[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 22, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D672-D673]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JUNE 23, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Production and Price Competitiveness, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed legislation permitting the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to register Canadian pesticides, 10 
a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Competition, Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure, to hold 
hearings to examine peer-to-peer networks, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine the grazing programs 
of the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, including 
permit renewals, recent and proposed changes to grazing regulations, 
and the Wild Horse and Burro program, as it relates to grazing, and 
the Administration's proposal for sagegrouse habitat conservation, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 2495, to strike limitations on funding and extend the 
period of authorization for certain coastal wetland conservation 
projects; S. 2350, to establish the Long Island Sound Stewardship 
System; H.R. 2408, to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to 
reauthorize volunteer programs and community partnerships for 
national wildlife refuges; S. 1134, to reauthorize and improve the 
programs authorized by the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
of 1965; H.R. 1572, to designate the United States courthouse 
located at 100 North Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the 
``Winston E. Arnow United States Courthouse''; S. 2385, to designate 
the United States courthouse at South Federal Place in Santa Fe, New 
Mexico, as the ``Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse''; S. 
2398, to designate the Federal building located at 324 Twenty-Fifth 
Street in Ogden, Utah, as the James V. Hansen Federal Building, 
proposed Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act, proposed legislation to 
provide for the consideration and development of water and related 
resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct 
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the 
United States, and the proposed Water Infrastructure Financing Act, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to review and make 
recommendations on proposed legislation implementing the U.S.-
Australia Free Trade Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of June Carter Perry, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Joyce A. Barr, of Washington, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, R. Barrie Walkley, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, James D. McGee, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar, Cynthia G. 
Efird, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Angola, Jackson McDonald, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Guinea, and Christopher William Dell, of New Jersey, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold a closed briefing to examine the situation 
in Iraq with regard to the June 30, 2004 transition, 3 p.m., S-407, 
Capitol.

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  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of David M. Stone, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security, 11:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security, to 
hold hearings to examine weapons of mass destruction smuggling 
networks and U.S. programs and initiatives, such as the 
Proliferation Security Initiative, to counter these proliferation 
threats, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  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, and 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; to be followed by an 
oversight hearing to examine Indian tribal detention facilities, 10 
a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the law of 
biologic medicine, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, 
Rural Development, and Research, hearing to review Agricultural 
Biotechnology, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 2005: Commerce, Justice, State, 
Judiciary and Related Agencies; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration and Related Agencies; and Legislative, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the U.S. global defense 
footprint, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing entitled ``No 
Child Left Behind: Raising Student Achievement in America's Big City 
Schools,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Travel, Tourism, and 
Homeland Security: Improving Both without Sacrificing Either,'' 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing 
entitled ``Protecting Homeland Security: A Status Report on 
Interoperability Between Public Safety Communications Systems,'' 
1:30 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit and the Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, joint hearing entitled ``Promoting 
Homeownership by Ensuring Liquidity in the Subprime Mortgage 
Market,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider a Consulting Contract; 
followed by a hearing entitled ``Common Sense Justice for the 
Nation's Capital: An Examination of Proposals to Give D.C. Residents 
Direct Representation,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental 
Relations and the Census, hearing entitled ``Geospatial Information: 
Are we Headed in the Right Direction or Are We Lost?'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Stolen Passports: 
A Terrorist's First Class Ticket, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Recent 
Developments in Hong Kong, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3247, Trail Responsibility and Accountability for the Improvement of 
Lands Act of 2003; 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.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, to 
continue oversight hearings on ``Families and Business Limbo: the 
Detrimental Impact of the Immigration Backlog,'' 4 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, hearing on S. 1721, American Indian 
Probate Reform Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on 
Developing Biomass Potential: Turning Hazardous Fuels into Valuable 
Products, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following: H.R. 
4300, Eastern Municipal Water District Recycled Water System 
Pressurization and Expansion Project; H.R. 4389, To authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water 
for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from 
the Santa Margarita River, California; H.R. 4459, Llagas Reclamation 
Groundwater Remediation Initiative; and H.R. 4606, Southern 
California Groundwater Remediation Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing entitled: ``Protecting the 
Rights of Those Who Protect Us: Public Sector Compliance with the 
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) 
and Improvements to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA);'' 
and to examine an expanded enforcement role for the Office of 
Special Counsel and public sector compliance with USERRA, and the 
following measures: H.R. 3779, Safeguarding Schoolchildren of 
Deployed Soldiers Act of 2004; H.R. 4477, Patriotic Employer Act of 
2004; the USERRA Health Care Coverage Extension Act of 2004; and the 
Servicemembers Legal Protection Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following: the United 
States-Australia Free Trade Implementation Act; H.R. 1914, Jamestown 
400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2003; H.R. 2768, John 
Marshall Commemorative Coin Act; and H.R. 3277, Marine Corps 230th 
Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act, 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 3550, to authorize funds 
for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit 
programs, 2 p.m., 2167, Rayburn Building.