Volume 149, No. 44 covering the 1st Session of the 108th Congress (2003 - 2004) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2003-03-20” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D266-D267 on March 19, 2003.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
MARCH 20, 2003
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Vernon Bernard Parker, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, 10:30 a.m., SR-328A.
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 10 a.m., SD-124.
Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-138.
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense, focusing on atomic energy defense activities of the Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine issues related to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed rule on the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine proposed legislation amending the Clean Air Act regarding fuel additives and renewable fuels, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine how to make embassies safer in areas of conflict, 2:30 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine possible terrorist threats on cargo containers, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine legislative presentations of AMVETS, American Ex-Prisoners of War, the Vietnam Veterans of America, the Military Officers Association of America, and the National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, 10 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.
Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine Medicare, focusing on prescription drugs, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.
House
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and State and The Judiciary, and Related Agencies, on Secretary of State, 10 a.m., and on DEA and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Defense, on Fiscal Year 2004 Navy/Marine Corps Budget Overview, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Department of Energy: Nuclear Waste Management and Disposal, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Secretary of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on Secretary of Health and Human Services, 10:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, 10 a.m., and on Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 11 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the 2004 fiscal year defense authorization budget request for Ballistic Missile Defense programs, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Readiness, to continue hearings on the state of military readiness and review of the fiscal year 2004 Defense Authorization budget request, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request, 11:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, to mark up H.R. 1261, Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on ``HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria: Combating a Global Pandemic,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to consider H.R. 658, Accountant, Compliance, and Enforcement Staffing Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform, hearing on ``Breaking Fumes: A Decade of Failure in Energy Department Acquisitions;'' followed by consideration of H.R. 1346, to amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to provide an additional function of the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy relating to encouraging Federal procurement policies that enhance energy efficiency, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations, to mark up H.R. 1298, United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003, 11:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, hearing on the U.S. and South Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for American policy, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to mark up H.J. Res. 22, proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1302, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2003; and H.R. 1303, to amend the E-Government Act of 2002 with respect to rulemaking authority of the Judicial Conference, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Changes to SBA Financing Programs Needed for Revitalization of Small Manufacturers,'' 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation, to consider a motion to go into executive session to hold a hearing on Protecting Commercial Aircraft from the Threat of Missile Attacks, 9:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up H.R. 810, Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing to Review State Use of Federal Unemployment Funds, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on National Imagery and Mapping Agency Program, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
Joint Meetings
Joint Meetings: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine legislative presentations of AMVETS, American Ex-Prisoners of War, the Vietnam Veterans of America, the Military Officers Association of America, and the National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
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