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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D608-D609 on June 4, 2003.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MEDIA OWNERSHIP
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine activities of the Federal Communications Commission, focusing on their recent decision to adopt new broadcast ownership limits, after receiving testimony from Michael K. Powell, Chairman, and Kathleen Q. Abernathy, Michael J. Copps, Kevin J. Martin, Jonathan S. Adelstein, each a Commissioner, all of the Federal Communications Commission.
PUBLIC LANDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests concluded hearings to examine S. 714, to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Bureau of Land Management land in Douglas County, Oregon, to the county to improve management of and recreational access to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, S. 391, to enhance ecosystem protection and the range of outdoor opportunities protected by statute in the Skykomish River valley of the State of Washington by designating certain lower-elevation Federal lands as wilderness, S. 1003, to clarify the intent of Congress with respect to the continued use of established commercial outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River, H.R. 417, to revoke a Public Land Order with respect to certain lands erroneously included in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, California, and S. 924, to authorize the exchange of lands between an Alaska Native Village Corporation and the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Senator Murray; Mark Rey, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; Jim Hughes, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Mike Town, Friends of the Wild Sky, Skykomish, Washington; Mark Heckert, Washington Wildlife Federation, Olympia; Ed Husmann, Sultan, Washington, on behalf of the Snohomish County Farm Bureau; and John Postema, Snohomish, Washington.
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine Iraq stabilization and reconstruction, focusing on international contributions and resources, receiving testimony from Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; Dov S. Zakheim, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); John B. Taylor, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; and Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development.
Hearing continue on Thursday, June 12.
NATIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL SYSTEM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine proposed legislation to create a National Security Personnel System, focusing on transforming the way the Department of Defense recruits, retains and manages its civilian workforce, after receiving testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office; Bobby L. Harnage, Sr., American Federation of Government Employees (AFL-CIO), Washington, D.C.; Paul C. Light, New York University Wagner School of Public Service, New York, on behalf of the Center for Public Service and the Brookings Institution.
INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS PROGRAM
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 725, to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to provide from the Highway Trust Fund additional funding for Indian reservation roads, S. 281, to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to make certain amendments with respect to Indian tribes, to provide for training and technical assistance to Native Americans who are interested in commercial vehicle driving careers, and S. 1165, to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to provide from the Highway Trust Fund additional funding for Indian reservation roads, after receiving testimony from Senator Bingaman; Arthur E. Hamilton, Associate Administrator for Federal Lands Highways, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; Terry Virden, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Joe Shirley, Jr., Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Chadwick Smith, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma; Richard Milonovich, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla, Palm Springs, California; James Garrigan, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, Red Lake; and Loretta Bullard, Kawerak, Inc., Nome, Alaska.
AUTHORIZATION--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request and proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Small Business Administration, after receiving testimony from Hector V. Barreto, Administrator, Small Business Administration.
