[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 27, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D410-D411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             APRIL 28, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to examine medical programs in the armed services, 10 a.m., 
SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold a closed briefing on the 
performance of force protection equipment for ground forces in Iraq, 
including the Up-Armored HMMWV, and potential alternatives to meet 
force protection needs of the Combatant Commander, 11 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to continue 
hearings to examine telecommunications policy, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the reauthorization of the Economic Development 
Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine fraud and abuse 
in Medicare's power wheelchair program, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of James Francis Moriarty, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to Nepal, Michele J. Sison, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
United Arab Emirates, Thomas Charles Krajeski, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Yemen, Richard LeBaron, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to Kuwait, and Jeffrey D. Feltman, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to 
Lebanon, and David Michael Satterfield, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Jordan, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Constance Berry Newman, to be an Assistant Secretary of State for 
African Affairs, Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Thomas Neil Hull III, of New Hampshire, 
to be Ambassador to Sierra Leone, and Roger A. Meece, of Washington, 
to be Ambassador to the Congo, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
use and prevention of abuse of government purchase cards, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, to hold hearings to 
examine mental health in children and youth, focusing on issues 
throughout the developmental process, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine 
how to promote a healthy marriage, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 2172, 
to make technical amendments to the provisions of the Indian Self 
Determination and Education Assistance Act relating to contract 
support costs, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act, focusing on 
safeguarding the future of American live theater, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review Agricultural Trade 
Negotiations, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on Global Disease, 
10:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative, on GOP, and Capitol Police, 1 p.m., 
H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and Independent Agencies, 
on Federal Transit Administration, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing entitled 
``Assessing the Impact of the Labor Department's Final Overtime 
Regulations on Workers and Employers Overtime Regulations,'' 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, to mark up a measure 
authorizing the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprise and the Subcommittee 
on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing entitled: ``A Review 
of TRIA and Its Effect on the Economy: Helping America Move 
Forward'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade 
and Technology, hearing entitled ``Money Matters: Coin and Currency 
Design and Counterfeiting Issues; followed immediately by 
consideration of H.R. 3916, Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2004, 2 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, oversight hearing on GPO, 10 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the United 
Nations Oil-for-Food Program: Issues of Accountability and 
Transparency, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and the Subcommittee on 
International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights, joint 
hearing on North Korea: Human Rights, Refugees and Humanitarian 
Challenges, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, to mark up H. Res. 577, Recognizing 50 
years of relations between the United States Government and the 
European Union, 3 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Resources, hearing on H.R. 2933, Critical Habitat 
Reform Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 3744, To authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to sell or exchange all or part of certain 
administrative sites and other land in the Ozark-St. Francis and 
Ouachita National Forests and to use funds derived from the sale or 
exchange to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites; S. 
33, To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange 
all or part of certain administrative sites and other land in the 
Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and to use funds 
derived from the sale or exchange to acquire, construct, or improve 
administrative sites; S. 434, Idaho Panhandle National Forest 
Improvement Act of 2003; S. 435, Sandpoint Land and Facilities 
Conveyance Act of 2003; and S. 1537, To direct the Secretary of 
Agriculture to convey to the New Hope Cemetery Association certain 
land in the State of Arkansas for use as a cemetery, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and 
Standards, hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2005 National Institute of 
Standards and Technology Budget: Views from Industry,'' 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Integrated 
Deepwater System, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, oversight hearing 
on Aging Water Supply Infrastructure, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs' 
research on Alzheimer's, Diabetes and Parkinson's diseases, 10 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness and Response, oversight hearing entitled ``The Office 
for Domestic Preparedness First Responder Assistance Programs,'' 
10:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine consumer-
directed doctoring, 10 a.m., SD-628.