[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 18, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D526-D527]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





             COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to mark up an original bill to reauthorize child nutrition 
programs, 10:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2005 for the District of Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: to resume hearings to examine 
allegations of mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners, 8:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the International Monetary Fund and 
World Bank, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 900, to convey the Lower 
Yellowstone Irrigation Project, the Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan 
Missouri Basin Program, and the Intake Irrigation Project to the 
pertinent irrigation districts, S. 1876, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to convey certain lands and facilities of the Provo 
River Project, S. 1957, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to cooperate with the States on the border with Mexico and other 
appropriate entities in conducting a hydrogecologic 
characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority 
transboundary aquifers, S. 2304 and H.R. 3209, bills to amend the 
Reclamation Project Authorization Act of 1972 to clarify the acreage 
for which the North Loup division is authorized to provide 
irrigation water under the Missouri River Basin project, S. 2243, to 
extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a 
hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska, H.R. 1648, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain water 
distribution systems of the Cachuma Project, California, to the 
Carpinteria Valley Water District and the Montecito Water District, 
and H.R. 1732, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to participate in the Williamson County, Texas, Water Recycling and 
Reuse Project, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
Treasury Department and terrorism financing; to be followed by a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Juan Carlos Zarate, of 
California, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Finance, and 
Stuart Levey, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Enforcement, 
both of the Department of the Treasury, and John O. Colvin, of 
Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to continue hearings to examine 
the way ahead in Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S.J. 
Res. 37, to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and 
ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding 
Indian Tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf 
of the United States, and S. 2277, to amend the Act of November 2, 
1966 (80 Stat. 1112), to allow binding arbitration clauses to be 
included in all contracts affecting the land within the Salt River 
Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine Health 
Savings Accounts and the New Medicare Law, focusing on the future of 
health care, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review Agricultural Trade 
Negotiations, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up H.R. 4278, 
Improving Access to Assistive Technology for Individuals with 
Disabilities Act of 2004, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``Regional Energy

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Reliability and Security: DOE Authority to Energize the Cross Sound 
Cable,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing 
entitled ``Competition in the Communications Marketplace: How 
Convergence Is Blurring the Lines Between Voice, Video, and Data 
Services,'' 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government 
Efficiency and Financial Management, to mark up H.R. 3826, Program 
Assessment and Results Act; followed by an oversight hearing 
entitled ``Mission Impossible? Fixing NASA's Financial Management,'' 
2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental 
Relations and the Census, oversight hearing entitled ``Federal 
Enterprise Architecture: A Blueprint for Improved Federal IT 
Investment and Cross-Agency Collaboration and Information Sharing,'' 
2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Implementation of 
the Millennium Challenge Act, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, to mark up H. Res. 642, Providing for the 
establishment of a commission in the House of Representatives to 
assist parliaments in emerging democracies, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 646, 
To Expand the boundaries of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield 
to authorize the acquisition and interpretation of lands associated 
with the campaign that resulted in the capture of the fort in 1862; 
H.R. 1156, To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to increase the ceiling on the Federal share of 
the costs of phase I of the Orange County, California, Regional 
Water Reclamation Project; H.R. 2619, Kilauea Point National 
Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2003; H.R. 2831, Newlands Project 
Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act; H.R. 2909, 
Utah Test and Training Range Protection Act; H.R. 3785, To authorize 
the exchange of certain land in Everglades Park; H.R. 4115, To amend 
the Act of November 2, 1966 (80 Stat. 1112), to allow binding 
arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts affecting the 
land within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation; H.R. 
4158, To provide for the conveyance to the Government of Mexico of a 
decommissioned National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship; 
H.R. 4362, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept a 
parcel of Federal land in the State of Washington in trust for the 
Nisqually Tribe, to ensure that the acceptance of such land does not 
adversely affect the Bonneville Power Administration; S. 144, 
Noxious Weed Control Act of 2003; and S. 1146, Three Affiliated 
Tribes Health Facility Compensation Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled 
``The Impact of Federal Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy R&D 
Programs,'' 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards, hearing 
entitled ``Homeland Security Research and Development at the EPA: 
Taking Stock and Looking Ahead,'' 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Red Tape 
Reduction: Improving the Competitiveness of America's Small 
Manufacturers,'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on The Use of Biometrics to Improve 
Aviation Security, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 4231, amended, Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse Recruitment 
and Retention Act of 2004; 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, D.C., 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. 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; H.R. 1716, amended, Veterans Earn 
and Learn Act of 2004; and H.R. 4175, amended, Veterans' 
Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2004, 2 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the 
Department of Veterans' role in the development of interoperable 
electronic-medical records systems in the Federal Government, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to consider 
pending meeting, 1:45 p.m., executive, Briefing on Department of 
Defense Intelligence Reform Initiative (DoD HUMINT Reform), 2 p.m., 
H-405 Capitol.