[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 103 (Thursday, July 22, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D829-D832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPALACHIAN COUNCIL/WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
contract renewal issues relative to the Appalachian Council and future 
funding issues relative to the Working for America Institute, focusing 
on vocational training, job placement and career transition services to 
Job Corps students and graduates, after receiving testimony from Thomas 
M. Dowd, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and 
Training Administration; Mayor Bobby Baker, Batesville, Mississippi; 
Richard C. Trigg, Job Corps, and Nancy Mills, Working for America 
Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Jim Bowen, West Virginia AFL-CIO, 
Gary Darlington and Herb Mabry, both of the Appalachian Council, all of 
Charleston, West Virginia; Bill George, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, 
Harrisburg; and William Burga, Ohio AFL-CIO, Columbus.
ARMY INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Department of the Army Inspector General Report on detention 
operation doctrine and training, after receiving testimony from Les 
Brownlee, Acting Secretary of the Army; General Peter J. Schoomaker, 
USA, Chief of Staff of the Army; Lieutenant General Paul T. Mikolashek, 
USA, Inspector General of the Army; and Lieutenant General Keith B. 
Alexander, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2.
SEC PROPOSED RULEMAKING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the proposed Regulation NMS (National Market System) 
relative to trade-throughs, intermarket access, sub-penny pricing, and 
market data, and market structure developments, after receiving 
testimony from Davi M. D'Agostino, Director, Financial Markets and 
Community Investments, Government Accountability Office; David Colker, 
National Stock Exchange, Chicago, Illinois; Kevin Cronin, AIM 
Investments, Houston, Texas; Scott DeSano, Fidelity Investments, 
Boston, Massachusetts; Phylis M. Esposito, Ameritrade Holding 
Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska; Charles Leven, AARP, Washington, D.C.; 
and Bernard L. Madoff, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, Robert 
H. McCooey Jr., Griswold Company, Inc., Kim Bang, Bloomberg Tradebook, 
LLC, Robert B. Fagenson, Van der Moolen Specialists, John C. Giesea, 
Security Traders Association, all of New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2295, to authorize appropriations for the Homeland Security 
Department's Directorate of Science and Technology, establish a program 
for the use of advanced technology to meet homeland security needs;
  H.R. 2608, to reauthorize the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 
Program;
  S. 2603, to amend section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 227) relating to the prohibition on junk fax transmissions;
  S. 2644, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 with respect to the 
carriage of direct broadcast satellite television signals by satellite 
carriers to consumers in rural areas, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 2281, to provide a clear and unambiguous structure for the 
jurisdictional and regulatory treatment for the offering or provision 
of voice-over-Internet-protocol applications, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 2505, to implement the recommendations of the Federal 
Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low power FM 
service, with an amendment;

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  S. 2645, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize 
appropriations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting;
  S. 2488, to establish a program within the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration and the United States Coast Guard to help 
identify, assess, reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse 
impacts on the marine environment and navigation safety, in 
coordination with non-Federal entities;
  S. 2280, to establish a coordinated national ocean exploration 
program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
  The nominations of David M. Stone, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security 
Administration), Albert A. Frink, Jr., of California, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, 
Brett T. Palmer, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 
Benjamin H. Wu, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Technology Policy, Scott Kevin Walker, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of 
the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, Enrique J. Sosa, of Florida, to be a Member of the Reform 
Board (Amtrak), Captain Richard R. Behn, NOAA, for appointment to the 
grade of Rear Admiral (O-7), while serving in a position of importance 
and responsibility as Director, Marine and Aviation Operations Centers, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Captain Samuel P. 
De Bow, Jr., NOAA, for appointment to the grade of Rear Admiral (O-8), 
while serving in a position of importance and responsibility as 
Director, NOAA Corps and Director, Office of Marine and Aviation 
Operations, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and sundry 
nominations for promotion in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard.
SATURN
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn, focusing on 
the planet's rings, and its moon Titan, after receiving testimony from 
Orlando Figueroa, Solar System Exploration Division Director, Office of 
Space Science, and Denis Bogan, Scientist, and Mark Dahl, Executive, 
both of the Cassini Program, all of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration.
NATIONAL PARKS AIR TOUR MANAGEMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded an oversight hearing to examine the implementation of 
the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (Title VIII, Public 
Law 106-181), after receiving testimony from William C. Withycombe, 
Regional Administrator (Western Pacific Region), Federal Aviation 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Paul Hoffman, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; 
Roy Resavage, Helicopter Association International, Alexandria, 
Virginia; David J. Chevalier, Blue Hawaiian Helicopters, Kahului, 
Hawaii; Charles W. Maynard, Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National 
Park, Jonesboro, Tennessee; and Don Barger, National Parks Conservation 
Association (Southeast Region), Knoxville, Tennessee.
HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCING
Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to examine the role of 
higher education financing in strengthening United States 
competitiveness in a global economy, receiving testimony from Randall 
Edwards, Oregon State Treasurer, Salem; Susan Dynarski, Harvard 
University Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 
Peter B. Corr, Pfizer, New York, New York; Watson Scott Swail, 
Education Policy Institute, Stafford, Virginia; Robert Paxton, Iowa 
Central Community College, Fort Dodge; David Forbes, University of 
Montana School of Pharmacy, Missoula; Chuck Toth, Merrill Lynch and 
Company, Princeton, New Jersey; and James Fadule, UPromise Investments, 
Needham, Massachusetts.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
IRAQ--POST-TRANSITION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the current situation in Iraq post-transition, focusing on U.S. 
activities in Iraq since the transfer of sovereignty to the new Interim 
Iraqi Government, including increasing security in Iraq, improving the 
economy, affirming the place of Iraq as a member of the international 
community, and laying the groundwork for national elections in Iraq, 
after receiving testimony from Ronald L. Schlicher, Iraq Coordinator, 
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State; and David C. 
Gompert, National Defense University Center for Technology and National 
Security Policy, Washington, D.C.
INTERNET PHARMACIES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations resumed 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 pharmaceuticals from foreign sources are 
counterfeit, expired, unsafe, or illegitimate, focusing on the extent 
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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, 
after receiving testimony from Richard M. Stana, Director, Homeland 
Security and Justice Issues, Government Accountability Office; Karen P. 
Tandy, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of 
Justice; Lee R. Heath, Chief Postal Inspector, United States Postal 
Service; Jayson P. Ahern, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field 
Operations, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Department of 
Homeland Security; John M. Taylor, III, Associate Commissioner for 
Regulatory Affairs, and William K. Hubbard, Associate Commissioner for 
Policy and Planning, both of the Food and Drug Administration, 
Department of Health and Human Services; John Scheibel, Yahoo! Inc., 
Washington, D.C.; Sheryl Sandberg, Google, Inc., Mountain View, 
California; Joshua L. Peirez, Mastercard International Incorporated, 
Purchase, New York; Steve Ruwe, Visa U.S.A. Inc., Foster City, 
California; Robert A. Bryden, FedEx Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee; 
and Daniel J. Silva, United Parcel Service, Atlanta, Georgia.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing 
examine the nomination of Allen Weinstein, of Maryland, to be Archivist 
of the United States, National Archives and Records Administration, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Lugar, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
MILITARY FAMILIES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: On Wednesday, July 
21, Subcommittee on Children and Families held a joint hearing with the 
Committee on Armed Services' Subcommittee on Personnel 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, receiving testimony from Charles S. 
Abell, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness; Florida Governor John Ellis Bush, Tallahassee; Indiana 
Governor Joseph E. Kernan, Indianapolis; Nolan Jones, National 
Governors Association, Washington, D.C.; General Dennis J. Reimer, USA, 
(Ret.), Edmond, Oklahoma, on behalf of the Military Child Education 
Coalition; and Hollister K. Petraeus, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
TERRORISM PREPAREDNESS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine preparations for possible future 
terrorist attacks, focusing on a concept of operations plan, tailored 
to each National Special Security Event, which establishes a framework 
for managing federal public health and medical assets and coordinating 
with state and local governments in an emergency, after receiving 
testimony from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human 
Services; Eric Tolbert, Director, Response Division, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and Andrew T. Mitchell, Deputy Director, Office for 
Domestic Preparedness, both of the Department of Homeland Security; 
Susan C. Waltman, Greater New York Hospital Association, New York; 
Michael Sellitto, District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical 
Services Department, Washington, D.C.; Ricardo Martinez, Medical Sports 
Group, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the National Football League; and 
George E. Thibault, Partners Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee began mark up of S. 1700, to 
eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime 
scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing 
capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase 
research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop 
new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, 
to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the 
innocent, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases, 
but did not take final action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 
2560, to amend chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, relating to 
inducement of copyright infringement, after receiving testimony from 
Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office, Library 
of Congress; Gary J. Shapiro, Consumer Electronics Association, 
Arlington, Virginia; Robert Holleyman, Business Software Alliance, 
Kevin S. McGuiness, NetCoalition, and Mitch Bainwol, Recording Industry 
Association of America, Washington, D.C.; and Andrew C. Greenberg, 
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-USA, New York, New 
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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.