[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 82 (Tuesday, June 15, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D619-D621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              JUNE 16, 2004

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security, 
business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making appropriations 
for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2005, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2281, to provide a clear and

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unambiguous structure for the jurisdictional and regulatory treatment for 
the offering or provision of voice-over-Internet-protocol applications, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine measures to 
strengthen regulations and oversight to better ensure agriculture 
financing integrity, 11 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Charles P. Ries, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to Greece, Tom C. Korologos, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Ambassador to Belgium, and John Marshall Evans, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, 2 p.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; S. 
297, to provide reforms and resources to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to 
improve the Federal acknowledgement process; S. 1529, to amend the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act to include provisions relating to the payment and 
administration of gaming fees; S. 1696, to amend the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide further self-
governance by Indian tribes; S. 1715, to amend the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide further self-
governance by Indian tribes; S. 2172, to make technical amendments to the 
provisions of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act 
relating to contract support costs; 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, and motion to authorize the chairman to 
issue subpoenas in regards to tribal lobbying matters; to be followed by 
an oversight hearing to examine the No Child Left Behind Act (Public Law 
107-110), 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 1996, to enhance and 
provide to the Oglada Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project 
certain benefits of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program, 2 p.m., 
SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of Richard A. Griffin, of Michigan, and David W. McKeague, of Michigan, 
each to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, and 
Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington, to be United States District Judge 
for the Middle District of Florida, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review Iraqi Agriculture: From Oil 
for Food to the Future of Iraqi Production Agriculture and Trade, 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the following appropriations 
for fiscal year 2005: Defense and Energy and Water Development, 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative, to mark up the Legislative appropriations 
for fiscal year 2005, following full Committee markup, H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Army Budget Request, 2 p.m., 
B-300 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the status of U.S. forces in 
Iraq after June 30, 2004, 10 a.m., and a hearing on the report of the 
United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing entitled ``H.R. 4283, 
College Access and Opportunity Act: Are Students at Proprietary 
Institutions Treated Equitably under Current Law?'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Parents Be Aware: Health Concerns 
about Dietary Supplements for Overweight Children,'' 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 4110, FHA Single Family Loan Limit 
Adjustment Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Department of the Treasury,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency 
and Financial Management, oversight hearing entitled ``Private Sector 
Consultants and Federal Management: More than Balancing the Books,'' 2 
p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing entitled ``Living in 
Fear: The Continued Human Rights Abuses in Castro's Cuba,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental 
Relations and the Census, hearing entitled ``Locking Your Cyber Front 
Door--The Challenges Facing Home Users and Small Businesses,'' 2:30 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing 
on U.S. Initiatives at NATO's Istanbul Summit, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human 
Rights, hearing on The Visa Waiver Program and the Screening of Potential 
Terrorists, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, hearing on The Future 
of U.S.-Egyptian Relations, 3 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 218, 
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2003; H.R. 3266, Faster and 
Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 2003; H.R. 4518, Satellite 
Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004; H.R. 338, Defense 
of Privacy Act; H.R. 3632, Anti-Counterfeiting Amendments of 2003; and 
H.R. 2934, Terrorist Penalties Enhancement Act of 2003, 10 a.m. 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, hearing on H.R. 3589, To create the Office of 
Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight 
hearing on The Importance of Fishery Data Collection Programs, 2 p.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3334, Riverside-Corona Feeder Authorization Act; H.R. 3597, To authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to 
conduct a feasibility study on the Alder Creek water storage and 
conservation project in El Dorado County, California; and H.R. 4045, To 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a feasibility study 
with respect to the Mokelumne River, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, Subcommittee on Technology and the House, hearing 
to examine Rule X, the Organization of Committees, including its current 
legislative impact, arrangement, and effectiveness, 1 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, to mark up 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; H.R. 4218, High-Performance 
Computing Revitalization Act of 2004; and H.R. 3598, Manufacturing 
Technology Competitiveness Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways, Transit, and Pipelines, oversight hearing on Pipeline Safety 
and the Office of Pipeline Safety, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Benefits, hearing on 
the following: H.R. 4032, Veterans Fiduciary Act of 2004; and the 
Veterans Self-Employment Act of 2004, 11 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the Implementation of the 
United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to mark up the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 3 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings to 
examine the April 2003 Berlin Conference on Anti-Semitism and consider 
appropriate steps to following up on the conference, 10 a.m., 334 CHOB.