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Thursday, September 18, 2003

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Measures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1636-1637.

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Measures Passed:

Honoring the Life of Johnny Cash: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 68, honoring the life of Johnny Cash.

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Interior Department Appropriations: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 2691, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:

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Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation of the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-49)

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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Kenneth M. Karas, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.
Kirk Van Tine, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.

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Messages From the House:

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Measures Placed on Calendar:

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Enrolled Bills Presented:

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Executive Communications:

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Additional Cosponsors:

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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:

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Additional Statements:

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Amendments Submitted:

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Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 11:10 p.m., until 2 p.m., on Monday, September 22, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S11727.)

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Measures Introduced: 1 public bill, H.R. 3138, was introduced.

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Additional Cosponsors:

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Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
H.R. 2120, to revise the banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws with respect to the termination and netting of financial contracts, and for other purposes. (H. Rept. 108-277 Pt. 1)
H.R. 2571, to provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure, and for other purposes, with an amendment. (H. Rept. 108-278 Pt. 1)
H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes. (H. Rept. 108-279)

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Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Dreier to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.

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Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:05 a.m.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS--RETROSPECTIVE LOOK

Committee on Government Reform: Ordered reported the following measures: H. Con. Res. 106, recognizing and honoring America's Jewish community on the occasion of its 350th anniversary, supporting the designation of an ``American Jewish History Month''; H. Con. Res. 270, supporting the goals and ideals of College Savings Month; H. Res. 357, Honoring the life and legacy of Bob Hope; H.R. 2075, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Services located at 1905 West Blue Heron Boulevard in West Palm Beach, Florida, as the ``Judge Edward Rodgers Post Office Building''; H.R. 2533, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10701 Abercorn Street in Savannah, Georgia, as the ``J.C. Lewis, Jr. Post Office Building''; and H.R. 3068, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2055 Siesta Drive in Sarasota, Florida, as the ``Brigadier General (AUS-Ret.) John H. McLain Post Office.''
The Committee also held a hearing entitled ``What Happened to GPRA? A Retrospective Look At Government Performance and Results.'' Testimony was heard from Clay Johnson, Deputy Director, Management, OMB; David M. Walker, Comptroller General, GAO; former Representative Richard Armey of Texas; and a public witness.

No meetings/hearings scheduled.

On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 2691, Interior Department Appropriations with votes to occur on certain amendments.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider other cleared legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills and certain nominations, when available.

September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the report of the Panel to Review Sexual Misconduct Allegations at the United States Air Force Academy, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 23, to hold hearings to examine the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and restoring investor confidence, 10 a.m., SD-538.

September 23, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up the National Consumer Credit Reporting System Improvement Act of 2003, the Defense Production Reauthorization Act of 2003, and The Federal Transit Extension Act of 2003, 2 p.m., SD-538.

September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine counterterror initiatives in the terror finance program, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 23, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 213, to clear title to certain real property in New Mexico associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project, S. 1236, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to control or eradicate tamarisk in the western States, S. 1516, to further the purposes of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 by directing the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the commissioner of Reclamation, to carry out an assessment and demonstration program to assess potential increases in water availability for Bureau of Reclamation projects and other uses through control of salt cedar and Russian olive, H.R. 856, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise a repayment contract with the Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District D1018No. 1, San Angelo project, Texas, and H.R. 961, to promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.

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Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 23, business meeting to consider a bill to extend the authority of TEA-21 (Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century) for five months, to be immediately followed by a hearing to consider the nomination of Michael O. Leavitt, of Utah, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 9 a.m., SD-406.

September 24, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine the findings of the GAO concerning the Federal Emergency Management Agency's financial allocations and activities after the terrorist attacks on September 11, and to conduct oversight on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's effectiveness since becoming part of the Department of Homeland Security, 9 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Foreign Relations: September 25, to hold hearings to examine 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, and James Casey Kenny, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Ireland, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.

September 25, Subcommittee on African Affairs, with the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold joint hearings to receive a briefing from Senator Frist on HIV/AIDS in Africa, 3 p.m., SH-216.
Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 24, to hold hearings to examine discrimination against employees and retirees relating to social security government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 23, to hold hearings to examine health technology, 10 a.m., SD-430.

September 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine intellectual diversity, 10 a.m., SD-430.

September 25, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 606, to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions, the Workforce Investment Act Amendments of 2003, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, and pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.

September 25, Subcommittee on Children and Families, with the Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold joint hearings to receive a briefing from Senator Frist on HIV/AIDS in Africa, 3 p.m., SH-216.
Committee on Indian Affairs: September 24, to hold hearings to examine S. 1601, to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to provide for the reporting and reduction of child abuse and family violence incidences on Indian reservations, 10 a.m., SR-485.

