[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 83 (Wednesday, June 16, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D632-D633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 17, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 2 p.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider S. 894, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
coins in commemoration of the 230th Anniversary of the United States 
Marine Corps, and to support construction of the Marine Corps 
Heritage Center; S. 976, to provide for the issuance of a coin to 
commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement; and 
the nomination of Alan Greenspan, of New York, to be Chairman of the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; to be followed by 
a hearing to examine the regulation of the bond markets, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine measures to enhance border security, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings 
to examine the final report on the President's Commission on 
Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the Environmental Management Program of the Department of 
Energy and issues associated with accelerated cleanup, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power: to hold hearings to examine S. 
2513, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority 
for the planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico 
Rural Water System; S. 2511, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to conduct a feasibility study of a Chimayo water supply system, to 
provide for the planning, design, and construction of a water 
supply, reclamation, and filtration facility for Espanola, New 
Mexico; S. 2508, to redesignate the Ridges Basin Reservoir, 
Colorado, as Lake Nighthorse; S. 2460, to provide assistance to the 
State of New Mexico for the development of comprehensive State water 
plans; and S. 1211, to further the purposes of title XVI of the 
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992, the 
``Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act'', 
by directing the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a 
demonstration program for water reclamation in the Tularosa Basin of 
New Mexico, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (the ``Cybercrime 
Convention'' or the ``Convention''), which was signed by the United 
States on November 23, 2001 (Treaty Doc. 108-11), United Nations 
Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (the 
``Convention''), as well as two supplementary protocols: (1) the 
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, 
Especially Women and Children, and (2) the Protocol Against 
Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, which were adopted by 
the United Nations General Assembly on November 15, 2000. The 
Convention and Protocols were signed by the United States on 
December 13, 2000, at Palermo, Italy (Treaty Doc. 108-16), Inter-
American Convention Against Terrorism (``Convention'') Adopted at 
the Thirty-second Regular Session of the General Assembly of the 
Organization of American States (``OAS'') Meeting in Bridgetown, 
Barbados, and signed by thirty countries, including the United 
States, on June 3, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 107-18), and Protocol of 
Amendment to the International Convention on the Simplification and 
Harmonization of Customs Procedures done at Brussels on June 26, 
1999 (Treaty Doc. 108-6), 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be Deputy Representative of the 
United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador, and the Deputy Representative of the United 
States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations, and 
to be a Representative of the United States of America to the 
Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and James B. 
Cunningham, of Pennsylvania, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with 
the rank of Ambassador, and to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with 
the rank of Ambassador, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of John 
C. Danforth, of Missouri, to be U.S. Representative to the United 
Nations with the rank of Ambassador; and to be U.S. Representative 
in the Security Council of the United Nations; and to be U.S. 
Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the 
United Nations, 3 p.m., SD-419.

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  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the danger of purchasing 
pharmaceuticals over the Internet, focusing on the extent to which 
consumers can purchase pharmaceuticals over the Internet without a 
medical prescription, the importation of pharmaceuticals into the 
United States, and whether pharmaceuticals from foreign services are 
counterfeit, expired, unsafe, or illegitimate, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on training of Iraqi security 
forces, 9 a.m., and a hearing on the impact of defense trade offsets 
on the U.S. defense industrial base, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, to mark up H.R. 2929, Safeguard Against 
Privacy Invasions Act, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Problems with the E-rate Program: Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Concerns 
in the Wiring of Our Nation's Schools to the Internet,'' 9:30 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Domestic and 
International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing 
entitled, ``The US-EU Regulatory Dialogue: The Private Sector 
Perspective,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``The War Against 
Drugs and Thugs: A Status Report on Plan Colombia Successes and 
Remaining Challenges,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, oversight hearing on the 
Election Assistance Commission and Implementation of the Help 
America Vote Act, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: H. Res. 642, House Commission For Assisting Democratic 
Parliaments Resolution; and H. Con. Res. 410, Recognizing the 25th 
anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands and recognizing the Marshall Islands as a 
staunch ally of the United States, committed to principles of 
democracy and freedom for the Pacific region and throughout the 
world; followed by a hearing on United States Economic Assistance to 
Egypt: Does It Advance Reform?'' 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, to mark up the following measures: H. Con. 
Res. 415, Urging the Government of Ukraine to ensure a democratic, 
transparent, and fair election process for the presidential election 
on October 31, 2004; and H. Res. 652, Urging the Government of the 
Republic of Belarus to ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair 
election process for its parliamentary elections in the fall of 
2004, 10 a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 4586, Family Movie Act of 
2004, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Families and Businesses in Limbo: The 
Detrimental Impact of the Immigration Backlog,'' 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3102, To utilize the expertise 
of New Mexico State University, the University of Arizona, and 
Northern Arizona University in conducting studies under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 in connection with grazing 
allotments and range and continuing range analysis for National 
Forest System lands in New Mexico and Arizona; H.R. 3427, Craig 
Recreation Land Purchase Act; H.R. 4494, Grey Towers National 
Historic Site Act of 2004; and S. 2003, To clarify the intent of 
Congress with respect to the continued use of established commercial 
outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River, 11 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, Subcommittee on Technology and the House, to 
continue hearings to examine Rule X, the Organization of Committees, 
including its current legislative impact, arrangement, and 
effectiveness, 11 a.m., H-313 capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight, hearing on Department of Labor's Enforcement Against 
Small Businesses, 10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on efforts to identify and 
eliminate fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement in programs 
administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Health Care Information Technology, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on failure to Protect 
Child Safety, 4 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on Customs Budget Authorizations 
and Other Customs Issues, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Human 
Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, executive, briefing 
on Counternarcotics: Afghanistan, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, 
executive, briefing on Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.