[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 23, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D268-D270]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine Alzheimer's disease support and research, focusing on the costs 
of care to families, government, and business, the biology of the 
disease, medical history, physical examinations, and mental status and 
neurological evaluations, after receiving testimony from Richard J. 
Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of 
Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Sheldon Goldberg, 
Chicago, Illinois, Shelly Fabares, Studio City, California, and Dennis 
Kroucik, Cleveland, Ohio, all on behalf of the Alzheimer's Association; 
David Snowden, University of Kentucky Department of Neurology, 
Lexington; and Johnny Orr, West Des Moines, Iowa.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2005 for the Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Coast 
Guard, after receiving testimony from Admiral Thomas H. Collins, 
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, and Admiral David Stone, Acting 
Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, both of the 
Department of Homeland Security.
FBI
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine the transformation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
focusing on information technology, management and training, after 
receiving testimony from Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, and Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, both of 
the Department of Justice; Laurie E. Ekstrand, Director, Homeland 
Security and Justice Issues, and Randolph C. Hite, Director, 
Information Technology Architecture and Systems Issues, both of the 
General Accounting Office.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2005 for Department of Energy's Office of National 
Nuclear Security Administration, after receiving testimony from Linton 
F. Brooks, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator, 
Admiral Frank L. Bowman, USN, Director, Naval Reactors Program, U.S. 
Navy, Everet H. Beckner, Deputy Administrator, Office of Defense 
Programs, Paul M. Longsworth, Deputy Administrator, Office of Defense 
Nuclear Nonproliferation, all of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2005, focusing on 
atomic energy defense activities of the Department of Energy, after 
receiving testimony from Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine the Defense Authorization 
request for fiscal year 2005, focusing on financial management, after 
receiving testimony from Dov S. Zakheim, Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller); and David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United 
States, General Accounting Office.
MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine current investigations and regulatory actions 
regarding the mutual fund industry, focusing on fund operations and 
governance, after receiving testimony from Mercer E. Bullard, 
University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, on behalf of Fund 
Democracy; William D. Lutz, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey; 
Robert C. Pozen, Harvard Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf 
of Massachusetts Financial Services Investment Management; and Barbara 
Roper, Consumer Federation of America, Washington, D.C.
RAIL SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine rail and mass transit security, focusing on 
efforts by the Federal, State and local governments and transit and 
rail operators to respond to vulnerabilities in rail and transit 
systems to improve security against further terrorist attacks, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Carper and Biden; Asa Hutchinson, 
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation 
Security; Allan Rutter, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, 
and Robert Jamison,

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Deputy Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, both of the 
Department of Transportation; Peter F. Guerrero, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure Issues, General Accounting Office; Jack Riley, RAND 
Corporation, Arlington, Virginia; Edward R. Hamberger, Association of 
American Railroads, and William W. Millar, American Public 
Transportation Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and John 
O'Connor, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, New York, New York.
SPY BLOCK ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications concluded a hearing to examine S. 2145, to regulate the 
unauthorized installation of computer software, to require clear 
disclosure to computer users of certain computer software features that 
may pose a threat to user privacy, after receiving testimony from Avi 
Z. Naider, WhenU.com Inc., New York, New York; Robert W. Holleyman II, 
Business Software Alliance, and Jerry Berman, Center for Democracy and 
Technology, both of Washington, D.C.; and John Levine, Taughannock 
Networks, Trumansburg, New York.
U.N. CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the implementation of the United Nations 
Convention on the Law of the Sea (Treaty Doc. 103-39), after receiving 
testimony from Senator Stevens; John F. Turner, Assistant Secretary of 
State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific 
Affairs; Paul L. Kelly, Rowan Companies, Inc., Houston, Texas, on 
behalf of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Bernard H. Oxman, 
University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida; Frank J. 
Gaffney, Jr., Center for Security Policy, Washington, D.C.; and Peter 
M. Leitner, Arlington, Virginia.
U.S.-MEXICO RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the current status of United States and Mexico relations, 
focusing on immigration policy and the bilateral relationship, and 
related provisions of S. 1461, S. 2010, S. 1645, and S. 1545, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Hagel, McCain, Craig, Durbin, and 
Cornyn; Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary of State for Western 
Hemisphere Affairs; C. Stewart Verdery, Assistant Secretary for Border 
and Transportation Security Policy and Planning, and Eduardo Aguirre, 
Jr., Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, both of the 
Department of Homeland Security; and Stephen E. Flynn, Council on 
Foreign Relations, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Migration Policy 
Institute, and Arturo A. Valenzuela, Georgetown University Edmund A. 
Walsh School of Foreign Service, all of Washington, D.C.
CONSTITUTIONAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held a hearing to examine S.J. 
Res. 26, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relating to marriage, receiving testimony from Senator Allard; 
Representatives Frank, Lewis (GA), and Musgrave; Phyllis G. Bossin, 
Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of the American Bar Association; Teresa 
Stanton Collett, St. Thomas University School of Law, Minneapolis, 
Minnesota; Richard Richardson, St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal 
Church, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of the Black Ministerial 
Alliance of Greater Boston; Katherine S. Spaht, Louisiana State 
University Law Center, Baton Rouge; and Cass R. Sunstein, University of 
Chicago Law School and Department of Political Science, Chicago, 
Illinois.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the challenges and solutions involving the counterfeiting and theft of 
tangible intellectual property, focusing on protecting U.S. 
intellectual property owners' assets overseas, after receiving 
testimony from Jon W. Dudas, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the Patent and Trademark 
Office; Christopher A. Wray, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal 
Division, Department of Justice; James Mendenhall, Assistant United 
States Trade Representative for Intellectual Property, Office of the 
United States Trade Representative; Earl Anthony Wayne, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs; Thomas J. 
Donohue, United States Chamber of Commerce, Brad Buckles, Recording 
Industry Association, and Timothy P. Trainer, International 
AntiCounterfeiting Coalition, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.; Richard K. 
Willard, The Gillette Company, Boston, Massachusetts; and Vanessa 
Price, Burton Snowboards, Burlington, Vermont.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
INTERNET FRAUD AND SENIORS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the impact of Internet fraud on seniors, focusing on congressional 
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that federal and state enforcement agencies take the proper steps to 
protect seniors and prosecute cybercriminals, after receiving testimony 
from David E. Nahmias, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal 
Division, Department of Justice; Lawrence E. Maxwell, Assistant Chief 
Inspector, U.S. Postal Inspection Service; and J. Howard Beales III, 
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; 
Tanya Solov, North American Securities Administrators Association, 
Chicago, Illinois; David Jevans, Anti-Phishing Working Group, Redwood 
City, California; and Jeffrey Groover, Yazoo City, Mississippi.