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Tuesday, March 25, 2003


Daily Digest


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Senate


Chamber Action


Routine Proceedings, pages S4333-S4395

Measures Introduced: Ten bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 698-707, S. Res. 97, and S. Con. Res. 29. 

Pages S4375-76

Measures Reported:

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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 

Page S4375

Congressional Budget Resolution: Senate resumed 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:
Adopted:
By 96 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 80), Frist (for Specter) Amendment No. 401, to increase discretionary health spending for fiscal year 2004 by $2,800,000,000 and make an offsetting reduction in overall administrative expenses. 

Page S4334

Levin Amendment No. 372, to end the abusive use of offshore tax havens (ending tax advantages for corporate inversions and closing the Bermuda reinsurance loophole) and use half of the resulting revenues of $4.7 billion over ten years to reduce the deficit and half to restore funding for education, with the education increases to be split evenly between IDEA, school construction and modernization, and after-school programs. 
Pages S4337-39

Reid Amendment No. 341, to increase new budget authority and outlays for National Defense (050) in order to permit phased-in concurrent receipt of retired pay and veterans' disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at 60 percent or higher. 
Pages S4339-40

Gregg Amendment No. 414, to provide $2 billion for education block grants to states to be allocated to local educational agencies for any of the purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or Vocational Education Programs by reducing spending on other government programs by a commensurate amount. 
Page S4343

Nickles (for Campbell/Murkowski) Amendment No. 416, to make certain additional funds available for Native American health prevention and treatment programs. 
Pages S4347-48

By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 93), Breaux Amendment No. 420, to redirect $396 billion into a reserve fund to strengthen the Social Security trust funds over the long term. 
Page S4356

Feingold Amendment No. 422, to extend the pay-as-you-go requirement. 
Pages S4357-58

Murray Amendment No. 421, to increase funding to implement the No Child Left Behind Act in 2004. 
Page S4358

Dorgan Amendment No. 395, to increase budget authority and outlays in Function 450 (Community and Regional Development) and Function 500 (Education, Training, Employment, and Social Security) to establish a New Homestead Venture Capital Fund to make equity and near equity investments in start-up and expanding businesses located in high out-migration rural counties and to repay up to 50% of college loans (up to $10,000) for recent graduates who live and work in such counties for five years, respectively; and to express the sense of the Senate that any economic stimulus or other revenue measure passed by Congress in the future should include tax incentives designed to address the devastating problem of chronic out-migration from rural communities in America's Heartland. 
Pages S4358-59

Kennedy Amendment No. 357, to increase the funds provided to expand coverage for the uninsured from the $50 billion currently included in the budget resolution to the $88 billion recommended in the President's budget and offset the cost by reducing the unreconciled portion of the tax cut. 
Pages S4360-61

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Lugar Amendment No. 400, to increase spending in the foreign affairs account. 

Pages S4363-65

Schumer Amendment No. 285, to express the sense of the Senate that economic stimulus legislation enacted pursuant to the instructions contained in this concurrent resolution on the budget should include provisions to make higher education affordable. 
Pages S4367-68

By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 102), Cantwell Amendment No. 382, to restore funding for programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. 
Page S4369

DeWine Amendment No. 354, to express the sense of the Senate concerning funding for children's graduate medical education. 
Page S4369

DeWine Amendment No. 355, to express the sense of the Senate that the programs authorized under the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 to improve the justice system will be fully funded at the levels authorized for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2007. 
Page S4370

Nickles (for Hatch/Levin) Amendment No. 427, to express the sense of the Senate that of the functional totals in this resolution assume that up to $20,000,000 from funds designated, but not obligated, for travel and administrative expenses, from drug interdiction activities should be used for drug addiction treatment programs that utilize substances that block the craving for heroin and that are newly approved for such use by the Food and Drug Administration. 
Pages S4370-71

Rejected:
By 46 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 81), Daschle (for Lincoln) Amendment No. 324, to allow full access to Tricare for National Guard and Reserve personnel and their families on a continual basis, offset with reductions to the tax cut. 
Pages S4335-36

By 46 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 82), Baucus Amendment No. 348, to ensure that a prescription drug benefit is available to all Medicare beneficiaries on an equal basis, including those who choose to remain in the current fee-for-service program. 
Page S4336

By 43 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 83), Conrad Amendment 411, in the nature of a substitute. 
Page S4337

