108th Congress
Unprinted Senate Hearings by Title
January 2003 - December 2003
Unprinted as of December 11, 2008
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 ...
Armed Services 20030325
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, ...
Commerce 20030903
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, ...
Commerce 20030930
AMERICAN LEGION: Joint Hearings: Senate Committee 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, ...
Veterans Affairs 20030916
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, ...
Commerce 20030429
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, ...
Commerce 20031002
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, ...
Appropriations 20030312
APPROPRIATIONS: OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE: Subcommittee on Defense
concluded closed hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 2004 for operations intelligence, ...
Appropriations 20030306
ASIA: On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, Committee met in closed session to
receive a briefing on North Korea and Indonesia ...
Foreign Relations 20030520
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, ...
Commerce 20030610
AUTHORIZATION--FTC: Subcommittee on Competition, Foreign Commerce,
and Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine proposed legislation
authorizing funds for the Federal Trade Commission, ...
Commerce 20030611
AVIATION AND ENVIRONMENT TREATIES: Committee 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), ...
Foreign Relations 20030617
AVIATION SECURITY: Committee held open and closed hearings to examine
aviation security, focusing on efforts to measure effectiveness and
address challenges, ...
Commerce 20031105
CLIMATE CHANGE: On Wednesday, January 8, committee concluded hearings
to examine climate change and greenhouse gas reductions and the
trading systems, ...
Commerce 20030108
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, ...
Commerce 20031001
COLOMBIAN HOSTAGES: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the current hostage situation in Colombia ...
Foreign Relations 20030318
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, ...
Commerce 20030724
COMMITTEE FUNDING RESOLUTION: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign
Relations, ...
Rules 20030213
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, ...
Commerce 20030521
CPSC AUTHORIZATION: Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Product
Safety concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, ...
Commerce 20030617
CRAB RATIONALIZATION PLAN: Committee concluded hearings to examine
issues relating to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island Crab
Rationalization Plan, focusing on processor quotas, ...
Commerce 20030520
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, ...
Armed Services 20030327
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, ...
Commerce 20031028
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, ...
Commerce 20030917
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: Joint Hearing: Senate Committee 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, ...
Veterans Affairs 20030225
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, ...
Commerce 20030930
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, ...
Commerce 20030305
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, ...
Commerce 20030522
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) ...
Armed Services 20031016
FAA AUTHORIZATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine proposed
legislation authorizing funds for the Federal Aviation
Administration, ...
Commerce 20030410
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, ...
Commerce 20030612
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, ...
Commerce 20031022
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, ...
Commerce 20030731
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, ...
Commerce 20030925
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, ...
Commerce 20031022
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 20030211
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 20030225
Hearings also held on 2/26, 2/27, 3/4/03
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 20030306
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 20030311
Hearings also held on 3/13/03; perhaps 3/18 [mtg noted at 3/13
entry]
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 20030401
INTELLIGENCE: Committee concluded closed hearings on intelligence
matters, ...
Intelligence 20030603
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 20030619
Hearings also held on 6/26/03
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 20030710
Hearings also held on 7/16/03
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 20030724
Hearings also held on 7/31/03
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 20030904
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 20031002
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 20031022
Hearings also held on 10/23/03
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 20031030
INTELLIGENCE MATTERS: Committee concluded closed hearings to examine
certain intelligence programs, ...
Armed Services 20030610
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-speed passenger rail corridor, ...
Commerce 20030605
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, ...
Commerce 20031029
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, ...
Commerce 20030716
IRAN: SECURITY THREATS: On Tuesday, October 28, 2003, Committee met in
closed session to receive a briefing to examine security threats and
U.S. policy in relation to Iran ...
Foreign Relations 20031028
IRAQ: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on an
assessment of the current situation in Iraq ...
Armed Services 20031120
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, ...
Armed Services 20030606
IRAQ SURVEY GROUP: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the work of the Iraq survey group ...
Armed Services 20030731
IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing to examine Iraqi reconstruction and humanitarian assistance
activities ...
Armed Services 20030620
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, ...
Rules 20030520
LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATIONS: Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on
Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House Committee
on Veterans' Affairs to examine legislative presentations of certain
veterans organizations, ...
Veterans Affairs 20030306
LIBERIA: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on the
situation in Africa, with a focus on Liberia, ...
Armed Services 20030708
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, ...
Commerce 20031106
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, ...
Commerce 20030716
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, ...
Commerce 20030513
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, ...
Commerce 20030522
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, ...
Commerce 20030604
MEDIA OWNERSHIP: Committee concluded a hearing on media ownership,
focusing on issues of media concentration and ownership rules, ...
