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Measures Introduced:
Nineteen bills and five resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 637-655, S.J. Res. 10-11, and S. Res. 92-94.
Pages S3881-82
Measures Reported:
Reported on Friday, March 14, during the adjournment of the Senate:
S. Con. Res. 23, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 2005 through 2013.
Page S3881
Measures Passed:
Columbia Orbiter Memorial Act:
Senate passed S. 628, to require the construction at Arlington National Cemetery of a memorial to the crew of the
Columbia
Orbiter.
Page S3909
Pages S3909-10
Page S3910
Page S3910
Congressional Budget Resolution:
Senate continued consideration of S. Con. Res. 23, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 2005 through 2013, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S3815-26, S3834-74
Pages S3841-54, S3854-55
Pages S3855-74
Pages S3815-26, S3834-41, S3854
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Nomination:
Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Miguel A. Estrada, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Pages S3826-34
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During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 55 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 56), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S3834
Appointment:
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group:
The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276h-276k, as amended, appointed Senator Dodd as Vice Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group conference during the 108th Congress.
Page S3910
Nominations Confirmed:
Senate confirmed the following nominations:
Ellen L. Weintraub, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2007. (Prior to this action, Committee on Rules and Administration was discharged from further consideration of the nomination.)
Michael E. Toner, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2007. (Prior to this action, Committee on Rules and Administration was discharged from further consideration of the nomination.)
Pages S3910, S3911
Messages From the House:
Pages S3879-80
Executive Communications:
Pages S3880-81
Petitions and Memorials:
Page S3881
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S3882-83
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S3883-S3903
Additional Statements:
Pages S3877-79
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S3903-08
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Pages S3908-09
Authority for Committees to Meet:
Page S3909
Privilege of the Floor:
Page S3909
Record Vote:
Three record votes were taken today. (Total--58)
Pages S3834, S3854, S3855
Adjournment:
Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:51 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 19, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S3910-11.)
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Military Construction concluded hearings to examine the base realignment and closure process and the critical importance of the rationalization of military infrastructure to the Department of Defense, focusing on base reuse and community profile, environmental cleanup and property disposal, after receiving testimony from Raymond F. Dubois, Deputy Under Secretary for Installations and Environment, Mario Fiori, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Environment, Nelson Gibbs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment, and Logistics, and Wayne Arny, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Facilities, all of the Department of Defense; Robert B. Leonard, Sacramento County Airport System, Sacramento, California; James C. Bryan, Charleston Naval Complex Redevelopment Authority, Charleston, South Carolina; and Brigadier General Paul Roberson, USAF (Ret.), San Antonio, Texas.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services:
Committee concluded hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal years 2004 for the Department of Defense, focusing on ballistic missile defense, after receiving testimony from Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Thomas P. Christie, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, J.D. Crouch II, Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy, and Lieutenant General Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency, all of the Department of Defense.
INTERNET GAMBLING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Committee concluded hearings to examine proposals to regulate illegal Internet gambling, including S. 627, to prevent the use of certain payments instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling, after receiving testimony from Senator Kyl; John G. Malcolm, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Hartford; William S. Saum, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., American Gaming Association, Stewart A. Baker, U.S. Internet Service Provider Association, and L. Richard Fischer, Morrison and Foerster, all of Washington, D.C.; and Frank D252Catania, Catania Consulting, North Haledon, New Jersey, on behalf of the Interactive Gaming Council.
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2004 BUDGET: FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Committee on Environment and Public Works:
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water concluded hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, after receiving testimony from Steven A. Williams, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance:
Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mark W. Everson, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
WAR ON TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Committee concluded hearings to examine the war on terrorism, focusing on diplomacy issues, the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of State, and the Millennium Challenge Account which are funds initiatives to improve the economies and standards of living in qualified developing countries, after receiving testimony from Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Grant S. Green, Jr., Under Secretary for Management, J. Cofer Black, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, all of the Department of State; John S. Pistole, Deputy Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; and Juan C. Zarate, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Executive Office for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes.
COLOMBIAN HOSTAGES
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on the current hostage situation in Colombia from Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
CONTRACT BUNDLING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship:
Committee concluded hearings to examine the practice of contract bundling in federal agency procurement, focusing on the loss of federal jobs in small business, after receiving testimony from Hector V. Barreto, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration; Angela B. Styles, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget; Deidre Lee, Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics; David E. Cooper, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, General Accounting Office; Carol Kuc, Complete Conference Coordinators, Inc., Naperville, Illinois, on behalf of Women Impacting Public Policy; Eric A. Adolphe, OPTIMUS Corporation, Silver Spring, Maryland; Paul Murphy, Eagle Eye Publishers, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia; and Michael E. Robinson, Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Worcester.
Measures Introduced:
42 public bills, H.R. 1302-1343; 1 private bill, H.R. 1344; and 8 resolutions, H.J. Res. 40; H. Con. Res. 96-100, and H. Res. 147-148, were introduced.
