[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 53 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D393-D394]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FAA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury 
and General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2005 for the Federal Aviation Administration, 
after receiving testimony from Marion C. Blakey, Administrator, Federal 
Aviation Administration, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both 
of the Department of Transportation.
OCEAN POLICY REPORT
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Report, which provides a blueprint 
for a coordinated, comprehensive national ocean policy for the 21st 
century, including 200 action-oriented recommendations concerning ocean 
and coastal-related issues, after receiving testimony from Admiral 
James D. Watkins, USN (Ret.), Chairman, U.S. Commission on Ocean 
Policy, who was accompanied by several of his associates.
OCEAN POLICY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Report, focusing 
on broad range ocean and coastal-related issues for the 21st Century, 
after receiving testimony from Representatives Farr and Ehlers; and 
Admiral James D. Watkins, USN (Ret.), Chairman, and Robert Ballard, 
Marc J. Hershman, Christopher Koch, Edward B. Rasmuson, Andrew A. 
Rosenberg, and Paul A. Sandifer, each a Commissioner, all of the U.S. 
Commission on Ocean Policy.
IRAQ TRANSITION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
obstacles and opportunities regarding the Iraq transition, focusing on 
the Administration's plans for the transition to Iraqi sovereignty, 
after receiving testimony from Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State 
for Political Affairs, and Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr., Coordinator, 
Iraq Transition Team, both of the Department of State; Peter W. Rodman, 
Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs, and Lieutenant 
General Claude Kicklighter (Ret.), Transition Chief, Coalition 
Provisional Authority, both of the Department of Defense; and Andrew S. 
Natsios, Administrator, United States Agency for International 
Development.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Lauren Moriarty, of Hawaii, to be Ambassador 
during her tenure of service as United States Senior Official to the 
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode 
Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Michael W. Marine, 
of Vermont, to be Ambassador to Vietnam, and Patricia M. Haslach, of 
Oregon, to be Ambassador to Laos, after each nominee testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded a hearing to examine U.S.-China relations and the 
status of reforms in China, focusing on human rights conditions and the 
prospects for democracy in China, after receiving testimony from Lorne 
W. Craner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and 
Labor; Richard Lawless, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; Arthur 
Waldron, University of Pennsylvania Department of History, 
Philadelphia; and Thea Lee, AFL-CIO, Pieter Bottelier, Johns Hopkins 
University School of Advanced International Studies, and Roger W. 
Robinson, Jr., U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, all 
of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to South Africa, who was introduced by Senator Warner; Jack 
Dyer Crouch II, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to Romania, who was 
introduced by Senator Bond; and Victor Henderson Ashe, of Tennessee, to 
be Ambassador to Poland, who was introduced by Senator Alexander, after 
each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING (REVISION)
Committee on Indian Affairs: On Wednesday, April 21, Committee approved 
a revised amendment in the nature of a substitute, which will be 
offered as a Floor amendment to S. 344, expressing the policy of the 
United States regarding the United States relationship with Native 
Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United 
States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity (pending on Senate 
calendar).
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:

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  S. Res. 310, commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and 
sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their lives while 
serving as law enforcement officers;
  H. Con. Res. 328, recognizing and honoring the United States Armed 
Forces and supporting the goals and objectives of a National Military 
Appreciation Month; and
  S. 2270, to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting 
cartels illegal.
IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security, and Citizenship concluded a hearing to examine the assistance 
of state and local authority to enforce immigration laws, focusing on 
an approach for stopping terrorists, the inherent arrest authority 
possessed by States, and the absence of Congressional preemption, after 
receiving testimony from Kris W. Kobach, University of Missouri-Kansas 
City School of Law, Kansas City; E.J. Picolo, Florida Department of Law 
Enforcement, Fort Myers; David A. Harris, University of Toledo College 
of Law, Toledo, Ohio; and Michelle Malkin, Bethesda, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.