[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 76 (Thursday, June 3, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D574-D575]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, JUDICIARY AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, Judiciary and Related Agencies held a hearing on FBI 
Transformation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the FBI, Department of Justice: Robert S. Mueller, III, Director; 
Maureen Baginski, Executive Assistant Director, Intelligence; and 
John Pistole, Executive Assistant Director, Counterterrorism and 
Counterintelligence; Laurie E. Ekstrand, Director, Homeland Security 
and Justice Issues, GAO; the following officials of the 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress: Alfred Cumming, 
Specialist, Intelligence and National Security Foreign Affairs, 
Defense and Trade Division; and Todd Masse, Specialist, Domestic 
Intelligence and Counterterrorism, Domestic Social Policy; and a 
public witness.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
held a hearing on the District of Columbia Budget. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the District of Columbia: Anthony A. 
Williams, Mayor; Linda W. Cropp, Chairwoman, Council; and Natwar M. 
Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer.
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security approved 
for full Committee action the Department of Homeland Security 
appropriations for fiscal year 2005.
INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related 
Agencies approved for full Committee action the Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 2005.
ARMED FORCES--SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on sexual assault 
prevention and response in the armed forces. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Defense: David S. C. Chu, 
Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness; Ellen Embrey, Deputy 
Assistant, Force Health Protection and Readiness; Reginald J. Brown, 
Assistant Secretary of the Army, Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Michael 
Dominguez, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Manpower and Reserve 
Affairs; and William Navas, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Manpower 
and Reserve Affairs; the following officials of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs: Frances Murphy, M.D., Deputy Under Secretary, Health 
Policy Coordination; Carol O'Brien, Director, Center for Sexual Trauma 
Services, DVA Medical Center, Bay Pines, Florida; and Lori Katz, Staff 
Psychologist, Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator, DVA Women's Health 
Clinic, Long Beach, California; and public witnesses.
FASTER AND SMARTER FUNDING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ACT; SATELLITE HOME 
VIEWER EXTENSION AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, the 
following: H.R. 3266, Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders 
Act of 2003; and the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and 
Reauthorization Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Financial Services: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 4363, amended, Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004; H.R. 
3916, amended, Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2004; H.R. 3755, amended, 
Zero Downpayment Act of 2004; and H.R. 4471, Home Ownership 
Opportunities for Native Americans Act of 2004.
  The Committee began markup of H.R. 3574, Stock Option Accounting 
Reform Act.
  The Committee recessed subject to call.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; SUPERSIZING OF AMERICA--COMBATING OBESITY AND 
PROMOTING HEALTHY LIVING
Committee on Government Reform: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H.R. 3826, amended, 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.
  The Committee also held a hearing entitled ``The Supersizing of 
America: The Federal Government's Role in Combating Obesity and 
Promoting Healthy Living.'' Testimony was heard from Lester M. 
Crawford, M.D., Acting Commissioner, FDA, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Eric Hentges, M.D., Director, Center for Nutrition 
Policy and Promotion, USDA; Lynn Swann, Chair, President's Council on 
Physical Fitness and Sports; and public witnesses.

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OVERSIGHT--OPERATIONS OF THE U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property held an oversight hearing on the Operations of 
the U.S. Copyright Office. Testimony was heard from Marybeth Peters, 
Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress.
ACCESS TO RURAL PHYSICIANS IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security, and Claims, approved for full Committee action H.R. 4453, 
Access to Rural Physicians Improvement Act of 2004.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans approved for full Committee action 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, amended, 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.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY--FINANCIAL CONDITION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held an oversight hearing on The Financial Condition of the 
Airline Industry. Testimony was heard from JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, 
Physical Infrastructure Team, GAO; Michael Kestenbaum, Executive 
Director, Air Transportation Stabilization Board; and public witnesses.
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE: IRAN
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Human 
Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence met in executive session 
to hold a hearing on Counterintelligence: Iran. Testimony was heard 
from departmental witnesses.
BRIEFING--GLOBAL TERRORISM UPDATE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Terrorism 
and Homeland Security met in executive session to receive a briefing on 
Global Terrorism Update. The Subcommittee was briefed by departmental 
witnesses.
NATIONAL BIODEFENSE STRATEGY
Select Committee on Homeland Security: Held a hearing entitled 
``Towards A National Biodefense Strategy.'' Testimony was heard from 
Penrose Albright, Assistant Secretary, Science and Technology, 
Department of Homeland Security; from the following officials of the 
Department of Health and Human Services: Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director, 
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and William F. 
Raub, M.D., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Public Health 
Emergency Preparedness; MG Lester Martinez-Lopez, USA, Commanding 
General, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command; and public 
witnesses.