[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 19 (Monday, February 23, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D98-D101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of February 24 through February 28, 2004

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 9:30 a.m., Senate will continue consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2061, Healthy Mothers and 
Healthy Babies Access to Care Act, with a vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill to occur 
at 5 p.m.
  On Wednesday, Senate will resume consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1805, Protection of Lawful Commerce in 
Arms Act, with a vote to occur on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
  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 24, to hold hearings to 
examine the federal government's response to bovine spongiform 
encephalopathy (mad cow disease), 10 a.m., SD-124.
  February 25, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 
for the government of the District of Columbia, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for 
emergency preparedness and response budget, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  February 26, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2005 for the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the 
National Science Foundation, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 25, Subcommittee on 
Personnel, to hold hearings to examine policies and programs for 
preventing and responding to incidents of sexual assault in the 
armed services, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental 
Management, Office of Future Liabilities, and Office of Legacy 
Management, relating to the defense authorization request for fiscal 
year 2005, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine current 
and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United 
States; to be followed by a closed session in SH-219, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 24, to 
resume hearings to examine proposals for improving the regulation of 
the housing government sponsored enterprises, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine current 
investigations and regulatory actions regarding the mutual fund 
industry, focusing on understanding the fund industry from the 
investor's perspective, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  February 25, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine 
proposals for improving the regulation of the housing government 
sponsored enterprises, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Alphonso R. Jackson, of Texas, to be Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, Linda Mysliwy Conlin, of New Jersey, 
to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank 
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the United States, and Rhonda Keenum, of Mississippi, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United 
States and Foreign Commercial Services, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  February 26, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine 
current investigations and regulatory actions regarding the mutual 
fund industry, focusing on fund operations and governance, 2 p.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 25, to hold hearings to examine 
the President's proposed homeland security budget request for fiscal 
year 2005, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed international affairs budget request for fiscal 
year 2005, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 24, 
to hold hearings to examine voice over internet protocol, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine processor 
quotas, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 24, to hold 
hearings to examine the reliability of the nation's electricity 
transmission grid, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Susan Johnson Grant, of Virginia, to be Chief 
Financial Officer, Department of Energy, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 24, to hold a closed 
briefing to examine Haiti's political crisis, 9 a.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
rethinking the road map regarding the Middle East, 2:30 p.m., SR-
325.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Japanese tax treaty and the Sri Lanka tax protocol, 9:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  February 25, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export 
and Trade Promotion, to hold hearings to examine USAID contracting 
policies, 3:30 p.m., SD-419.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine public 
diplomacy and international free press, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine next 
steps in U.S. relations regarding Libya, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Comittee on Governmental Affairs: February 24, to hold hearings to 
examine preserving a strong United States Postal Service relating to 
workforce issues, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee 
on Civil Service and Agency Reorganization, to examine the key to 
homeland security relating to the new human resources system, 10 
a.m., 2154 RHOB.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 25, 
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 2 p.m., SD-
430.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ensuring 
quality and accountability regarding higher education accreditation, 
2 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 25, to hold hearings to 
examine the President's fiscal year 2005 budget request, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 24, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, to hold hearings to 
examine cyberterrorism in the 21st century, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Roger T. Benitez, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of California, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 24, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine 
the legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans, 2 
p.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 24, to hold hearings to 
examine current and future worldwide threats to the national 
security of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: February 24, to hold hearings to 
examine government protection of older Americans relating to 
financial lending, 10 a.m., SD-628.


                             House Chamber

  Program to be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, February 25, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies, on Secretary of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., 2362A 
Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on CIA, 10 a.m., 
H-405 Capitol.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, on 
Secretary of Interior, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, on SSA, 10:15 a.m., and on 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 11:20 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Legislative, on House of 
Representatives, 2:30 p.m., on GPO, 3:30 p.m., on GAO, 4 p.m., and 
on Library of Congress, 4:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Quality of 
Life, 9:30 a.m., and on Quality of Life in the Military with 
Spouses, 1:30 p.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on 
Office of Science and Technology Policy, 10 a.m., on Arlington 
Cemetery, 11 a.m., on Consumer Product Commission, 1 p.m., and on 
Council on Environmental Quality, 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on Natural Resources 
and Environment, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.