Pages H1952-54
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H1954-56
Reports Filed:
Reports were filed today as follows:
Filed on March 17, H. Con. Res. 95, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 and 2005 through 2013 (H. Rept. 108-37);
H. Res. 68, requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives not later 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the President's possession relating to Iraq's declaration on its weapons of mass destruction that was provided to the United Nations on December 7, 2002, amended (Adverse, H. Rept. 108-38);
H.R. 874, to establish a program, coordinated by the National Transportation Safety Board, of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (H. Rept. 108-39);
H.R. 975, to amend title 11 of the United States Code, amended (H. Rept. 108-40, Pt. 1);
H. Res. 132, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Newdow v. United States Congress is inconsistent with the Supreme Court's interpretation of the first amendment and should be overturned (H. Rept. 108-41);
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H. Res. 147 providing for consideration of H.R. 975, to amend title 11 of the United States Code (H. Rept. 108-42); and
H.R. 1000, to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional protections to participants and beneficiaries in individual account plans from excessive investment in employer securities and to promote the provision of retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets, amended (H. Rept. 108-43, Part I).
Pages H1951-52
Speaker Pro Tempore:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Aderholt to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H1909
Suspensions:
The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures:
Condemning Executions by Stoning:
H. Con. Res. 26, condemning the punishment of execution by stoning as a gross violation of human rights (agreed to by yea-and-nay vote of 417 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 65);
Pages H1913-15, H1923
Pages H1915-17, H1924
Pages H1917-19, H1924-25
Pages H1919-20
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed:
The House postponed further proceedings until tomorrow, March 19, on the following motion to suspend the rules that was debated today:
Mortgage Servicing Clarification Act:
H.R. 314, to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exempt mortgage servicers from certain requirements of the Act with respect to federally related mortgage loans secured by a first lien.
Pages H1921-23
Recess:
The House recessed at 12:51 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m.
Page H1911
Recess:
The House recessed at 3:31 p.m. and reconvened at 6 p.m.
Page H1923
Quorum Calls--Votes:
Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H1923, H1924, and H1924-25. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment:
The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 10:36 p.m.
MILITARY READINESS AND REVIEW--DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services:
Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on the state of military readiness and review of the fiscal year 2004 fiscal year defense authorization budget request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. John M. Keane, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, Department of the Army; Adm. William J. Fallon, USN, Vice Chief, Naval Operations, and Gen. William L. Nyland, USMC, Assistant Commandant, Marine Corps; both with the Department of the Navy; and Gen. Robert H. Foglesong, USAF, Vice Chief of Staff, Department of the Air Force.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services:
Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on the fiscal year 2004 Defense Authorization budget request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Raymond F. DuBois, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary, Installations and Environment; Mario P. Fiori, Assistant Secretary, Army, Installations and Environment; Maj. Gen. Larry Lust, USA, Assistant Chief of Staff, Installations Management; and Brig. Gen. Clyde A. Vaughn, USA, Deputy Director, Army National Guard.
Hearings continue March 20.
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS--NRC'S PROPOSED SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce:
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled ``A Review of NRC's Proposed Security Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC: Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, Edward McGaffigan, Jr., D254and Jeffrey S. Merrifield, both Commissioners; and public witnesses.
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ADMINISTRATION'S TAX PLAN--PROPOSED BENEFITS
Committee on Financial Services:
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation held a hearing entitled ``Paying Dividends: How the President's Tax Plan Will Benefit Individual Investors and Strengthen the Capital Markets.'' Testimony was heard from Peter R. Fisher, Under Secretary, Domestic Finance, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary:
Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 1104, Child Abduction Prevention Act.
BANKRUPTCY ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules:
Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 1 hour of debate in the House on H.R. 975, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2003. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment, which shall be considered as read. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that the amendments made in order 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, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Sensenbrenner and Representatives Cannon, Watt, Jackson-Lee of Texas and Schakowsky.
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine the fiscal year 2004 proposed budget estimates for the Department of Health and Human Services, 9 a.m., SD-124.
Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of the Army, 10 a.m., SD-192.
Committee on Armed Services:
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense, focusing on acquisition policy and outsourcing issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the National Guard and Reserve military and civilian personnel programs, 3 p.m., SH-216.
Committee on Foreign Relations:
to hold hearings to examine nonproliferation programs of the Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the effects and consequences of an emerging China, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
business meeting to consider S. 15, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the payment of compensation for certain individuals with injuries resulting from the administration of smallpox countermeasures, to provide protections and countermeasures against chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents that may be used in a terrorist attack against the United States, and to improve immunization rates by increasing the distribution of vaccines and improving and clarifying the vaccine injury compensation program, proposed legislation entitled ``Lifespan Respite Care Act'', proposed legislation entitled ``Pediatric Drugs Research Authority'', and pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Indian Affairs:
to hold hearings to examine S. 424, to establish, reauthorize, and improve energy programs relating to Indian tribes, and S. 522, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to assist Indian tribes in developing energy resources, 2:30 p.m., SR-485.
