[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 18, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D523-D526]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SUPPORTING OUR INTERCOLLEGIATE STUDENT-ATHLETES: PROPOSED NCAA REFORMS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing entitled ``Supporting Our 
Intercollegiate Student-Athletes: Proposed NCAA Reforms.'' Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
NIH ETHICS CONCERNS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled

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``NIH Ethics Concerns: Consulting Arrangements and Outside Awards.'' 
Testimony was heard from Marilyn L. Glynn, Acting Director, Office of 
Government Ethics; the following officials of the Department of Health 
and Human Services; Edgar M. Swindell, Associate General Counsel, 
Ethics Division; Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Deputy Director, NIH; Lance 
A. Liotta, M.D., Chief, Laboratory of Pathology, J. Carl Barrett, 
Director, Center for Cancer Research, and Anna D. Barker, Deputy 
Director, Advanced Technologies and Strategic Partnerships, all with 
the National Cancer Institute; and Emanuel Petricoin, Lead 
Microbiologist, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA; Jack 
Maskell, American Law Division, Congressional Research Service, Library 
of Congress; and a public witness.
MARKET STRUCTURE--SEC PROPOSAL
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled 
``SEC Proposal on Market Structure: How will Investors Fare?'' 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
IMPROVING FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Improving Financial Oversight: 
A Private Sector View of Anti-Money Laundering Efforts.'' Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY ACT; ``FIRST YEAR ON THE JOB: CHIEF 
HUMANCAPITAL OFFICERS''
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Civil Service and 
Agency Organization approved for full Committee action, as amended, S. 
129, Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2003.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing entitled ``First year on the 
job: Chief Human Capital Officers.'' Testimony was heard from Kay Coles 
Jones, Director, OPM; Chris Mihm, Managing Director, Strategic Issues, 
GAO; Reginald Wells, Chief Human Capital Officer, SSA; and a public 
witness.
ENSURING ACCURACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN LAB TESTING
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources held a hearing entitled ``Ensuring Accuracy 
and Accountability in Lab Testing: Does the Experience of Maryland 
General Hospital Expose Cracks in the System?'' Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human 
Services: Steven I. Gutman, M.D., Director, Office of In Vitro 
Diagnostics Device Evaluation and Safety, FDA; and Sean Tunis, M.D., 
Chief Clinical Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and 
Deputy Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS; Nelson 
J. Sabatini, Secretary, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State 
of Maryland; and public witnesses.
``HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN TRANSPORTATION?''
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing entitled ``How Can We 
Maximize Private Sector Participation in Transportation?'' Testimony 
was heard from Emil Frankel, Assistant Secretary, Transportation 
Policy, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
SHOULD CHINA JOIN THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP?
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Should China 
Join the Nuclear Suppliers Group? Testimony was heard from John Wolf, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Nonproliferation, Department of State.
ANTI-TERRORISM INTELLIGENCE TOOLS IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held a hearing on H.R. 3179, Anti-Terrorism 
Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Justice; Daniel J. Bryant, 
Assistant Attorney General; and Thomas J. Harrington, Deputy Assistant 
Director, FBI; and a public witness.
OVERSIGHT--ALIEN SMUGGLING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security, and Claims held an oversight hearing entitled ``Pushing the 
Border Out on Alien Smuggling: New Tools and Intelligence 
Initiatives,'' Testimony was heard from Joe D. Morton, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary and Director, Diplomatic Security Service, 
Department of State; the following officials of the Department of 
Homeland Security: Robert Harris, Deputy Chief, Border Patrol, Bureau 
of Customs and Border Protection; and John P. Torres, Deputy Assistant 
Director, Smuggling and Public Safety, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; and a public witness.
