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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2003-05-22” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D570-D571 on May 21, 2003.
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
MAY 22, 2003
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine federal funding for stem cell research, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and General Government, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for highway safety initiatives, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold oversight hearings to examine the economy, focusing on increasing investment in the equity markets, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to continue hearings to examine media ownership, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to examine wireless broadband in rural areas, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine Iraq stabilization and reconstruction, focusing on U.S. policy and plans, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings to examine the status of telecommunications in Indian Country, 10 a.m., SR-485.
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 554, to allow media coverage of court proceedings, S. 1023, to increase the annual salaries of justices and judges of the United States, S. 858, to extend the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, S. Res. 136, recognizing the 140th anniversary of the founding of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and congratulating members and officers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for the union's many achievements, S. Res. 92, designating September 17, 2003 as
``Constitution Day'', S. Res. 145, designating June 2003, as
``National Safety Month'', S. Res. 133, condemning bigotry and violence against Arab Americans, Muslim, Americans, South-Asian Americans, and Sikh Americans, and the nominations of Michael Chertoff, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, David G. Campbell, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, Robert D. McCallum, Jr., of Georgia, to be Associate Attorney General, Peter D. Keisler, of Maryland, and R. Hewitt Pate, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, and David B. Rivkin, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Richard C. Wesley, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, J. Ronnie Greer, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Thomas M. Hardiman, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Mark R. Kravitz, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, and John A. Woodcock, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of Maine, 2 p.m., SD-226.
House
Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, hearing to review the financial status of the Crop Insurance industry, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary and Related Agencies, on Impact of Chinese Imports on U.S. Companies, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Screener Background Investigations, 3 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``National Institutes of Health: Decoding our Federal Investment in Genomic Research,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled
``The Long and Short of Hedge Funds: Effects of Strategies for Managing Market Risk,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``The Section 8 Housing Assistance Program: Promoting Decent Affordable Housing for Families and Individuals who Rent,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform, hearing and markup of H.R. 2086, Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2003, and to mark up the following measures: H.R. 2122, Project BioShield Act of 2003; H.R. 2087, Bob Hope American Patriot Award Act of 2003; H. Con. Res. 162, honoring the city of Dayton, Ohio, and its many partners, for hosting ``Inventing Flight: The Centennial Celebration,'' a celebration of the centennial of Wilbur and Orville Wright's first flight; H.R. 1465, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4832 East Highway 27 in Iron Station, North Carolina, as the ``General Charles Gabriel Post Office;'' H.R. 1610, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Ritchie Avenue in Marceline, Missouri, as the ``Walt Disney Post Office Building''; H. Res. 159, expressing profound sorrow on the occasion of the death of Irma Rangel; H. Res. 195, congratulating Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs for hitting 500 major league home runs; and H.R. 2030, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 Baldwin Avenue in Paia, Maui, Hawaii, as the ``Patsy Takemoto Mink Post Office Building,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 1428, Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2003; followed by a markup of H.R. 49, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, 11 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, to mark up H.R. 1561, United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the following measures: H.R. 2048, International Fisheries Reauthorization Act of 2003; and H. Res. 30, concerning the San Diego long-range sportfishing fleet and rights to fish the waters near the Revillagigedo Islands of Mexico, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1598, Irvine Basin Surface and Groundwater Improvement Act of 2003; and H.R. 1732, Williamson County Water Recycling Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Small Business, to mark up H.R. 923, Premier Certified Lenders Program Improvement Act, 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Water: Is it the ``Oil'' of the 2lst Century? 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on long-term care programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on the FBI National Security Programs Budget, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, executive, briefing on Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
Select Committee on Homeland Security, to continue hearings entitled ``How is America Safer? A Progress Report on the Department of Homeland Security,'' 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Joint Meetings
Conference: meeting of conferees on S. 342, to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to make improvements to and reauthorize programs under that Act, 11 a.m., SD-430.