By 46 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 84), Byrd Amendment No. 412, to foster greater debate in the Senate and to prevent further increases in the deficit by striking the reconciliation instructions to the Committee on Finance. 
Page S4341

By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 85), Kennedy Amendment No. 315, to ensure that the budget includes funds to extend temporary unemployment compensation benefits, provides benefits to the million long-term unemployed Americans, and provides benefits to part-time and low-wage workers. 
Page S4343

By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 86), Dodd Amendment No. 415, to increase funding for after-school programs to the levels promised by the No Child Left Behind Act to serve 1.6 million more children in FY 2004 and to increase funding for Head Start to serve 80 percent of eligible 3- and 4-year-olds and increase the number of infants and toddlers served and for deficit reduction. 
Pages S4346-47

By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 87), Daschle Amendment No. 361, to fulfill the U.S. commitment to provide health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives. 
Page S4347

By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 88), Leahy Amendment No. 318, to increase the level of funding in fiscal year 2004 for first responders by $3,000,000,000 (to a total of $6,500,000,000) to support their efforts to protect homeland security and prevent and respond to acts of terrorism, and to reduce tax reductions for taxpayers with annual incomes greater than $300,000, and provide an additional $3,000,000,000 for deficit reduction. 
Page S4349

By 49 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 89), Harkin Amendment No. 396, to help rural health care providers and hospitals receive a fair reimbursement for services under Medicare by reducing tax cuts to the wealthiest income brackets. 
Pages S4350-51

By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 90), Bingaman Amendment No. 417, to increase Mandatory Child Care Spending by $4.6 billion over five years and $9.1 billion over ten years by reducing the tax cut. 
Page S4352

By 48 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 91), Dodd Amendment No. 419, to increase the budget authority for Federal ``FIRE Act'' grants and to express the sense of the Senate that from the total funding provided for Federal ``FIRE Act'' grants, not less than $1,000,000,000 per year will be used for grants to local governments to hire additional firefighters and not less than $750,000,000 per year for the purchase of firefighting equipment and training, and to provide for a reduction in the deficit. 
Page S4353

By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 92), Clinton Amendment No. 418, to raise the caps and provide direct first responder funding to localities and for high threat areas through the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness in 2003 and 2004, to restore funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Act (''Byrne Grant'' program) and the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program, and to reduce the D293deficit, by reducing the size of newly proposed tax cuts. 
Page S4355

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By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 94), Bunning Amendment No. 413, to repeal a 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits. 

Page S4357

By 42 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 95), Carper Amendment No. 330, in the nature of a substitute. 
Page S4357

By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 96), Corzine Amendment No. 423, to provide increased funding for environmental protection and natural resources conservation. 
Page S4360

By 43 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 97), Lautenberg Amendment No. 408, to require polluters to pay for the cleanup of toxic waste sites by reinstating the original Superfund taxes. 
Page S4362

By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 98), Clinton/Bingaman Amendment No. 424, to restore funding for vocational education to the fiscal year 2003 level for fiscal years 2004 through 2013. 
Page S4363

By 46 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 99), Harkin Amendment No. 425, to restore education funding. 
Page S4366

By 37 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 100), Kerry Amendment No. 397, to provide for a $150 billion revenue stimulus for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 without adding to the long-term debt. 
Page S4367

During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 101), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to consideration of the Bayh Amendment No. 426, to express the sense of the Senate on low income programs and the income tax on certain Social Security benefits. Subsequently, a point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was sustained, and the amendment thus fell. 
Page S4368

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the resolution at 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 26, 2003. 
Page S4394

Appointments:

United States-China Economic Security Review Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 106-398, as amended by Public Law 108-7, in accordance with the qualifications specified under section 1237(E) of Public Law 106-398, and upon the recommendation of the Democratic Leader, in consultation with the ranking members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Finance, appointed the following individuals to the United States-China Economic Security Review Commission: C. Richard D'Amato of Maryland, for a term expiring December 31, 2005; Patrick A. Mulloy of Virginia, for a term expiring December 31, 2004; and William A. Reinsch of Maryland, for a term expiring December 31, 2003. 

Page S4394

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
Confirmed on Monday, March 24, 2003:
Gregory A. White, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio for the term of four years.
Thomas Dyson Hurlburt, Jr., to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Florida for the term of four years.
Christina Pharo, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Florida for the term of four years.
Dennis Arthur Williamson, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Florida for the term of four years.
Richard Zenos Winget, to be United States Marshal for the District of Nevada for the term of four years. 

