Allard, Lucille, Calif., E1966

Ryan, Paul, Wisc., E1963

Schiff, Adam B., Calif., E1959, E1961

Sessions, Pete, Tex., E1957

Shimkus, John, Ill., E1956

Simpson, Michael K., Idaho, E1972

Skelton, Ike, Mo., E1956

Smith, Nick, Mich., E1971

Stark, Fortney Pete, Calif., E1968

Tauscher, Ellen O., Calif., E1954

Thompson, Mike, Calif., E1970

Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E1973

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