[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 72 (Thursday, May 20, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D541-D542]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EXTENDED CUSTODIAL INVENTORY PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Reserve's Extended 
Custodial Inventory Program (ECI), focusing on recent events involving 
the Union Bank of Switzerland-Zurich which violated its ECI Agreement 
with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York by engaging in U.S. dollar 
banknote transactions with countries subject to sanctions by the U.S. 
Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which 
administers and enforces economic sanctions against targeted foreign 
countries, after receiving testimony from R. Richard Newcomb, Director, 
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury; and 
Thomas C. Baxter, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City.
CAN-SPAM ACT REVIEW
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the implementation of the Controlling the Assault 
of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM Act) (P.L. 
108-187), focusing on new federal efforts to address unsolicited 
commercial email (``spam'') to better protect consumers and businesses, 
after receiving testimony from Timothy Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade 
Commission; Jana D. Monroe, Assistant Director, Cyber Division, and Dan 
Larkin, Unit Chief, Internet Crime Complaint Center, both of Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Ted Leonsis, America 
Online, Inc., Dulles, Virginia; Shinya Akamine, Postini, Inc., Redwood 
City, California; Hans Peter Brondmo, Digital Impact, Inc., San Mateo, 
California; James Guest, Consumers Union, Yonkers, New York; and Ronald 
Scelson, MicroEvolutions.com, Montgomery, Texas.
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 1672, to expand the Timucuan 
Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida, S. 1789 and H.R. 1616, bills 
to authorize the exchange of certain lands within the Martin Luther 
King, Junior, National Historic Site for lands owned by the City of 
Atlanta, Georgia, S. 2167, to establish the Lewis and Clark National 
Historical Park in the States of Washington and Oregon, and S. 2173, to 
further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site 
Establishment Act of 2000, after receiving testimony from Paul Hoffman, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and 
Parks; Steve Brady, Sr., Northern Cheyenne Sand Creek Descendants, Lame 
Deer, Montana; Carol J. Alexander, Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum, 
Jacksonville, Florida; and Rex Ziak, Naselle, Washington.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety resumed oversight hearing to examine 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, focusing on how the NRC and the 
industry will move forward with credibility and safety to ensure that 
nuclear power continues to be an important part of meeting economic, 
energy, and environment needs in the United States, after receiving 
testimony from Nils J. Diaz, Chairman, Edward McGaffigan, Jr., 
Commissioner, and Jeffrey S. Merrifield, Commissioner, all of the U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Marvin S. Fertel, Nuclear Energy 
Institute, and David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Marilyn C. Kray, Exelon Nuclear, Kimberton, 
Pennsylvania, on behalf of NuStart Energy Development LLC; and Barclay 
G. Jones,

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Nuclear and 
Radiological Engineering, Urbana.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Juan Carlos Zarate, of California, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Terrorist Financing, 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.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG REIMPORTATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine prescription drug reimportation, 
focusing on efforts to reduce drug costs, patient safety concerns, 
recent state action, fraudulent and counterfeit drugs, an international 
comparison of rising prescription drug expenditures, and S. 2328, to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the 
importation of prescription drugs, after receiving testimony from John 
M. Taylor, Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, and William 
Hubbard, Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning, both of the 
Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; 
John A. Vernon, University of Connecticut Center for Healthcare and 
Insurance Studies, Storrs; Philip Lee, Stanford University, Stanford, 
California; and Tim Malone, Livermore, California.
NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIVITY ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held a hearing to examine S. 
2382, to establish grant programs for the development of 
telecommunications capacities in Indian country, receiving testimony 
from J.D. Williams, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, 
D.C.; and Kade L. Twist, Native Networking Policy Center, Reston, 
Virginia.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call of the Chair.
FBI OVERSIGHT OF TERRORISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the FBI, counterterrorism, and intelligence arenas, focusing on 
steps the FBI has taken to put critical capabilities in place by 
reforming counterterrorism and intelligence programs, as well as 
overhauling information technology, after receiving testimony from 
Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1933, to promote effective enforcement of copyrights, with 
amendments;
  S. Res. 362, expressing the sense of the Senate on the dedication of 
the National World War II Memorial on May 29, 2004, in recognition of 
the duty, sacrifices, and valor of the members of the Armed Forces of 
the United States who served in World War II;
  H. Con. Res. 409, recognizing with humble gratitude the more than 
16,000,000 veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces during 
World War II and the Americans who supported the war effort on the home 
front and celebrating the completion of the National World War II 
Memorial on the National Mall in the District of Columbia; and
  ``The nomination of Jonathan W. Dudas, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
Pamela M. Iovino, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Congressional Affairs.
BUSINESS MEETING
  Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session 
to consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.