[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 101 (Tuesday, July 20, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D807-D809]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 21, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Vice Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN, for appointment 
to the grade of admiral and to be Commander, United States Northern 
Command/Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command; 
Lieutenant General Bantz J. Craddock, USA, for appointment to the 
grade of general and to be Commander, United States Southern 
Command; Peter Cyril Wyche Flory, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, and Valerie 
Lynn Baldwin, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Personnel, with the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Children and 
Families, to hold joint hearings to examine how states have 
responded to military families' unique challenges during military 
deployments and what the Federal Government can do to support states 
in this important work, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine regulation NMS and developments in market structure, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 738, to designate 
certain public lands in Humboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino, Lake, Napa, 
and Yolo Counties in the State of California as wilderness, to 
designate certain segments of the Black Butte River in Mendocino 
County, California as a wild or scenic river, S. 1614, to designate 
a portion of White Salmon River as a component of the National Wild 
and Scenic Rivers System, S. 2221, to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to sell or exchange certain National Forest System land 
in the State of Oregon, S. 2253, to permit young adults to perform 
projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, and provide disaster 
relief, on public land through a Healthy Forest Youth Conservation 
Corps, S. 2334, to designate certain National Forest System land in 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as components of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System, S. 2408, to adjust the boundaries of 
the Helena, Lolo, and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests in the 
State of Montana, and S. 2622, to provide for the exchange of 
certain Federal land in the Santa Fe National Forest and certain 
non-Federal land in the Pecos National Historical Park in the State 
of New Mexico, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine bridging the tax 
gap, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
combating multilateral development bank corruption, focusing on the 
U.S. Treasury's role and internal efforts, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Children and Families, with the Committee on Armed Services, 
Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold joint hearings to examine how 
states have responded to military families' unique challenges during 
military deployments and what the Federal Government can do to 
support states in this important work, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business; to be followed by a hearing to examine S. 519, to 
establish a Native American-

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owned financial entity to provide financial services to Indian 
tribes, Native American organizations, and Native Americans, 10 
a.m., SR-485.
  Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
proposed reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 
2 p.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program, 10 a.m., SD-
226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing to review the Federal Crop Insurance 
System, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, to continue hearings on Army 
Transformation: Implications for the Future, II, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on Small 
Business Innovation and Technology, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``Methyl Bromide: Update on Achieving the 
Requirements of the Clean Air Act and Montreal Protocol,'' 11 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing 
entitled ``The Digital Television Transition: What We Can Learn from 
Berlin,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on Monetary Policy and 
the State of the Economy, 10 a.m., followed by a hearing entitled 
``Shell Games: Corporate Governance and Accounting for Oil and Gas 
Reserves,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the following 
measures: H.R. 2449, Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Act; H.R. 
2528, Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission Act of 
2003; H.R. 4324, To amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate 
the provisions limiting certain election opportunities available to 
individuals participating in the Thrift Savings Plan; H.R. 4556, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1115 South Clinton Avenue in Dunn, North Carolina, as the 
``General William Carey Lee Post Office Building''; H.R. 4618, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 10 West Prospect Street in Nanuet, New York, as the ``Anthony I. 
Lombardi Memorial Post Office Building''; H.R. 4632, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19504 
Linden Boulevard in St. Albans, New York, as the ``Archie Spigner 
Post Office Building''; H.R. 4657, District of Columbia Retirement 
Protection Improvement Act of 2004; S. 2415, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4141 
Postmark Drive, Anchorage, Alaska as the ``Robert J. Opinsky Post 
Office Building''; H. Res. 695, Expressing the condolences of the 
House of Representatives to the family and friends of Mattie 
Stepanek on his passing, and honoring the life of Mattie Stepanek 
for his braveness, generosity of spirit, and efforts to raise 
awareness of muscular dystrophy; and H. Res. 717, Honoring former 
President William Jefferson Clinton on the occasion of his 58th 
birthday, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental 
Relations and the Census, hearing entitled ``Where's the CIO? The 
Role, Responsibility and Challenge for Federal Chief Information 
Officers in IT Investment Oversight and Information Management,'' 
2:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing on HIV/AIDS in Asia, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following measures: H. 
Res. 700, Directing the Attorney General to transmit to the House of 
Representatives documents in the possession of the Attorney General 
relating to the treatment of prisoners and detainees in Iraq, 
Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay; H.R. 4646, To amend title 28, 
United States Code, to provide for the holding of Federal district 
court in Plattsburgh, New York; H.R. 112, To amend title 28, United 
States Code, to provide for an additional place of holding court in 
the District of Columbia; and H.R. 4586, Family Movie Act of 2004, 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, oversight 
hearing on the Administration of Large Business Bankruptcy 
Reorganizations: Has Competition for Big Cases Corrupted the 
Bankruptcy System? 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1662, 
Sound Science for Endangered Species Act Planning Act of 2003; and 
H.R. 2933, Critical Habitat Reform Act of 2003; 10 a.m., followed by 
an oversight hearing on the Guam War Claims Commission Report, 12 
noon, 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 3313, Marriage Protection 
Act, 4 p.m., Capitol.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Cybersecurity Education--Meeting 
the Needs of Technology Workers and Employers; followed by a markup 
of H.R. 4107, Assistance to Firefighters Grant Reauthorization Act 
of 2004, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, 
Agriculture and Technology, hearing entitled ``Tax Incentives for 
Homeland Security Related Expenses,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following: GSA's Fiscal Year 2005 Capital Investment and Leasing 
Program Resolutions; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Survey Resolution; 
H.R. 784, amended, Water Quality Investment Act of 2003; H.R. 4470, 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Act to extend the authorization 
of appropriations for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration 
Program; H.R. 4688, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program; H.R. 4731, To amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National 
Estuary Program; and H.R. 4794, To amend the

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Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act to extend 
the authorization of appropriations, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 4768, Veterans Medical Facilities Management Act of 2004; H.R. 
4658, Servicemembers Legal Protection Act of 2004; H.R. 1318, To 
name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in 
Sunnyside, Queens, New York, as the ``Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., 
Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic;'' and H.R. 4836, 
to name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in 
Amarillo, Texas, as the ``Thomas E. Creek Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center,'' 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the VA's 
progress in its third party collections program and implementation 
of the Patient Financial Services System, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 2971, Social Security 
Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2004, 10:30 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Human 
Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, executive, Briefing: 
Counternarcotics: Latin America and Southeast Asia, 10 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to receive a 
briefing on the current state of religious freedom in the Caucasus 
due to recent events in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, 11 a.m., 
340 CHOB.