[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 82 (Tuesday, June 15, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D617-D619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
REVIEW FARM SECURITY AND RURAL INVESTMENT ACT IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSERVATION 
TITLE
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural 
Development, and Research held a hearing to review Implementation of the 
Conservation Title of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: James R. 
Little, Administrator, Farm Service Agency; and Bruce I. Knight, Chief, 
Natural Resources Conservation Service; and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, JUDICIARY AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
Judiciary and Related Agencies approved for full Committee action the 
Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary and Related Agencies appropriations for 
fiscal year 2005.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a 
hearing on Navy Budget Request. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of the Navy: ADM Vern Clerk, USN, Chief, Naval 
Operations; H.T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary, Installations and 
Environment; and GEN William Nyland, USMC, Assistant Commandant, U.S. Marine 
Corps.
U.S. TROOP WITHDRAWALS FROM KOREA STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the strategic implications of 
U.S. troop withdrawals from Korea. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Education Reform 
held a hearing on H.R. 4496, Vocational and Technical Education for the 
Future Act. Testimony was heard from Katherine Oliver, Assistant State 
Superintendent, Career, Technology and Adult Learning, Department of 
Education, State of Maryland; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health approved for full 
Committee action the following bills: H.R. 2023, amended, Asthmatic 
Schoolchildren's Treatment and Health Management Act of 2003; H.R. 4555, 
Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act of 2004; and S. 741, Minor 
Use and Minor Species Animal Health Act of 2003.
JUNK FAX PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the 
Internet held hearing on the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2004. Testimony was 
heard from K. Dane Snowden, Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 
FCC; and public witnesses.
STOCK OPTION ACCOUNTING REFORM ACT
Committee on Financial Services: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 3574, 
Stock Option Accounting Reform Act.

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UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES: CONTRACTING AND THE REBUILDING OF IRAQ
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Unprecedented 
Challenges: Contracting and the Rebuilding of Iraq.'' Testimony was heard 
from David M. Walker, Comptroller General, GAO; and the following officials 
of the Department of Defense: Lawrence Lanzilotta, Principle Deputy and 
Acting Under Secretary (Comptroller); Deirde Lee, Director, Defense 
Procurement and Acquisition Policy; Tina Basllard, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Army (Policy and Procurement); William H. Reed, Director, Defense 
Contract Audit Agency; GEN Paul Kern, USA, Commanding General, U.S. Army 
Materiel Command; and BG Robert Crear, USA, Commander, Southwestern 
Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
IRAQ: WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging 
Threats and International Relations held a hearing on Iraq: Winning Hearts 
and Minds. Testimony was heard from the following officials from the 
Department of State: Ambassador Ronald L. Schlicher, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Asia/Iraq; and Gordon West, Senior Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the Near East, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary, International Security Affairs; 
LTG Walter L. Sharp, USA, Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Chiefs 
of Staff; Rend al-Rahim Francke, Iraqi Representative to the United States; 
and public witnesses.
UZBEKISTAN: THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN CENTRAL ASIA?
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
Central Asia held a hearing on Uzbekistan: The Key to Success in Central 
Asia?'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department 
of State: Michael Kozak, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; and B. Lynn Pascoe, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Mira Ricardel, Acting 
Assistant Secretary, International Security Policy, Department of Defense; 
and public witnesses.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security approved for full Committee action H.R. 218, Law Enforcement 
Officers Safety Act of 2003.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation. 
Testimony was heard from Albert C. Eisenberg, Delegate, House of Delegates, 
State of Virginia; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1630, Petrified 
Forest National Park Expansion Act of 2003; H.R. 2129, Taunton, 
Massachusetts Special Resources Study Act; H.R. 3954, Rancho El Cajon 
Boundary Reconciliation Act; H.R. 4481, To amend Public Law 86-434 
establishing Wilson's Creek National Battlefield in the State of Missouri to 
expand the boundaries of the park; and S. 1576, Harpers Ferry National 
Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2003. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Renzi, Frank of Massachusetts, Hunter, Blunt and Capito; the 
following officials of the Department of the Interior: Paul Hoffman, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; and John Hughes, Deputy 
Director, Bureau of Land Management; and public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2005
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 hour of 
general debate on H.R. 4568, making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. Under the rules of the House the bill 
shall be read for amendment by paragraph. The rule waives points of order 
against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule 
XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an 
appropriations bill), except as specified in the resolution. The rule 
authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have-
printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was

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heard from Representatives Taylor of North Carolina; Dicks and Norton.
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2005
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 7 to 4, an open rule providing 1 
hour of general debate on H.R. 4567, making appropriations for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2005, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. Under the rules of the House the 
bill shall be read for amendment by paragraph. The rule waives points of 
order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions 
in an appropriations bill), except as specified in the resolution. The rule 
authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have 
pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Rogers, Manzullo, Obey, Sabo, DeLauro and Turner 
of Texas.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy approved for full Committee 
action the following bills: H.R. 3890, To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum 
Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988; and H.R. 
4516, Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004.
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER WORKFORCE STATUS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation 
held an oversight hearing on The Status of the Air Traffic Controller 
Workforce. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Transportation: Marion Blakey, Administrator, FAA; and Alexis 
Stefani, Deputy Assistant Inspector General; JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, 
Physical Infrastructure Team, GAO; and public witnesses.
TAX SIMPLIFICATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on Tax 
Simplification. Testimony was heard from the following former Commissioners 
of IRS, Department of the Treasury; Mortimer M. Caplin; Sheldon S. Cohen; 
Don C. Alexander; and Fred T. Goldberg; and public witnesses.
ENHANCING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER PRIVACY
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing 
on Enhancing Social Security Number Privacy. Testimony was heard from J. 
Howard Beales III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, FTC; Patrick P. 
O'Carroll, Acting Inspector General, SSA; Barbara Bovbjerg, Director, 
Education, Workforce, and Income Security, GAO; Lawrence E. Maxwell, 
Assistant Chief Inspector, Investigations and Security, United States Postal 
Inspection Service, United States Postal Service; and public witnesses.
BORDER SECURITY
Select Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Infrastructure and 
Border Security held a hearing entitled ``Protecting the Homeland: Building 
a Layered and Coordinated Approach to Border Security.'' Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Homeland Security: Victor 
Cerda, Special Advisor to Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement; and Chief David Aguilar, Tuscan Sector Border Patrol 
Chief, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection; and public witnesses.
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