[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 25, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D112-D113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
concluded ahearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2005 for the government of theDistrict of Columbia, after receiving 
testimony from Rufus G. King III, Chief Judge, SuperiorCourt of the 
District of Columbia; Annice M. Wagner, Chief Judge, D.C. Court of 
Appeals andChair, Joint Committee on Judicial Administration; and 
Frederick Lindstrom, U.S. Commissionof Fine Arts, Craig W. Floyd, 
National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, and PatriciaGallagher, National 
Capital Planning Commission, all of Washington, D.C.
SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing toexamine policies and programs for preventing and responding 
to incidents of sexual assault in thearmed services, after receiving 
testimony from David S.C. Chu, Under Secretary of Defense forPersonnel 
and Readiness; General George W. Casey, Jr., USA, Vice Chief of Staff, 
United StatesArmy; Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN, Vice Chief of Naval 
Operations, and Terri J. Rau,Head, Policy and Prevention Section, 
Counseling, Advocacy and Prevention Branch, NavyPersonnel Command, 
Bureau of Naval Personnel, both of the United States Navy; 
GeneralWilliam L. Nyland, USMC, Assistant Commandant, United States 
Marine Corps; General T.Michael Moseley, USAF, Vice Chief of Staff, 
United States Air Force; Susan H. Mather, ChiefOfficer, Office of 
Public Health and Environmental Hazards, Veterans Health 
Administration,Department of Veterans' Affairs; Christine Hansen, The 
Miles Foundation, Newtown,Connecticut; and Deborah D. Tucker, National 
Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Austin,Texas.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing toexamine the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental 
Management, Office of FutureLiabilities, and Office of Legacy 
Management, in review of the defense authorization request forfiscal 
year 2005, after receiving testimony from Jessie H. Roberson, Assistant 
Secretary forEnvironment Management, and Michael W. Owen, Director, 
Office of Legacy Management, bothof the Department of Energy.
MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing toexamine current investigations and regulatory actions 
regarding the mutual fund industry,focusing on understanding the fund 
industry from the investor's perspective, including the role ofState 
Treasurers, financial literacy Programs, management fee disclosure, and 
the recent scandalsin the industry, after receiving testimony from Gary 
Gensler, Brooklandville, Maryland, formerUnder Secretary of the 
Treasury for Domestic Finance; Tim Berry, Indiana State 
Treasurer,Indianapolis, on behalf of the National Association of State 
Treasurers; James S. Riepe, T. RowePrice Group, Inc., Baltimore, 
Maryland; Don Phillips, Morningstar, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; andJames 
K. Glassman, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
HOUSING GSEs
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing toexamine proposals for improving the regulation of the housing 
government sponsored enterprises(GSEs), after receiving testimony from 
Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C.;Richard F. Syron, 
Freddie Mac, McLean, Virginia; and Norman B. Rice, Federal Home 
LoanBank of Seattle, Seattle, Washington.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President'sproposed budget request for fiscal year 2005 for the 
Department of Homeland Security, afterreceiving testimony from Tom 
Ridge, Secretary of Homeland Security.

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SEAFOOD PROCESSOR QUOTAS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing toexamine the economic implications of seafood processor 
quotas, focusing on the Alaska crabrationalization plan developed by 
North Pacific Fishery Management Council, including effectson 
competition of the rationalization plan and antitrust issues associated 
with the plan's pricearbitration system, after receiving testimony from 
J. Bruce McDonald, Deputy Assistant AttorneyGeneral, Antitrust 
Division, Department of Justice; Anu K. Mittal, Director, National 
Resourcesand Environment, and Keith Oleson, Assistant Director, both of 
the General Accounting Office;Robert Halvorsen, University of 
Washington, and Joseph T. Plesha, Trident SeafoodsCorporation, both of 
Seattle; Scott C. Matulich, Washington State University, Pullman; 
RichardD. Young, Crescent City, California, on behalf of the 
Fishermen's Marketing Association; andRichard Powell, Kodiak, Alaska.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the United NationsConvention 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 
UnitedNations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, 
with Annex, adopted at NewYork, July 28, 1994 (the ``Agreement''), and 
signed by the United States, subject to ratification, on July 29, 1994 
(Treaty Doc. 103-39).
TAX TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the Convention Between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of Japan for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on 
Income, signed at Washington on November 6, 2003, together with a 
Protocol and an exchange of notes (the ``Convention'') (Treaty Doc. 
108-14), and the Protocol Amending the Convention Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
Income signed at Colombo on March 14, 1985, together with an exchange 
of notes, signed at Washington on September 20, 2002 (the ``Protocol'') 
(Treaty Doc. 108-9), focusing on a zero-rate dividend provision, anti-
conduit rules, insurance excise tax, restructured financial 
institutions, and the U.S. operating subsidiary, after receiving 
testimony from Barbara M. Angus, International Tax Counsel, Department 
of the Treasury; George Yin, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on 
Taxation; William A. Reinsch, National Foreign Trade Council, and James 
W. Fatheree, U.S.-Japan Business Council, both of Washington, D.C.
USAID CONTRACTING POLICIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion concluded a hearing to examine the 
United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) 
contracting policies, focusing on programs in Afghanistan and Iraq, 
after receiving testimony from Everett L. Mosley, Inspector General, 
and Tim Beans, Director, Office of Procurement, both of the United 
States Agency for International Development; Frederick D. Barton, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Allan V. Burman, 
Jefferson Solutions, and Marcus L. Stevenson, The Urban Institute, all 
of Washington, D.C.
INDIAN PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2005 for Indian 
Programs, after receiving testimony from Ross Swimmer, Special Trustee 
for American Indians, Department of the Interior; Gary J. Hartz, Acting 
Director, Office of Public Health, Indian Health Service, and Douglas 
Black, Director, Office of Tribal Programs, Indian Health Service, both 
of the Department of Health and Human Services; Victoria Vasques, 
Deputy Under Secretary, and Director, Office of Indian Education, and 
Lonna Jones, Acting Director, Elementary, Secondary and Vocational 
Analysis Division, Budget Service, both of the Department of Education; 
Michael Liu, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 
Public and Indian Housing; David Garman, Assistant Secretary of Energy 
for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; and Tracy Henke, Deputy 
Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Roger T. Benitez, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of California, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Feinstein, testified and answered questions in 
his own behalf. Testimony was also received from Marilyn L. Huff, Chief 
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California; and 
Thomas Z. Hayward, Jr., Chicago, Illinois, and Richard M. Macias, Los 
Angeles, California, both on behalf of the Standing Committee on 
Federal Judiciary, American Bar Association.