108th Congress
Unprinted Senate Hearings
January 2003 - December 2003
Unprinted as of December 11, 2008
** Hearings for 20030108
Commerce CLIMATE CHANGE: On Wednesday, January 8, committee
concluded hearings to examine climate change and
greenhouse gas reductions and the trading systems, ...
** Hearings for 20030115
Armed Services MILITARY OPERATIONS/IRAQ: Committee concluded
hearings to examine current and potential military
operations, ...
Also, Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the Iraq weapons inspection process ...
** Hearings for 20030211
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings for 20030213
Rules COMMITTEE FUNDING RESOLUTION: Committee concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
expenditures by the Committee on Foreign Relations,
...
** Hearings for 20030225
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings
on intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 2/26, 2/27, 3/4/03
Veterans DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: Joint Hearing: Senate
Committee Affairs on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
to examine certain legislative recommendations and
concerns of wartime service-connected disabled
veterans, ...
** Hearings for 20030226
Armed Services POST-CONFLICT IRAQ: 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 ...
** Hearings for 20030304
Armed Services MILITARY OPERATIONS: Committee met in closed session
to receive a briefing on current military operations
...
** Hearings for 20030305
Commerce E-911 IMPLEMENTATION: Subcommittee on Communications
concluded hearings to examine the implementation of
enhanced 911 (E-911) services for wireless telephones
and technology, public safety communications, ...
Foreign TURKISH AID: Committee met in closed session to
Relations receive a briefing on Turkish aid negotiations and
developments in northern Iraq ...
** Hearings for 20030306
Appropriations APPROPRIATIONS: OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE:
Subcommittee on Defense concluded closed hearings to
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004
for operations intelligence, ...
Commerce SPECTRUM POLICY: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the future of spectrum policy, focusing on
recommendations of the Federal Communications
Commission's Spectrum Policy Task Force including,
the establishment of a spectrum relocation trust
fund, ways in which to evolve the current "command and
control" approach to spectrum policy into a more
integrated, market-oriented approach that provides
greater regulatory certainty, while minimizing
regulatory intervention, and the implementation of
interference protection, spectral efficiency,
effective public safety communications, and
international spectrum policy, ...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Veterans LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATIONS: Joint Hearing: Senate
Affairs Committee Affairs on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans'
Affairs to examine legislative presentations of
certain veterans organizations, ...
** Hearings for 20030311
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 3/13/03, perhaps 3/18 [mtg
noted at 3/13 entry]
** Hearings for 20030312
Appropriations APPROPRIATIONS: INTELLIGENCE: Subcommittee on
Defense concluded closed hearings to examine proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for intelligence
programs, and to discuss worldwide threats, ...
Veterans VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS: Joint Hearing: Senate
Affairs Committee Affairs on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
to examine the legislative recommendations of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, ...
** Hearings for 20030313
Foreign MILITARY OPERATIONS/IRAQ: Committee met in closed
Relations session receive a briefing to examine Iraq's
political future ...
** Hearings for 20030318
Foreign COLOMBIAN HOSTAGES: Committee met in closed session
Relations to receive a briefing on the current hostage
situation in Colombia ...
** Hearings for 20030319
Rules SECRETARY OF THE SENATE/ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL:
Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine the
operations of the offices of the Secretary of the
Senate and the Architect of the Capitol, ...
** Hearings for 20030320
Veterans VETERANS' LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATIONS: Joint Hearing:
Affairs Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded
joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans'
Affairs to examine legislative presentations of
certain veterans' organizations, ...
** Hearings for 20030325
Armed Services AIR FORCE ACADEMY ALLEGATIONS: Committee met in
closed session to receive a briefing to examine
allegations of sexual assault at the United States
Air Force Academy ...
** Hearings for 20030327
Armed Services DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: WARFIGHTERS: Subcommittee
on Strategic Forces concluded closed hearings to
examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for
fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense,
focusing on intelligence support to warfighters, ...
