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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D779-D780 on July 9, 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 approved for full Committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior approved for full Committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004.
APPROPRIATIONS: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH/DOD
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
An original bill (S. 1383) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004; and
An original bill (S. 1382) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004.
AFGHANISTAN & IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine lessons learned during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom, and ongoing operations in the United States Central Command region, focusing on USCENTCOM areas of responsibility, regional concerns, the Horn of Africa, Iran, the Gulf States, South and Central Asia, weapons of mass destruction proliferation, terrorism and counterterrorism, and security cooperation, after receiving testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; and General Tommy R. Franks, former Commander, U.S. Central Command.
INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, focusing on the role of the Department of the Interior in reviewing revenue-sharing provisions included in Class III tribal-state gaming compacts submitted to the Department for approval, after receiving testimony from Aurene M. Martin, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Zachariah Pahmahmie, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Mayetta, Kansas; Herman A. Williams, Jr., Tulalip Tribes of Washington, Tulalip; Jacob Viarrial, Pueblo of Pojoaque, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Pedro Johnson, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation; Brenda Soulliere, California Nations Indian Gaming Association, Sacramento; and Frank Chaves, New Mexico Indian Gaming Association, Bernalillo.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of James O. Browning, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico, who was introduced by Senators Domenici and Bingaman; Kathleen Cardone, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, who was introduced by Senators Hutchison and Cornyn, and Representative Reyes; James I. Cohn, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida; Frank Montalvo, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, and Xavier Rodriguez, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, who were both introduced by Senators Hutchison and Cornyn, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS RULE
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings to examine S. Res. 173, to amend Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate with respect to new or general legislation and unauthorized appropriations in general appropriations bills and amendments thereto, and new or general legislation, unauthorized appropriations, new matter, or nongermane matter in conference reports on appropriations Acts, and unauthorized appropriations in amendments between the Houses relating to such Acts, after receiving testimony from Senator McCain; and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
