[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 91 (Tuesday, July 6, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D715-D716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of July 7 through July 10, 2004

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, at approximately 10:30 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of S. 2062, Class Action Fairness Act.
  During the balance of the week Senate may consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: July 8, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Admiral Vernon E. Clark, USN, for reappointment 
to the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations; and 
Lieutenant General James E. Cartwright, USMC, for appointment to the 
grade of general and to be Commander, United States Strategic 
Command, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 8, to 
hold hearings to examine S. 2411, to amend the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to provide financial assistance 
for the improvement of the health and safety of firefighters, 
promote the use of life saving technologies, achieve greater equity 
for departments serving large jurisdictions, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: July 7, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Patrick P. O'Carroll, Jr., of Maryland, to be 
Inspector General, Social Security Administration, and J. Russell 
George, of Virginia, to be Inspector General for Tax Administration, 
Timothy S. Bitsberger, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, and Paul Jones, of Colorado, to be a Member of the 
Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, all of the Department of 
the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 7, to hold hearings to 
examine juvenile detention centers, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 8, Financial Management, the Budget, and International 
Security, to hold hearings to examine the federal government's 
financial statement and accountability of taxpayer dollars at the 
Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 7, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Michael H. Schneider, Sr, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 7, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property 
Rights, to hold hearings to examine U.S. efforts to combat human 
trafficking and slavery, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  July 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 7, closed business meeting 
to consider pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, July 7, Subcommittee on the District 
of Columbia, to mark up the District of Columbia appropriations for 
fiscal year 2005, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  July 9, full Committee, to mark up the following appropriations 
for fiscal year 2005: Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs; and Military Construction, 9:15 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 7, hearing on Army and Marine 
Corps troop rotations for Operation Iraqi Freedom 3 and Operation 
Enduring Freedom 6 and the mobilization of the Army's Individual 
Ready Reserve, 10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 8, hearing on the economic, technology, vocational and skills 
implications of the Department of Defense trade offsets, 9 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 7, hearing entitled 
``Examining Cash Balance Pension Plans: Separating Myth from Fact,'' 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 7, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Voice Over 
Internet Protocol Services: Will the Technology Disrupt the Industry 
or Will Regulation Disrupt the Technology?'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 8, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled 
``United Nations Oil for Food Program,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 8, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Assessing 
Digestive Diseases Research and Treatment Opportunities,'' 11 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, July 7, Subcommittee on Criminal 
Justice, to continue hearings entitled ``Part II--Ensuring Accuracy 
and Accountability in Laboratory Testing: Does the Experience of 
Maryland General Hospital Expose Cracks in the System?'' 3 p.m., 
2203 Rayburn.
  July 7, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``Driving Down the Cost of 
Filling Up,'' 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 7, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial 
Management and the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging 
Threats and International Relations, joint oversight hearing 
entitled ``Business Process Modernization at the Department of 
Defense, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 7, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, oversight hearing 
entitled ``Defining Federal Information Technology Research and 
Development: Who? Where? What? Why? And How Much?'' 1:30 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  July 8, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 4380, 
To designate the facility of the United States

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Postal Service located at 4737 Mile Stretch Drive in Holiday, 
Florida, as the ``Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 4381, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 2811 Springdale Avenue in 
Springdale, Arkansas, as the ``Harvey and Bernice Jones Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 4442, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 1050 North Hills Boulevard in Reno, 
Nevada, as the ``Guardians of Freedom Memorial Post Office 
Building'' and to authorize the installation of a plaque at such 
site; H. Res. 646, Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that there should be established a National 
Community Health Center Week to raise awareness of health services 
provided by community, migrant, public housing, and homeless health 
centers; and H. Res. 684, Honoring David Scott Tidmarsh, the 2004 
Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion; followed by a hearing 
entitled ``Beneficial or Critical? The Heightened Need for Telework 
Opportunities in the Post-9/11 World,'' 10:15 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 8, Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing 
entitled ``Trafficking in Persons: The Federal Government's Approach 
to Eradicate This Worldwide Problem,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, July 7, hearing on Electronic 
Voting System Security, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, July 7, Subcommittee on 
International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights, hearing 
on United States Support of Human Rights and Democracy, 1:30 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 7, to mark up the following 
bills: S. 2363, To revise and extend the Boys and Girls Clubs of 
America; and H.R. 4518, Satellite Home Viewer Extension and 
Reauthorization Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 8, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, to mark up H.R. 4586, Family Movie Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 8, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing entitled ``The Aging of the Energy and 
Minerals Workforce: A Crisis in the Making?'' 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  July 8, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, to mark up of the following bills: H.R. 1630, Petrified 
Forest National Park Expansion Act of 2003; H.R. 2457, Castillo de 
San Marcos National Monument Preservation and Education Act; H.R. 
3954, Rancho El Cajon Boundary Reconciliation Act; and S. 1576, 
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 
2003, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 8, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 3391, Provo River Project Transfer Act; H.R. 4459, 
Llagas Reclamation Groundwater Remediation Initiative; and H.R. 
4606, Southern California Groundwater Remediation Act; followed by a 
hearing on the following bills: S. 943, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to contract with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for 
storage of the city's water in the Kendrick Project, Wyoming; H.R. 
4588, Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and 
Improvement Act of 2004; and H.R. 4650, Witchita Project Equus Beds 
Division Authorization Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 7, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
4755, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2005; and H.R. 3598, Manufacturing 
Technology Competitiveness Act of 2004, 3:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, July 7, hearing on the Rebate of 
Value Added Taxes at the Border and the Competitive Disadvantage for 
U.S. Small Businesses, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 8, Subcommittee on Tax, Finance and Exports, hearing entitled 
``H.R. 1818, Workforce Health Improvement Act of 2003: Healthy 
Employees; Healthy Bottom Line,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 8, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on National Capitol 
Region Air Space Control: A Review of the Issues Surrounding the 
June 9, 2004 flight of ``N24SP,'' 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 8, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 784, Water Quality Investment Act of 
2003; H.R. 4470, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
extend the authorization of appropriations for the Lake 
Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program from fiscal year 2005 to 
2010; H.R. 4688, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program; and H.R. 4731, To amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the national 
Estuary Program, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 8, Subcommittee on Health, to 
mark up a measure to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
enter into certain capital leases, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 7, hearing on Implementation of 
the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security. July 8, hearing entitled 
``Practice Makes Perfect: Strengthening Homeland Security by 
Exercising Terrorism Scenarios, 1 p.m., 210 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: July 7, meeting of conferees on H.R. 3550, to 
authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, 
and transit programs, 2 p.m., SD-G50.