[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 17 (Wednesday, February 11, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D85-D87]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 12, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the first monetary policy report to Congress for 2004, 10 
a.m., SD-538.

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  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's fiscal year 2005 budget proposals, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the President's proposed fiscal year 2005 budget for the 
Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  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: to hold hearings to examine revenue 
proposals in the President's fiscal year 2005 budget, 2 p.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine policy 
and programs relating to the State Department; and to hold a 
business meeting to consider 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), 9:30 a.m., SR-
325.
  Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings 
to examine the future of U.S.-Vietnamese relations regarding trade 
and human rights, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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 the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of William James Haynes II, of Virginia, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Raymond W. Gruender, of 
Missouri, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, 
Henry W. Saad, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Sixth Circuit, Judith C. Herrera, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of New Mexico, F. Dennis Saylor IV, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, 
Sandra L. Townes, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of New York, Louis Guirola, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, Virginia E. 
Hopkins, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Alabama, Kenneth M. Karas, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of New York, and Michele M. 
Leonhart, of California, to be Deputy Administrator of Drug 
Enforcement, and Domingo S. Herraiz, of Ohio, to be Director of the 
Bureau of Justice Assistance, both of the Department of Justice, 
9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship, to 
hold hearings to examine evaluating a temporary guest worker 
proposal, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine the President's fiscal year 2005 budget request for the 
Small Business Administration, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, on Secretary 
of Defense, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, on Secretary of Labor, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Base Realignment and 
Closure, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Fiscal year 2005 
National Defense Authorization budget request for the Department of 
the Navy, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Department of Veterans 
Affairs Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2005, 1 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, hearing entitled ``Encouraging Healthy Choices for 
Healthy Children,'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 Government Reform, to consider the following: Release 
of Transcript of Interview of Frank Salemme; H.R. 3536, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 210 Main 
Street in Malden, Illinois, as the ``Army Staff Sgt. Lincoln 
Hollinsaid Malden Post Office;'' H.R. 3537, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 185 State 
Street in Manhattan, Illinois as the ``Army Pvt. Shawn Pahnke 
Manhattan Post Office;'' H.R. 3538, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 201 South Chicago Avenue in 
Saint Anne, Illinois, as the ``Marine Capt. Ryan Beaupre Saint Anne 
Post Office;'' H.R. 3690, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 2 West Main Street in Batavia, New 
York, as the ``Barber Conable Post Office Building;'' H.R. 3769, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 137 East Young High Pike in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the ``Ben 
Atchley Post Office Building;'' H. Res. 392, Congratulating the 
Detroit Shock for winning the 2003 Women's National Basketball 
Association championship; H. Res. 439, Honoring the life and career 
of Willie Shoemaker and expressing the condolences of the House of 
Representatives to his family and friends on his death; H. Con. Res. 
287, Recognizing and honoring the life of the late Raul Julia, his 
dedication to ending world hunger, and his great contributions to 
the Latino community and the performing arts; and H. Res. 519, 
Expressing the

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sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the earthquake 
that occurred in San Luis Obispo County, California, on December 22, 
2003; followed by a 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.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Afghanistan: 
Drugs and Terrorism and U.S. Security Policy, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing entitled ``Energy Supply and the 
American Consumer,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  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, 9 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on the President's Vision for Space 
Exploration, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on 
IRS Efforts to Modernize its Computer Systems, 9 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence Policy and National Security, executive, briefing on 
Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The 
Department of Homeland Security's Proposed Fiscal Year 2005 
Budget,'' 9:30 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.