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Measures Introduced:
Eleven bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1316-1326, and S. Res. 181-182.
Pages S8438-39
Measures Reported:
S. 312, to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the State Children's Health Insurance Program. (S. Rept. No. 108-78)
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Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act:
Senate continued consideration of S. 1, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements in the medicare program, to provide prescription drug coverage under the medicare program, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
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Lincoln Modified Amendment No. 934, to ensure coverage for syringes for the administration of insulin, and necessary medical supplies associated with the administration of insulin.
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Sununu Amendment No. 1010, to improve outpatient vision services under part B of the Medicare program.
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Messages From the House:
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Measures Referred:
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Measures Read First Time:
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Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S8437
Executive Communications:
Pages S8437-38
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S8439-41
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S8441-45
Additional Statements:
Pages S8435-36
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S8445-76
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S8476
Authority for Committees to Meet:
Pages S8476-78
Privilege of the Floor:
Page S8478
Record Votes:
Nine record votes were taken today. (Total--241)
Pages S8395-96, S8402-03, S8404, S8408-09, S8414-15
Adjournment:
Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:13 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 25, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8478.)
SUPPORTING OUR MILITARY FAMILIES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
Subcommittee on Children and Families concluded joint hearings with the Committee on Armed Services' Subcommittee on Personnel to examine challenges facing military families, focusing on the Reserve component family readiness and support programs, employer support, and reunion and readjustment policies, after receiving testimony from John M. Molino, Deputy Under Secretary for Military Community and Family Policy, Joseph D. Tafoya, Director, Education Activity, Colonel James L. Scott II, Director, Individual and Family Support Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs (Manpower and Personnel), and M.A. Lucas, Director, Army Child and Youth Services, all of the Department of Defense; Michael J. Petrilli, Associate Deputy Under Secretary of Education for Innovation and Improvement; Shelley M. MacDermid, Purdue University Military Family Research Institute, West Lafayette, Indiana; and Joyce Wessel Raezer, National Military Family Association, Alexandria, Virginia.
RAPID TRANSIT: BUS SERVICE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Committee concluded hearings to examine bus rapid D721transit and other bus service innovations, focusing on funding sources, flexible mass transit options, capital and operating costs, after receiving testimony from Jennifer L. Dorn, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation; JayEtta Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, General Accounting Office; Kenneth P. Hamm, Lane Transit District, Eugene, Oregon; Gary L. Brosch, University of South Florida National Bus Rapid Transit Institute, Tampa; Oscar Edmundo Diaz, New York University Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York; and Anne Canby, Surface Transportation Policy Project, Washington, D.C.
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UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Committee concluded hearings on reform of the United States Olympic Committee, after receiving testimony from Donald Fehr, Major League Baseball Players Association, Dick Ebersol, NBC Sports and Olympics, Harvey W. Schiller, Assante U.S., all of New York, New York, Roberta Cooper Ramo, Modrall Sperling, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Donna de Varona, Greenwich, Connecticut, all on behalf of the U.S. Olympic Committee Independent Commission; Robert Balk, Long Beach, California, and Rachel Mayer Godino, Needham, Massachusetts, both on behalf of the USOC Athletes' Advisory Council; Robert Marbut, USOC National Governing Bodies' Council, San Antonio, Texas; Jim Scherr, United States Olympic Committee, Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Bill Stapleton, Capital Sports and Entertainment, Austin, Texas.
LABORATORY MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
Committee began hearings on improved understanding of the governance of the Department of Energy laboratories and approaches to optimize the capability of those laboratories to respond to national needs, receiving testimony from John Peoples, Jr., Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois; Siegfried S. Hecker, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico; Martha Krebs, Science Strategies, Los Angeles, California; and Herman Postma, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN POWER SYSTEM
Committee on Environment and Public Works:
Committee concluded hearings to examine implementation of the National Marine Fisheries Service's 2000 Biological Opinion for listed anadromous fish regarding operation of the Federal Columbia River Basin Power System, after receiving testimony from D. Robert Lohn, Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Stephen J. Wright, Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy; J. William McDonald, Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Colonel Dale Knieriemen, Deputy Commander, Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Michael L. Bogert, Counsel to Governor of Idaho, Boise; Judi Danielson, Northwest Power Planning Council, and Steven Huffaker, Columbia River Fish and Wildlife Authority, both of Portland, Oregon; Anthony D. Johnson, Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai, Idaho; and Nancy Murillo, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Fort Hall, Idaho.
