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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2003-07-16” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D820-D821 on July 15, 2003.
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2003
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making appropriations for energy and water development programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 11 a.m., SD-138.
Committee on Armed Services: business meeting to consider the nominations of Thomas W. O'Connell, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, and Paul Morgan Longsworth, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold oversight hearings to examine the semi-annual monetary policy report of the Federal Reserve System, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to examine proposed legislation to make permanent the moratorium on taxes on Internet access, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard, to hold hearings to examine the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 9:30 a.m., SR-
428A.
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine the recent General Accounting Office report entitled: ``An Overall Strategy and Indicators for Measuring Progress Are Needed to Better Achieve Restoration Goals'', focusing on the ramifications of an uncoordinated Great Lakes restoration strategy, current management of various environmental programs, and possible next steps to improve the management of Great Lakes programs, 10 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting, to consider pending calendar business; to be followed by joint hearings with the House Committee on Resources to examine S. 556, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine competition in the marketplace in relation to hospital group purchasing, 11 a.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House
Committee on Appropriations, to consider the following appropriations for fiscal year 2004: Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary and Related Agencies; and Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on the Budget, hearing on Mid-Session Review Budget of the United States Government, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Education Reform, hearing on ``Food for Thought: How to Improve Child Nutrition Programs,'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Legislative Efforts to Reform the U.S. Olympic Committee,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, to consider the following bills: H.R. 2043, United States Financial Policy Committee For Fair Capital Standards Act; and H.R. 2622, Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Cutting Out Waste, Fraud, Mismanagement, Overlap and Duplication: Exploring Ideas for Improving Federal Reorganization, Management and Spending,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization, hearing on
``GAO Human Capital Reform: Leading By Example.'' followed by consideration of the following bills: H.R. 1231, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums; and H.R. 1151, to provide that transit pass transportation fringe benefits be made available to all qualified Federal employees in the National Capital Region; to allow passenger carriers which are owned or leased by the Government to be used to transport Government employees between their place of employment and mass transit facilities, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations, hearing on Intellectual Property Crimes: Are Proceeds From Counterfeited Goods Funding Terrorism? 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: the U.S.--
Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; the U.S.--Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; H.R. 49, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act; H.R. 1829, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2003; and H.R. 1303, to amend the E-Government Act of 2002 with respect to rule-making authority of the Judicial Conference, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, Subcommittee on Technology and the House, oversight hearing on the 1996 Unfunded Mandates Reform Act--``An Overview of Effectiveness and Opportunities for Enhancement,'' 10:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, hearing on Supercomputing: Is the U.S. on the Right Path? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, to mark up the following: General Services Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 Capital Investment and Leasing Program resolutions; and other pending business, 10:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs' Fiduciary and Field Examination Activity, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, executive, briefing on Hunt for al-Qaeda, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
Select Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up H. Res. 286, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution all physical and electronic records and documents in his possession related to any use of Federal agency resources in any task or action involving or relating to Members of the Texas Legislature in the period beginning May 11, 2003, and ending May 16, 2003, except information the disclosure of which would harm the national security interests of the United States, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Joint Meetings
Joint Meetings: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, business meeting, to consider pending Calendar business; to be followed by joint hearings with the House Committee on Resources to examine S. 556, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act, 10 a.m., SD-106.
