[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 45 (Friday, April 2, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D348-D349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of April 5 through April 10, 2004

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 1 p.m., Senate will be in a period of morning business.
  On Tuesday, program has not been announced.
  On Wednesday, Senate will resume consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 2207, Pregnancy and Trauma Care 
Protection Act; with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon to 
occur at 2:15 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: April 6, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for National Guard 
and Reserve programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and General 
Government, to hold hearings to examine tax law enforcement and 
information technology challenges at the Internal Revenue Service, 
10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Military Construction, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for Army 
and Navy military construction programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  April 7, 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, 
3:30 p.m., SD-192.
  April 8, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2005 for Corporation for National and Community Service programs, 10 
a.m., SD-628.
  April 8, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for the 
Office of the Architect of the Capitol and the Office of the 
Secretary of the Senate, 11 a.m., SD-138.
  April 8, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for foreign 
operations, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 7, Subcommittee on Strategic 
Forces, to hold hearings to examine the proposed Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2005, focusing on defense 
intelligence programs and lessons learned in recent military 
operations, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  April 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings, in closed session, to 
examine military implications of the United Nations Convention on 
the Law of the Sea; to be followed by an open session at 10 a.m. in 
SD-106, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 7, to hold 
hearings to examine the National Bank Preemption Rules, 2 p.m., SD-
538.
  April 8, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine current 
investigations and regulatory actions regarding the mutual fund 
industry, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 7, 
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings to examine near earth objects, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine U.S. Coast Guard activities, 
2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  April 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 11 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 8, Subcommittee 
on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine National Park Service 
concessions program, including implementation of the National Park 
Service Concessions Management Improvement Act (Public Law 105-391), 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 6, Subcommittee 
on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold hearings to examine S. 
1366, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to 
State and tribal governments to assist State and tribal efforts to 
manage and control the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer and 
elk herds, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold 
an oversight hearing to examine the detection of lead in District of 
Columbia drinking water, focusing on needed improvements in public 
communications and the status of short-and long-term solutions, 2:30 
p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 7, to hold hearings to examine 
strategies to improve access to Medicaid home and community based 
services, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 7, to hold hearings to 
examine the United Nations oil-for-food program, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  April 7, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa; to be followed by a nominations 
hearing, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  April 8, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine anti-Semitism, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: April 7, to resume hearings to 
examine U.S. Postal Service reform issues, focusing on the 
chairmen's perspective on governance and rate-setting, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  April 7, Financial Management, the Budget, and International 
Security, to hold hearings to examine S. 346, to amend the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy Act to establish a governmentwide policy 
requiring competition

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in certain executive agency procurements, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  April 8, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine implementing the Medicare Prescription Drug Program, 9:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 7, business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 7, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine 
a proposal to split the Ninth Circuit, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine crude oil relating to 
higher gas prices, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  April 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert Bryan Harwell, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of South Carolina, George P. Schiavelli, to 
be United States District Judge for the Central District of 
California, William Duane Benton, of Missouri, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, and Curtis V. Gomez, to be 
Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine safety 
concerns of America's Mass Transportation System, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  The House will not be in session.


                            House Committees

  No committee meetings are scheduled.