[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1548-E1549]
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SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees,
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules committee--of the time, place,
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or
changes in the meetings as they occur.
As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
Meetings scheduled for Monday, July 21, 2003 may be found in the
Daily Digest of today's Record.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED

JULY 22
10 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine S. 1314, to expedite
procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities on
National Forest System lands established from the
public domain and other public lands administered by
the Bureau of Land Management, to improve the health of
National Forest System lands established from the
public domain and other public lands administered by
the Bureau of Land Management, and H.R. 1904, to
improve the capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture
and the Secretary of the Interior to plan and conduct
hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest
System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands aimed
at protecting communities, watersheds, and certain
other at-risk lands from catastrophic wildfire, to
enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address
threats to forest and rangeland health, including
catastrophic wildfire, across the landscape; to examine
the impacts of insects, disease, weather-related
damage, and fires on public and private forest lands.
Processes for implementing forest health and hazardous
fuels reduction projects on public and private lands,
and processes for implementing forest health and
hazardous fuels reduction projects will also be
discussed.
SD-366
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation
authorizing funds for Head Start, focusing on programs
to prepare children to succeed in school and in life.
SD-430
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Steven M.
Colloton, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Eighth Circuit, H. Brent McKnight, to be United
States District Judge for the Western District of North
Carolina, and R. David Proctor, to be United States
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama,
both of the Department of Justice.
SD-226
11 a.m.
Aging
To hold hearings to examine the consequences of direct-
to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs.
SD-628
2 p.m.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mark C.
Brickell, of New York, to be Director of the Office of
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, Alicia R. Castaneda, of
the District of Columbia, to be a Director of the
Federal Housing Finance Board, and Thomas J. Curry, of
Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
SD-538
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine bankcruptcy and competition
issues in relation to the WorldCom Case.
SD-226

JULY 23
9 a.m.
Judiciary
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SD-226
9:30 a.m.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine public interest and localism.
SR-253
Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider the Convention for the
Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage
by Air, done at Montreal May 28, 1999 (Treaty Doc.106-
45), protocol to Amend the Convention for the
Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International
Carriage by Air Signed at Warsaw on October 12, 1929,
done at The Hague September 28, 1955 (The Hague
Protocol) (Treaty Doc.107-14), STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS, WITH ANNEXES, DONE AT
STOCKHOLM, MAY 22-23, 2001 (Treaty Doc.107-05),
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent
Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and
Pesticides in International Trade, with Annexes, done
at Rotterdam, September 10, 1998 (Treaty Doc.106-21),
agreement Between the Government of the United States
of America and the Government of the Russian Federation
on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-
Chukotka Polar Bear Population done at Washington on
October 16, 2001 (Treaty Doc.107-10), agreement
Amending the Treaty Between the Government of the
United States of America and the Government of Canada
on Pacific Coast Albacore Tuna Vessels and Port
Privileges done at Washington May 26, 1981 (the
``Treaty''), effected by an exchange of diplomatic
notes at Washington on July 17, 2002, and August 13,
2002 (the ``Agreement''). Enclosed is the report of the
Secretary of State on the Agreement and a related
agreement, effected by an exchange of notes at
Washington on August 21, 2002, and September 10, 2002,
amending the Annexes to the Treaty (Treaty Doc.108-01),
amendments to the 1987 Treaty on Fisheries Between the
Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the
Government of the United States of America, with
Annexes and agreed statements, done at Port Moresby,
April 2, 1987, done at Koror, Palau, March 30, 1999,
and at Kiritimati, Kiribati, March 24, 2002. Also
transmitted, related Amendments to the Treaty Annexes,
and the Memorandum of Understanding (Treaty Doc.108-
02), and H. Con. Res. 209, commending the signing of
the United States-Adriatic Charter, a charter of
partnership among the United States, Albania, Croatia,
and Macedonia.
SD-419
10 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SD-366
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider proposed Patient Safety and
Quality Improvement Act of 2003, and the nominations of
Daniel Pipes, of Pennsylvania, Charles Edward Horner,
of the District of Columbia, and Stephen D. Krasner, of
California,each to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the United States Institute of Peace, and
Eric S. Dreiband, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
SD-430
Indian Affairs
To hold hearings to examine S. 556, to amend the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that
Act.
SR-485
Judiciary
To resume oversight hearings on the federal sentencing
guidelines of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
SH-216
2 p.m.
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Rene
Acosta, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney
General, and Daniel J. Bryant, of Virginia, to be an
Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of
Justice.
SD-226
2:30 p.m.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Housing and Transportation Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine enhancing the role of the
private sector in public transportation.
SD-538
2:45 p.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine status and prospects for
reconstruction relating to Iraq.
SH-216
4 p.m.
Judiciary
Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine agricultural consolidation
and the Smithfield/Farmland Deal.
SD-226

