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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D515-D516 on May 13, 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 the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Transportation Security Administration, and Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, after receiving testimony from Robert C. Bonner, Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Admiral James M. Loy, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, and Connie L. Patrick, Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, all of the Department of Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers after-school program of the Department of Education, focusing on the benefits to students in providing effective academic and recreational opportunities and safe havens for youth, after receiving testimony from William D. Hansen, Deputy Secretary of Education; Mayor John DeStefano, Jr., New Haven, Connecticut; Harvey Sprafka, Knoxville Police Department, Knoxville, Iowa, on behalf of Fight Crime: Invest In Kids; Arnold Schwarzenegger, National Inner-City Games Foundation, Santa Monica, California; Steven Kinlock, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Madison White, Massillon, Ohio.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the nominations of Steven B. Nesmith, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who was introduced by Senators Specter and Santorum, Jose Teran, of Florida, James Broaddus, of Texas, Lane Carson, of Louisiana, Morgan Edwards, of North Carolina, and Paul Pate, of Iowa, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences, Nicholas Gregory Mankiw, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
MEDIA OWNERSHIP
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to examine media ownership, focusing on localism, diversity, and competition in broadcast television, and the Federal Communication Commission's ban on newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership, receiving testimony from Mel Karmazin, Viacom Incorporated, New York, New York; James F. Goodmon, Capitol Broadcasting Company, Incorporated, Raleigh, North Carolina; Frank A. Blethen, Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington; and William Dean Singleton, MediaNews Group, Denver, Colorado.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
HISTORIC SITES/NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks concluded hearings to examine S. 500, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study certain sites in the historic district of Beaufort, South Carolina, relating to the Reconstruction Era, S. 601, and H.R. 733 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon City, Oregon, for inclusion in the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, S. 612 and H.R. 788, to revise the boundary of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Utah and Arizona, S. 452, to require that the Secretary of the Interior conduct a study to identify sites and resources, to recommend alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the Cold War, and S. 630 and H.R. 519, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the San Gabriel River Watershed, after receiving testimony from Senators Boxer and Bennett; Representative Solis; and Sue Masica, Associate Director for Park Planning, Facilities and Lands, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill (S. 1054) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004.
FREE TRADE OF THE AMERICAS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade concluded hearings to examine the status of the Free Trade Area of the Americas
(a proposal to improve the quality of life for the residents of participating nations), focusing on negotiations and preparations for the Miami Ministerial, after receiving testimony from Peter F. Allgeier, Deputy United States Trade Representative; Loren Yager, Director, International Affairs and Trade, General Accounting Office; James Fendell, Aerocasillas--Aeropost, Miami, Florida, on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America; Craig Hill, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, West Des Moines; and John Audley, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Thea M. Lee, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), both of Washington, D.C.
Hearing recessed subject to call.
PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine Project Safe Neighborhoods, focusing on America's network against gun violence, after receiving testimony from Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney for the District of Utah, Salt Lake City, Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria, Todd P. Graves, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Kansas City, and Patrick L. Meehan, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, all of the Department of Justice; Donald R. Totaro, Lancaster County District Attorney, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Russell Edward Spann, West Valley City Police, Utah; Dennis A. Mook, Newport News Police Department, Virginia; Charles L. Curtis, Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission, Missouri; Alfred Blumstein, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Jens Ludwig, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
