[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 86 (Monday, June 21, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D658-D659]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JUNE 22, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings to examine the structural imbalance of the District 
of Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Defense, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 10:45 a.m., SD-192.
  Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2005, 3:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine regulatory reform proposals, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine aviation security, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy, 
to hold hearings to examine the Department of Energy's High 
Performance Computing research and development activities in both 
the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Office of 
Science, and S. 2176, to require the Secretary of Energy to carry 
out a program of research and development to advance high-end 
computing through the Office of Science, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine tax-exempt 
organizations, focusing on governance and best practices of 
charities, charities accommodating tax shelters, and current 
problems and issues in the charitable community, 10 a.m., SDG-50.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 
convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and 
Protocol to Convention on International Interests in Mobile 
Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment, concluded at 
Cape Town, South Africa, on November 16, 2001 (Treaty Doc. 108-10), 
and the nominations of John Marshall Evans, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, Tom C. 
Korologos, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Belgium, 
Charles P. Ries, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
Greece, 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, Anne W. Patterson, of 
Virginia, to be a Representative of the United States of America to 
the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during 
her tenure of service as Deputy Representative of the United States 
of America to the United Nations, and to be Deputy Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank 
and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the 
Deputy Representative of the United States of America in the 
Security Council of the United Nations, John C. Danforth, of 
Missouri, to be Representative of the United States of America to 
the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during 
his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of 
America to the United Nations, Joseph D. Stafford III, of Florida, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, Lewis W. Lucke, of 
Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland, R. Niels 
Marquardt, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cameroon, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Ann 
M. Corkery, of Virginia, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Fifty-eighth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations, Benjamin A. Gilman, of New York, and 
Walid Maalouf, of Virginia, each to be an Alternate Representative 
of the United States of America to the Fifty-eighth Session of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations, John D. Rood, of Florida, to 
be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, William R. 
Brownfield, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of 
Venezuela, Thomas Fingar, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of State for Intelligence and Research, Suzanne Hale, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassasador to Micronesia, Ralph Leo Boyce, of Virginia, to 
be Ambassador to Thailand, James R. Kunder, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Administrator of the USAID for Asia and the Near East, 
Edward Brehm, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the African 
Development Foundation Board of Directors, Adam L. Lindemann, of New 
York, to be a Member of the Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting, 
and a Foreign Service Officer Promotion List, Time to be announced, 
S-116, Capitol.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the safety and 
security of Peace Corps volunteers around the world, 9:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine preserving 
traditional marriage, focusing on states' perspective, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, to 
hold hearings to examine the use of subpoena authority and pretrial 
detention of terrorists in fighting terrorism, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.

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  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
pending Veterans' programs bills, 2:45 p.m., SR-418.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the 
Medicaid crisis, 10 a.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, on Air Force Budget Request, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Progress in Iraq, 9 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st 
Century Competitiveness, hearing entitled ``H.R. 4283, the College 
Access and Opportunity Act: Does Accreditation Provide Students and 
Parents Accountability and Quality?'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``NIH Ethics Concerns: Consulting 
Arrangements and Outside Awards,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``The New Basel 
Accord: Private Sector Perspectives,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, 
Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``LNG 
Import Terminal and Deepwater Port Siting: Federal and State 
Roles,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations, to continue hearings on ``Nuclear Security: 
Can DOE Meet Facility Security Requirements? (Part II), 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on A Parent's Worst 
Nightmare: The Heartbreak of International Child Abductions, 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S. Policy 
Toward South Asia, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing entitled 
``Safeguarding Americans From a Legal Culture of Fear: Approaches to 
Limiting Lawsuit Abuse,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on S. 1194, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act 
of 2003, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4548, Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways, Transit and Pipelines, oversight hearing on Public 
Transportation Security, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on 
Tax Exemption: Pricing Practices of Hospitals, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.