[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 14 (Friday, February 6, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D67-D69]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of February 9 through February 14, 2004

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 1 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 1072, SAFE Transportation Equity Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: February 10, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 10, to resume hearings to 
examine the Defense Authorization request for Fiscal Year 2005 and 
the future years defense program, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 11, 
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance, to hold hearings to 
examine financial reconstruction in Iraq, 1 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 12, to hold hearings to examine 
the President's fiscal year 2005 budget proposals, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 11, 
to hold hearings to examine protecting children from violent and 
indecent programming, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 10, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed fiscal year 2005 budget 
for the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 11, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed fiscal year 2005 budget for the Department of 
the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 1466, to facilitate the transfer of land in 
the State of Alaska, S. 1421, to authorize the subdivision and 
dedication of restricted land owned by Alaska Natives, S. 1649, to 
designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness, to take 
certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia, and S. 1910, to 
direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an inventory and 
management program for forests derived from public domain land, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: February 10, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Samuel W. Bodman, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy 
Secretary of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  February 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine revenue 
proposals in the President's fiscal year 2005 budget, 2 p.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 12, to hold hearings to 
examine policy and programs relating to the State Department, 9:30 
a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: February 9, to hold hearings to 
examine Department of Homeland Security budget for fiscal year 2005, 
10 a.m., SD-342.
  February 12, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine Department of Defense contractors who are 
abusing the federal tax system by either failing to file tax returns 
or not paying their taxes, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 11, to hold hearings to 
examine the President's fiscal year 2005 budget request, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 11, Subcommittee on 
Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, to hold hearings 
to examine cable industry competition, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine judicial 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and 
Citizenship, to hold hearings to examine evaluating a temporary 
guest worker proposal, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: February 12, to 
hold hearings to examine the President's fiscal year 2005 budget 
request for the Small Business Administration, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 10, to hold hearings to 
examine the Adminstration's proposed fiscal year 2005 Department of 
Veterans Affairs' budget, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Special Committee on Aging: February 10, to hold hearings to 
examine tax relief strategies for eldercare, 10 a.m., SD-628.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, February 11, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, on 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 10:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Defense, on Secretary of Defense, 
9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, on Secretary of Labor, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Base 
Realignment and Closure, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 11, hearing on the 
Department of Defense aviation safety initiatives, 11 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the Department of Defense Information 
Systems Architecture: Are

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We on the Right Path to Achieving Net-Centricity and Ensuring 
Interoperability? 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 12, full Committee, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2005 
National Defense Authorization budget request from the Department of 
the Navy, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 11, hearing on the Department of 
Education Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2005, 11 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 12, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs Budget 
Priorities Fiscal Year 2005, 1 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 11, 
Subcommittee on Education Reform, hearing entitled ``Prevention of 
Underage Drinking: What Works,'' 11:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Education Reform, hearing entitled 
``Encouraging Healthy Choices for Healthy Children,'' 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 11, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing on H.R. 3717, Broadcast 
Decency Enforcement Act of 2004, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
to mark up H.R. 3717, Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004, 
9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 11, hearing on Monetary 
Policy and the State of the Economy, 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing on housing related agency budgets for fiscal year 2005, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, February 10, Subcommittee on 
National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, 
hearing on ``Public Diplomacy in the Middle East,'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  February 11, Special Panel on Postal Reform and Oversight, to 
continue hearings entitled ``Answering the Administration's Call for 
Postal Reform, Part III'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency 
Organization, hearing entitled ``Esprit de Corps: Recruiting and 
Retaining America's Best for the Federal Civil Service (H.R. 3737; 
H.R. 1601; S. 129)'' 11:30 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial 
Management, oversight hearing entitled ``The President's Management 
Agenda--Are Agencies Getting to Green?'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  February 12, full Committee, hearing entitled ``A Review of This 
Year's Flu Season: Does Our Public Health System Need a Shot in the 
Arm?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn
  February 12, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and 
Human Resources, hearing entitled ``Measuring the Effectiveness of 
Drug Addiction Treatment,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, February 11, hearing on the 
President's International Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Year 
2005, 12 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on International Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation and Human Rights, hearing on the Status of 
International Religious Freedom: An Analysis of the State 
Department's 2003 Annual Report, time to be announced, 2172 Rayburn.
  February 12, full Committee, hearing on Afghanistan: Drugs and 
Terrorism and U.S. Security Policy, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 10, Subcommittee on 
Commercial and Administrative Law, oversight hearing on Privacy in 
the Hands of the Government: The Privacy Officer for the Department 
of Homeland Security; followed by a mark up of H.R. 338, Defense of 
Privacy Act, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 3632, Anti-counterfeiting 
Amendments of 2003, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, February 12, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, oversight hearing entitled ``Energy Supply and 
the American Consumer,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on 
H.R. 3505, to amend the Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance Act to 
specify the recipients and consideration for conveyance of the Bend 
Pine Nursery, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, February 10, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 743, Social Security Protection Act of 2003; and H.R. 1561, 
United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003, 
5:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, February 11, hearing on An Overview of the 
Federal R&D Budget for Fiscal Year 2005, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 12, hearing on the President's Vision for Space 
Exploration, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 11, hearing on How Does the 
President's Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Request Affect Small Business? 2 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 12, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on Aviation Security: 
Progress and Problems in Passenger and Baggage Screening, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 10, hearing on the 
President's Fiscal Year 2005 Budget for the Department of Health and 
Human Services, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 11, hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2005 Budget 
Tax Proposals, 11 a.m., and a hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 
2005 Budget with OMB Director Bolten, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on IRS Efforts to 
Modernize its Computer Systems, 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 11, 
executive, hearing on Iraqi Survey Group Development 2 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National 
Security, executive, briefing on Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., 
H-405 Capitol.

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  Select Committee on Homeland Security, February 12, hearing 
entitled ``The Department of Homeland Security's Proposed Fiscal 
Year 2005 Budget,'' 10 a.m., room to be announced.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: February 10, to hold hearings to examine 
the economic report of the President, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.