** Hearings for 20030401
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings for 20030402
Commerce UNIVERSAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: Subcommittee
on Communications concluded hearings on the future
of Universal Service, focusing on preserving and
advancing high quality, reliable and affordable
telecommunications services to the greatest extent
throughout America, ...
** Hearings for 20030403
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee resumed hearings to examine
Relations the nominations of Lino Gutierrez, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to Argentina, James B. Foley, of New
York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti, and
Roland W. Bullen, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to
the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, ...
** Hearings for 20030408
Rules SERGEANT AT ARMS/LOC/CRS: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine the operations of the
offices of the Sergeant at Arms, Library of
Congress, and Congressional Research Service, ...
** Hearings for 20030409
Foreign NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings to
Relations examine the nomination of Pamela J.H. Slutz, of
Texas, to be Ambassador to Mongolia, ...
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the nominations of Heather M. Hodges, of
Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova,
Eric S. Edelman, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Turkey, ..., Ralph Frank, of
Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Croatia, Reno L. Harnish, of California, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Stephen D.
Mull, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Lithuania, ..., and Stephen M. Young, of New
Hampshire, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic,
...
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the nominations of Joseph LeBaron, of
Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of
Mauritania, Gregory W. Engle, of Colorado, to be
Ambassador to the Togolese Republic, Wayne E. Neill,
of Nevada, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Benin, Helen R. Meagher La Lime, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, and
William M. Bellamy, of California, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Kenya, ...
** Hearings for 20030410
Commerce FAA AUTHORIZATION: Committee concluded hearings to
examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for
the Federal Aviation Administration, ...
** Hearings for 20030429
Commerce AMTRAK: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
future of intercity passenger rail service and
Amtrak, focusing on the company's fiscal year 2004
budget request, a rail system based on restructured
federal/state/private roles and corridor services,
partnerships among states and the federal
government, securing federal funding sources,
redesigning long-distance trains to complement
corridor services and minimize operating losses,
long term debt, and operating and capital needs, ...
** Hearings for 20030501
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings to
Relations examine the nomination of Roger Francisco Noriega,
of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State
(Western Hemisphere Affairs), ...
** Hearings for 20030513
Commerce MEDIA OWNERSHIP: 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, ...
** Hearings for 20030519
Foreign NOMINATION: Subcommittee on African Affair
Relations concluded hearings to examine the nomination of
Steven A. Browning, of Texas, to be Ambassador to
Malawi ...
NOMINATIONS: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs concluded hearings to examine the
nominations of Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, to
be Ambassador to the People's Republic of
Bangladesh, Jeffrey Lunstead, of the District of
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve
concurrently and without additional compensation as
Ambassador to the Republic of Maldives, and Richard
W. Erdman, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, ...
** Hearings for 20030520
Commerce CRAB RATIONALIZATION PLAN: Committee concluded
hearings to examine issues relating to the Bering
Sea and Aleutian Island Crab Rationalization Plan,
focusing on processor quotas, ...
Foreign ASIA: On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, Committee met in
Relations closed session to receive a briefing on North
Korea and Indonesia ...
Rules KENNEDY CENTER/SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: Committee
concluded oversight hearings to examine operations
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts, and the Smithsonian Institution, ...
** Hearings for 20030521
Commerce COMPUTER SPAM: Committee concluded hearings to
examine issues concerning the extent and effects of
receiving unsolicited commercial e-mail (computer
spam), focusing on Federal efforts to combat its
growing threat to web-based services, ...
SAFETEA: Committee concluded hearings to examine S.
1072, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways,
highway safety programs, and transit programs, (also
known as SAFETEA (Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and
Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003)), ...
Hearings also held on 5/22/03
** Hearings for 20030522
Commerce EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPETITION ACT:
Subcommittee on Communications concluded hearings to
examine S. 564, to facilitate the deployment of
wireless telecommunications networks in order to
further the availability of the Emergency Alert
System, and issues relating to providing wireless
broadband in rural areas, ...
MEDIA OWNERSHIP: Committee concluded 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, ...