Commerce 20031002
MILITARY OPERATIONS: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on current military operations ...
Armed Services 20030304
MILITARY OPERATIONS: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing regarding ongoing military operations and areas of key
concern around the world ...
Armed Services 20031021
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 ...
Armed Services 20030115
MILITARY OPERATIONS/IRAQ: Committee met in closed session to receive
a briefing to examine Iraq's political future ...
Foreign Relations 20030313
MILITARY OPERATIONS WORLDWIDE: Committee met in closed session to
receive a briefing regarding ongoing military operations and areas of
concern around the world ...
Armed Services 20030903
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, ...
Commerce 20031029
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, ...
Commerce 20030904
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine the nomination of
Pamela J.H. Slutz, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Mongolia, ...
Foreign Relations 20030409
NOMINATION: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded hearings to
examine the nomination of Steven A. Browning, of Texas, to be
Ambassador to Malawi ...
Foreign Relations 20030519
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine the nomination of
Donald K. Steinberg, of California, to be Ambassador to the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, ...
Foreign Relations 20030724
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, ...
Commerce 20030708
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 Airports Authority, ...
Commerce 20030917
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, ...
Commerce 20031104
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), ...
Commerce 20031106
NOMINATIONS: Committee resumed hearings to examine 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, ...
Foreign Relations 20030403
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, ...
Foreign Relations 20030409
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,
...
Foreign Relations 20030409
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the nomination of
Roger Francisco Noriega, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of
State (Western Hemisphere Affairs), ...
Foreign Relations 20030501
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, ...
Foreign Relations 20030519
NOMINATIONS: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 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, ...
Foreign Relations 20030603
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings to 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, ...
Foreign Relations 20030618
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, ...
Foreign Relations 20030618
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings to 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, ...
Foreign Relations 2030730
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing on 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, ...
Foreign Relations 20030930
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to 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, ...
Foreign Relations 20031001
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to 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, ...
Foreign Relations 20031029
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to 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, ...
Foreign Relations 20031104
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to 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, ...
Foreign Relations 20031105
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, ...
Foreign Relations 20031105
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to 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, ...
Foreign Relations 20031121
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, ...
Rules 20031028
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded a hearing to 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) ...
Veterans Affairs 20031030
NORTH KOREA: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on
the situation in North Korea ...
Foreign Relations 20030909Foreign Relations 20030909
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 ...
Armed Services 20031112
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on lessons learned regarding Operation Iraqi Freedom ...
Armed Services 20030911
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 ...
Armed Services 20030226
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, ...
Commerce 20031120
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, ...
Judiciary 20030916
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, ...
Commerce 20030723
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, ...
Commerce 20030708
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, ...
Commerce 20031023
ROAD MAP TO PEACE: Committee on Foreign 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 ...
Foreign Relations 20031015
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)), ...
Commerce 20030521
Hearing also held on 5/22/03
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, ...
Banking 20030924
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, ...
Rules 20030617
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, ...
Rules 20030319
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, ...
Rules 20030605
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, ...
Rules 20030408
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,
...
Commerce 20030730
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, ...
Commerce 20030603
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, ...
Commerce 20030903
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, ...
Commerce 20030306
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, ...
Commerce 20030612
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), ...
Banking 20030925
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, ...
Banking 20031022
TERRORIST FINANCING: Committee concluded a closed hearing to examine
certain issues relative to combatting terrorist financing, ...
Governmental Affairs 20030923
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, ...
Commerce 20030605
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, ...
Commerce 20031112
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,
...
Commerce 20030909
TURKISH AID: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on
Turkish aid negotiations and developments in northern Iraq ...
Foreign Relations 20030305
U.N. CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA: Committee 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 of 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), ...
Foreign Relations 20031014
Hearing also held on 10/21/03
U.S. POLICY: AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ: Committee concluded hearings to
examine current United States policy and military operations in
Afghanistan and Iraq, ...
Armed Services 20030523
U.S.-SYRIA RELATIONS: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing to examine U.S. policy directions relating to Syria ...
Foreign Relations 20031030
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, ...
Rules 20030709
UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Committee concluded hearings on
reform of the United States Olympic Committee, ...
Commerce 20030624
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, ...
Commerce 20030402
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, ...
Commerce 20031030
VETERANS' LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATIONS: Joint Hearing: Senate Committee
on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine legislative presentations
of certain veterans' organizations, ...
Veterans Affairs 20030320
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS: Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on
Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative recommendations of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, ...
Veterans Affairs 20030312
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