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES WITH EUROPE
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded hearings to examine U.S. relations with respect to a changing Europe, focusing on differing views on technology issues, the highly-integrated United States-European Union marketplace, and U.S./EU regulatory coordination, after receiving testimony from Gary Litman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Fred Yoder, National Corn Growers Association, Karen Myers, United States Council on International Business, and Jean Halloran, Consumers Union, all of Washington, D.C.; and Harris N. Miller, Information Technology Association of America, Arlington, Virginia.
JUVENILE DIABETES
Committee on Governmental Affairs:
Committee concluded hearings to examine issues relative to controlling juvenile diabetes, focusing on the personal toll on families, financial costs to the Federal Health Care System, and research progress toward a cure, and related provisions of S. 518, to increase the supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, to provide better coordination of Federal efforts and information on islet cell transplantation, and to collect the data necessary to move islet cell transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy, after receiving testimony from Allen M. Spiegel, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Bernhard J. Hering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Mary Tyler Moore, New York, New York, on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International; Colleen Rea, Stamford, Connecticut; Sophia Cygnarowicz, Columbia, Illinois; Katie Halasz, Wells, Maine; Eric Bonness and Alex Bonness, both of Omaha, Nebraska; LaNiece Evans-Scott, Backlick, Ohio; and Anne Seidel, Dallas, Texas.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary:
Committee resumed markup of S. 1125, to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, June 26.
Committee on Rules and Administration:
Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 148, to provide for the Secretary of Homeland Security to be included in the line of Presidential succession;
S. Res. 178, to prohibit Members of the Senate and other persons from removing art and historic objects from the Senate wing of the Capitol and Senate office buildings for personal use; and
S. Res. 138, to amend rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate relating to the consideration of nominations requiring the advice and consent of the Senate.
Measures Introduced:
26 public bills, H.R. 2569-2594; and; 6 resolutions, H.J. Res. 61; H. Con. Res., 227-229 and H. Res. 294 and 296, were introduced.
Pages H5813-14
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H5814-15
Reports Filed:
Reports were filed today as follows:
H. Res. 295, providing for consideration of H.R. 2417, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System (H. Rept. 108-176).
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Speaker Pro Tempore:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Boozman to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.
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Recess:
The House recessed at 9:11 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m.
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Suspensions:
The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures:
Small Business Advocacy Improvement:
H.R. 1772, amended, to improve small business advocacy;
Pages H5720-24
Pages H5724-27, H5742-43
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Pages H5727-33, H5795-96
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act:
The House passed H.R. 2555, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, by yea-and-nay vote of 425 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 310.
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Markey amendment that prohibits any funding to be used to approve, renew, or implement any aviation cargo security plan that permits the transporting of unscreened or uninspected cargo on passenger planes (agreed to by recorded vote of 278 ayes to 146 noes, Roll No. 308).
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Senate Messages:
Message received from the Senate appears on page H5718.
Referrals:
S. 239 was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and S. 1157 was referred to the Committees on House Administration and Transportation and Infrastructure.
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Amendment:
Amendments ordered pursuant to the rule appear on pages H5815-17.
Quorum Calls--Votes:
Five yea-and-nay votes and six recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H5741-42, H5742, H5742-43, H5743-44, H5758-59, H5781, H5789-90, H5790-91, H5794, H5795, and H5796. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment:
The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 12 midnight.
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KC-767 TANKER LEASE INITIATIVE
Committee on Armed Services:
Subcommittee on Projection Forces held a hearing on the KC-767 tanker lease initiative. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Lt. Gen. Michael E. Zettler, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Installations and Logistics, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force; and Maj. Gen. Paul W. Essex, USAF, Director, Plans and Programs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command; and Neil P. Curtin, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, GAO.
