[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 57 (Thursday, April 29, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D426-D428]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary held a hearing to examine intellectual property 
rights, focusing on the problems of counterfeiting and piracy, 
receiving testimony from Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association of 
America, Inc., Douglas Lowenstein, Entertainment Software Association, 
Robert W. Holleyman, II, Business Software Alliance, and Mitch Bainwol, 
Recording Industry Association of America, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call of the Chair.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 3,379 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
TERRORIST FINANCING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held a 
hearing to examine the Treasury Department's role in the international 
war against terrorist financing and financial crime, focusing on money 
laundering and counter-terrorist financing policies, sharing financial 
information with law enforcement and foreign counterparts, implementing 
economic sanctions, and enforcing relevant regulations and laws related 
to these missions, receiving testimony from Samuel W. Bodman, Deputy 
Secretary, William J. Fox, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, R. Richard Newcomb, Director, Office of Foreign Assets 
Control, and Nancy J. Jardini, Chief of Criminal Investigation, 
Internal Revenue Service, all of the Department of the Treasury.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call of the Chair.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported 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.
NOAA: BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2005 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), after 
receiving testimony from Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. 
Navy (Ret.), Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and 
Administrator, NOAA.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Con. Res. 100, celebrating 10 years of majority rule in the 
Republic of South Africa and recognizing the momentous social and 
economic achievements of South Africa since the institution of 
democracy in that country;
  S. 2264, to require a report on the conflict in Uganda;
  S. Res. 332, observing the tenth anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide 
of 1994;
  S. Res. 344, welcoming the Prime Minister of Singapore, His 
Excellency Goh Chok Tong, on the occasion of his visit to the United 
States, expressing gratitude to the Government of Singapore for its 
strong cooperation with the United States in the campaign against 
terrorism, its support in the reconstruction of Iraq and reaffirming 
the commitment of Congress to the continued expansion of friendship

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and cooperation between the United States and Singapore;
  S. 2092, to address the participation of Taiwan in the World Health 
Organization, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S.J. Res. 33, expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Con. Res. 99, condemning the Government of the Republic of the 
Sudan for its participation and complicity in the attacks against 
innocent civilians in the impoverished Darfur region of western Sudan, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2292, to require a report on acts of anti-Semitism around the 
world, with amendments;
  Additional Protocol to Investment Treaty with Romania (Treaty Doc. 
108-13);
  Additional Protocol Amending Investment Treaty with Bulgaria (Treaty 
Doc. 108-15);
  Investment Protocol with Estonia (Treaty Doc. 108-17);
  Additional Investment Protocol with the Czech Republic (Treaty Doc. 
108-18);
  Additional Investment Protocol with the Slovak Republic (Treaty Doc. 
108-19);
  Additional Investment Protocol with Latvia (Treaty Doc. 108-20);
  Additional Investment Protocol with Lithuania (Treaty Doc. 108-21);
  Additional Protocol Concerning Business and Economic Relations with 
Poland (Treaty Doc. 108-22); and
  The nominations of Paul V. Applegarth, of Connecticut, to be Chief 
Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Victor Henderson 
Ashe, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, Miles 
T. Bivins, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Sweden, John Campbell, of 
Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of 
Nigeria, Jack Dyer Crouch II, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to Romania, 
John J. Danilovich, of California, to be Ambassador to the Federative 
Republic of Brazil, Scott H. DeLisi, of Minnesota, a Career Member of 
the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador to the 
State of Eritrea, Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, Patricia M. Haslach, of 
Oregon, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 
Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Korea, Craig A. Kelly, of California, a Career Member of 
the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister Counselor, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Earle I. Mack, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, Michael W. Marine, of Vermont, a 
Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-
Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 
Lauren Moriarty, of Hawaii, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
her tenure of service as United States Senior Official to the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, Constance Berry Newman, Assistant 
Secretary of State (African Affairs), to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the African Development Foundation, Roger Francisco 
Noriega, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Inter-American Foundation, John M. Ordway, of California, a Career 
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Michael Christian Polt, of 
Tennessee, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, Mitchell 
B. Reiss, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of 
service as Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, Thomas Bolling 
Robertson, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, Fayza 
Veronique Boulad Rodman, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors, Marc McGowan Wall, of Virginia, a 
Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-
Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, James Francis 
Moriarty, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal, 
Thomas Charles Krajeski, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Yemen, Michele J. Sison, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the 
United Arab Emirates, Richard LeBaron, of Virginia, a Career Member of 
the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Jeffrey D. Feltman, of Ohio, a 
Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon, David Michael Satterfield, of 
Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of 
Jordan, John D. Negroponte, of New York, to be Ambassador to Iraq, and 
Constance Berry Newman, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State for African Affairs, Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, a Career Member 
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Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Cote d'Ivoire, Thomas Neil Hull III, of New Hampshire, a Career 
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, and Roger A. Meece, of 
Washington, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, and certain Foreign Service Officer Promotion lists.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Dawn A. Tisdale, of Texas, to be a 
Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission, who was introduced by 
Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of David Safavian, of Michigan, to be 
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and 
Budget, who was introduced by Representatives Conyers and Cannon, after 
the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NATIVE AMERICAN FISH AND WILDLIFE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 2301, to improve the management of Indian fish and wildlife and 
gathering resources, after receiving testimony from Billy Frank, Jr., 
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Olympia, Washington; Olney Patt, 
Jr., Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Portland, Oregon; 
Millard J. (Sonny) Myers, 1854 Authority, Duluth, Minnesota; James E. 
Zorn, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Odanah, 
Wisconsin; Ira New Breast, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, 
Broomfield, Colorado; Randy Mayo, Stevens Village IRA Council, Stevens 
Village, Alaska; Gordon Jackson, Central Council Tlingit Haida Indian 
Tribes of Alaska, Juneau; and Ervin Carlson, Inter Tribal Bison 
Cooperative, Rapid City, South Dakota.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  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. 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, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 1561, to amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to 
patent fees;
  S. Res. 334, designating May 2004 as National Electrical Safety 
Month; and
  The nominations of 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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
mark up proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2005 for 
the intelligence community, but did not complete consideration thereon, 
and will meet again on Tuesday, May 4, 2004.