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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D347-D349 on April 3, 2003.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for child nutrition programs, including the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), focusing on ensuring program access, fighting hunger and obesity, after receiving testimony from Eric M. Bost, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services; James D. Weill, Food Research and Action Center; Douglas J. Besharov, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, and Anne Curry, Food Marketing Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; Jill Leppert, North Dakota State WIC Program, Bismarck, on behalf of the National WIC Association; Karen Caplan, Frieda's Inc., Los Alamitos, California, on behalf of United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association; Rod Hofstedt, Adult and Children's Alliance, St. Paul, Minnesota, on behalf of National Child and Adult Care Food Program Forum; and Don Wambles, Alabama State Farmers Marketing Authority Montgomery, on behalf of the National Association of Farmers' Market Nutrition Programs.
APPROPRIATIONS: SCIENCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science and Technology Policy, after receiving testimony from John H. Marburger III, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Rita R. Colwell, Director, and Christine Boesz, Inspector General, both of the National Science Foundation; and Warren M. Washington, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, on behalf of the National Science Board.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: AIR-LAUNCHED WEAPONS PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force aviation and air-launched weapons programs, after receiving testimony from John J. Young, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition; Marvin R. Sambur, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition; Vice Admiral John B. Nathman, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Requirements and Programs; Lieutenant General Michael A. Hough, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Aviation; and Lieutenant General Ronald E. Keys, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations.
CHECK TRUNCATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine the Federal Reserve Board proposal to facilitate check truncation by creating a new negotiable instrument called a ``substitute check,'' which would permit banks to truncate the original checks, to process the check information electronically, and to print and deliver substitute checks to banks and bank customers that want to continue receiving paper checks, after receiving testimony from Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Vice Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Lindsay A. Alexander, National Institutes of Health Federal Credit Union, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Credit Union National Association, Inc.; Janell Mayo Duncan, Consumers Union, Washington, D.C.; and Danne Buchanan, Zions Bancorporation, Salt Lake City, Utah.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Thomas Waters Grant, of New York, Noe Hinojosa, Jr., of Texas, and William Robert Timken, Jr., of Ohio, each to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, and Alfred Plamann, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank.
HEALTH CARE
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the issue of purchasing health care services in a competitive environment, focusing on the impact on administrative costs, profits, risk load, remote area providers, and senior citizens, receiving testimony from Abby L. Block, Senior Advisor for Employee and Family Policy, Office of Personnel Management; Tom Carrato, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Plan Administration; Bruce E. Bradley, General Motors, Washington, D.C.; and Lois E. Quam, UnitedHealth Group Company, Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings to examine the nominations of Lino Gutierrez, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Argentina, James B. Foley, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti, and Roland W. Bullen, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NATO ENLARGEMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) enlargement, focusing on qualifications and contributions, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia and NATO membership, receiving testimony from F. Stephen Larrabee, RAND, Arlington, Virginia; and Janusz Bugajski, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Jeffrey Simon, National Defense University, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings will continue on Tuesday, April 8.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Edward C. Prado, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Richard D. Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, Dee D. Drell, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, and Allen Garber, to be United States Marshal for the District of Minnesota, and Raul David Bejarano, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of California, both of the Department of Justice.
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