[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 102 (Wednesday, July 21, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D820-D821]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 22, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine 
activities and funding issues of the Appalachian Council and Working 
for America Institute, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of the Army Inspector General Report on Detention 
Operation Doctrine and Training, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to continue 
hearings to examine regulation NMS and developments in market 
structure, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings 
to examine space exploration of Saturn, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
implementation of the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106-181), 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the rule of 
higher education financing in strengthening U.S. competitiveness in 
a global economy, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
current situation in Iraq post-transition, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations, to resume hearings to examine the extent to which 
consumers can purchase pharmaceuticals over the Internet without a 
medical prescription, the importation of pharmaceuticals into the 
United States, and whether the pharmaceuticals from foreign sources 
are counterfeit, expired, unsafe, or illegitimate, focusing on the 
extent to which U.S. consumers can purchase dangerous and often 
addictive controlled substances from Internet pharmacy websites and 
the procedures utilized by the Bureau of Customs and Border 
Protection, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United States 
Postal Service, and the Food and Drug Administration, as well as the 
private sector to address these issues, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of 
Allen Weinstein, of Maryland, to be Archivist of the United States, 
3:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine preparations for possible future terrorist 
attacks, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 2560, to amend 
chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, relating to inducement of 
copyright infringement, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence:to hold hearings to examine 
intelligence reform, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to mark up H.R. 4576, Food Promotion Act 
of 2004, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture, hearing to review the 
USDA's National Animal Identification System, 1 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 2005: VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies; and Transportation, Treasury and Independent Agencies, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Report of the 
Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from 
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on Space Cadre/Space 
Professionals, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the U.S. Tax Code's Impact on 
Revenue Projections and the Federal Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearing entitled ``Genetic Non-
Discrimination: Examining the Implications for Workers and 
Employers,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled ``Tapped Out? Lead in the 
District of Columbia and the Providing of Safe Drinking Water,'' 
9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Health Information 
Technology: Improving Quality and Value of Patient Care,'' 2 p.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Problems with the E-rate Program: Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Concerns 
in the Wiring of Our Nation's Schools to the Internet,'' 10:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Sarbanes-
Oxley: Two Years of Market and Investor Recovery,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Contracting and 
the Rebuilding of Iraq: Part IV,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources 
and the Subcommittee on Infrastructure and Border Security of the 
Select Committee on Homeland Security, joint hearing entitled 
``Drugs and Security in a Post-9/11 World: Coordinating the 
Counternarcotics Mission at the Department of Homeland Security,'' 2 
p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing entitled 
``Balancing Act: The Health Advantages of Naturally-Occurring 
Hormones in Hormone Replacement Therapy,'' 2:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing on H.R. 4863, To 
establish the Commission to Establish the National Museum of the 
American Latino to develop a plan of action for the establishment 
and maintenance with the Smithsonian Institution of the National 
Museum of the American Latino in Washington, D.C., 1:30 p.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
hearing on The Democratic Republic of Congo Peace Accords: One Year 
Later, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 822, Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 
2003; H.R. 4806, Pine Springs Land Exchange Act; and H.R. 4838, 
Health Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act of 2004, 11 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight, hearing Small Business Liability Reform, 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, oversight hearing on Comprehensive 
Everglades Restoration Plan--The First Major Projects, 12 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on the evolution of VA-DoD 
collaboration in research and amputee care for veterans of current 
and past conflicts, and needed reforms in VA blind rehabilitation 
services, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Electronic Prescribing, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, Briefing: 
Technological Superiority in the Intelligence Community, 2 p.m., H-
405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, 
Briefing: Threats to the National Conventions and the Olympics, 9 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, 
Briefing: Port Security, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: 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.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the 
demographics of health care, focusing on evidence regarding 
declining rates of chronic disability and assess the best 
opportunities for further health promotion, 10 a.m., SD-628.