[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 100 (Monday, July 19, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D796-D797]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 20, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding the activities of the Iraq Survey Group in Iraq, 9:30 
a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Juan Carlos Zarate, of California, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Stuart Levey, of 
Maryland, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, and 
Carin M. Barth, of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development; to be followed by an oversight 
hearing to examine the Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report of the 
Federal Reserve, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2590, provide a conservation royalty from Outer 
Continental Shelf revenues to establish the Coastal Impact 
Assistance Program, to provide assistance to States under the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, to ensure adequate funding 
for conserving and restoring wildlife, to assist local governments 
in improving local park and recreation systems, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider S. 2677, to 
implement the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement, H.R. 982, 
to clarify the tax treatment of bonds and other obligations issued 
by the Government of American Samoa, and the nominations of J. 
Russell George, of Virginia, to be Inspector General for Tax 
Administration, Department of the Treasury, Patrick P. O'Carroll, 
Jr., of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Social Security 
Administration, and Paul Jones, of Colorado, and Charles L. Kolbe, 
of Iowa, each to be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service 
Oversight Board, both of the Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
detours and disengagements regarding the road map to peace, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of 
Columbia, to hold hearings to examine governmentwide workforce 
flexibilities available to federal agencies, focusing on those 
enacted in the Homeland Security Act, specifically their 
implementation, use by agencies, and training and education related 
to using the new flexibilities, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, to hold hearings to 
examine performance and outcome measurement in substance abuse and 
mental health programs, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 2605, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the heads of other 
Federal agencies to carry out an agreement resolving major issues 
relating to the adjudication of water rights in the Snake River 
Basin, Idaho, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to markup S. 
1153, to amend title 38, United States Code, to permit medicare-
eligible veterans to receive an out-patient medication benefit, to 
provide that certain veterans who receive such benefit are not 
otherwise eligible for medical care and services from the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, S. 2483, to increase, effective as of December 
1, 2004, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-
connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity 
compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, S. 
2484, to amend title 38, United States Code, to simplify and improve 
pay provisions for physicians and dentists, to authorize alternate 
work schedules and executive pay for nurses, S. 2485, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve and enhance the authorities of 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to the management and 
disposal of real property and facilities, and S. 2486, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve and enhance education, 
housing, employment, medical, and other benefits for veterans and to 
improve and extend certain authorities relating to the 
administration or benefits for veterans, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine 
intelligence reform, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine intelligence reform, 
2:30 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review the Forest Land 
Enhancement Program. 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and 
Independent Agencies, to mark up the VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 2005, 10 a.m., H-140 
Capitol.

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  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on 
Depot Maintenance--Capacity and Resources for Future Work, 1:30 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on Special Operations Command Personnel 
Issues, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st 
Century Competitiveness, hearing entitled ``Are College Textbooks 
Priced Fairly?'' 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``Pipeline Safety,'' 11 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Credit Union 
Regulatory Improvements,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing on a 
GAO report entitled ``Multifamily Housing: More Accessible HUD Data 
Could Help Efforts to Preserve Housing for Low-Income Tenants,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Service and 
Agency Organization, oversight hearing entitled ``Time to Bite the 
Bullet: Fixing Federal Law Enforcement Pay and Benefits,'' 10 a.m., 
2203 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory 
Affairs and the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight of 
the Committee on Small Business, joint hearing entitled ``What is 
the Administration's Record in Relieving Burden on Small Business?--
Part II,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management, 
hearing entitled ``Are Financial Management Problems at the 
Department of Defense Impacting Army Reserve Pay?'' 2 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations, hearing entitled ``Public Safety 
Interoperability: Look Who's Talking Now,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental 
Relations and the Census, hearing entitled `` The Science of Voting 
Machine Technology: Accuracy, Reliability, and Security,'' 10 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
1787, Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2003; 
H.R. 3369, Nonprofit Athletic Organization Protection Act of 2003; 
and H.R. 1084, Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 1755, Child 
Custody Protection Act, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation 
and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3176, Ojito 
Wilderness Act; and H.R. 4593, Lincoln County Conservation, 
Recreation, and Development Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, oversight hearing 
on Ensuring Value from EPA Grants, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 4842, United States-
Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 9 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on H.R. 4391, Public 
Servant Retirement Protection Act, following full Committee markup, 
B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, Briefing to 
Review the International Committee of the Red Cross Documents on 
Detainee Interrogation, 12 noon, H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, 
hearing on the Role of Biometrics in Counterterrorism and Homeland 
Security Efforts, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine the prospects for advancing democracy in Albania, 10 
a.m., 334 CHOB.