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Measures Introduced:
Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1670-1677, S.J. Res. 18, and S. Res. 236.
Page S12137
Measures Reported:
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: S. 150, to make permanent the moratorium on taxes on Internet access and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce imposed by the Internet Tax Freedom Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-155)
Page S12137
District of Columbia Appropriations Act:
Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2765, making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S12108-25
Pending:
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: DeWine/Landrieu Amendment No. 1783, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S12108-25
Page S12129
Nominations--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reach providing that at 9:15 a.m., on Tuesday, September 30, 2003, Senate vote on the nominations of Marcia A. Crone, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, and Ronald A. White, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
Page S12129
Messages From the President:
Senate received the following message from the President of the United States:
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: Transmitting, pursuant to law, a memorandum of understanding between the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security concerning implementation of Section 428 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002; to the Committee on the Judiciary. (PM-51)
Page S12136
Nominations Confirmed:
Senate confirmed the following nomination:
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: By unanimous vote of 86 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 368), Carlos T. Bea, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
Pages S12125-27, S12144
Nominations Received:
Senate received the following nominations:
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: Raymond W. Gruender, of Missouri, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit.
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: William James Haynes II, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: 6 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
Page S12144
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S12137-38
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S12138-44
Additional Statements:
Pages S12134-36
Record Votes:
One record vote was taken today. (Total--368)
Page S12127
Recess:
Senate met at 1 p.m., and recessed at 7:17 p.m., until 9:15 a.m., on Tuesday, September 30, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S12129-30.)
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Measures Introduced:
2 public bills, H.R. 3195-3196; and 1 resolution, H.J. Res. 70, were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
Page H8954
Reports Filed:
Reports were filed as follows:
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: H.R. 2620, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, amended, (H. Rept. 108-264, Pt. 2).
Page H8954
Speaker Pro Tempore:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Young of Florida to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H8953
Chaplain:
The prayer today was offered by Rev. Dr. Ronald F. Christian, Pastor, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Fairfax, Virginia.
Page H8953
Speaker Pro Tempore to Sign Enrolled Bills and Joint Resolutions:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Young of Florida to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions through September 29.
Page H8954
Senate Message:
Messages from the Senate appear today on page H8953.
Adjournment:
The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 12:06 p.m.
COUNTERTERRORISM TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Government Reform:
Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing on ``Counterterrorism Technology: Picking Winners and Losers.'' Testimony was heard from Michael A. Jakub, Director, Technical Programs, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State; Edward McCallum, Director, Combating Terrorism Support Office, Department of Defense; David Bolka, Director, HSARPA, Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Homeland Security; and public witnesses.
Committee on Appropriations:
business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for Iraq and Afghanistan, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Armed Services:
to hold hearings regarding investigations into allegations of sexual assault at the United States Air Force Academy, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
to hold hearings to examine the state of the securities industry, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
to hold hearings to examine the status of the Do-Not-Call Registry, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Product Safety, to hold hearings to examine dietary guidelines in relation to obesity, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
Subcommittee on Water and Power, with the Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold joint hearings to examine S. 437, to provide for adjustments to the Central Arizona Project in Arizona, to authorize the Gila River Indian Community water rights settlement, to reauthorize and amend the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Foreign Relations:
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Randall L. Tobias, of Indiana, to be Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, with the rank of Ambassador, W. Robert Pearson, of Tennessee, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, and William Cabaniss, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, all of the Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Governmental Affairs:
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Dale Cabaniss, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, Craig S. Iscoe, to be Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and Brian F. Holeman, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 9 a.m., SD-342.
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine illegal file sharing on peer-to-peer networks and the impact of technology on the entertainment industry, 10 a.m., SDG-50.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
Subcommittee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, to hold hearings to examine underage drinking, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Indian Affairs:
with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold joint hearings to examine S. 437, to provide for adjustments to the Central Arizona Project in Arizona, to authorize the Gila River Indian Community D1061water rights settlement, to reauthorize and amend the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982, 10 a.m., SD-366.
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Committee on the Judiciary:
Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship, to hold hearings to examine visa issuance in relation to homeland security, 2 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs:
business meeting to consider S. 1131, to increase, effective December 1, 2003, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, S. 1132, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and enhance certain benefits for survivors of veterans, S. 1156, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and enhance the provision of long-term health care for veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to enhance and improve authorities relating to the administration of personnel of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 1136, to restate, clarify, and revise the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, and H.R. 1516, to provide for the establishment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of five additional cemeteries in the National Cemetery System, 4 p.m., SR-418.
Committee on Appropriations,
Subcommittee on Defense, on the Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 Supplemental Request for Iraq and Afghanistan, 3:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, on the Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 Supplemental Request for Iraq and Afghanistan, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Armed Services,
to mark up H. Res. 364, of inquiry requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of adoption of this resolution the report prepared for the Joint Chiefs of Staff entitled ``Operation Iraq Freedom Strategic Lessons Learned'' and documents in his possession on the reconstruction and security of post-war Iraq, 7:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce,
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Nuclear Terrorism Prevention: A Review of the Federal Government's Progress Toward Installing Radiation Detection Monitors at U.S. Ports and Borders,'' 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations,
Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on Russia's Transition to Democracy and U.S.-Russia Relations: Unfinished Business, 3:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary,
Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.J. Res. 48, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime victims, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources,
Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1629, Upper Missouri River Breaks Boundary Clarification Act; H.R. 2424, National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2003; and H.R. 2966, Right-to-Ride Livestock on Federal Lands Act of 2003, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2379, Rural Veterans Access to Care Act of 2003; and H.R. 3094, Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act, 2:30 p.m., 340 Cannon.
Conference
: meeting of conferees on S. 3, to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion, 5:45 p.m., HC-6, Capitol.
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Program for Tuesday
: Senate will consider the nominations of Marcia A. Crone, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, and Ronald A. White, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, with votes to occur thereon, respectively; following which, Senate will begin a period of morning business (not to extend beyond 11:30 a.m.).
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: At 11:30 a.m., Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 2765, District of Columbia Appropriations Act.
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their respective party conferences.)
Next Meeting of the
Program for Tuesday:
Consideration of Suspensions:
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: 1. H.R. 2086, Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2003;
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: 2. H.R. 2075, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1905 West Blue Heron Boulevard in West Palm Beach, Florida, as the ``Judge Edward Rodgers Post Office Building'';
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: 3. H.R. 3011, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 135 East Olive Avenue in Burbank, California, as the ``Bob Hope Post Office Building'';
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: 4. H. Res 357, honoring the life and legacy of Bob Hope;
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: 5. H. Res 306, congratulating the New York Yankees on the occasion of their 100th anniversary;
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: 6. H.R. 1882, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 South Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando, Florida, as the ``Arthur `Pappy' Kennedy Post Office'';
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: 7. S. 570, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to the qualifications of foreign schools;
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: 8. H. Con. Res. 282, honoring the life of Johnny Cash; and
Monday, September 29, 2003¨D1059: 9. H. Con. Res. 159, declaring Emporia, Kansas, to be the founding city of the Veterans Day holiday and recognizing the contributions of Alvin J. King and Representative Ed Rees to the enactment into law of the observance of Veterans Day.
HOUSE
Meehan, Martin T., Mass., E1912
Menendez, Robert, N.J., E1912
Nadler, Jerrold, N.Y., E1911
Oberstar, James L., Minn., E1909
Payne, Donald M., N.J., E1911
Schiff, Adam B., Calif., E1909, E1910
Tiahrt, Todd, Kans., E1911
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