LABOR--MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT--UNION DEMOCRACY REFORMS
Committee on Education and the Workforce:
Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations held a hearing on ``Union Democracy Reforms to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: H.R. 992, Union Members' Right-to-Know Act; H.R. 993, Labor-Management Accountability Act; and H.R. 994, Union Member Information Enforcement Act.'' Testimony was heard from Lary Yud, Deputy Director, Office of Labor-Management Standards, Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor; and public witnesses.
GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY FROM COAL--FUTURE OPTIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce:
Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality held a hearing on ``Future Options for Generation of Electricity from Coal.'' Testimony was heard from George Rudins, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Coal and Power Systems, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
IMPORTED, COUNTERFEIT, AND UNAPPROVED DRUGS AVALANCHE INTO U.S.
Committee on Energy and Commerce:
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation held a hearing on ``A System Overwhelmed: The Avalanche of Imported, Counterfeit, and Unapproved Drugs into U.S.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FDA, Department of Health and Human Services: William K. Hubbard, Associate Commissioner, Policy and Planning; and John Taylor, Associate Commissioner, Regulatory Affairs; Elizabeth Durant, Director, Trade Programs, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; and the following officials of the State of Florida: Robert Penezic, Assistant Statewide Prosecutor; Gregg Jones, Pharmaceutical Program Manager, Drugs, Device, and Cosmetic Regulation and Cesar Arias, Drug Inspector Supervisor, both with the Bureau of Statewide Pharmaceutical Services, Department of Health.
FIGHTING IDENTIFY THEFT--ROLE OF FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT
Committee on Financial Services:
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``Fighting Identity Theft--The Role of FCRA.'' Testimony was heard from J. Howard Beales III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, FTC; Daniel L. Mihalko, Inspector in Charge, Congressional and Public Affairs, Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Postal Service; Tim Caddigan, Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigative Division, U.S. Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security; and public witnesses.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--SCHOOL CHOICE
Committee on Government Reform:
Held a hearing on ``School Choice in the District of Columbia: Opening Doors for Parents and Students.'' Testimony was heard from Representative Boehner; Rod Paige, Secretary of Education; and Anthony Williams, Mayor, District of Columbia.
EMERGING THREATS: ASSESSING NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX FACILITY SECURITY
Committee on Government Reform:
Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing on ``Emerging Threats: Assessing Nuclear Weapons Complex Facility Security.'' Testimony was heard from Robin M. Nazzaro, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; the following officials of the Department of Energy: Glenn S. Podonsky, Director, Office D725of Oversight and Performance Assurance; Linton F. Brooks, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; and Joseph S. Mahaley, Director, Office of Security; and public witnesses.
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CYBER SECURITY
Committee on Government Reform:
Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census held a hearing on ``Cyber Security: The Status of Information Security and the Effects of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) at Federal Agencies.'' Testimony was heard from Mark A. Forum, Administrator, Electronic Government and Information Technology, OMB; Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues, GAO; Johnnie E. Frazier, Inspector General, Department of Commerce; Robert W. Cobb, Inspector General, NASA; Scott Charbo, Chief Information Officer, USDA; Drew Ladner, Chief Information Officer, Department of the Treasury; and Bruce Morrison, Acting Chief Information Officer, Department of State.
BOOSTING AFRICA'S AGRICULTURAL TRADE
Committee on International Relations:
Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on Boosting Africa's Agricultural Trade. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL JUDICIARY--ARE ADDITIONAL JUDGES NEEDED?
Committee on the Judiciary:
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property held an oversight hearing on ``The Federal Judiciary: Is There a Need for Additional Federal Judges?'' Testimony was heard from Dennis Jacobs, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, State of New York; William O. Jenkins, Jr., Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, GAO; and a public witness.