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  February 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary 
and Related Agencies, on Secretary of Commerce, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, on 
Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, on Worker Protection Agencies, 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and 
Independent Agencies, on U.S. Postal Service, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 25, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2005 National Defense Authorization budget request of the 
Department of the Army; and to mark up H. Res. 499, Requesting the 
President and directing the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
Defense, and the Attorney General to transmit to the House of 
Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the 
adoption of this resolution documents in the possession of the 
President and those officials relating to the disclosure of the 
identity and employment of Ms. Valerie Plame, 6 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the 
Fiscal Year 2005 National Defense Authorization budget request: 
Status of the Space Programs, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Total Force, hearing on the 
Department of Defense force health protection and surveillance 
efforts for service members deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom 
and Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 26, full Committee, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2005 
National Defense Authorization budget request for the Department of 
the Air Force, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on the Fiscal Year 
2005 National Defense Authorization budget request--Military 
Construction Budget Request for the Programs of the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense, the Defense Agencies, and the Reserve 
Components of the Department of the Air Force, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the Department of Defense Transformation, 1 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 25, hearing on The Economic 
Outlook and Current Fiscal Issues, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 26, hearing on the Department of Health and Human 
Services Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2005, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 25, hearing 
entitled ``Strengthening Pension Security for All Americans: Are 
Workers Prepared for a Safe and Secure Retirement?'' 10:30 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, to continue hearings on H.R. 
3717, Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004, 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 25, to consider the 
following: H.R. 2179, Securities Fraud Deterrence and Investor 
Restitution Act of 2003; to consider the Committee's Views and 
Estimates on the Budget proposed for Fiscal Year 2005 for submission 
to the Committee on the Budget; and pending Committee business, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, February 24, Subcommittee on Civil 
Service and Agency Organization, oversight hearing entitled ``We'd 
Like to See You Smile: The Need for Dental and Vision Benefits for 
Federal Employees (H.R. 3751),'' 3 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``How to Improve Regulatory 
Accounting: Costs, Benefits, and Impacts of Federal Regulations--
Part II,'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing on 
``Investigation Into Health Care Disparities in the United States 
Pacific Island Territories,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 26, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Will `Network' 
Work? A Review of Whether a Centralized Government Telecom Plan 
Jibes with an Ever-Evolving Market,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and 
Human Resources, hearing entitled ``Afghanistan: Law Enforcement 
Interdiction Efforts in Transship Countries to Stem the Flow of 
Heroin,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, February 24, Subcommittee on 
the Middle East and Central Asia, hearing on United States and the 
Iraqi Marshlands: An Environmental Response, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 25, full Committee, to mark up the following: H. Res. 
499, Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of State, 
the Secretary of Defense, and the Attorney General to transmit to 
the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date 
of the adoption of this resolution documents in the possession of 
the President and those officials relating to the disclosure of the 
identity and employment of Ms. Valerie Plame; H.R. 3782, Counter-
Terrorist and Narco-Terrorist Rewards Program Act; H.R. 854, Belarus 
Democracy Act of 2003; The Microenterprise Results and 
Accountability Act of 2004; a resolution urging passage of a 
resolution addressing human rights abuses in People's Republic of 
China at the 60th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human 
Rights, and calling upon the Government of People's Republic of 
China to respect and protect human rights; H. Con. Res. 15, 
Commending India on its celebration of Republic Day; and the 
Assistance to Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in Developing 
Countries Act of 2004, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 26, hearing on U.S. Foreign Assistance After September 
11th: Major Changes, Competing Purposes and Different Standards--Is 
There an Overall Strategy? 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 24, Subcommittee on Courts, 
the Internet, and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing entitled 
``Reauthorization of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act,'' 4 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  February 25, full Committee, to mark up H. Res. 499, Requesting 
the President and directing the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
Defense, and the Attorney General to transmit to the House of 
Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the 
adoption of this resolution documents in the possession of the 
President and those officials relating to the disclosure of the 
identity and employment of Ms. Valerie Plame, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and 
Claims, oversight hearing entitled ``Funding for Immigration in the 
President's 2005 Budget,'' 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, February 25, oversight hearing on An 
Examination of the Potential for a Delegate from the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, 10:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on 
the Proposed Fiscal Year 2005 Budgets for the Bureau of Reclamation, 
the U.S. Geological Survey and Power Marketing Administrations, 2 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on H.R. 1856, Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia 
Research and Amendments Act of 2003, 2:30 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, oversight hearing to examine the Fiscal Year 2005 Budget for 
the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management and ongoing 
efforts to reduce their maintenance backlogs, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, February 24, to consider the following: H.R. 
2751, GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2003; and H.R. 1997, Unborn 
Victims of Violence Act of 2004, 7 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, February 25, hearing on The Conflict Between 
Science and Security in Visa Policy: Status and Next Steps, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 25, to consider Committee's 
Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2005 for submission to 
the Committee on the Budget, 1:30 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment and Government 
Programs, hearing entitled ``Union Salting of Small Business 
Worksites,'' 10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 25, to mark up 
the following: the Committee's Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 
2005 for submission to the Committee on the Budget; GSA Fiscal Year 2004 
Leasing Resolutions; H.R. 2523, to designate the United States courthouse 
located at 125 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia, as the ``Tomochichi 
United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 2538, to designate the United States 
courthouse located at 400 North Miami Avenue in Miami, Florida, as the 
``Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr., United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 3147, to 
designate the Federal building located at 324 Twenty-Fifth Street in 
Ogden, Utah, as the ``James V. Hansen Federal Building;'' H.R. 3462, to 
designate the headquarters building of the Department of Education in 
Washington D.C., as the Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building; and other 
pending business, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on Agency Budgets and Priorities for Fiscal Year 2005, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 25, to consider the 
Committee's Views and Estimates on the Budget proposed for Fiscal Year 
2005 for submission to the Committee on the Budget, 2:15 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 26, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, hearing on the Social Security Service Delivery Plan for 2005, 
10 a.m., B-2318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 24, executive, 
hearing on World-wide Threats, 3:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
executive, hearing on IC Analytical Capabilities and Information Sharing, 
2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, 
executive, briefing on Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, 
executive, hearing on IC Language Capabilities, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
executive, hearing on IC Military Coordination in Iraq, 1 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, February 25, Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity, Science and Research Development, hearing entitled 
``Homeland Security Science and Technology Budget Hearing for Fiscal Year 
2005, 1 p.m., 2325 Rayburn.''


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: February 24, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
examine the legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans, 2 
p.m., SH-216.
  Joint Meetings: February 25, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on Civil Service and 
Agency Reorganization, to examine the key to homeland security relating 
to the new human resources system, 10 a.m., 2154 RHOB.