[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 12, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D494-D495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 13, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulatory 
issues, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
contingency reserve fund request for fiscal year 2005, 9:30 a.m., 
SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings 
to examine acquisition policy issues in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2005, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to examine 
social science data on the impact of marriage and divorce on 
children, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
combating corruption in the multilateral development banks, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to examine 
challenges and accomplishments as the European Union and the United 
States promote trade and tourism in a terrorism environment, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine causes, 
research and prevention of premature births, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Property Rights, business meeting to consider S.J. Res. 
23, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
providing for the event that one-fourth of the members of either the 
House of Representatives or the Senate are killed or incapacitated, 
9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, 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. 1933, to promote effective enforcement of 
copyrights, 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. 2013, to amend section 119 of title 17, United 
States Code, to extend satellite home viewer provisions, S. Res. 
331, designating June 2004 as ``National Safety Month'', and the 
nomination of Henry W. Saad, of Michigan, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing and Related Programs, on Millennium Challenge 
Corporation, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st 
Century Competitiveness, to mark up H.R. 4278, Improving Access to 
Assistive Technology for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004, 
9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Federal Employees' Compensation Act and Its Benefits 
for Workers,'' 1 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``The US-EU 
Regulatory Dialogue and Its Future,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Harnessing 
Science: Advancing Care by Accelerating the Rate of Cancer Clinical 
Trial Participation,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on The Imminent 
Transfer of Sovereignty in Iraq, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 3220, Business Activity Tax 
Simplification Act of 2003, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.J. Res. 56, 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relating to marriage; and to mark up the following measures: H.J. 
Res. 568, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Judicial determinations regarding the meaning of the laws of the 
United States should not be based on judgments, laws, or 
pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign 
judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the 
original meaning of the laws of the United States; and H.R. 1775, To 
amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the oak tree as the 
national tree of the United States, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3433, To 
transfer federal lands between the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior; H.R. 3479, Brown Tress Snake Control and 
Eradication Act of 2003; H.R. 4027, To authorize the Secretary of 
Commerce to make available to the University of Miami property under 
the administrative jurisdiction of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration on Virginia Key, Florida, for use by the 
University for a Marine Life Science Center; and H.R. 4158, To 
provide for the conveyance to the Government of Mexico of a 
decommissioned National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing 
entitled ``Firefighting Preparedness: Are we ready for the 2004 
Wildlife Season?'' 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing to examine federal high-performance 
computing research and development activities and to consider H.R. 
4218, High-Performance Computing Revitalization Act of 2004, 10:30 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on Avoiding Summer Delays and a Review 
of the FAA's Air Traffic Organization, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and 
Emergency Management, oversight hearing on How to Best Prepare for 
Acts of Terror: National Preparedness and First Responder Funding, 
12 p.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, to mark 
up the following bills: H.R. 4231, Department of Veterans Affairs 
Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act of 2004; and H.R. 4248, Homeless 
Veterans Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2004, 11 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1716, 
Veterans Earn and Learn Act; 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, DC., 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. 4175, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-
Living Adjustment Act of 2004; and H.R. 4345, To amend title 38, 
United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of home loan 
guaranty available under the home loan guaranty program of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on State Efforts to Comply with Federal Child Welfare 
Reviews, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Department of Homeland Security Intelligence Budget, 3:30 p.m., H-
405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, hearing 
on Intelligence Community Language Capabilities, 10 a.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, 
hearing on Information Technology Policy Sharing, 1 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 2443, to authorize 
appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2004, to amend 
various laws administered by the Coast Guard, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the costs of 
health services regulations, 10 a.m., SD-628.