OVERSIGHT--CHESAPEAKE BAY IN YOUR COMMUNITY: A RESTORATION PLAN
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans held an oversight

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hearing on The Chesapeake Bay in Your Community: A Restoration Plan. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 4045, To authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to prepare a feasibility study with respect to the Mokelumne 
River; H.R. 3597, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through 
the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study on the Alder 
Creek water storage and conservation project in El Dorado County, 
California; and H.R. 2257, Lower Yellowstone Reclamation Projects 
Conveyance Act. Testimony was heard from John Keys III, Commissioner, 
Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.
CONFERENCE REPORT--CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 
2005
Committee on Rules: Committee granted, by a vote of 7 to 4, a rule 
waiving all points of order against the conference report to accompany 
S. Con.Res. 95, Setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2005 and including the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2006 through 2009, and against its 
consideration. The rule provides that the conference report shall be 
considered as read. The rule provides one hour of debate in the House 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on the Budget. Section 2 provides that upon 
adoption in the House of the conference report, and until a concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2005 has been adopted by the 
Congress, the provisions of the conference report and its joint 
explanatory statement shall have force and effect in the House and that 
for the purposes of title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
the conference report shall be considered for the purposes of the House 
to have been adopted by the Congress. The rule provides that nothing in 
section 2 may be construed to engage rule XXVII. Section 3 provides 
that the conferees of the House on H.R. 2660 shall be, and they are 
hereby discharged and that H.R. 2660 and its accompanying papers, be, 
and they are hereby, laid on the table.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005
Committee on Rules: Committee granted, by voice vote, a structured rule 
providing 2 hours of general debate on H.R. 4200, National Defense 
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2005, equally divided and controlled 
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 
Services. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now printed 
in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points 
of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Armed Services. The rule makes in order 
only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report 
accompanying the resolution, and amendments en bloc described in 
section 3 of the resolution.
  The rule provides that amendments shall be considered only in the 
order specified in the report (except as specified in section 4 of the 
resolution), may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 
shall be debatable for 10 minutes (unless otherwise specified in the 
report) equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment (except that the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services each may 
offer one pro forma amendment for the purpose of further debate on any 
pending amendment), shall be considered as read, and shall be not be 
subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against the 
amendments printed in the Rules Committee report and those amendments 
en bloc as described in section 3 of the resolution. The rule 
authorizes the Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services, or his 
designee, to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed 
in the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of, which shall be 
considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Armed Services or their designees, and shall not be 
subject to amendment or demand for a division of the question in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole.
  The rule provides that the original proponent of an amendment 
included in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the 
Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of the 
amendments en bloc. The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of 
the Whole to recognize for consideration of any amendment printed in 
the Rules Committee report out of the order printed, but not sooner 
than one hour after the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or 
a designee announces from the floor a request to that effect. Finally, 
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rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Hunter and Representatives 
Cunningham, Ehlers, Manzullo, English, Wamp, Whitfield, Goode, Shimkus, 
Flake, Capito, Johnson of Illinois, Kennedy of Minnesota, Beauprez, 
Skelton, Spratt, Meehan, Loretta Sanchez, Tauscher, Davis of 
California, Langevin, Cooper, Meek of Florida, Markey, Dicks, Lantos, 
Cardin, Slaughter, Price of North Carolina, Waters, Bishop of Georgia, 
Hastings of Florida, Maloney, Woolsey, Blumenauer, Harman, Strickland, 
Inslee, Lee, Tierney, Schakowsky, Udall of Colorado, Matheson and 
Schiff.
OVERSIGHT--VETERANS HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on homeless 
assistance programs for veterans. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Gordon H. 
Mansfield, Deputy Secretary; and John Kuhn, Homeless Program 
Coordinator, New Jersey Health Care System; Patricia Carlile, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Special Needs Programs, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development; Don Winstead, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Planning 
and Evaluation, Office of Human Services Policy, Department of Health 
and Human Services; and public witnesses.
REVIEW CIA'S COMPENSATION REFORM INITIATIVE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Human 
Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence met in executive session 
to hold a hearing to Review CIA's Compensation Reform Initiative, 
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.