[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 96 (Tuesday, July 13, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D758-D759]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 14, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine home products fire safety issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings 
to examine adult stem cell research issues, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  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.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider S. 2610, to 
implement the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, and 
proposed legislation implementing the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade 
Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
balancing reform and counterterrorism in Pakistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine U.S. policy toward 
Southeast Europe, focusing on the Balkans, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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: to hold hearings to examine the 
implications of drug importation, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Federal Election Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-
301.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, 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 Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, to mark up H.R. 4496, Vocational and Technical 
Education for the Future Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Radio Frequency 
Identification (REID) Technology: What the Future Holds for 
Commerce, Security, and the Consumer,'' 1:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  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 Government Reform, and the Committee on Agriculture, 
joint hearing entitled ``A Review of USDA's Expanded BSE Cattle 
Surveillance Program,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management, 
hearing entitled ``Improving IG Functionality and Independence--A 
Review of Legislative Ideas,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental 
Relations and the Census, hearing entitled ``Health Informatics: 
What is the Prescription for

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Success in Intergovernmental Information Sharing and Emergency 
Response?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing on Islam in Asia, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up H.R. 3313, Marriage 
Protection Act of 2003, 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Trade Fairness: How We Can 
Make Our Trade Laws Work for America's Small Businesses, 2 p.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on In-Line Explosive Detection Systems: 
Financing and Deployment, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the United States-Morocco 
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 5 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
The Critical Need for Interrogation in the Global War on Terrorism, 
9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: 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.
  Conference: closed meeting of conferees on H.R. 4613, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2005, 6:30 p.m., HC-5, Capitol.