[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 60 (Tuesday, May 4, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D445-D446]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
OVERTIME PAY RULE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing to examine the final rule on 
overtime pay, setting forth the criteria for determining who is 
exempted from the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage and overtime 
requirements as an executive, administrative, or professional employee, 
also known as the ``white-collar'' exemptions to the Act, receiving 
testimony from Tammy D. McCutchen, Administrator, Wage and Hour 
Division, Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor; and 
Craig Becker, AFL-CIO, David S. Fortney, Fortney and Scott, Ross E. 
Eisenbrey, Economic Policy Institute, and Ronald Bird, Employment 
Policy Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call of the Chair.
D.C. CHARTER SCHOOLS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia 
concluded a hearing to examine public charter schools in the District 
of Columbia, focusing on challenges facing D.C. charter schools, and 
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practices in D.C. charter school education, after receiving testimony 
from Peggy Cooper Cafritz, President, District of Columbia Board of 
Education; Thomas Louglin, Chairman, District of Columbia Public 
Charter School Board; Eric Adler, Co-Founder and Managing Director, 
School for Educational Evolution and Development (SEED) School; Joshua 
Kern, President and Chief Executive Officer, Thurgood Marshall Academy; 
David Domenici, Executive Director, See Forever Foundation; Joe Nathan, 
University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Institute, Minneapolis; and 
Ariana Quinones, District of Columbia Public Charter School 
Association, Washington, D.C.
IRAQI PRISONERS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing regarding allegations of mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners 
from General George W. Casey, Jr., USA, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army; 
Lieutenant General Paul T. Mikolashek, USA, Army Inspector General; and 
Major General Michael J. Marchand, USA, Assistant Judge Advocate 
General, U.S. Army.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, 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.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, 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.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities met in closed session and approved for full committee 
consideration, 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.
SATELLITE HOME VIEWER IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 
1999, focusing on preserving and extending pro-competitive measures in 
the current Act, as well as improving regulatory parity between cable 
and satellite TV providers, after receiving testimony from Charles W. 
Ergen, EchoStar Communications Corporation, Englewood, Colorado; Jim 
Yager, Barrington Broadcasting Company, Hoffman Estates, Illinois; Eddy 
Hartenstein, DirecTV, El Segundo, California; Araceli De Leon, 
Telemundo Communications Group, Phoenix, Arizona; and Gigi B. Sohn, 
Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C.
OLYMPIC SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Competition, Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure concluded a hearing 
to examine lessons learned from security at past Olympic Games, 
focusing on having a security team selected with complementary skills 
and the institutional experience to tackle an event of this proportion, 
after receiving testimony from Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, 
Boston; Mark Camillo, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Arlington, Virginia; 
David G. Maples, Johnson, Maples, and Associates, Atlanta, Georgia; 
Carl Lewis, Beaverton, Oregon; and Steven Lopez, Sugar Land, Texas.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill authorizing funds for fiscal year 2005 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.