September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine proposed legislation to reauthorize the Head Start program, 10 a.m., Room to be announced.
Committee on the Judiciary: September 23, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship, to hold hearings to examine information sharing and coordination for visa issuance in relation to homeland security, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.

September 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Dale S. Fischer to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, Claude A. Allen, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, and Gary L. Sharpe to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.

September 24, Subcommittee on Crime, Corrections and Victims' Rights, to hold hearings to examine elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
Special Committee on Aging: September 23, to hold hearings to examine HIPAA medical privacy and transaction rules, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.

To be announced.

Committee on Agriculture, September 24, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, hearing to review crop insurance for program crops, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Armed Services, September 24, Subcommittee on Task Force, hearing on the final report of the Panel to Review Sexual Misconduct Allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.

September 25, full Committee, hearing on United States policy and operations in Iraq, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 23, Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, hearing entitled ``The College Cost Crisis Report: Are Institutions Accountable Enough to Students and Parents?'' 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 23, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Challenges Facing the Medicaid Program in the 21st Century,'' 2:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

September 23, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, to mark up H.R. 2898, E-911 Implementation Act of 2003, 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.

September 24, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``The Future of Universal Service,'' 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

September 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Freddie Mac: Accounting Standards Issues Raised in the Doty Report,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, September 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``The Hamas Asset Freeze and Other Government Efforts to Stop Terrorist Financing,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

September 25, full Committee, hearing on the following: H.R. 2575, Secondary Mortgage Market Enterprises Regulatory Improvement Act; and the Administration's proposals on GSE regulation, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform, September 23, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and D1019International Relations, hearing on Strategic Workforce Planning at USAID, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.

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September 24, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management, oversight hearing entitled ``Improving USAID Financial Management,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.

September 24, Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing entitled ``A Medicare Prescription Drug Safety Net: Creating a Target Benefit for Low-Income Seniors,'' 12 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.

September 25, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Implementing the SAFETY Act: Advancing New Technologies for Homeland Security,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, September 23, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on ``Potential Congressional Responses to State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Campbell: Checking and Balancing Punitive Damages,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

September 23, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, joint hearing on the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act of 2003, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, September 23, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 408, to provide for expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore; H.R. 546, to revise the boundary of the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park in the State of Hawaii; H.R. 1521, to provide for additional lands to be included within the boundary of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial in the State of Pennsylvania; and H.R. 2055, to amend Public Law 89-366 to allow for an adjustment in the number of free roaming horses permitted in Cape Lookout National Seashore, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.

September 25, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 154, to exclude certain properties from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System; H.R. 2501, to clarify the boundaries of Coastal Barrier Resources System Cape Fear Unit NC-07P; H.R. 2619, to provide for the expansion of Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge; H.R. 2623, Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act; and H.R. 3056, to clarify the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coast Barrier Resources System Cedar Keys Unit P25 on Otherwise Protected Area P25P, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Rules, September 23, to consider H.R. 2557, Water Resources Development Act of 2003, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Small Business, September 24, Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment, and Government Programs and the Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, and Exports, joint hearing on Federal Prison Industry's Effects on the U.S. Economy and the Small Business Environment, 10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.

September 25, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprise, Agriculture and Technology, hearing entitled ``The Future of Rural Telecommunications: Is the Universal Service Fund Sustainable?'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 24, Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on the DOT Inspector General's September 4 Report on the Safety of the FAA's Contract Tower Program, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 24, hearing to examine the transition between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs of service members requiring health care services, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.

September 25, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs' Life Insurance Program, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
Committee on Ways and Means, September 25, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on the SSA's Management of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 24, executive, to consider Committee business, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.

September 24, Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on Global HUMINT Strategies, 4 p.m., H-405 Capitol.

September 24, executive, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security and the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, joint hearing on Joint Inquiry Recommendations, 1:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.

September 25, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, executive, briefing on Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.

September 25, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, hearing on Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection and the Terrorist Threat Integration Center, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
Select Committee on Homeland Security, September 24, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness and Response, hearing entitled ``Disease Surveillance Systems: How Can They Help the Nation Prepare for Bioterrorism?'' 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.

September 25, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Knowing Our Enemies--Consolidating U.S. Government Watch Lists to Promote Homeland Security,'' time and room to be announced.

Joint Meetings: September 25, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold joint hearings to receive a briefing from Senator Frist on HIV/AIDS in Africa, 3 p.m., SH-216.
Joint Meetings: September 25, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold joint hearings to receive a briefing from Senator Frist on HIV/AIDS in Africa, 3 p.m., SH-216.

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Program for Monday: Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 2691, Interior Department Appropriations and there will be a series of votes on certain amendments.

Program for Monday: the House will meet in pro forma session at 12 noon.

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