[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 31, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D329-D331]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 1, 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 National Institutes of 
Health, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for the Indian Health Service, 
Department of Health and Human Services, 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 Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-
628.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings to examine future 
challenges facing the United States Postal Service, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  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 p.m., SD-
192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
proposed Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2005, 
focusing on the military strategy and operational requirements of 
the unified and regional commands; to be followed by a possible 
closed session in SR-222, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings 
to examine the proposed Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
year 2005, focusing on military installation programs, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to mark up the proposed Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform 
Act of 2004, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to examine NASA 
fiscal year 2005 budget request, 2:30 p.m., SR- 253.

[[Page D330]]


  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean 
Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the implementation of the National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards for particulate matter and ozone, 9:30 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and 
Protocol to Convention on International Interests in Mobile 
Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment, concluded at 
Cape Town, South Africa, on November 16, 2001 (Treaty Doc. 108-10), 
Additional Protocol Between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of Romania Concerning the Reciprocal 
Encouragement and Protection of Investment of May 28, 1992, signed 
at Brussels on September 22, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-13), Additional 
Protocol Between the United States of America and the Republic of 
Bulgaria Amending the Treaty Between the United States of America 
and the Republic of Bulgaria Concerning the Encouragement and 
Reciprocal Protection of Investment of September 23, 1992, signed at 
Brussels on September 22, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-15), Protocol 
Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Republic of Estonia to the Treaty for the 
Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment of April 19, 
1994, signed at Brussels on October 24, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-17), 
Additional Protocol Between the United States of America and the 
Czech Republic to the Treaty Between the United States of America 
and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic Concerning the Reciprocal 
Encouragement and Protection of Investment of October 22, 1991, 
signed at Brussels on December 10, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-18), 
Additional Protocol Between the United States of America and the 
Slovak Republic to the Treaty Between the United States of America 
and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic Concerning the Reciprocal 
Encouragement and Protection of Investment of October 22, 1991, 
signed at Brussels on September 22, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-19), 
Additional Protocol Between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Republic of Latvia to the Treaty 
for the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment of 
January 13, 1995, signed at Brussels on September 22, 2003 (Treaty 
Doc. 108-20), Additional Protocol Between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the Republic of 
Lithuania to the Treaty for the Encouragement and Reciprocal 
Protection of Investment of January 14, 1998, signed at Brussels on 
September 22, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-21), and Additional Protocol 
Between the United States of America and the Republic of Poland to 
the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Republic of 
Poland Concerning Business and Economic Relations of March 21, 1990, 
signed at Brussels on January 12, 2004 (Treaty Doc. 108-22), 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1735, 
to increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to 
investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish 
violent gang crime, to protect law abiding citizens and communities 
from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for 
violent crimes, to reform and facilitate prosecution of juvenile 
gang members who commit violent crimes, to expand and improve gang 
prevention programs, and the nominations of Henry W. Saad, of 
Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, 
Peter W. Hall, of Vermont, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Second Circuit, William Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Roger T. Benitez, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
California, Jane J. Boyle, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Texas, Marcia G. Cooke, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, Paul S. 
Diamond, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, Walter D. Kelley, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Matthew G. Whitaker, 
to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, 
Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship, to 
hold hearings to examine securing our borders under a temporary 
guest worker program, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert N. Davis, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and Pamela M. Iovino, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for Congressional Affairs, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, Judiciary and Related Agencies, on Broadcasting Board of 
Governors, 10 a.m., and on Department of State International 
Organizations, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on District of Columbia, on Public Defender Services; 
Court Services, and Offender Supervision, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on U.S. Agency for International Development, 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Information Analysis and 
Infrastructure Protection, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on National Endowment for the Arts, 10 
a.m., and on National Endowment for the Humanities, 11 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, on Workforce Preparation and Training, 10 a.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, Independent Agencies, on 
Executive Office of the President, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on NSF, 2 p.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2005 National Defense 
Authorization budget request--Future Combat System and Force 
Protection Initiatives, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.

[[Page D331]]


  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2005 National Defense 
Authorization budget request--Destructions of the U.S. Chemical 
Weapons Stockpile--Program and Status, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing entitled ``FY 2005 
Budget Priorities for the Department of Energy,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, to continue hearings entitled ``Inter-
governmental Transfers: Violations of the Federal-State Medicaid 
Partnership or Legitimate State Budget Tool?'' 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing 
entitled Legislative Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Satellite 
Home Viewer Improvement Act, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Oversight of 
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 3737, Administrative Law Judges Pay Reform Act of 2004; H.R. 
3751, to require the Office of Personnel and Management study and 
present options under which dental and vision benefits could be made 
available to Federal employees and other appropriate classes of 
individuals; H.R. 4012, to amend the District of Columbia College 
Access Act of 1999 to permanently authorize the public school and 
private school tuition assistance programs established under the 
Act; H.R. 1822, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 3751 West 6th Street in Los Angeles, 
California, as the ``Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office''; H.R. 3939, to 
redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 14-24 Abbot Road in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, as the ``Mary Ann 
Collura Post Office Building''; H.R. 3942, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 7 Commercial 
Boulevard in Middletown, Rhode Island, as the ``Rhode Island 
Veterans Post Office Building''; H.R. 4037, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 475 Kell 
Farm Drive in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Richard G. Wilson 
Processing and Distribution Facility''; H. Res. 399, Honoring the 
life and legacy of Melvin Jones and recognizing the contributions of 
Lions Clubs International; H. Res. 578, Supporting the goals and 
ideals of Financial Literacy Month; and S. Con. Res. 97, Recognizing 
the 91st annual meeting of the Garden Club of America, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, 
hearing entitled ``Afghanistan: Are the British Counternarcotics 
Efforts Going Wobbly?'' 11:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, 
hearing entitled ``Marijuana and Medicine: The Need for a Science-
Based Approach,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
hearing on Fighting Terrorism in Africa, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and 
Human Rights, hearing on Al-Qaeda: The Threat to the United States 
and its Allies, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security and Claims, hearing on H.R. 3191, to prescribe the oath of 
renunciation and allegiance for purposes of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, hearing on H.R. 898, Lumbee Recognition 
Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, to continue markup of H.R. 3970, Green 
Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space, hearing on Lunar Science and Resources: 
Future Options, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on Airport Deregulation, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, 
oversight hearing to receive the report of the VA Vocational 
Rehabilitation and Employment Service Task Force, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on Board of 
Trustees 2004 Annual Reports, 12 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on The Medicare Discount Drug 
Card, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Counternarcotics Budget, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, 
executive, hearing on Intelligence Community Language Capabilities, 
1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.