[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 28, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D419-D421]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and the Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine intellectual 
property rights, focusing on the problems of counterfeiting and 
piracy, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine counterterror initiatives and concerns in the terror 
finance program; and to hold a business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Romolo A. Bernardi, of New York, to be Deputy 
Secretary, Dennis C. Shea, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Policy Development and Research, and Cathy M. MacFarlane, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, all of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., SR-253.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, Time to be announced, S-116, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism, to hold 
hearings to examine the Broadcasting Board of Governors, focusing on 
finding the right media for the message in the Middle East, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Dawn A. Tisdale, of Texas, to be a Commissioner of 
the Postal Rate Commission; to be immediately followed by a hearing 
to examine the nomination of David Safavian, of Michigan, to be 
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management 
and Budget, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 2301, 
to improve the management of Indian fish and wildlife and gathering 
resources, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  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, S. 2107, to authorize an annual appropriations 
of $10,000,000 for mental health courts through fiscal year 2009, S. 
2192, to amend title 35, United States Code, to promote cooperative 
research involving universities, the public sector, and private 
enterprises, S. 1933, to promote effective enforcement of 
copyrights, S. 2237, to amend chapter 5 of title 17, United States 
Code, to authorize civil copyright enforcement by the Attorney 
General, S. 1932, to provide criminal penalties for unauthorized 
recording of motion pictures in a motion picture exhibition 
facility, to provide criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized 
distribution of commercial prerelease copyrighted works, H.R. 1561, 
to amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to patent fees, 
S. 1635, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure the 
integrity of the L-1 visa for intracompany transferees, S. 1609, to 
make aliens ineligible to receive visas and exclude aliens from 
admission into the United States for nonpayment of child support, S. 
1129, to provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien children, 
S. Res. 334, designating May 2004 as National Electrical Safety 
Month, and the nominations of Henry W. Saad, of Michigan, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, William Duane 
Benton, of Missouri, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eighth Circuit, 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, and Curtis V. Gomez, to be Judge for the District Court 
of the Virgin Islands, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to mark 
up proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2005 for 
the intelligence community, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing and Related Programs, on Security Assistance Budget 
Request, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Research and 
Services, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, and Independent 
Agencies, on Federal Highway Administration (Environmental 
Streamlining), 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Afghanistan: Security and 
Reconstruction, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearing entitled ``Examining Long-Term 
Solutions To Reform and Strengthen the Defined Benefit Pension 
System,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Spyware: What You Don't 
Know Can Hurt You,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled 
``Ultradeep Water Research and Development: What Are the Benefits?'' 
10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Transforming 
the National Guard: Resourcing for Readiness,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security and Claims, oversight hearing entitled ``The Diversity Visa 
Program, and Its Susceptibility to Fraud and Abuse,'' 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife, and Oceans, an oversight hearing on the International 
Aspects of Fish and Wildlife Conservation and Management, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3638, Redwood National Park 
Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003; H.R. 3932, To amend Public Law 99-
338 to authorize the continued use of certain lands within the 
Sequoia National Park by portions of an existing hydroelectric 
project; and S. 144, Noxious Weed Control Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, hearing to address mass incapacitation of 
Members and the quorum requirement in the context of the Continuity 
of Congress, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Workforce, 
Empowerment and Government Programs, hearing on Would an Increase in 
the Federal Minimum Wage Help or Hinder Small Business? 10:30 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on The Cape Town Treaty; followed by a 
markup of the following: H.R. 4226, The Cape Town Treaty 
Implementation Act of 2004; and H.R. 4056, Commercial Aviation 
MANPADS Defense Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing 
on the following measures: H.R. 348, Prisoners of War Benefits Act 
of 2003; H.R. 843, Injured Veterans Benefits Eligibility Act of 
2003; H.R. 1735, To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase 
the maximum amount of a home loan guarantee available to a veteran; 
H.R. 2206, Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial Act; 
H.R. 2612, Veterans Adapted Housing Expansion Act of 2003; H.R. 
4065, Veterans Housing Affordability Act of 2004; H.R. 3936, To 
amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the principal 
office of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to 
be at any location in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, 
rather than only in the District of Columbia, and expressing the 
sense of Congress that a dedicated Veterans Courthouse and Justice 
Center should be provided for that Court and those it serves and 
should be located, if feasible, at a site owned by the United States 
that is part of or proximate to the Pentagon Reservation; H.R. 4172, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to codify certain additional 
diseases as establishing a presumption of service-connection when 
occurring in veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during active 
military, naval, or air service; H.R. 4173, To direct the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to contract for a report on employment 
placement, retention, and advancement of recently separated 
servicemembers; and a measure to create an open period for certain 
active duty servicemembers to elect to participate in the program of 
basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill, 10 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on the Supplemental Security Income Program, 10 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on trade with sub-Saharan Africa 
and H.R. 4103, AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004, 1:30 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.