** Hearings for 20030523
Armed Services U.S. POLICY: AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ: Committee
concluded hearings to examine current United States
policy and military operations in Afghanistan and
Iraq, ...
** Hearings for 20030603
Commerce SPACE PROPULSION: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine
research being done by NASA and the private sector
to develop new in-space propulsion technologies, ...
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere,
Relations Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs concluded hearings
to examine the nominations of Marsha E. Barnes, of
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Suriname, John F. Maisto, of Pennsylvania, to be
Permanent Representative of the United States of
America to the Organization of American States, with
the rank of Ambassador, and William B. Wood, of New
York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia,
...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee concluded closed hearings
on intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings for 20030604
Commerce MEDIA OWNERSHIP: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to examine activities of the Federal
Communications Commission, focusing on their recent
decision to adopt new broadcast ownership limits,
...
** Hearings for 20030605
Commerce INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL FINANCE: Subcommittee on
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded
hearings to examine intercity passenger rail
finance, focusing on existing and future Amtrak
services, government and freight railroad
subsidization, and a separate and sealed future
high-speedpassenger rail corridor, ...
TITLE XI MARITIME LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM: Committee
concluded hearings on reform of the Title XI
Maritime Loan Guarantee Program, which authorizes
the Maritime Administration (MARAD) to assist
private companies in obtaining financing for the
U.S. construction of vessels or the modernization of
U.S. shipyards, ...
Rules SENATE RULE XXII: On Thursday, June 5, 2003,
Committee concluded hearings to examine Senate Rule
XXII, relating to the consideration of nominations
requiring the advice and consent of the Senate, and
proposals to amend the Rule, including S. Res. 138,
...
** Hearings for 20030606
Armed Services IRAQ SURVEY GROUP: On Friday, June 6, 2003,
Committee concluded closed hearings to examine the
mission of the 75th Exploitation Task Force and the
mission performed by the Iraq survey group
related to Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, ...
** Hearings for 20030610
Armed Services INTELLIGENCE MATTERS: Committee concluded closed
hearings to examine certain intelligence programs,
...
Commerce AUTHORIZATION--FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
PROGRAM: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Program, focusing on the
Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century
(TEA-21), and the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement
Act of 1999, ...
** Hearings for 20030611
Commerce AUTHORIZATION--FTC: Subcommittee on Competition,
Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure concluded
hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing
funds for the Federal Trade Commission, ...
** Hearings for 20030612
Commerce FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: Committee concluded hearings
to examine global overfishing and international
fishery conservation and management, including the
role of the United States, the International
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas,
and the Convention of the Conservation of Antarctic
Marine Living Resources, ...
STEM CELL RESEARCH: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine
advances in adult and non-embryonic stem cell
research, focusing on the use of bone marrow and
cord blood stem cells, ...
** Hearings for 20030617
Commerce CPSC AUTHORIZATION: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs and Product Safety concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the
Consumer Product Safety Commission, ...
Foreign AVIATION AND ENVIRONMENT TREATIES: Committee
Relations concluded hearings to examine 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. 107-5), 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. 108-1), and 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. 108-2), ...
Rules SECRET HOLDS: Committee concluded hearings to
examine Senate Resolution 151, requiring public
disclosure of notices of objections (holds) to
proceedings to motions or measures in the Senate,
focusing on reforms, unanimous consent, bargaining
tactics, leaders, and alternative approaches, ...
** Hearings for 20030618
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings to
Relations examine the nominations of John E. Herbst, of
Virginia, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, Tracey Ann
Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, to be
Ambassador to Turkmenistan, and George A. Krol, of
New Jersey, to be Ambassador to Belarus, ...
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the nominations of Robert W. Fitts, of New
Hampshire, to be Ambassador to Papua New Guinea,
Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, and Greta N. Morris, of
California, to be Ambassador to the Marshall
Islands, ...
** Hearings for 20030619
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 6/26/03
** Hearings for 20030620
Armed Services IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION: Committee met in closed
session to receive a briefing to examine Iraqi
reconstruction and humanitarian assistance
activities ...
