[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 5, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D452-D453]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for 
defense-related programs, after receiving testimony from numerous 
public witnesses.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel 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 Readiness and Management 
Support 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 Strategic Forces 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: Committee met in closed session to mark up 
proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, but did not 
complete action thereon, and will meet again on tomorrow.
STEROID USE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held a 
closed hearing to examine the use of steroids by United States Olympic 
Athletes, receiving testimony from Terrence P. Madden, United States 
Anti-Doping Agency, and William C. Martin, United States Olympic 
Committee, both of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Donald Catlin, 
University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine Department of 
Pharmacology, Los Angeles.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call of the chair.
SPACE LAUNCH CAPABILITIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded a hearing to examine the space 
shuttle and the future of space launch, focusing on the International 
Space Station, defense launch systems, the civil and commercial 
perspectives, expendable versus reusable launch vehicles, and ensuring 
fairness in contracting, after receiving testimony from William F. 
Readdy, Associate Administrator for Space Flight, and Rear Admiral 
Craig E. Steidle, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Associate Administrator for 
Exploration Systems, both of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration; Michael Kahn, ATK Thiokol Inc., Brigham City, Utah; 
John C. Karas, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Denver, Colorado; 
Robert A. Hickman, Aerospace Corporation, Arlington, Virginia; and Elon 
Musk, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, El Segundo, 
California.

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PUBLIC LANDS CONVEYANCES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded a hearing 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, after receiving testimony from Senators Hatch 
and Reid; Bob Anderson, Deputy Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and 
Resource Protection, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 
Interior; Mark Whitney, Beaver County Commission, Beaver, Utah; Stephen 
G. Wells, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada; and John F. 
Gallagher, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
HEALTHY MARRIAGE
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy 
held a hearing to examine the benefits of a healthy marriage, focusing 
on the impact of divorce, drug use and poverty on children and 
marriage, receiving testimony from Julie Baumgardner, First Things 
First, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Dwayne Grimes, Dominick Walker, and 
Joseph T. Jones, all on behalf of the Center for Fathers, Families, and 
Workforce Development, Baltimore, Maryland; Kathryn J. Edin, 
Northwestern University Department of Sociology, Evanston, Illinois; 
Ron Haskins, Brookings Institution, and Theodora Ooms, Center for Law 
and Social Policy, both of Washington, D.C.; and Scott M. Stanley, 
University of Denver Center for Marital and Family Studies, Denver, 
Colorado.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call of the Chair.
TERRORISM: MATERIAL SUPPORT STATUTE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the material support statute relating to aiding terrorists, 
focusing on how material support statutes have been crucial in efforts 
in the investigation and prosecution of terrorists, and in the 
protection from future terrorist attacks, after receiving testimony 
from Christopher A. Wray, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal 
Division, Daniel J. Bryant, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal 
Policy, and Gary M. Bald, Assistant Director, Counterterrorism 
Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, all of the Department of 
Justice; and David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center, and Paul 
Rosenzweig, Heritage Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.