OVERSIGHT--DEADLY CONSEQUENCES OF ILLEGAL ALIEN SMUGGLING
Committee on the Judiciary:
Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims held an oversight hearing on ``The Deadly Consequences of Illegal Alien Smuggling.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Homeland Security: Jose Garza, Chief Patrol Agent, McAllen Sector, Border Patrol, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection; and Tom Homan, Interim Resident Agent in Charge, San Antonio, Texas, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--FEDERAL LANDS ABILITY TO MEET ENERGY NEEDS
Committee on Resources:
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on ``The Ability of Federal Lands to Meet our Energy Needs.'' Testimony was heard from Rebecca Watson, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources:
Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1521, Johnstown Flood National Memorial Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003; H.R. 1658, Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act of 2003; 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. Testimony was heard from Representative Pombo, Murtha and Jones of North Carolina; the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Dan Smith, Special Assistant to the Director, National Park Service; and Bob Anderson, Acting Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection, Bureau of Land Management; and a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources:
Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1794, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct and rehabilitate Federal water supply lines associated with Folsom Dam in California; and H.R. 2040, to amend the Irrigation Project Extension Act of 1998 to extend certain contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and certain irrigation water contractors in the State of Wyoming and Nebraska. Testimony was heard from William Rinne, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules:
Granted, a modified open rule providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 2417, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The rule provides that the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The rule provides that it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill, which shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill, and against the committee amendment in D726the nature of a substitute. The rule provides that no amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution, and all points of order against said amendments are waived. The rule provides that each amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Goss and Representatives Cox, Harman, Hastings of Florida, Tauscher, Schiff and Turner of Texas.
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VETERANS' MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs:
Subcommittee on Health approved for full Committee action, as amended, the following bills: H.R. 116, Veterans' New Fitzsimons Health Care Facilities Act of 2003; H.R. 1720, Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act; H.R. 2357, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish standards of access to care for veterans seeking health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs; and H.R. 2433, Health Care for Veterans of Project 112/Project SHAD Act of 2003.
TERRORIST FINANCING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:
Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security met in executive session to hold a hearing on Terrorist Financing. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, business meeting to consider proposed legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
Committee on Armed Services:
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Lieutenant General John P. Abizaid, USA, for appointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Central Command, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold oversight hearings to examine certain measures to strengthen the economic situation in rural America, 2 p.m., SD-538.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold oversight hearings to examine grazing programs of the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, focusing on grazing permit renewal, BLM's potential changes to grazing regulations, range monitoring, drought, and other grazing issues, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works:
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold oversight hearings to examine the consulting process required by Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Foreign Relations:
to hold hearings to examine the implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200), 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, with the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, to hold joint hearings to examine constitutionalism, human rights, and the Rule of Law in Iraq, 2 p.m., SD-226.
Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the progress and challenges to the successor states to Pre-1991 Yugoslavia, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Governmental Affairs:
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Joshua B. Bolten, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
business meeting to consider S. 1248, to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the nominations of David Hall, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, Lillian R. BeVier, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, and certain nominations in the Public Health Service, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on the Judiciary:
to hold oversight hearings to examine the Department of Justice Inspector General's Report on the 9/11 detainees, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, with the Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold joint hearings to examine constitutionalism, human rights, and the Rule of Law in Iraq, 2 p.m., SD-226.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Louise W. Flanagan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Allyson K. Duncan, of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Lonny R. Suko, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, Earl Leroy Yeakel III, to be United States District Judge D727for the Western District of Texas, and Karen P. Tandy, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, and Christopher A. Wray, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice, and Robert C. Brack, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico, 2 p.m., SD-215.