** Hearings for 20030624
Commerce UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Committee
concluded hearings on reform of the United States
Olympic Committee, ...
** Hearings for 20030708
Armed Services LIBERIA: Committee met in closed session to receive
a briefing on the situation in Africa, with a focus
on Liberia, ...
Commerce NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the nominations of Nicole R. Nason, of
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of
Transportation for Governmental Affairs, and Pamela
Jones Harbour, of New York, to be a Federal Trade
Commissioner, ...
RADIO OWNERSHIP: Committee concluded hearings to
examine radio ownership, focusing on the impact of
industry consolidation, and Federal Communications
Commission's new radio market definition, ...
** Hearings for 20030709
Rules UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS RULE: Committee
concluded hearings to examine S. Res. 173, to amend
Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate with
respect to new or general legislation and
unauthorized appropriations in general
appropriations bills and amendments thereto, and new
or general legislation, unauthorized appropriations,
new matter, or nongermane matter in conference
reports on appropriations Acts, and unauthorized
appropriations in amendments between the Houses
relating to such Acts, ...
** Hearings for 20030710
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 7/16/03
** Hearings for 20030716
Commerce INTERNET TAX MORATORIUM: Committee concluded
hearings to examine proposed legislation to make
permanent the moratorium on taxes on Internet
access, focusing on the costs of tax compliance, and
benefits achieved under the Internet Tax Freedom
Act, ...
MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT AUTHORIZATION:
Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
concluded hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for programs of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act, focusing on improvements to marine
mammal bycatch reduction efforts, enforcement, and
other important aspects of marine mammal
conservation management policy, ...
** Hearings for 20030723
Commerce PUBLIC INTEREST AND LOCALISM: MEDIA OWNERSHIP:
Committee concluded hearings on public interest and
localism issues with respect to mediaownership,
including public interest obligations of local
broadcasters and the role of broadcasters in the
delivery of local news and public affairs
programming, ...
** Hearings for 20030724
Commerce COMMERCIAL HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT: Joint Hearings:
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space
concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on
Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics to
examine space commercialization, including orbital
and suborbital flights, understanding the current
demand for public space travel, and the future of
space tourism, ...
Foreign NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine
Relations the nomination of Donald K. Steinberg, of
California, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic
of Nigeria, ...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 7/31/03
** Hearings for 20030730
Commerce SPACE EXPLORATION: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine
space exploration, focusing on the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, and Department of Defense
partnerships in future spacecraft systems and
products and services developed through their
collaborative efforts, sensor development, research
to operations, and collaborative activities in
ground systems support, ...
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings to
Relations examine the Nominations of Jeffrey A. Marcus, of
Texas, to be Ambassador to Belgium, ..., Constance
Albanese Morella, of Maryland, to be Representative
of the United States of America to the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the
rank of Ambassador, ..., George H. Walker, of
Missouri, to be Ambassador to Hungary, ..., and
Jackie Wolcott Sanders, for the rank of Ambassador
during her tenure of service as United States
Representative to the Conference on Disarmament and
the Special Representative of the President of the
United States for Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons, ...
** Hearings for 20030731
Armed Services IRAQ SURVEY GROUP: Committee met in closed session
to receive a briefing on the work of the Iraq survey
group ...
Commerce ICANN: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN), focusing on consumer issues, computer
security and stability, root server systems,
continued globalization of the internet, innovation
in services and processes, the proposed Wait List
Service, and new top-level domains, ...
** Hearings for 20030903
Armed Services MILITARY OPERATIONS WORLDWIDE: Committee met in
closed session to receive a briefing regarding ongoing
military operations and areas of concern around the
world ...
Commerce AIR FORCE-BOEING TANKERS LEASE PROPOSAL: Committee
concluded hearings to examine the proposed leasing
of 100 Boeing 767 Tankers by the United States Air
Force for aerial refueling, ...
SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA ACCIDENT: Committee
concluded hearings to examine the Columbia Accident
Investigation Board's findings and recommendations
from its investigation of the Columbia shuttle
tragedy, ...
** Hearings for 20030904
Commerce NEW KIND OF SCIENCE: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology and Space concluded hearings to examine
certain scientific and technical implications of a
new kind of science relative to the exploration of
the computational world, ...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings for 20030909
Commerce TRANSPORTATION SECURITY: Committee concluded an
oversight hearing to examine the state of
transportation security, focusing on the effects on
commerce, "beyond the border" initiatives, advance
information and technology, and federal action
needed to enhance security efforts, ...
Foreign NORTH KOREA: Committee met in closed session to
Relations receive a briefing on the situation in North Korea ...
** Hearings for 20030911
Armed Services OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM: Committee met in closed
session to receive a briefing on lessons learned
regarding Operation Iraqi Freedom ...
** Hearings for 20030916
Judiciary PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION: Joint Hearings: Committee
on the Judiciary/Committee on Rules and
Administration: Committees concluded a joint hearing
to examine the continuity of the United States
government in relation to the Presidency, focusing
on the role of Congress in line of Presidential
succession, including Presidential incapacitation,
impeachment and removal, death or resignation, and
the bumping or supplantation procedure, ...
Veterans AMERICAN LEGION: Joint Hearings: Senate Committee
Affairs on Veterans' Affairs concluded a joint hearing with
the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to receive
the legislative priorities of the American Legion,
focusing on budgetary recommendations for the
Department of Veterans Affairs for FY 2005, ...
** Hearings for 20030917
Commerce DIGITAL MEDIA MARKETPLACE: Committee concluded a
hearing on digital rights management and privacy
issues, focusing on interests of copyright owners
and the threats to those interests that are posed by
the misuse of new technologies, including
peer-to-peer software, ...
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine the nominations of Gwendolyn Brown, of
Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, ..., Karen K.
Bhatia, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Transportation for Aviation and International
Affairs, and Charles Darwin Snelling, of
Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airport
Authority, ...
** Hearings for 20030923
Governmental TERRORIST FINANCING: Committee concluded a closed
Affairs hearing to examine certain issues relative to
combatting terrorist financing, ...
** Hearings for 20030924
Banking SARBANES-OXLEY ACT: Committee concluded a hearing
on the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
(P.L. 107-204), designed to protect investors by
improving accuracy and reliability of corporate
disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws,
focusing on reform of corporate governance,
financial reporting and auditing, ...
** Hearings for 20030925
Banking TERRORIST FINANCING: Committee held a hearing to
examine counterterror initiatives in the terror
finance program, focusing on the role of the
anti-moneylaundering regulatory regime in the
financial war on terrorism, better utilization of
technology, increased information sharing,
developing similar international standards, and the
formation of The Terrorist Financing Operations
Section (TFOS), ...
Commerce IN UTERO SURGERY: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded a hearing to examine
scientific and medical advances in the field of In
Utero Surgery, ...
** Hearings for 20030930
Commerce AMERICAN DIET: Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and
Product Safety concluded hearings to examine
American dietary guidelines in relation to obesity,
focusing on the Food Guide Pyramid, and risk factors
and actual measures of disease, ...
DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY: Committee concluded a hearing
to examine the status of the National Do-Not-Call
Registry, focusing on the rules and regulations
implementing the Registry pursuant to the Telephone
Consumer Protection Act of 1991, ...
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing on
Relations the nominations of Randall L. Tobias, of Indiana, to
be Coordinator of United States Government
Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, with the
rank of Ambassador, W. Robert Pearson, of Tennessee,
to be Director General of the Foreign Service, and
William Cabaniss, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to
the Czech Republic, ..., all of the Department of
State, ...
** Hearings for 20031001
Commerce CLIMATE CHANGE: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine certain aspects of the Administration's
Global Climate Change Initiative, to reduce domestic
emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
gases, including the implementation of the Kyoto
commitment, ...
