[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 23, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D679-D681]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PESTICIDE AND PRICE COMPETITIVENESS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Production and Price Competitiveness concluded a hearing to examine S. 
1406, to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
register a Canadian pesticide, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Dorgan; Adam Sharp, Associate Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection 
Agency; Jim Gray, North Dakota Department of Agriculture, Bismarck, on 
behalf of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture; 
Mark Gage, Page, North Dakota, on behalf of the National Association

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of Wheat Growers; and Jay Vroom, CropLife America, Washington, D.C.
PEER-TO-PEER TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Competition, Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure concluded a hearing 
to examine the potential benefits and detriments to both consumers and 
content providers from the anticipated uses of internet peer-to-peer 
file distribution technology in the future, focusing on ``filesharing'' 
of film and music, after receiving testimony from Howard Beales III, 
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; John 
Rose, EMI Group and EMI Music, New York, New York; Michael Weiss, 
StreamCast Networks, Inc., Woodland Hills, California; Les Ottolenghi, 
INTENT MediaWorks, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia; and Curt Pederson, Oregon 
State University Corvallis.
GRAZING REGULATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded a hearing 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, after 
receiving testimony from Jim Hughes, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior; Tom L. Thompson, Deputy Chief, 
National Forest System, Department of Agriculture; Peter Andrew 
Groseta, Cottonwood, Arizona, on behalf of the Public Lands Council and 
the National Cattlemen's Beef Association; Mike G. Casabonne, New 
Mexico Public Lands Council, Hope; and Bob M. Skinner, Oregon 
Cattlemen's Association, Jordon Valley.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 2550, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the 
Safe Drinking Water Act to improve water and wastewater infrastructure 
in the United States, with amendments;
  S. 2495, to strike limitations on funding and extend the period of 
authorization for certain coastal wetland conservation projects;
  H.R. 2408, to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize 
volunteer programs and community partnerships for national wildlife 
refuges;
  S. 2547, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exclude non-native 
migratory bird species from the application of that Act;
  S. 2554, 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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1134, to reauthorize and improve the programs authorized by the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, with amendments;
  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''; and
  S. 2398, to designate the Federal building located at 324 Twenty-
Fifth Street in Ogden, Utah, as the James V. Hansen Federal Building.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing 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, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of David M. Stone, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, after the nominee testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.
WMD SMUGGLING NETWORKS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial 
Management, the Budget, and International Security concluded a hearing 
to examine U.S. efforts to address the threat posed by the 
international smuggling weapons of mass destruction technologies, and 
U.S. programs and initiatives, including the Proliferation Security 
Initiative, to counter these proliferation threats, after receiving

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testimony from Peter Lichtenbaum, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Export Administration; Mark T. Fitzpatrick, Acting Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State for Nonproliferation Controls; David Albright, 
Institute for Science and International Security, Michael Moodie, 
Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute, and Baker Spring, 
Heritage Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.; and Leonard S. Spector, 
Monterey Institute of International Studies Center for Nonproliferation 
Studies, Monterey, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute
INDIAN TRIBAL DETENTION FACILITIES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine issues and problems related to Bureau of Indian Affairs' 
tribal detention facilities, focusing on prison deaths and suicides, 
prisoner escapes, and police officer safety, after receiving testimony 
from Earl E. Devaney, Inspector General, David W. Anderson, Assistant 
Secretary for Indian Affairs, both of the Department of the Interior; 
Tracy Henke, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of 
Justice; Howard D. Richards, Sr., Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ignacio, 
Colorado; Vivian Juan-Saunders, Hope MacDonald-Lonetree, Navajo Nation, 
Window Rock, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation, Sells, Arizona; Darrel 
Martin, Fort Belknap Indian Community Council, Harlem, Montana; and 
Fred Guardipee, Blackfeet Tribal Business Council, Browning, Montana.
BIOLOGIC MEDICINE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the law of biologic medicine, focusing on scientific and legal 
limitations of the use of biologics which are drugs derived from living 
material, after receiving testimony from Lester M. Crawford, Acting 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and Daniel Troy, Associate General 
Counsel, both of the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health 
and Human Services; David Beier, Amgen Inc., and William B. Schultz, 
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, on behalf of the Generic Pharmaceutical 
Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Carole Ben-Maimon, Barr 
Research, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; and William Hancock, 
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.