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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D450-D451 on May 6, 2003.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for border and transportation security, after receiving testimony from Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities met in closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower met in closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel met in closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense.
MEDIA OWNERSHIP
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings to examine cable television rates, focusing on rising programming costs and consumer benefits of tiering expensive channels, Retransmission Consent rules, and vertical integration, coupled with horizontal media consolidation, after receiving testimony from William B. Shear, Acting Director, Physical Infrastructure, and Amy Abramowitz, Assistant Director, both of the General Accounting Office; James O. Robbins, Cox Communications, and Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, both of Washington, D.C.; Charles F. Dolan, Cablevision Systems Corporation, Bethpage, New York; James M. Gleason, Cabledirect, Sikeston, Missouri, on behalf of the American Cable Association; and Leo Hindery Jr., YES Network, New York, New York.
NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks concluded hearings to examine S. 324, to amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for certain trails in the National Trails System, S. 634, to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study on the feasibility of designating the Trail of the Ancients as a national historic trail, S. 635, to amend the National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national historic trails, and S. 651, to amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of the trails in the System, after receiving testimony from Senators Hatch, Levin, and Allard; D. Thomas Ross, Assistant Director, Recreation and Conservation, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Gary Werner, Partnership for the National Trails System, Madison, Wisconsin; Dru Bower, Petroleum Association of Wyoming, Casper; and Dave Cioffi, Etna, New Hampshire.
FILIBUSTERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights concluded hearings to examine the constitutional right of a Senate majority to confirm judicial nominees of the President irrespective of a filibuster or cloture rule, after receiving testimony from Senators Specter and Schumer; Steven G. Calabresi, Northwestern University Law School, Chicago, Illinois; John C. Eastman, Chapman University School of Law, Orange California; Marcia D. Greenberger and Judith Appelbaum, both of the National Women's Law Center, Bruce Fein, Fein and Fein, and Douglas W. Kmiec, Catholic University of America Law School, all of Washington, D.C.; and Michael J. Gerhardt, William and Mary Law School, Williamsburg, Virginia.
MEDICARE REFORM
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine Medicare reform and competition, focusing on the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program, benefit and rate negotiations, contract administration and financial oversight, policy design, universality and redistribution, and the private sector, after receiving testimony from Abby L. Block, Senior Advisor for Employee and Family Support Policy, Office of Personnel Management; Robert E. Moffit, Heritage Foundation, Marilyn Moon, Urban Institute, Joseph R. Antos, American Enterprise Institute, and Jeff Lemieux, Progressive Policy Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; and Walton Francis, Fairfax, Virginia.