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to
Relations examine the nominations of Robert B. Charles, of
Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State
(International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Affairs), ..., and H. Douglas Barclay, of New York,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador,
...
** Hearings for 20031002
Commerce AMTRAK: Committee concluded a hearing on S. 1501,
to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide
for stable, productive, and efficient passenger rail
service in the United States, focusing on the future
of intercity passenger rail service, ...
MEDIA OWNERSHIP: Committee concluded a hearing on
media ownership, focusing on issues of media
concentration and ownership rules, ...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings for 20031014
Foreign U.N. CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA: Committee
Relations held a hearing to examine the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea, with Annexes, done
at Montego Bay, December 10, 1982 (the
"Convention"), and the Agreement Relating to the
Implementation D1111of Part XI of the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982,
with Annex, adopted at New York, July 28, 1994 ("the
Agreement"), and signed by the United States,
subject to ratification, on July 29, 1994 (Treaty
Doc. 103-39), ...
Hearing will resume on Tuesday, October 21.
** Hearings for 20031015
Foreign ROAD MAP TO PEACE: Committee on Foreign Relations:
Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
met in closed session to receive a briefing to
discuss overcoming obstacles to peace relating to the
Middle East road map ...
** Hearings for 20031016
Armed Services EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS: INTELLIGENCE:
Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing
to discuss the intelligence provisions of S. 1689,
making emergency supplemental appropriations for
Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004 (pending on
Senate Calendar) ...
** Hearings for 20031021
Armed Services MILITARY OPERATIONS: Committee met in closed session
to receive a briefing regarding ongoing military
operations and areas of key concern around the world
...
** Hearings for 20031022
Banking TERRORIST FINANCING: Committee concluded a hearing
to examine counterterror initiatives in the terror
finance program and organization of terror groups for
funding and future U.S. responses, focusing on
related provisions of the PATRIOT Act (Public Law
107-56),including fundraising methods, financial
conduits, the Islamic banking system, charities, and
the role of Saudi Arabia, ...
Commerce FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: Subcommittee on Oceans,
Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded an oversight
hearing on fisheries, focusing on the
Magnuson-Stevens Act National Standards, and the
condition of New England groundfish fisheries, ...
INSURANCE INDUSTRY: Committee concluded a hearing
to examine federal involvement in the regulation of
the insurance industry, including proposals for an
insurance regulatory modernization action plan and
an optional federal charter, improvements to State
insurance regulation, and a draft of consumer
principles and standards for insurance regulation,
...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 10/23/03
** Hearings for 20031023
Commerce RAILROAD COMPETITION ACT: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded a
hearing to examine railroad shipper issues and S.
919, to amend title 49, United States Code, to
enhance competition among and between rail carriers
in order to ensure efficient rail service and
reasonable rail rates, ...
** Hearings for 20031028
Commerce DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS: Committee concluded a hearing
on dietary supplements, focusing on current
regulations to protect American consumers from
potential adverse health risks associated with the
use of certain supplements, ...
Foreign IRAN: SECURITY THREATS: On Tuesday, October 28,
Relations 2003, Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing to examine security threats and U.S. policy
in relation to Iran ...
Rules NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing on
the nominations of Paul S. DeGregorio, of Missouri,
..., Gracia M. Hillman, of the District of Columbia,
..., Raymundo Martinez III, of Texas, ..., and
Deforest B. Soaries, Jr., of New Jersey, ..., each
to be a Member of the Election Assistance Commission,
...
** Hearings for 20031029
Commerce INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: Subcommittee on
Science, Technology and Space concluded a hearing on
the status of the International Space Station,
focusing on the impact the Columbia accident has had
on International Space Station operations, ...
NASA: Committee concluded a hearing on the future of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
focusing on NASA's Strategic Plan for future space
research and exploration, ...
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to
Relations examine the nominations of Margaret DeBardeleben
Tutwiler, of Alabama, to be Under Secretary of State
for Public Diplomacy, Zalmay Khalilzad, of Maryland,
to be Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Louise V.
