[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 108 (Monday, September 13, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D882-D883]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 14, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 
proposed legislation making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation and Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, 
and certain independent agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2005, 3 p.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard, to hold hearings to examine S. 
2066, to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act for 
fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, 8:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 2532, to establish 
wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and 
provide for the high quality development in Lincoln County, Nevada, 
S. 2723, to designate certain land in the State of Oregon as 
wilderness, and S. 2709, to provide for the reforestation of 
appropriate forest cover on forest land derived from the public 
domain, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of 
Columbia, to hold hearings to examine and discuss legislative and 
administrative options to address the personnel recommendations of 
the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 
focusing on improving the presidential appointments process for 
national security positions, establishing a single agency that 
conducts security clearance background investigations for U.S. 
personnel, and providing some additional personnel flexibilities to 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation to reflect its increased 
counterterrorism and intelligence responsibilities, 9:30 a.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, 
to hold hearings to examine maintaining innovation and cost savings 
relating to hospital group purchasing, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Porter J. Goss, of Florida, to be Director of Central 
Intelligence, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine mandatory 
retirements, 10 a.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, to consider a motion authorizing the issuance of 
subpoenas for certain records and testimony in connection with its 
investigation into the E-rate program, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``The Ratings Game: Improving Transparency and Competition Among the 
Credit Rating Agencies,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats and International Relations, hearing entitled 
``Homeland Security: Monitoring Nuclear Power Plant Security,'' 10 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology. Information Policy, Intergovernmental 
Relations and the Census, oversight hearing entitled ``Lessons 
Learned from the 2004 Overseas Census Test,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
hearing on Malaria and Tuberculosis in Africa, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe and the Subcommittee on International 
Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights, joint hearing on U.S.-
European Cooperation on Counterterrorism: Achievements and 
Challenges, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
oversight hearing on Due Process and the NCAA, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, to mark 
up the following: H.R. 775, Security and Fairness Enhancement for 
America Act of 2003; H.R. 4306, To amend section 274A of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the process for verifying 
an individual's eligibility for employment; and private relief 
measures, 4:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation 
and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 305, Kate 
Mullany National Historic Site; H.R. 2237, 225th Anniversary of the 
American Revolution Commemoration Act; H.R. 3258, Hibben Center Act; 
H.R. 4285, To provide for the conveyance of certain public land in 
Clark County, Nevada, for use as a heliport; H.R. 4667, Tapoco 
Project Licensing Act of 2004; H.R. 4683, Gullah/Geechee Cultural 
Heritage Act;

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H.R. 4808, To provide for a land exchange involving private land and 
Bureau of Land Management land in the vicinity of Holloman Air Force 
Base, New Mexico, for the purpose of removing private land from the 
required safety zone surrounding munitions storage bunkers at 
Holloman Air Force Base; H.R. 4817, To facilitate the resolution of 
a minor boundary encroachment on lands of the Union Pacific Railroad 
Company in Tipton, California, which were originally conveyed by the 
United States as part of the right-of-way granted for the 
construction of transcontinental railroads; and H.R. 4887, 
Cumberland Island Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Homeland 
Security: The 9/11 Commission and the Course Ahead,'' 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.