[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D107-D109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 25, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  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.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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.
  Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine proposals for 
improving the regulation of the housing government sponsored 
enterprises, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed homeland security budget request for fiscal 
year 2005, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine processor quotas, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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), following 10:30 a.m. floor vote, S-116, 
Capitol.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Japanese tax 
treaty and the Sri Lanka tax protocol, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade 
Promotion, to hold hearings to examine USAID contracting policies, 
3:30 p.m., SD-419.
  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.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's fiscal year 2005 budget request, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Secretary of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on CIA, 10 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, on Secretary of 
Interior, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  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.
  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.

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  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.
  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.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2005 
National Defense Authorization budget request of the Department of 
the Army, 10 a.m., 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.
  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.
  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.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on The Economic Outlook and 
Current Fiscal Issues, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, to mark up the following: the United States 
Olympic Committee Reform Act; and the Consumer Access to Information 
Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, 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.
  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.
  Committee on International Relations, 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; H. Res. 526, 
Expressing the sympathy of the House of Representatives for the 
victims of the devastating earthquake that occurred on December 26, 
2003 in Bam, Iran; and a resolution to recognize more than 5 decades 
of strategic, partnership between the United States and the people 
of the Marshall Islands in the pursuit of international peace and 
security, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  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, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Science, hearing on The Conflict Between Science and 
Security in Visa Policy: Status and Next Steps, 9:30 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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

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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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, hearing on IC Analytical 
Capabilities and Information Sharing, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 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.