[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 24, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D284-D285]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 25, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Health 
and Human Services, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for the Department of the 
Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 
for the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2005 for the Department of State, 10 a.m., S-146, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2005 for programs under its jurisdiction, 1:30 p.m., SD-
192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the role 
of the U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Special Operations Command in 
defending the homeland and in the global war on terrorism, in review 
of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2005; to be 
followed by a closed session in SH-219, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to examine 
national security space programs and management in review of the 
Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2005, 2:30 p.m., SR-
232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy, to hold an oversight hearing to examine national 
flood insurance repetitive losses, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2005 for the Federal Transit 
Administration, Department of Transportation, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine cable rates, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 1085, to provide for a 
Bureau of Reclamation program to assist states and local communities 
in evaluating and developing rural and small community water supply 
systems, S. 1732, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish a rural water supply program in the Reclamation States to 
provide a clean, safe, affordable, and reliable water supply to 
rural residents, S. 1727, to authorize additional appropriations for 
the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978, and S. 1791, to amend 
the Lease Lot Conveyance Act of 2002 to provide that the amounts 
received by the United States under that Act shall be deposited in 
the reclamation fund, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
proposed legislation to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act 
to expand certain trade benefits to eligible sub-Saharan African 
countries, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Miles T. Bivins, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Sweden, Michael 
Christian Polt, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to Serbia and 
Montenegro, Thomas Bolling Robertson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to Slovenia, John M. Ordway, of California, to be Ambassador to 
Kazakhstan, and Earle I. Mack, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
Finland, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Employment, Safety, and Training, to hold hearings to examine 
hazard communication in the workplace, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentations of the National Association of State Directors of 
Veterans Affairs, AMVETS, American Ex-Prisoners of War, the Vietnam 
Veterans of America, and the Military Officers Association of 
America, 10 a.m., 345 CHOB.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on 
Rural Development, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary and Related 
Agencies, on SBA, 10 a.m., and on U.S. Trade Representative, 2 p.m., 
and on EEOC, 4 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, executive, on 
National Nuclear Security Administration, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Bureau of Customs and Border 
Protection, 10 a.m., and on United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on National Park Service, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, on Child Development Research and Programs, 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on European Command, 9:30 
a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and Independent Agencies, 
on Highway Safety Programs, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, to continue 
appropriation hearings, 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on 
the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Process, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2005 
National Defense Authorization budget request--Missile Defense 
Programs, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on the 
Fiscal Year 2005 National Defense Authorization budget request--
Department of the Navy and Department of the Air Force Tactical 
Weapon Acquisition Programs, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2005 National Defense 
Authorization budget request--Department of Defense Science and 
Technology Policy and Programs, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``A Review of the Department of Energy's 
Yucca Mountain Project,'' and Proposed Legislation to Alter the 
Nuclear Waste Trust Fund (H.R. 3429 and H.R. 3981),'' 9:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``NIH: Re-engineering 
Clinical Research,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on the state of the 
international financial system, 10 a.m., 2138 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Maintaining a 
Level Playing Field for D.C. Graduates: Legislation to Reauthorize 
the D.C. College Access Act,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing on Developments in Burma, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution 
hearing on H. Res. 568, Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that Judicial determinations regarding the meaning 
of the laws of the United States should not be based on judgments, 
laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign 
judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the 
original meaning of the laws of the United States, and the 
Appropriate Role of Foreign Judgments in the Interpretation of 
American Law, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security and the 
Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterrorism of the Select 
Committee on Homeland Security, joint oversight hearing entitled 
``Progress in Consolidating Terrorism Watchlists--The Terrorist 
Screening Center (TSC),'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 3378, Marine Turtle 
Conservation Act of 2003, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1517, Land Reinvestment Act; 
H.R. 2663, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms 
located on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, as a unit of the National Park 
System; and H.R. 3874, To convey for public purposes certain Federal 
lands in Riverside County, California, that have been identified for 
disposal, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and 
Standards, to mark up H.R. 3598, Manufacturing Technology 
Competitiveness Act of 2003, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, to continue hearings entitled ``Spike 
in Metal Prices--Part II,'' 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation and the Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, joint hearing on Ballast Water 
Management: New International Standards and National Invasive 
Species Act Reauthorization, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Joint Military Intelligence Program and Tactical Intelligence and 
Related Activities, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, 
executive, briefing on Global Intelligence Updated, 9 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
examine the legislative presentations of the National Association of 
State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, AMVETS, American Ex-Prisoners 
of War, the Vietnam Veterans of America, and the Military Officers 
Association of America, 10 a.m., 345 CHOB.