Page S4331 (Record of 3-24-03)

Executive Communications: 

Page S4375

Additional Cosponsors: 

Pages S4376-78

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

Pages S4378-4382

Additional Statements: 

Pages S4374-75

Amendments Submitted: 

Pages S4382-94

Record Vote: Twenty-three record votes were taken today. (Total--102) 

Pages S4334-37, S4341, S4343, S4346-47, S4349-53, S4355-57, S4360, S4362-63, S4366-69

Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:28 p.m., until 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 26, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4394.)

Committee Meetings


(Committees not listed did not meet)

AIR FORCE ACADEMY ALLEGATIONS


Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing to examine allegations of sexual assault at the United States Air Force Academy from James G. Roche, Secretary of the Air Force; and General John P. Jumper, Chief of Staff of the Air Force. 

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NOMINATIONS


Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Alfred Plamann, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank, and Thomas Waters Grant, of New York, Noe Hinojosa, Jr., of Texas, and William Robert Timken, Jr., of Ohio, each to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

House of Representatives


Chamber Action


Measures Introduced: 27 public bills, H.R. 1412-1438; 1 private bill, H.R. 1439; and 10 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 111-117, and H. Res. 158-159, 161-162 were introduced. 

Pages H2310-11

Additional Cosponsors: 

Pages H2311-12

Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H. Res. 160, providing for consideration of H.R. 1104, to prevent child abduction (H. Rept. 108-48). 

Page H2294

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

Page H2279

Recess: The House recessed at 12:59 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 

Page H2282

Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress: The Chair announced the Speaker's reappointment of Mr. Timothy J. Johnson of Minnetonka, Minnesota to the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress. Subsequently, read a letter from the clerk wherein he announced his reappointment of Ms. Susan Palmer of Aurora, Illinois to the same advisory committee. 

Page H2282

Joint Committee on Printing and Joint Committee on the Library: The House agreed to H. Res. 134, electing Members to serve on the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library. Representatives Doolittle, Linder, Larson of Connecticut and Brady of Pennsylvania were elected to serve with the Chairman of the Committee on House Administration, Chairman Ney, on the Joint Committee on Printing. Representatives Ehlers, Larson of Connecticut, and Millender-McDonald were elected to serve with the Chairman of the Committee on House Administration, Chairman Ney, and the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Committee on Appropriations, Chairman Kingston, on the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library. 

Pages H2282-83

Senate Membership on the Joint Committee on Printing: The House agreed to S. Con. Res. 20, permitting the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate to designate another member of the Committee to serve on the Joint Committee on Printing in place of the Chairman. 

Page H2283

Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures:
Reception of a Statue of President Dwight D. Eisenhower from the Citizens of Kansas: H. Con. Res. 84, providing for the acceptance of a statue of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, presented by the people of Kansas, for placement in the Capitol; 

Pages H2283-87

Funding and Services for Schools Located within Yosemite National Park: H.R. 620, amended, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental funding and other services that are necessary to assist the State of California or local educational agencies in California in providing educational services for students attending schools located within the Park; 
Pages H2287-88

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment: H.R. 788, to revise the boundary of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Utah and Arizona (agreed to by yea-and-nay vote of 423 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 84); and 
Pages H2288-89, H2293

Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act: 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 (agreed to by yea-and-nay vote of 411 yeas to 13 nays, Roll No. 85). 
Pages H2289-92, H2293-94D295

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003--Order of Business: It was made in order that at any time without intervention of any point of order to consider in the House H.R. 14, to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to make improvements to and reauthorize programs under that Act, that the bill shall be considered as read for amendment and the amendment recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill (H. Rept. 108-26) modified by the amendments placed at the desk shall be considered as adopted. The bill shall be debatable for two hours, equally divided and controlled by the Chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce; the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. After passage of H.R. 14, the House shall be considered to have taken from the Speaker's table S. 342, stricken all after the enacting clause of the Senate bill and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 14, as passed the House. 

Page H2292

Recess: The House recessed at 2:55 p.m. and reconvened at 6:31 p.m. 

Page H2292

Senate Message: Messages received from the Senate today appear on pages H2279.

Referral: S. Con. Res. 28 was referred to the Committee on House Administration. 

Page H2308

Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of the House today. There were no quorum calls. 

Pages H2293, H2293-94

Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 8:44 p.m. 

