[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 28 (Monday, March 8, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D195]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 9, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2005 for border and transportation security, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and General Government, 
to hold hearings to examine budget and management challenges for the 
Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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., SD-
106.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings 
to examine military readiness programs in review of the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2005, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold oversight 
hearings to examine water supply issues in the arid West, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 
1306, to introduce the efforts of the California Missions Foundation 
to restore and repair the Spanish colonial and mission-era missions 
in the State of California and to preserve the artworks and 
artifacts of these missions, H.R. 1521, to provide for additional 
lands to be included within the boundary of the Johnstown Flood 
National Memorial in the State of Pennsylvania, H.R. 1446, to 
support the efforts of the California Missions Foundation to restore 
and repair the Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in the 
State of California and to preserve the artworks and artifacts of 
these missions, S. 1430, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a study of the Baranov Museum in Kodiak, Alaska, for 
potential inclusion in the National Park System, and S. 1687, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the 
preservation and interpretation of the historic sites of the 
Manhattan Project for potential inclusion in the National Park 
System, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the 
administration's international trade agenda, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold a closed briefing on 
transition to sovereignty relating to Iraq, 2:30 p.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
postal reform issues, focusing on sustaining the 9 million jobs in 
the $900 billion mailing industry, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine advantages and impediments in relation to a year 
round college calendar, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 
1509, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a gratuity 
to veterans, their spouses, and children who contract HIV or AIDS as 
a result of a blood transfusion relating to a service-connected 
disability, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the new 
Medicare drug discount card, focusing on consumer savings, 
beneficiary education, implementation and outreach to low-income 
seniors, and how the new cards will work with existing discount 
programs, 10 a.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, on Teachers and Math 
and Science Education, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emergency Threats and International Relations, hearing on 
Nonproliferation: Assessing Missile Technology Export Controls, 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on the Department of Justice: 
Executive Office for United States Attorneys, Civil Division, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Executive Office for 
United States Trustees, and Office of the Solicitor General, 3 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 339, Personal Responsibility 
in Food Consumption Act, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
the Uninsured, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 3108, to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily replace the 30-year Treasury 
rate with a rate based on long-term corporate bonds for certain 
pension plan funding requirements and other provisions, 5 p.m., HC-
6, Capitol.