Volume 149, No. 31 covering the 1st Session of the 108th Congress (2003 - 2004) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D153-D155 on Feb. 26, 2003.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
POST-CONFLICT IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing to discuss the planning for post-conflict Iraq and potential U.S. military operations in the Philippines from Douglas J. Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; and Ryan Crocker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine reform proposals for the Federal Deposit Insurance System, focusing on benefits and costs of deposit insurance, impact of mergers and consolidations between banks and thrifts, fund management, and premium pricing issues, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Donald E. Powell, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Peter R. Fisher, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, John D. Hawke, Jr., Comptroller of the Currency, and James E. Gilleran, Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, all of the Department of the Treasury.
2004 BUDGET: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the President's Fiscal Year 2004 Budget proposal for Medicare and Medicaid, enhancing Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Foster Care, and strengthening the Child Support Enforcement Program, after receiving testimony from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
SUV SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues involving Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) safety, including data relating to vehicle rollovers, crash compatibility, and seatbelt use, receiving testimony from Jeffrey W. Runge, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; Joan B. Claybrook, Public Citizen, former Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, and Christopher Tinto, Toyota Motor North America, both of Washington, D.C.; R. David Pittle, Consumers Union, Yonkers, New York; Brian O'Neill, Insurance Institute For Highway Safety, Arlington, Virginia; Robert C. Lange, General Motors Corporation, Warren, Michigan; and Susan Cischke, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 273, to provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition of land owned by the State of Wyoming within the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park;
S. 302, to revise the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the State of California, to restore and extend the term of the advisory commission for the recreation area; and
S. 426, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain parcels of land acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the initial stage of the Oahe Unit, James Division, South Dakota, to the Commission of Schools and Public Lands and the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota for the purpose of mitigating lost wildlife habitat, on the condition that the current preferential leaseholders shall have an option to purchase the parcels from the Commission.
Also, Committee approved the views and estimates of the Committee with respect to those portions of the budget for fiscal year 2004 within their jurisdiction.
2004 BUDGET: EPA
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee began markup of an original bill entitled ``Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2003,'' but did not take final action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
TERRORIST THREAT INTEGRATION CENTER
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the President's proposal to create a Terrorist Threat Integration Center, to consolidate terrorist-related intelligence, after receiving testimony from Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Pasquale J. D'Amuro, Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, and Winston P. Wiley, Associate Director, Central Intelligence for Homeland Security, Central Intelligence Agency, all on behalf of the Senior Steering Group.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 162, to provide for the use of distribution of certain funds awarded to the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community; and
S. 222, to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in Apache County, Arizona.
2004 BUDGET: INDIAN AFFAIRS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Presidents proposed budget request for Fiscal Year 2004 for Indian Programs, after receiving testimony from Tex Hall, National Congress of American Indians, Russell Sossamon, National American Indian Housing Council, and Gary Edwards, National Native American Law Enforcement Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Julia Davis-Wheeler, National Indian Health Board, and Kay Culbertson, Indian Health and Family Services, on behalf of the National Council of Urban Indian Health, both of Denver, Colorado; John Cheek, National Indian Education Association, Alexandria, Virginia; and Ron McNeil, Sitting Bull College, Fort Yates, North Dakota, on behalf of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
2004 BUDGET: VETERANS' PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for Fiscal Year 2004 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, focusing on health care system priorities, after receiving testimony from Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Philip Wilkerson, American Legion, Dennis Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.; Rick Surratt, Disabled American Veterans, Cold Spring, Kentucky; and Richard Jones, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland.
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