[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 94 (Friday, July 9, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D740-D743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 12 through July 17, 2004

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 1 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 40, Constitutional Amendment 
on Marriage.
  During the balance of the week Senate may consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriations bills, 
when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: July 15, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to 
examine preventing chronic disease through healthy lifestyles, 9:30 
a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 13, to hold 
hearings to examine the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (P.L. 106-102), to 
enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing 
a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities 
firms, and other financial service providers, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  July 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine regulation of 
the hedge fund industry, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  July 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Stuart Levey, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of 
the Treasury for Enforcement, Juan Carlos Zarate, of California, to 
be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and 
Financial Crimes, and Carin M. Barth, of Texas, to be Chief 
Financial Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2:30 
p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 13, to 
hold hearings to examine the proposed reauthorization of the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of David M. Stone, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security, and Albert A. Frink, Jr., of 
California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 3 p.m., SR-
253.
  July 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine home products 
fire safety issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold 
hearings to examine adult stem cell research issues, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings to 
examine implementation of the Nielsen local people meter TV rating 
system, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 13, to hold 
hearings to examine the role of nuclear power in national energy 
policy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  July 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 2317, to limit the royalty on soda ash, S. 
2353, to reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 
1992; H.R. 1189, to increase the waiver requirement for certain 
local matching requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and H.R.; 2010 to protect the voting rights of 
members of the Armed Services in elections for the Delegate 
representing American Samoa in the United States House of 
Representatives, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  July 15, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1852, to provide financial assistance for the 
rehabilitation of the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the development of an exhibit to 
commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin; 
S. 2142, to authorize appropriations for the New Jersey Coastal 
Heritage Trail Route; S. 2181, to adjust the boundary of Rocky 
Mountain National Park in the State of Colorado; S. 2374, to provide 
for the conveyance of certain land to the United States and to 
revise the boundary of Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma; 
S. 2397 and H.R. 3706, bills to adjust the boundary of the John Muir 
National Historic Site; S. 2432, to expand the boundaries of 
Wilson's Creek Battlefield National Park; S. 2567, to adjust the 
boundary of Redwood National Park in the State of California; and 
H.R. 1113, to authorize an exchange of land at Fort Frederica 
National Monument, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 13, Subcommittee on East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine human 
trafficking issues, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  July 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine balancing 
reform and counterterrorism in Pakistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  July 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine U.S. policy 
toward Southeast Europe, focusing on the Balkans, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.

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  July 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine a report on 
the latest round of six-way talks regarding nuclear weapons in North 
Korea, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  July 15, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and 
Trade Promotion, to hold hearings to examine the Gulf of Guinea and 
U.S. strategic energy policy, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: July 15, Permanent Subcommittee 
on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine current enforcement 
of key provisions in the Patriot Act combating money laundering and 
foreign corruption, using a single case study involving Riggs Bank, 
focusing on Riggs' anti-money laundering program, administration of 
accounts associated with senior foreign political figures and their 
family members, and interactions with its primary regulator, the 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 15, 
Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine 
Pell grants for primary education, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 14, business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business; to be followed by an oversight hearing on 
the implementation of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 
1978, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 13, to hold hearings to examine 
Blakely v. Washington and the future of the federal sentencing 
guidelines, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine section 211 
of the Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 1999, as included 
in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act 1999 (Public Law 105-227), 2 p.m., SD-226.
  July 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
implications of drug importation, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: July 14, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Federal Election Commission, 9:30 
a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 13, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  July 15, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 15, to hold hearings to examine 
medical liability in long term care, 2 p.m., SD-628.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
July 13, to hold hearings to examine the abuse of anabolic steroids 
and their precursors by adolescent amateur athletes, 10 a.m., SD-
215.


                             House Chamber

  Program to be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, July 14, to mark up the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 2005: Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies; and District of Columbia, 
10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on International 
Relations, July 14, joint hearing on the Role of Arms Export Policy 
in the Global War on terror, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 15, full Committee, hearing on Army Transformation: 
Implications for the Future, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on 
Small Business Innovation and Technology, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 13, hearing on H.R. 
4283, College Access and Opportunity Act of 2004, focusing on 
Graduation Rates and Student Outcomes, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Education Reform, to mark up H.R. 4496, 
``Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act,'' 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on H.R. 
1329, Recreational Marine Employment Act of 2003, 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 13, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Air Quality, hearing entitled ``A Hearing to Review Proposals to 
Consolidate the Offices of Counter Intelligence at NNSA and DOE,'' 
9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing entitled ``POPs, Pic, and LRTAP: the Role of the United 
States and Draft Legislation to Implement These International 
Conventions,'' 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, 
hearing entitled ``Radio Frequency Identification (REID) Technology: 
What the Future Holds for Commerce, Security, and the Consumer,'' 
11:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Competition and Consumer Choice in the MVPD 
Marketplace Including an Examination of Proposals to Expand Consumer 
Choice, Such as A La Carte and Themed-Tiered Offerings,'' 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 13, Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 4057, Samaritan 
Initiative Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the 
Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, joint hearing entitled ``A Review of the Office of 
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight and Federal Housing Finance 
Board,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Diversity in the Financial Services Industry and Access 
to Capital for Minority-Owned Businesses: Challenges and 
Opportunities,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, July 13, Subcommittee on Civil 
Service and Agency Organization, hearing entitled ``The Federal 
Hiring Process II: Shortening the Long and Winding Road,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.

