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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2003
EVENT: HOUSE FLOOR in session.
AGENDA: For the latest information on the floor agenda please phone the contacts listed below.
DATE: March 5, 2003
CONTACT: Republican Cloakroom, 202-224-8601 or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-224-8541.
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE AGRICULTURE Subcommittee
holds hearings on Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2356A Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE INTERIOR Subcommittee holds hearings on the Forest Service.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: B-308 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Subcommittee holds hearings on:
10 a.m. - Air Force Construction
2 p.m. - Quality of Life
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: B-300 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE COMMITTEE holds a markup of H.R. 444, "Back to Work Incentive Act of 2003," and H.R. 1000, "Pension Security Act."
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2175 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-225-4527
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality holds hearings on Comprehensive National Energy Policy.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2927
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality holds hearings
The Effectiveness of Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Programs.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2322 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2927
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE holds hearings on housing related agency budgets for FY2004.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2128 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-7391
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit holds hearings on two bills entitled the "Business Checking Freedom Act of 2003", H.R. 758 and H.R. 859.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2220 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-7391
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources holds hearings on "ONDCP Reauthorization and the National Drug Control Strategy for 2003.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5074
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Markup of:
H.R. ____, United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis Act of 2003;
H.R. 192, To amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 to increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs under those Acts, and for other purposes;
H.R. 441, To amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland and for other purposes;
H.R. 868, To amend section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, to require that certain claims for expropriation by the Government of Nicaragua meet certain requirements for the purpose of the prohibition for assistance to that government;
H. Res. 109, Urging passage of a resolution addressing human rights abuses in North Korea at the 59th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and calling on the Government of North Korea to respect and protect the human rights of its citizens;
H. Con. Res. 57, Supporting the goals of International Women's Day;
H. Con. Res. 26, Condemning the punishment of execution by stoning as a gross violation of human rights, and for other purposes.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2172 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5021
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
MEMBERS ONLY meeting with families of Japanese abducted by North Korea.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: TBD, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5021
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia MEMBERS ONLY roundtable discussion with ambassadors from countries of Central Asia.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: H-139, The Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5021
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE holds a markup of H.R. 5, "To Improve Patient Access to Health Care Services and Provide Improved Medical Care by Reducing the Excessive Burden the Liability System Places on the Health Care Delivery System.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2141 Rayburn Office Building Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3951
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE SCIENCE COMMITTEE holds an Organizational Meeting.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-7285
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE SCIENCE COMMITTEE holds hearings on The Path to a Hydrogen Economy. Immediately following Organizational Meeting).
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-7285
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE holds hearings to explore options to bring down the surging costs of health care for America's 25 million small business owners and their employees.
WHO: Witnesses:
Elaine Chao, Secretary, US Department of Labor
Hector Barreto, Jr., Administrator, Small Business Administration
Sen. Jim Talent
Rep. Ernie Fletcher
Jack Faris, President & CEO
National Federation of Independent Business
Robert Hughes, President, National Association of the Self-Employed
Steven Apple, Vice President, American Farm Bureau
John Hartnedy, Chief Deputy Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Insurance
Karen Kerrigan, Chairwoman, Small Business Survival Committee
Harry C. Alford, National Black Chamber of Commerce
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2360 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5821
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE Water Resources And Environment holds hearings on an Independent Peer Review of Products that Support Agency Decision-Making.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2167 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3014
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE holds hearings on President's Economic Growth Proposals.
DATE: March 5, 2003
LOCATION 1100 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3625
