[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 59 (Monday, May 3, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D437-D440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
  No committee meetings were held.


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of May 4 through May 8, 2004

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 10:45 a.m., Senate will continue consideration of S. 
1637, Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 6, to hold 
hearings to examine new opportunities for agriculture, focusing on 
biomass use in energy production, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 4, Subcommittee on Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine the 
final rule on overtime pay, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  May 4, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine public charter schools in the District of Columbia, 10 a.m., 
SD-138.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for defense related programs, 
9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 4, to hold a closed briefing on 
allegations of mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  May 4, Subcommittee on Airland, closed business meeting to markup 
those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of the 
subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for 
fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  May 4, Subcommittee on SeaPower, closed business meeting to markup 
those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of the 
subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for 
fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, 3:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  May 4, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, closed 
business meeting to markup those provisions, which fall within the 
jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation 
authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, 5 p.m., SR-222.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Personnel, closed business meeting to 
markup those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of the 
subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for 
fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, 9 a.m., SR-232A.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, closed 
business meeting to markup those provisions, which fall within the 
jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation 
authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, closed business meeting 
to markup those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations 
for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, 11:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  May 5, Full Committee, closed business meeting to markup proposed 
legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for 
military activities for the Department of Defense, 2:30 p.m., SR-
222.
  May 6, Full Committee, closed business meeting to markup proposed 
legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for 
military activities for the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SR-
222.

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  May 7, Full Committee, closed business meeting to markup proposed 
legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for 
military activities for the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SR-
222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 6, business 
meeting to mark up an original bill, The Public Transportation 
Terrorism Prevention Act, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 4, to hold 
hearings to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewers Improvement Act 
of 1999, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 4, Subcommittee on Competition, Foreign Commerce, and 
Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine lessons learned from 
security at past Olympic Games, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  May 5, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine the use 
of steroids, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings to examine space shuttle and the future of space launch, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  May 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine impacts of 
climate change and states' actions, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 5, Subcommittee on 
Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 155, to 
convey to the town of Frannie, Wyoming, certain land withdrawn by 
the Commissioner of Reclamation, S. 2285, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey a parcel of real property to Beaver County, 
Utah, S. 1521, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
certain land to the Edward H. McDaniel American Legion Post No. 22 
in Pahrump, Nevada, for the construction of a post building and 
memorial park for use by the American Legion, other veterans' 
groups, and the local community, S. 1826, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey certain land in Washoe County, Nevada, to the 
Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of 
Nevada, S. 2085, to modify the requirements of the land conveyance 
to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Research Foundation, and 
H.R. 1658, to amend the Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation 
Act to validate additional conveyances of certain lands in the State 
of California that form part of the right-of-way granted by the 
United States to facilitate the construction of the transcontinental 
railway, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: May 5, Subcommittee on Social Security and 
Family Policy, to hold hearings to examine the benefits of a healthy 
marriage, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 6, Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine S. 1668, to 
establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal 
agencies and programs and to recommend the elimination or 
realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 6, 
Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine 
certain challenges facing military parents raising children, 2 p.m., 
SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 5, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine material support statute relating to aiding terrorists, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  May 6, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  May 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of Jonathan W. Dudas, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 4, closed business meeting 
to resume markup of proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
fiscal year 2005 for the intelligence community, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations: May 6, Subcommittee on Defense, 
executive, on the National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget, 1:30 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 5, Subcommittee on Projection 
Forces, to markup H.R. 4200, National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2005, 11:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Terrorism Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, to mark up H.R. 4200, National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Total Force, to mark up H.R. 4200, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Readiness, to mark up H.R. 4200, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 9 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to mark up H.R. 4200, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 11 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, to mark up 
H.R. 4200, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 
1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce: May 4, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, hearing entitled ``Strengthening Vocational and 
Technical Education,'' 2 p.m., 2175M Rayburn.
  May 5, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2728, 
Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 
2003; H.R. 2729, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission 
Efficiency Act of 2003; H.R. 2730, Occupational Safety and Health 
Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2003; and H.R. 2731, 
Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act 
of 2003, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce: May 5, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Air Quality, hearing entitled ``Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline 
Status Report,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Physician Fee 
Schedule: A Review of the Current Medicare Payment System,'' 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, 
hearing entitled ``Online Pornography:

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Closing the Doors on Pervasive Smut,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``The `Dot Kids' Internet Domain: Protecting 
Children Online,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services: May 4, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to 
continue hearings entitled ``The FASB Stock Options Proposal: Its 
Effect on the U.S. Economy and Jobs,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, to 
consider H.R. 3755, Zero Downpayment Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, 
Trade, and Technology, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform: May 5, hearing entitled ``Betting 
on Transparency: Toward Fairness and Integrity in the Interior 
Department's Tribal Recognition Process,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``Wildfires in the West--Is the 
Bush Administration's Response Adequate?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 6, full Committee, hearing entitled ``What's the Hold Up'' A 
Review of Security Clearance Backlog and Reciprocity Issues Plaguing 
Today's Government and Private Sector Workforce,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing entitled 
``Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Update on Federal Government 
Initiatives and Revolutionary New Treatment of Neurodevelopmental 
Diseases,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations: May 5, hearing on Water 
Scarcity in the Middle East: Regional Cooperation as a Mechanism 
Toward Peace, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 5, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on H.R. 3447, 
Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas Act 
of 2003, 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  May 6, full Committee, hearing on Ethnic Cleansing in Darfur: A 
New Front Opens in Sudan's Bloody War; followed by mark up of H. 
Con. Res. 403, Condemning the Government of the Republic of the 
Sudan for its attacks against innocent civilians in the impoverished 
Darfur region of western Sudan, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 5, to mark up the following: H.J. 
Res. 83, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States regarding the appointment of individuals to fill vacancies in 
the House of Representatives; H.R. 2934, Terrorist Penalties 
Enhancement Act of 2003; H.R. 3179, Anti-Terrorism Intelligence 
Tools Improvement Act of 2003; a resolution Recognizing the 50th 
anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education; H.R. 3754, Fraudulent 
Online Identity Sanctions Act; H.R. 1731, Identity Theft Penalty 
Enhancement Act; S. 1301, Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2003; 
H.R. 1678, Anti-Hoax Terrorism Act of 2003; H.R. 1302, Federal 
Courts Improvement Act of 2003; H.R. 3632, Anti-Counterfeiting 
Amendments of 2003; and private relief bills, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, to mark up the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and 
Reauthorization Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources: May 5, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 142, To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwatwer Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Inland Empire regional water recycling project, 
to authorize the Secretary to carry out a program to assist agencies 
in projects to construct regional brine lines in California, and to 
authorize the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy Area 
desalination demonstration and reclamation project; H.R. 1014, 
Gateway Communities Cooperation Act; H.R. 2010, To protect the 
voting rights of members of the Armed Services in elections for the 
Delegate representing American Samoa in the United States House of 
Representatives; H.R. 2201, National War Permanent Tribute 
Historical Database Act; H.R. 2663, To authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating 
Castle Nugent Farms located on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, as a unit 
of the National Park System; H.R. 2828, Water Supply, Reliability, 
and Environmental Improvement Act; H.R. 2912, To reaffirm the 
inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Tribe to determine its 
membership and form of government; H.R. 2966, Right-to-Ride 
Livestock on Federal Lands Act of 2003; H.R. 2991, Inland Empire 
Regional Water Recycling Initiative; H.R. 3247, Trail Responsibility 
and Accountability for the Improvement of Lands Act of 2003; H.R. 
3378, Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2003; H.R. 3504, To amend 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to 
redesignate the American Indian Education Foundation as the National 
Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education; H.R. 3505, to 
amend the Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance Act to specify the 
recipients and consideration for conveyance of the Bend Pine 
Nursery; H.R. 3706, John Muir National Historic Site Boundary 
Adjustment Act; H.R. 3768, Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve 
Boundary Revision Act of 2004; H.R. 3819, Lewis and Clark National 
Historical Park Designation Act of 2004; H.R. 3846, Tribal Forest 
Protection Act of 2004; H.R. 3874, To convey for public purposes 
certain Federal lands in Riverside County, California, that have 
been identified for disposal; 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 
H.R. 4114, Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 2004, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  May 6, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, hearing on H.R. 3283, Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 
Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules: May 4, to consider H.R. 4227, Middle-Class 
Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2004, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.

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  Committee on Science: May 5, hearing entitled ``U.S. Commission on 
Ocean Policy Preliminary Report,'' 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business: May 5, hearing entitled ``Improving 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act--H.R. 2345,'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprise, Agriculture and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``The Benefits of Tax Incentives for 
Producers of Renewable Fuels and its impact on Small Businesses and 
Farmers,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: May 5, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, oversight hearing on Railroad Security, 
11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing on H.R. 4251, Maritime Transportation Amendments of 2004, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 6, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on the following: H.R. 4020, State Veterans' Homes Nurse 
Recruitment Act of 2004; H.R. 4231, Department of Veterans Affairs 
Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act of 2004; H.R. 3849, Military 
Sexual Trauma Counseling Act of 2004; H.R. 4248, Homeless Veterans 
Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2004; and a measure to reform the 
qualifications and selection requirements for the position of the 
Under Secretary for Health, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 5, to mark up H.R. 4103, AGOA 
Acceleration Act of 2004, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 4, executive, TTIC 
Briefing on Terrorist Threats, 4:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
   May 5, executive, hearing on DCI Wrap Up Budget, 10 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.
   May 5, Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, execurive, hearing on Aligning CIA HUMINT, 2 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.
   May 6, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, 
executive, briefing on Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security. May 5, Subcommittee on 
Infrastructure and Border Security, hearing entitled ``Maritime 
Security Operations within the Department of Homeland Security,'' 2 
p.m., room to be announced.
   May 6, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Progress in Addressing 
Management Challenges at the Department of Homeland Security,'' 
10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

   Joint Economic Committee: May 7, to hold a hearing to examine the 
employment situation for April, 9:30 a.m., 1334 LHOB.