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Committee Meetings


LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS


Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held a hearing on Administration for Children and Families. Testimony was heard from Wade F. Horn, M.D., Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Administration on Aging. Testimony was heard from Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary, Aging, Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services.

OUTSOURCING AND THE OMB CIRCULAR A-76 PROCESS


Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on outsourcing and the OMB Circular A-76 process. Testimony was heard from Angela B. Styles, Administrator, Federal Procurement Policy, OMB; Michael M. Wynne, Principal Deputy Under Secretary (Acquisition, Technology, Logistics), Department of Defense; and public witnesses.

CBO:


ANALYSIS--PRESIDENT'S BUDGET


Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Congressional Budget Office: Analysis of the President's Budget Fiscal Year 2004. Testimony was heard from Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin, Director, CBO.

COMMERCIAL SPECTRUM ENHANCEMENT ACT


Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet held a hearing on H.R. 1320, Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act. Testimony was heard from Nancy Victory, Assistant Secretary, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of Commerce; Stephen Price, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Spectrum, Space, Sensors and C3 Policy, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.

STRENGTHENING AMERICA'S COMMUNITIES


Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity held a hearing entitled ``Strengthening America's Communities: Examining the Impact of Faith-Based Housing Partnerships.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

DEPLOYED FORCES--PROTECTING HEALTH


Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing on Protecting the Health of Deployed Forces: Lessons Learned From the Persian Gulf War. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: William Winkenwerder, Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs; and Michael E. Kilpatrick, Deputy Director, Deployment Health, Support Directorate; the following officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Robert H. Roswell, Under Secretary, Health; and K. Craig Hyams, Chief Consultant, Occupational and Environmental Health; and public witnesses. 

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DATA MINING--CURRENT APPLICATIONS--FUTURE POSSIBILITIES


Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census held a hearing on ``Data Mining: Current Applications and Future Possibilities.'' Testimony was heard from Mark A. Forman, Associate Director, Information Technology and Electronic Government, OMB; Gregory Kutz, Director, Financial Management and Assurance, GAO; Paula Dockery, Senator, State of Florida; and public witnesses.

PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT


Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution approved for full Committee action H.R.760, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 760. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STATUS--CONCESSIONS MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS


Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands held an oversight hearing on the Status of the National Park Service Concessions Management Program and Implementing Regulations. Testimony was heard from Randy Jones, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.

SMALLPOX EMERGENCY PERSONNEL PROTECTION ACT


Committee on Rules: Testimony heard from Representatives Waxman and Capps but no action was taken on H.R. 1413, Smallpox Emergency Personnel Protection Act of 2003.

CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION ACT


Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 1 hour of general debate on H.R. 1194, The Child Abduction Prevention Act of 2003, with 45 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary and 15 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill.
The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that the amendments printed in the report shall be considered 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. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The rule provides that after the passage of H.R. 1104, it shall be in order to consider in the House S. 151, to move to strike all after the enacting clause of S. 151, and to insert the provisions of H.R. 1104 as passed by the House. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the Senate bill and the motion to strike and insert. Finally, the rule provides that if the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as amended, is passed, it shall be in order to move that the House insist on its amendments and request a conference. Testimony was heard from Chairman Sensenbrenner, Representatives Pence, Weiner, Maloney, Pomeroy and Acevedo-Vila.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2003


(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate


Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Vernon Bernard Parker, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights, 9:30 a.m., S-216, Capitol.
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Air Force, 10 a.m., SD-192.

Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and General Government, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-138.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine issues uncovered as a result of the Blue Ribbon Panel's report of findings on Aerial Fire Fighting Safety and responses to the report, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold oversight hearings to examine foreign assistance, 9:30 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings to examine the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, focusing D297on the role and funding of the National Indian Gaming Commission, 10 a.m., SH-216. 

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Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Edward C. Prado, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Cecilia M. Altonaga, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, Richard D. Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, Dee D. Drell, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, J. Leon Holmes, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Susan G. Braden, of the District of Columbia, and Charles F. Lettow, of Virginia, each to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 2 p.m., SD-226.

House


Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review Artificial Barriers to United States Agricultural Trade and Foreign Food Assistance, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies, on State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol, and on Secretary of State, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Program, on the following: Export-Import Bank; U.S. Trade and Development Agency; and Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 2 p.m., H-144 Capitol.

