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Tuesday, February 4, 2003

HIGHLIGHTS

See Resume of Congressional Activity.

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Measures Introduced: Twenty-eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 273-300, and S. Res. 42-44.

Pages S1870-71

Measures Passed:

Commending Daniel Pelham: Senate agreed to S. Res. 43, to commend Daniel W. Pelham.

Pages S1911-12

Appointment:

Washington's Farewell Address: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to the order of the Senate of January 24, 1901, as modified by the order of January 30, 2003, appointed Senator Chambliss to read Washington's Farewell Address on Monday, February 24, 2003.

Page S1912

Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages from the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Budget Message for Fiscal Year 2004; referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975 as modified by the order of April 11, 1986, received on February 3, 2003; to the Committees on Appropriations; and the Budget. (PM-8)

Pages S1867-68

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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
Paul McHale, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. (New Position)
Christopher Ryan Henry, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

Pages S1911, S1912

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Richard W. Moore, of Alabama, to be Inspector General, Tennessee Valley Authority. (New Position)
Peter Joseph Elliott, of Ohio, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio for the term of four years.
Joseph LeBaron, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Ross Owen Swimmer, of Oklahoma, to be Special Trustee, Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the Interior.
Eric S. Dreiband, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term of four years.
Mary Costa, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2006.
Makoto Fujimura, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2008.
Jerry Pinkney, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2008.
Karen Lias Wolff, of Michigan, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2008.
Linton F. Brooks, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, Department of Energy.

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Stephen A. Cambone, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. (New Position)

Page S1912

Messages From the House

Page S1868

Executive Communications:

Pages S1868-70

Additional Cosponsors:

Pages S1871-72

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:

Pages S1872-S1911

Additional Statements:

Pages S1866-67

Notices of Hearing/Meetings:

Page S1911

Adjournment: Senate met at 4 p.m, and adjourned at 6:23 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, February 5, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1912.)

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: On Friday, January 31, 2003, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Bunning (Chairman), Dole, Shelby, Schumer, and Miller.
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions: Senators Bennett (Chairman), Dole, Chafee, Allard, Santorum, Hagel, Bunning, Crapo, Johnson, Miller, Carper, Dodd, Reed, Bayh, and Stabenow.
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation: Senators Allard (Chairman), Santorum, Bennett, Chafee, Enzi, Sununu, Shelby, Reed, Stabenow, Corzine, Dodd, Carper, and Schumer.
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance: Senators Hagel (Chairman), Enzi, Crapo, Sununu, Dole, Chafee, Bayh, Miller, Johnson, Carper, and Corzine.
Subcommittee on Securities and Investment: Senators Enzi (Chairman), Crapo, Sununu, Hagel, Bunning, Bennett, Allard, Santorum, Dodd, Johnson, Reed, Schumer, Bayh, Stabenow, and Corzine.
Senators Shelby and Sarbanes are Ex Officio Members of all the Subcommittees.

PRESIDENT'S BUDGET

Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the President's fiscal year 2004 budget, receiving testimony from R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers.
Hearings continue tomorrow.

NORTH KOREA

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine North Korea's (Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK)) programs to develop weapons of mass destruction and their impact on the international community, regional security, United States' interests and forces, after receiving testimony from Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Ashton B. Carter, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; Stephen W. Bosworth, Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, Medford, Massachusetts, former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea; and Donald P. Gregg, The Korea Society, New York, New York, former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, former Security Advisor to the Vice President.

DOUBLE TAXATION

Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine tax fairness, focusing on double taxation's effect on the elderly, after receiving testimony from R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; Hilary J. Kramer, Montgomery Asset Management, New York, New York; Dan Mitchell, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; W. Mark Crain, George Mason University Center for Study of Public Choice, Fairfax, Virginia; and Dick Buxton, Boise, Idaho.

Measures Introduced: 10 public bills, H.R. 4, 521-529; 1 private bill, H.R. 530; and 9 resolutions, H.J. Res. 17-19; H. Con. Res. 27-29, and H. Res. 48-50, were introduced.

Pages H273-74

Additional Cosponsors:

Pages H274-75

Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 337, to extend certain hydro-electric licenses in the State of Alaska (H. Rept. 108-4);

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H.R. 346, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to increase civil penalties for violations involving certain proscribed acts or practices that exploit popular reaction to an emergency or major disaster declared by the President, and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil penalties for such violations in actions brought under section 13 of that Act (H. Rept. 108-5);
H.R. 397, to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Illinois (H. Rept. 108-6); and
H. Res. 48, providing for consideration of H.J. Res. 18, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003 (H. Rept. 108-7).

Page H273

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

Page H269

Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
Budget of the United States: Message wherein he transmitted the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2004--referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 108-3);

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Additional Conferees to Joint Resolution Making Further Continuing Appropriations: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of Representatives Lewis of California and Hoyer as conferees on H.J. Res. 2, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003.

Page H270

Meeting Hour--Wednesday Feb. 5: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5.

Page H270

In Memory of the Crew Members of the Space Shuttle

Columbia:

Page H270

Recess: The House recessed at 4:15 p.m. and reconvened at 6:55 p.m.

Page H271

Quorum Calls--Votes: No recorded votes or quorum calls developed during the proceedings of the House today.

Adjournment in Memory of the Valiant Crew Members of the Space Shuttle

Columbia:

FISCAL YEAR 2004 BUDGET; OVERSIGHT PLAN; CBO DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2004. Testimony was heard from Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director, OMB.
The Committee also took the following action: approved an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress; and recommended to the Speaker the appointment of Douglas Holtz-Eakin to be Director of CBO.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.

FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003

Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing 1 hour of debate on H .J. Res. 18, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending 2003, in the House equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the joint resolution. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit. Testimony was heard from Representatives Hastings of Washington and Frost.

FISCAL YEAR 2004 BUDGET

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the President's Fiscal year 2004 Budget proposals. Testimony was heard from John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury.

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Hearings continue tomorrow.

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for committee operations, committee's rules of procedure for the 108th Congress, and subcommittee assignments, 10 a.m., SD-124.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of William H. Donaldson, of New York, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on the Budget: to continue hearings to examine the President's Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Proposal, 10 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to examine the professional boxing industry, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.

Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine aviation security, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to consider S. 111, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle site in the State of Florida as well as the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of Biscayne National Park, S. 117, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain land in the State of Florida, S. 144, to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds on public and private land, S. 210, to provide for the protection of archaeological sites in the Galisteo Basin in New Mexico, and S. 214, to designate Fort Bayard Historic District in the State of New Mexico as a National Historic Landmark, and other pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the ``Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2003'' and ``CARE Act of 2003'', 10 a.m., SD-215.

Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine revenue proposals in the President's Fiscal Year 2004 Budget, 2:15 p.m. SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions, Signed at Moscow on May 24, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 107-8), an original bill entitled, ``U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003'', an original resolution authorizing certain expenditures for committee operations, subcommittee assignments for the 108th Congress, and a Foreign Service Officer promotion list received by the Senate on January 15, 2003, 11 a.m., SD-419.

Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine revenue proposals in the President's Fiscal Year 2004 Budget, 2 p.m., SD-215.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine judicial nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings to examine possible solutions to the small business health care crisis, 10 a.m., SR-428A.

Committee on Armed Services, to meet for organizational purposes and to consider an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress, 12:30 p.m., and to hold a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2004 Defense Budget, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Department of the Treasury Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2004, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, to meet for organizational purposes, and to consider an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress, 4:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Health of the Telecommunications Sector: A Perspective from Investors and Economists,'' 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, to meet for organizational purposes, and to consider an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress, 5:45 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on House Administration, to meet for organizational purposes, and to consider an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress, 6:45 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on the State of Veterans' Employment, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on the President's Fiscal Year 2004 Budget proposals, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.

February 5, Subcommittee on Human Resources, to hold an organizational meeting, 5 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to meet for organizational purposes, 2:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
February 4, 2003

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Resume of Congressional Activity

The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative business transacted by the Senate and House.

The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the Senate by the President for Senate confirmation.

DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY

Congressional Record:

Pages of proceedings

House: 1,844
Total: 268

..

Extensions of Remarks

House: ..
Total: 120

..

Senate: Public bills enacted into law
House: 1
Total: 3

4

Senate: Private bills enacted into law
House: ..
Total: ..

..

Senate: Bills in conference
House: 1
Total: 1

..

Senate: Measures passed, total
House: 33
Total: 35

68

Senate bills

House: 4
Total: 1

..

House bills

House: 2
Total: 2

..

Senate joint resolutions

House: ..
Total: ..

..

House joint resolutions

House: 3
Total: 3

..

Senate concurrent resolutions

House: ..
Total: ..

..

House concurrent resolutions

House: 2
Total: 3

..

Simple resolutions

House: 22
Total: 26

..

Senate: *Measures reported, total
House: 9
Total: 3

12

Senate bills

House: 3
Total: ..

..

House bills

House: ..
Total: ..

..

Senate joint resolutions

House: ..
Total: ..

..

House joint resolutions

House: ..
Total: ..

..

Senate concurrent resolutions

House: ..
Total: ..

..

House concurrent resolutions

House: ..
Total: ..

..

Simple resolutions

House: 6
Total: 3

..

Senate: Special reports
House: 1
Total: ..

..

Senate: Conference reports
House: ..
Total: ..

..

Senate: Measures pending on calendar
House: 7
Total: ..

..

Senate: Measures introduced, total
House: 310
Total: 609

919

Bills

House: 262
Total: 520

..

Joint resolutions

House: 5
Total: 16

..

Concurrent resolutions

House: 3
Total: 26

..

Simple resolutions

House: 40
Total: 47

..

Senate: Quorum calls
House: 1
Total: 1

..

Senate: Yea-and-nay votes
House: 29
Total: 14

..

Senate: Recorded votes
House: ..
Total: 2

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Senate: Bills vetoed
House: ..
Total: ..

..

Senate: Vetoes overridden
House: ..
Total: ..

..

DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS

Civilian nominations, totaling 172, disposed of as follows:

Other Civilian nominations, totaling 601, disposed of as follows:

Air Force nominations, totaling 2,996, disposed of as follows:

Navy nominations, totaling 11, disposed of as follows:

Marine Corps nominations, totaling 865, disposed of as follows:

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Program for Wednesday: After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 12:30 p.m.), Senate will recess until 2:15 p.m. for their respective party conferences.
Senate: At 2:15 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of the nomination of Miguel A. Estrada, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Program for Wednesday: Consideration of a resolution expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives to the Families of the Crew Members of the Columbia Shuttle Mission (unanimous consent); and
Senate: Consideration of H.J. Res. 18, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003 (closed rule, one hour of debate).
Senate:

HOUSE

Dooley, Calvin M., Calif., E127

Frank, Barney, Mass., E123

McCollum, Betty, Minn., E128

Moore, Dennis, Kansas, E126

Moran, Jerry, Kansas, E127

Radanovich, George, Calif., E123, E125

Simmons, Rob, Conn., E127

Skelton, Ike, Mo., E126

Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E126

Thompson, Mike, Calif., E124

Udall, Tom, N.M., E123, E124, E126, E128

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