[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 1, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D557-D558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 2 through June 5, 2004

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, at approximately 10:45 a.m., Senate will resume 
consideration of S. 2400, Department of Defense Authorization Act.
  During the balance of the week, upon conclusion of S. 2400, DOD 
Authorization, Senate will begin consideration of S. 2062, Class Action 
Fairness Act. Also, Senate may consider any other cleared legislative 
and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: June 2, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2005 for the Iraq and Afghanistan Contingent Emergency Reserve Fund, 
10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 2, to hold a closed briefing on 
national security issues, 10:15 1 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 2, to hold 
hearings to examine the role of State securities regulators in 
protecting investors, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  June 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
enforcement of the bank secrecy act, enacted in 1970, which 
authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations 
requiring that financial institutions keep records and file reports 
on certain financial transactions, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 2, to 
hold hearings to examine fire fighting aircraft, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  June 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jon D. Leibowitz, of Maryland, and Deborah P. 
Majoras, of Virginia, both to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, Brett 
T. Palmer, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 
Benjamin H. Wu, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Technology Policy, Enrique J. Sosa, of Florida, to be a Member 
of the Reform Board (Amtrak), and Scott Kevin Walker, of Wisconsin, 
to be a Member of the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Competition, Foreign Commerce, and 
Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine the TREAD Act, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 2, to hold hearings to 
examine the Greater Middle East initiative, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: June 2, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 2, Subcommittee on Constitution, 
Civil Rights and Property Rights, business meeting to consider S.J. 
Res. 4, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of 
the flag of the United States, 1:30 p.m., SD-226.
  June 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  June 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Child 
Custody Protection Act focusing on the protection of parents' rights 
and children's lives, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  June 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
judicial nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.

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                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 2, hearing to review the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 2, Subcommittee on Defense, 
executive, to mark up the Department of Defense appropriations for 
fiscal year 2005, 2 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary and 
Related Agencies, on FBI Transformation, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 3, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, on District of 
Columbia Budget, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 3, hearing on sexual assault 
prevention and response in the armed forces, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 2, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Scientific Opportunities and Public Needs: 
Balancing NIH's Priority Setting Process,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 2, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Advancing the DTV Transition: An Examination of 
the FCC Media Bureau Proposal,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 3, full Committee, to consider the following: H.R. 3266, 
Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 2003; and the 
Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act, 9:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 2, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing 
entitled ``Investing for the Future: 529 State Tuition Savings 
Plans,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 2, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Risk Management and Regulatory Failures at Riggs Bank and 
UBS: Lessons Learned,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 3, full Committee, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
4363, Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004; H.R. 3916, 
Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2004; H.R. 3755, Zero Downpayment Act of 
2004; and H.R. 3574, Stock Option Accounting Reform Act, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, June 2. Subcommittee on 
Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the 
census, oversight hearing entitled ``Who Might be Lurking at Your 
Cyber Front Door? Is Your System Really Secure? Strategies and 
Technologies to Prevent, Detect and Respond to the Growing Threat of 
Network Vulnerabilities,'' 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 3, full Committee, to consider the following: H.R. 3826, 
Program Assessment and Results Act; H.R. 4222, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 550 Nebraska 
Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, as the ``Newell George Post Office 
Building;'' H. Con. Res. 257, Expressing the sense of Congress that 
the President should posthumously award the Presidential Medal of 
Freedom to Harry W. Colmery; and H. Res. 653, Honoring former 
President George Herbert Walker Bush on the occasion of his 80th 
birthday; followed by a hearing entitled ``The Supersizing of 
America: The Federal Government's Role in Combating Obesity and 
Promoting Healthy Living,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, June 2, hearing on United 
States Policy in Afghanistan, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 2, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S. Policy 
in East Asia and the Pacific, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 3, Subcommittee on Courts, the 
Internet, and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on the 
Operations of the U.S. Copyright Office, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 3, Subcommittee on Fisheries 
Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up the following bills: 
S. 1814, To transfer federal lands between the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior; H.R. 3479, Brown Tree 
Snake Control and Eradication Act of 2003; and 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, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, June 2, hearing entitled ``Careers 
for the 21st Century: The Importance of Education and Worker 
Training for Small Business,'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 2, to mark up 
H.R. 3266, Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 
2004, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on The Financial 
Condition of the Airline Industry, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 2, Subcommittee 
on Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, executive, 
hearing on Assessing the Intelligence Community's Analytic 
Capabilities, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on Counterintelligence: Iran, 
10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, 
briefing on Global Terrorism Update, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, June 3, hearing entitled 
``Towards A National Biodefense Strategy,'' 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 4, to hold hearings to examine the 
employment situation for May, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.