Oliver, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of
Ambassador during her tenure of service as the United
States Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization, and
to be U.S. Representative to the 32nd and General
Conference of UNESCO, ...
** Hearings for 20031030
Commerce UNIVERSAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: Subcommittee
on Communications concluded a hearing on the future
of Universal Telecommunications Service, focusing on
opening local markets to competition and preserving
and advancing universal service, as it confronts
widespread marketplace and technological
developments, ...
Foreign U.S.-SYRIA RELATIONS: Committee met in closed
Relations session to receive a briefing to examine U.S. policy
directions relating to Syria ...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Veterans NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to
Affairs examine the nominations of Cynthia R. Church, of
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans
Affairs (Public and Intergovernmental Affairs),
..., and Robert N. McFarland, of Texas, to be an
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Information
and Technology) ...
** Hearings for 20031104
Commerce NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine the nominations of Cheryl Feldman Halpern, of
New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of Directors
of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ...,
Elizabeth Courtney, of Louisiana, to be a Member of
the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting, Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be
General Counsel of the Department of Transportation,
..., Kirk Van Tine, of Virginia, to be Deputy
Secretary of Transportation, ..., and Michael D.
Gallagher, of Washington, to be Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and
Information, ...
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to
Relations examine the nominations of William J. Hudson, of
Virginia, to be Ambassador to Tunisia, Margaret
Scobey, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to Syria, and
Thomas Riley, of California, to be Ambassador to the
Kingdom of Morocco, ...
** Hearings for 20031105
Commerce AVIATION SECURITY: Committee held open and closed
hearings to examine aviation security, focusing on
efforts to measure effectiveness and address
challenges, ...
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to
Relations examine the nominations of Marguerita Dianne
Ragsdale, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Djibouti, Edward B. O'Donnell, Jr.,
of Tennessee, for the rank of Ambassador during his
tenure of service as Special Envoy for Holocaust
Issues, Jon R. Purnell, of Massachusetts, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Stuart
W. Holliday, of Texas, to be Alternate Representative
of the United States of America for Special Political
Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of
Ambassador, ...
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine the nominations of Mary Kramer, of Iowa, to
be Ambassador to Barbados and to serve concurrently
and without additional compensation as Ambassador to
St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and
Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Timothy John Dunn,
of Illinois, for the rank of Ambassador during his
tenure of service as Deputy Permanent Representative
to the Organization of American States, James Curtis
Struble, of California, to be Ambassador to Peru, and
Hector E. Morales, of Texas, to be United States
Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American
Development Bank, ...
** Hearings for 20031106
Commerce LUNAR EXPLORATION: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded a hearing to examine
the future of the U.S. Space Program, including the
possibility of a return mission to the Moon, ...
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine the nominations of Floyd Hall, of New Jersey,
..., Louis S. Thompson, of Maryland, and Robert L.
Crandall, of Texas, each to be a Member of the Reform
Board (Amtrak), ...
** Hearings for 20031112
Armed Services ONGOING MILITARY OPERATIONS: Committee met in closed
session to receive a briefing to examine ongoing
military operations and areas of key concern around
the world ...
Commerce TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS: Committee concluded a
hearing to examine State use of tobacco settlement
funds, focusing on the growing number of
non-participating tobacco manufacturers, the
prevention and control of tobacco use, and cigarette
taxes, ...
** Hearings for 20031120
Armed Services IRAQ: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on an assessment of the current situation
in Iraq ...
Commerce PRESCRIPTION DRUG REIMPORTATION: Committee concluded
a hearing to examine prescription drug importation,
focusing on public health threats posed by the
importation of unapproved, adulterated and misbranded
drugs, as well as counterfeit drugs from foreign and
domestic sources that pose a threat to the health and
safety of U.S. consumers, ...
** Hearings for 20031121
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to
Relations examine the Nominations of James C. Oberwetter, of
Texas, ..., to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, and David C. Mulford, of Illinois, to be
Ambassador to India, ...
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