JULY 24
9:30 a.m.
Foreign Relations
African Affairs Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the Congo Basin Forest
Partnership; to be followed by hearings on the
nomination of Donald K. Steinberg, to be Ambassador to
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Department of State.
SD-419

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Judiciary
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SD-226
Governmental Affairs
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce,
and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the past and present of the
administration's competitive sourcing initiative.
SD-342
10 a.m.
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine federal biodefense readiness.
SD-430
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee
To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on
Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics to
examine space commercialization.
SH-216
11 a.m.
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Business meeting to markup H.R. 1904, to improve the
capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior to plan and conduct hazardous
fuels reduction projects on National Forest System
lands and Bureau of Land Management lands aimed at
protecting communities, watersheds, and certain other
at-risk lands from catastrophic wildfire, to enhance
efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to
forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic
wildfire, across the landscape.
SR-328A
2 p.m.
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the Greater Access to
Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act.
SD-226
2:30 p.m.
Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence
matters.
SH-219
3 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
National Parks Subcommittee
To hold oversight hearings to examine the competitive
sourcing effort within the National Park Service.
SD-366

JULY 25
10 a.m.
Judiciary
Crime, Corrections and Victims' Rights Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine deterrence of alien smuggling
and human trafficking.
SD-226

JULY 28
2 p.m.
Aging
To hold hearings to examine mental health treatments for
older americans with depression.
SD-628

JULY 29
9:30 a.m.
Foreign Relations
To resume hearings to examine the status and prospects
for reconstruction resources relating to Iraq.
SH-216
10 a.m.
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Howard
Radzely, of Maryland, to be Solicitor for the
Department of Labor.
SD-430
2:30 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
National Parks Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine S. 808, to provide for
expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, S.
1107, to enhance the Recreational Fee Demonstration
Program for the National Park Service, and H.R. 620, to
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide
supplemental funding and other services that are
necessary to assist the State of California or local
educational agencies in California in providing
educational services for students attending schools
located within the Park.
SD-366
Veterans' Affairs
Business meeting to consider pending legislation and
nominations, to be followed by a hearing on U.S. Army
policies on the award of the Combat Medical Badge.
SR-418

JULY 30
10 a.m.
Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business,
to be followed by oversight hearing on potential
settlement mechanisms of the Cobell v. Norton lawsuit.
SH-216
2 p.m.
Indian Affairs
To hold hearings to examine S. 578, to amend the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 to include Indian tribes among the
entities consulted with respect to activities carried
out by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
SH-216

SEPTEMBER 16
10 a.m.
Veterans' Affairs
To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on
Veterans' Affairs to receive the legislative
presentation of The American Legion.
SH-216

CANCELLATIONS

JULY 23
2:30 p.m.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine privacy and digital rights
management.
SR-253

POSTPONEMENTS

JULY 22
2:30 p.m.
Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings on pending legislation relating to VA-
provided health care services including the following:
S. 613, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
to construct, lease, or modify major medical facilities
at the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical
Center, Aurora, Colorado, S. 615, to name the
Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in
Horsham, Pennsylvania, as the ``Victor J. Saracini
Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic'', S.
1144, to name the health care facility of the
Department of Veterans Affairs located at 820 South
Damen Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Jesse Brown
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center'', S.
1156, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve
and enhance the provision of long-term health care for
veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to
enhance and improve authorities relating to the
administration of personnel of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, S. 1213, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to enhance the ability of the Department
of Veterans Affairs to improve benefits for Filipino
veterans of World War II and survivors of such
veterans, S. 1283, to require advance notification of
Congress regarding any action proposed to be taken by
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the implementation
of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services
initiative of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and
S. 1289, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after Paul
Wellstone.
SR-418