Subcommittee on Interior, oversight hearing on Everglades, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on Health Resources and Services Administration, 10:15 a.m., and on Substance Abuse Mental Health Services, 11:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Transportation and Treasury, and Independent Agencies, on Members of Congress, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on VA and HUD and Independent Agencies, on Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request for Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) programs, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up H.R. 1261, Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act of 2003, and to consider a motion authorizing the Chairman to submit the provisions of H.R. 1261 to the Committee on the Budget pursuant to 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., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up H.R. 810, Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act of 2003, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 658, Accountant, Compliance, and Enforcement Staffing Act of 2003; and H.R. 1280, Defense Production Act Reauthorization Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management, oversight hearing on ``Management and The President's Budget,'' 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Southeast Asia, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Human Rights, hearing on Overview of International Terrorist Organizations, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up H.R. 760, Partial-Birth Abortion Act of 2003 and to consider pending Committee business, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Science, to mark up H.R. 1297, to require the construction at Arlington National Cemetery of a memorial to the crew of the Columbia Orbiter; followed by a hearing on Enhanced Security: Policies and Implications for Foreign Students and Scholars, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the impact of the section 201 safeguard action on certain steel products, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on General Defense Intelligence Program, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol. 

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Next Meeting of the
SENATE

10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 26

Senate Chamber

Program for Wednesday: After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 11:30 a.m.), Senate will continue consideration of S. Con. Res. 23, Budget Resolution, and begin a series of votes on certain amendments.
Next Meeting of the

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

10 a.m., Wednesday, March 26

House Chamber

Program for Wednesday: Consideration of H. Res. 160, rule providing for consideration of H.R. 1104, Child Abduction Prevention Act (rule only);
Consideration of Suspensions:
(1) H. Res. 113, Recognizing the social problem of child abuse and neglect, and supporting efforts to enhance public awareness of the problem;
(2) H. Res. 57, Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Runaway Prevention Month'';
(3) H. Con. Res. 44, Celebration in 2004 of the 150th anniversary of the Grand Excursion of 1854;
(4) H.R. 825, Michael J. Healy Post Office Building in Bridgeview, Illinois;
(5) H.R. 917, Floyd Spence Post Office Building in Lexington, South Carolina;
(6) H.R. 981, James R. Merry Post Office in Linesville, Pennsylvania;
(7) H. Res. 153, Recognizing the public need for fasting and prayer in order to secure the blessings and protection of Providence for the people of the United States and our Armed Forces during the conflict in Iraq and under the threat of terrorism at home; and
(8) H. Con. Res. T2XX K, Concerning the treatment of members of the Armed Forces held as prisoner of war by Iraqi authorities
Consideration of H.R. 14, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act (unanimous consent, two hours of debate).

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE

Allen, Thomas H., Maine, E572

Boehner, John A., Ohio, E567

Camp, Dave, Mich., E562

Capuano, Michael E., Mass., E566

Cardin, Benjamin L., Md., E574

Coble, Howard, N.C., E564

Crenshaw, Ander, Fla., E568

Crowley, Joseph, N.Y., E571

Cunningham, Randy ``Duke'', Calif., E562

Delahunt, William D., Mass., E564

DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E575

Dingell, John D., Mich., E559, E561

Doyle, Michael F., Pa., E563

English, Phil, Pa., E569

Fossella, Vito, N.Y., E561

Graves, Sam, Mo., E565

Kind, Ron, Wisc., E574

Kingston, Jack, Ga., E573

Kirk, Mark Steven, Ill., E569

Kline, John, Minn., E560, E561

Langevin, James R., R.I., E572

Lantos, Tom, Calif., E567, E569

Lee, Barbara, Calif., E559

McCarthy, Carolyn, N.Y., E560, E561

McCollum, Betty, Minn., E559, E561

McGovern, James P., Mass., E572

McNulty, Michael R., N.Y., E562

Meehan, Martin T., Mass., E565

Miller, George, Calif., E566, E569

Myrick, Sue Wilkins, N.C., E572

Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E567

Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E563

Radanovich, George, Calif., E568

Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E576

Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E570

Rogers, Harold, Ky., E575

Rogers, Mike, Ala., E559, E560

Sanchez, Linda T., Calif., E574

Sandlin, Max, Tex., E562

Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E573

Shuster, Bill, Pa., E563

Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E568

Stark, Fortney Pete, Calif., E559, E560, E565, E566

Sweeney, John E., N.Y., E564

Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E571

Udall, Mark, Colo., E570, E573

Udall, Tom, N.M., E571

Weldon, Curt, Pa., E567

Whitfield, Ed, Ky., E562

Wu, David, Ore., E563 

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