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Committee on Agriculture,
hearing to review the USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Appropriations,
to consider the following appropriation for fiscal year 2004: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies; Interior; and Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services,
Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``GSE Oversight: The Need for Reform and Modernization,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Saving Taxpayer Money Through Sound Financial Management,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform,
Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management, oversight hearing on ``Winning the War on Financial Management--Status of the Department of Defense Reform,'' 2:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, oversight hearing on ``The Practical and Economical Aspects of Canadian Drug Importation,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations,
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S. Trade Policy and Commercial Policy in Southeast Asia and Oceania, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights, hearing on ``Global Trends in Trafficking and the Trafficking in Persons Report,'' 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia, hearing on Enforcement of the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act and Increasing Security Threats from Iran (Part 1), 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business,
hearing on the Effect of Foreign Currency Manipulation on Small Manufacturers and Exporters, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
to mark up the following: H.R. 1572, to designate the historic Federal District Court Building located at 100 North Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the ``Winston E. Arnow Federal Building;'' H.R. 1668, to designate the United States courthouse located at 101 North Fifth Street in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as the ``Ed Edmondson United States Courthouse,'' H.R. 2144, Aviation Security Technical Corrections and Improvements Act of 2003; H.R. 2443, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2003; H.R. 2535, Economic Development Administration Reauthorization Act of 2003; the Amtrak Reauthorization Act of 2003; the Rail Infrastructure Development and Expansion Act for the 21st Century; the Water Resources Development Act; and other pending business, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
Subcommittee on Benefits, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1516, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in southeastern Pennsylvania; and H.R. 2297, to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify and improve certain benefits for veterans, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
Select Committee on Homeland Security,
hearing entitled ``Assessment of DHS Initiatives to Secure America's Borders,'' 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and Development, hearing entitled ``Overview of the Cyber Problem: A Nation Dependent and Dealing with Risk,'' 11:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
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Program for Wednesday:
Senate will continue consideration of S. 1, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements in the medicare program, to provide prescription drug coverage under the medicare program.
Next Meeting of the
Program for Wednesday:
Consideration of Suspensions:
(1) S. 858, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Extension;
(2) H.R. 2474, Use of Congressional Hunger Center to Administer the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships;
(3) H.J. Res. 49, Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Foreign Agricultural Service;
(4) H.R. 1511, Awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Prime Minister;
(5) H. Res. 277, Expressing Support for Freedom in Hong Kong;
(6) H. Con. Res. 49, Expressing Profound Concern Regarding the Escalation of anti-Semitic Violence Within States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE);
(7) H. Res. 294, Condemning the terrorism inflicted on Israel since the Aqaba summit and calling on the Palestinian Authority to take immediate to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure on the West Bank and Gaza; and
(8) H. Res. 199, Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to Release Dr. Yang Jianli; and
Consideration of H.R. 2417, Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2004 (modified open rule, one hour of debate).
HOUSE
Acevedo-Vila, Anibal, Puerto Rico, E1334
Baca, Joe, Calif., E1331, E1332
Bereuter, Doug, Nebr., E1333, E1337
Berry, Marion, Ark., E1334
Bordallo, Madeleine Z., Guam, E1335
Burns, Max, Ga., E1332
Calvert, Ken, Calif., E1332
Cardoza, Dennis A., Calif., E1339
Chabot, Steve, Ohio, E1340
Cox, Christopher, Calif., E1337
Crane, Philip M., Ill., E1331
Davis, Danny K., Ill., E1337
Duncan, John J., Jr., Tenn., E1332
Emanuel, Rahm, Ill., E1331, E1338
Everett, Terry, Ala., E1344
Fletcher, Ernie, Ky., E1339
Gordon, Bart, Tenn., E1341, E1342
Graves, Sam, Mo., E1333
Green, Gene, Tex., E1341
Harris, Katherine, Fla., E1336
Hinchey, Maurice D., N.Y., E1341
Hoeffel, Joseph M., Pa., E1333
Holt, Rush D., N.J., E1339
Kind, Ron, Wisc., E1342
King, Peter T., N.Y., E1336
Kleczka, Gerald D., Wisc., E1332
Kolbe, Jim, Ariz., E1334
Lipinski, William O., Ill., E1331
Lowey, Nita M., N.Y., E1339
McGovern, James P., Mass., E1336
McInnis, Scott, Colo., E1342, E1343
Miller, Jeff, Fla., E1334, E1344
Osborne, Tom, Nebr., E1338
Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E1335
Pitts, Joseph R., Pa., E1342
Pomeroy, Earl, N.D., E1342
Rogers, Mike, Ala., E1335
Shays, Christopher, Conn., E1342
Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E1337, E1338, E1339, E1343
Upton, Fred, Mich., E1343
Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E1335
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