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Committee Meetings Robert W April 30, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D425 Protocol of Amendment to International Conven- Measures Read First Time: Page S5536 tion on Simplification and Harmonization of Cus- Executive Communications: Pages S5536–38 toms Procedures (Treaty Doc. 108–6). The treaties were transmitted to the Senate today, Executive Reports of Committees: Pages S5538–41 considered as having been read for the first time, and Additional Cosponsors: Pages S5541–43 referred, with accompanying papers, to the Com- Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: mittee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be print- Pages S5543–S5614 ed. Pages S5616–17 Additional Statements: Pages S5535–36 Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following executive report of a committee: Amendments Submitted: Page S5614 Report to accompany Protocols to the North At- Authority for Committees to Meet: Pages S5614–15 lantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Bulgaria, Privilege of the Floor: Page S5615 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. These protocols were opened for signature Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. at Brussels on March 26, 2003, and signed that day (Total—136) Page S5510 on behalf of the United States and the other parties Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., and ad- to the North Atlantic Treaty With Bulgaria, Esto- journed at 7:09 p.m., until 9:15 a.m., on Thursday, nia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia May 1, 2003. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks (Treaty Doc. 108–4) (Ex. Rept. 108–6). of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on page Pages S5538–41 S5617.) Nominations Received: Senate received the fol- lowing nominations: Committee Meetings Robert W. Fitts, of New Hampshire, to be Am- bassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concur- (Committees not listed did not meet) rently and without additional compensation as Am- HEALTH CARE ACCESS bassador to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, John E. Herbst, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Health and Human Services, and Education con- Ukraine. cluded hearings to examine health care access and af- fordability, focusing on the effects of uninsurance on William B. Wood, of New York, to be Ambas- individuals, families, and communities, after receiv- sador to the Republic of Colombia. ing testimony from Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, Robert Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, to be Am- Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey; bassador to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Arthur L. Kellermann, Emory University, Atlanta, Tracey Ann Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, Georgia; Carolyn F. Scanlan, Hospital and a Foreign Service Officer of Class One, to be Ambas- Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, Harris- sador to Turkmenistan. burg; Lanette Kane, People’s Clinic, Cedar Falls, Lisa Genevieve Nason, of Alaska, to be a Member Iowa; and Chris Peterson, Clear Lake, Iowa. of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Develop- APPROPRIATIONS: HOMELAND SECURITY ment for a term expiring October 18, 2004. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Home- Georgianna E. Ignace, of Wisconsin, to be a land Security concluded hearings to examine pro- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of posed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Department of Homeland Security, after receiving Arts Development for a term expiring October 18, testimony from Tom Ridge, Secretary of Homeland 2004. Security. John Richard Grimes, of Massachusetts, to be a APPROPRIATIONS: DISTRICT OF Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of COLUMBIA COURTS American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a term expiring May 19, Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District 2006. of Columbia concluded hearings to examine proposed 1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral. budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the District Routine lists in the Navy. Page S5617 of Columbia Courts, after receiving testimony from Annice M. Wagner, Chair, Joint Committee on Ju- Messages From the House: Page S5536 dicial Administration, Washington, D.C.; and Doug Measures Referred: Page S5536 Nelson, Director, National Capitol Region Property VerDate Jan 31 2003 05:29 May 01, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D30AP3.REC D30AP3 D426 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST April 30, 2003 Development Division, Public Buildings Service, BUSINESS MEETING General Services Administration. Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered fa- vorably reported the following business items: APPROPRIATIONS: DOD MEDICAL Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on PROGRAMS the Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. These protocols concluded hearings to examine proposed budget esti- were opened for signature at Brussels on March 26, mates for fiscal year 2004 for the medical programs 2003, and signed that day on behalf of the United of the Department of Defense, after receiving testi- States and the other parties to the North Atlantic mony from Lieutenant General James B. Peake, Sur- Treaty (Treaty Doc. 108–4), with 9 declarations and geon General, U.S. Army; Vice Admiral Michael L. 3 conditions; and Cowan, Surgeon General, and Rear Admiral Kath- S. Con. Res. 26, condemning the punishment of leen L. Martin, Deputy Surgeon General, both of the execution by stoning as a gross violation of human U.S. Navy; Lieutenant General George Peach Taylor, rights. Jr., Surgeon General, and Brigadier General Barbara ENERGY SECURITY Brannon, Assistant Surgeon General, both of the U.S. Air Force; and Brigadier General William T. Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Bester, Chief, Army Nurse Corps. International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion concluded hearings to examine U.S. en- APPROPRIATIONS: FOREIGN OPERATIONS ergy security issues, focusing on the importance of Russia and the Caspian to global energy production, Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign after receiving testimony from Anna Borg, Deputy Operations concluded hearings to examine proposed Assistant Secretary of State for Energy, Sanctions, budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for foreign as- and Commodities, Bureau of Economic and Business sistance programs, after receiving testimony from Affairs; Leonard L. Coburn, Director, Russian and Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State. Eurasian Affairs, Office of Policy and International Affairs, Department of Energy; Julia Nanay, PFC FIRE SERVICE Energy, and Edward C. Chow, Carnegie Endowment Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: for International Peace, both of Washington, D.C.; Committee concluded hearings to examine S. 321, and Andrew B. Somers, Commercial Energy Dia- the Firefighting Research and Coordination Act, fo- logue With Russia, Moscow, on behalf of the Amer- cusing on the programs and services of the U.S. Fire ican Chamber of Commerce in Russia. Administration of the Department of Homeland Se- INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT curity, including the Firefighters Grant Program, Fire Service Training, public education and aware- Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded ness, data collection, research and technology, and hearings to examine S. 519, to establish a Native challenges, after receiving testimony from Represent- American-owned financial entity to provide financial atives Camp and Weldon; Arden L. Bement, Jr., Di- services to Indian tribes, Native American organiza- rector, National Institute of Standards and Tech- tions, and Native Americans after receiving testi- nology, Department of Commerce; R. David mony from William O. Russell, Deputy Assistant Paulison, Director, Preparedness Division, Emer- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for gency Preparedness and Response Directorate, De- Public and Indian Housing; Tex G. Hall, National partment of Homeland Security; Randy R. Congress of American Indians, and Chris Paisano, Bruegman, Clackamas County Fire District, Port- Navajo Nation, both of Washington, D.C.; Derrick land, Oregon, on behalf of the International Associa- Watchman, Native American Bancorporation, Den- tion of Fire Chiefs; James M. Shannon, National Fire ver, Colorado; Cris E. Stainbrook, Indian Land Ten- Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts; and ure Foundation, Little Canada, Minnesota; Eric Kevin O’Connor, International Association of Fire Conrad Henson, Lexecon, Inc., Cambridge, Massa- Fighters, and Philip C. Stittleburg, National Volun- chusetts, on behalf of the Harvard Project on Amer- teer Fire Council, both of Washington, D.C. ican Indian Economic Development; and Mike Irwin, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage. BUSINESS MEETING: COMPREHENSIVE NOMINATIONS ENERGY LEGISLATION Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee hearings to examine the nominations of John G. ordered favorably reported an original bill entitled Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be United States Cir- ‘‘Energy Policy Act of 2003’’. cuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, and VerDate Jan 31 2003 05:29 May 01, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D30AP3.REC D30AP3 April 30, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D427 William Emil Moschella, of Virginia, to be an As- United States District Judge for the
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