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  July 13, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations, hearing entitled ``Visa Revocations II: 
Still Porous, Slow to Fix,'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Facilitating an Enhanced Information 
Sharing Network that Links Law Enforcement and Homeland Security for 
Federal, State and Local Governments,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 14, full Committee and the Committee on Agriculture, joint 
hearing entitled ``A Review of USDA's Expanded BSE Cattle 
Surveillance Program,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial 
Management, hearing entitled ``Improving IG Functionality and 
Independence-A Review of Legislative Ideas,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, hearing entitled 
``Health Informatics: What is the Prescription for Success in 
Intergovernmental Information Sharing and Emergency Response?'' 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, July 14, Subcommittee on 
Asia, hearing on Islam in Asia, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on Transatlantic 
Relations: A Post-Summit Assessment, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 15, Subcommittee on Courts, the 
Internet, and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing entitled 
``Internet Streaming of Radio Broadcasts: Balancing the Interests of 
Sound Recording Copyright Owners with those of Broadcasters,'' 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 13, oversight hearing on gaming on 
off-reservation, restored and newly-acquired lands, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on the Status of Ocean Observing Systems 
in the United States, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 14, full Committee, to mark up the following measures: H. 
Res. 431, Honoring the achievements of Siegfried and Roy, 
recognizing the impact of their efforts on the conservation of 
endangered species both domestically and worldwide, and wishing Roy 
Horn a full and speedy recovery; H.R. 1630, Petrified Forest 
National Park Expansion Act of 2003; H.R. 2129, Taunton, 
Massachusetts Special Resources Study Act; H.R. 2400, To amend the 
Organic Act of Guam for the purposes of clarifying the local 
judicial structure of Guam; H.R. 2457, Castillo De San Marcos 
National Monument Preservation and Education Act; H.R. 2960, To 
amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling 
and desalinization project; H.R. 3056, To clarify the boundaries of 
the John H. Chafee Coast Barrier Resources System Cedar Keys Unit 
P25 on Otherwise Protected Area P25P; H.R. 3257, Western Reserve 
Heritage Area Study Act; H.R. 3334, Riverside-Corona Feeder 
Authorization Act; H.R. 3427, Craig Recreation Land Purchase Act; 
H.R. 3479, Brown Tree Snake Control and Eradication Act of 2003; 
H.R. 3589, To create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the 
Government of the Virgin Islands; H.R. 3597, To authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to 
conduct a feasibility study on the Alder Creek water storage and 
conservation project in El Dorado County, California; H.R. 3954, 
Rancho El Cajon Boundary Reconciliation Act; H.R. 4010, National 
Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2004; H.R. 4027, To 
authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make available to the 
University of Miami property under the administrative jurisdiction 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Virginia 
Key, Florida, for use by the University for a Marine Life Science 
Center; H.R. 4045, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
prepare a feasibility study with respect to the Mokelumne River; 
H.R. 4170, Department of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act of 
2004; H.R 4459, Llagas Reclamation Groundwater Remediation 
Initiative; H.R. 4481, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 2004; H.R. 4492, To amend the Omnibus Parks and 
Public Lands Management Act of 1966 to extend the authorization for 
certain national heritage areas; H.R. 4494, Grey Towers National 
Historic Site Act of 2004; H.R. 4508, To amend the National Parks 
and Recreation Act of 1978 to require the Secretary to permit 
continued use and occupancy of certain privately owned cabins in the 
Mineral King Valley in the Sequoia National Park; H.R. 4606, 
Southern California Groundwater Remediation Act; H.R. 4617, To amend 
the Small Tracts Act to facilitate the exchange of small tracts of 
land; H.R. 4625, Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2004; S. 943, To 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 1 or more 
contracts with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of the 
city's water in the Kendrick Project, Wyoming; S. 1003, To clarify 
the intent of Congress with respect to the continued use of 
established commercial outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River; 
S. 1537, To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the New 
Hope Cemetery Association certain land in the State of Arkansas for 
use as a cemetery; H.R. 1576, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park 
Boundary Revision Act of 2003; and S. 1721, American Indian Probate 
Reform Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing entitled ``Advances in Technology: Innovations in the 
Domestic Energy and Mineral Sector'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on Restoring Forests after Catastrophic Events, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  July 15, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4066, Chickasaw National 
Recreation Area Land Exchange Act of 2004; H.R. 4469, Angel Island 
Immigration Station Restoration and Preservation Act; and H.R. 4579, 
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National Historic Site in the State of Missouri, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, July 15, Subcommittee on Environment, 
Technology and Standards, hearing on The National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration Organic Acts, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on NASA 
Prizes, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 14, hearing to examine how trade 
laws can be changed and barriers lowered to benefit U.S. small 
businesses, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment, and Government 
Programs and the Subcommittee on Benefits of the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs, joint hearing entitled ``Excellence in Action: 
Government Support of Disabled Veteran-Owned Business,'' 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 13, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, oversight hearing on GSA's Fiscal Year 2005 Capital 
Investment and Leasing Program, 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on In-Line 
Explosive Detection Systems: Financing and Deployment, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings 
and Emergency Management, to mark up the GSA's Fiscal Year 2005 
Capital Investment and Leasing Program, and other pending business, 
10:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
oversight hearing on Louisiana Coastal Area-Addressing Decades of 
Coastal Erosion, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 13, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing to Examine Child Welfare Reform Proposals, 1 
p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing to Review the IRS 
Enforcement of the Reporting of Tip Income, 10:15 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 14, executive, 
hearing on The Critical Need for Interrogation in the Global War on 
Terrorism, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Counterintelligence: 
People's Republic of China, 11 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National 
Security, executive, briefing on ``Global Intelligence Update,'' 9 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Counternarcotics: 
Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Southeast Asia Traffic, 10 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: July 13, meeting of conferees on H.R. 3550, to 
authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, 
and transit programs, 11 a.m., 2167 RHOB.
  Conference: July 14, meeting of conferees on H.R. 2443, to 
authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2004, 
to amend various laws administered by the Coast Guard, 3:15 p.m., 
2167 RHOB.