Committee on the Judiciary:
to hold hearings to examine ethical regenerative medicine research and human reproductive cloning, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Rules and Administration:
to hold oversight hearings to examine the operations of the Secretary of the Senate and the Architect of the Capitol, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
Committee on Appropriations,
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and related Agencies, on Rural Development, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Fiscal Year 2004 National Foreign Intelligence Program, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol, and on Fiscal Year 2004 Air Force Budget Overview, 1:30 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, executive, on Department of Energy: National Nuclear Security Administration, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
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Subcommittee on Interior, on National Park Service, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on Department of Education Panel: ``Vocational, Adult and Postsecondary Education'' programs, 10:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Transportation and Treasury, and Independent Agencies, on Director, Office of Management and Budget, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Armed Services,
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on space programs in the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request, 5 p.m., 2216 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, hearing on Department of Defense efforts to address the chemical and biological threat, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Total Force, hearing on hearing on domestic violence, Joint Officer Management and education reform, employer support of the Guard and Reserve, Reserve pay and benefits, and Department of Defense Active and Reserve Components Force Mix Study, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce,
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Does the U.S. Olympic Committee's Organizational Structure Impede its Mission?'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, to mark up the Energy Policy Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services,
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing and markup of H.R. 1280, Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2003, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations,
Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia, hearing on the Middle East Partnership Initiative: Promoting Democratization in a Troubled Region, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources,
oversight hearing on Enhancing America's Energy Security, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on the Administration's Fiscal Year budget requests for NOAA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
Committee on Rules,
to consider H. Con. Res. 95, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 and 2005 through 2013, 11 a.m., H313 Capitol.
Committee on Science,
hearing on federal nanotechnology research and development activities, with emphasis on H.R. 766, Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, to mark up the following: Fiscal Year GSA lease resolutions; two GSA amending resolutions; H.R. 281, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the ``Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse;'' H. Con. Res. 53, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby; a resolution regarding the 22nd National Peace Officers Memorial Service; and other pending business, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Meeting the Nation's Wastewater Infrastructure Needs, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the availability and eligibility for pharmaceutical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
executive, hearing on CIA Program, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
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Program for Wednesday:
Senate will continue consideration of S. Con. Res. 23, Congressional Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2004.
Program for Wednesday:
Consideration of Suspensions:
(1) H.R. 417, Cibola Wildlife Refuge Boundary Correction;
(2) H.R. 699, Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer Study;
(3) H.R. 519, San Gabriel River Watershed Study;
(4) H.R. 878, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act;
(5) H.R. 1308, Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act;
(6) H. Res. 132, Urging that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Newdow v. United States Congress relating to the Pledge of Allegiance be Overturned; and
Consideration of H.R. 975, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (structured rule, one hour of debate).
HOUSE
Berkley, Shelley, Nev., E505
Bonner, Jo, Ala., E499, E501, E502
Boswell, Leonard L., Iowa, E504
Brady, Robert A., Pa., E505
Brown-Waite, Ginny, Fla., E494, E495
Calvert, Ken, Calif., E486, E488
Capuano, Michael E., Mass., E502
Clay, Wm. Lacy, Mo., E491
Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr., Ala., E496
Crowley, Joseph, N.Y., E500, E502
Cunningham, Randy ``Duke'', Calif., E493
Davis, Susan A., Calif., E504
Davis, Tom, Va., E492
DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E489
Diaz-Balart, Lincoln, Fla., E493
Duncan, John J., Jr., Tenn., E507
Evans, Lane, Ill., E496
Farr, Sam, Calif., E490
Graves, Sam, Mo., E494, E495, E498
Holt, Rush D., N.J., E508
Israel, Steve, N.Y., E491
Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E503
Kleczka, Gerald D., Wisc., E496, E503
McHugh, John M., N.Y., E494
McInnis, Scott, Colo., E499, E500, E502, E503, E504, E505, E508
Miller, George, Calif., E485, E487, E489
Nadler, Jerrold, N.Y., E493
Ney, Robert W., Ohio, E485, E487, E489, E490
Payne, Donald M., N.J., E498
Pickering, Charles W. ``Chip'', Miss., E504
Radanovich, George, Calif., E485, E486, E488, E490, E491
Rogers, Harold, Ky., E494, E495
Ryan, Paul, Wisc., E505
Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E505
Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr., Wisc., E499
Shuster, Bill, Pa., E492
Stark, Fortney Pete, Calif., E506
Stearns, Cliff, Fla., E486, E487
Thomas, William M., Calif., E499
Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E485, E486, E488, E489, E490, E492, E492, E494, E500, E501
Walden, Greg, Ore., E498
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