[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 6, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D356-D357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2005 for certain Department of Agriculture programs, 
3:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the National Bank Preemption Rules, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to examine near 
earth objects, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 1814, to transfer federal lands between the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, S. 441, to direct the 
Administrator of General Services to convey to Fresno County, 
California, the existing Federal courthouses in that county, 
proposed legislation, to designate the Orville Wright Federal 
Building and the Wilbur Wright Federal Building in Washington, 
District of Columbia, and the nominations of Stephen L. Johnson, of 
Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator, Ann R. Klee, of Virginia, and 
Benjamin Grumbles, of Virginia, each to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Charles 
Johnson, of Utah, to be Chief Financial Officer, all of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, and Gary Lee Visscher, of Maryland, 
to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 
Board, 2 p.m., S-128, Capitol.
  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.

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  Committee on Finance: 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: to hold hearings to examine the 
United Nations oil-for-food program, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  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.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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.
  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 in certain executive agency procurements, 2 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 1955, 
to make technical corrections to laws relating to Native Americans, 
and S. 1529, to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to include 
provisions relating to the payment and administration of gaming 
fees, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative 
Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine a proposal to 
split the Ninth Circuit, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  No Committee meetings are scheduled.