[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 109 (Tuesday, September 14, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D891-D892]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS--E-RATE PROGRAM INVESTIGATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations approved a motion authorizing the issuance of a subpoena ad 
testificandum to each of the following individuals: Judy Green; Emma Epps; 
Douglas Benit; Quentin R. Lawson; and Carl Muscari, in connection with its 
investigation of the E-Rate Program.
RATINGS GAME: IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY AND COMPETITION AMONG CREDIT UNION 
AGENCIES
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, 
and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled ``The Ratings 
Game: Improving Transparency and Competition Among the Credit Rating 
Agencies.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HOMELAND SECURITY: MONITORING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SECURITY
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging 
Threats and International Relations held a hearing entitled ``Homeland 
Security: Monitoring Nuclear Power Plant Security.'' Testimony was heard 
from Luis A. Reyes, Executive Director, Operations, NRC; Jim Wells, 
Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--LESSONS LEARNED FROM 2004 OVERSEAS CENSUS TEST
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology, Information 
Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census held an oversight hearing 
entitled ``Lessons Learned from the 2004 Overseas Census Test.'' Testimony 
was heard from Charles Louis Kincannon, Director, Bureau of the Census, 
Department of Commerce; Patricia Dalton, Director, Strategic Issues, GAO; 
and public witnesses.
AFRICA--MALARIA AND TUBERCULOSIS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing 
on Malaria and Tuberculosis in Africa. Testimony was heard from E. Anne 
Peterson, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, AID, Department 
of State; and public witnesses.
U.S.-EUROPEAN COOPERATION ON COUNTERTERRORISM
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and the 
Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights 
held a joint hearing on U.S.-European Cooperation on Counterterrorism: 
Achievements and Challenges. Testimony was heard from William T. Pope, 
Principal Deputy Coordinator, Counterterrorism, Department of State; S. 
Stewart Verdery, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Policy and Planning, Department 
of Homeland Security; Bruce Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and Gijs De Vries, Counter-
terrorism Co-ordinator, European Union.
OVERSIGHT--DUE PROCESS AND THE NCAA
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held an 
oversight hearing on Due Process and the NCAA. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; PRIVATE RELIEF MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, 
and Claims approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 775, 
Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2003; and H.R. 4306, 
amended, To amend section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
improve the process for verifying an individual's eligibility for 
employment.
  The Subcommittee also approved private relief measures.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 305, Kate Mullany 
National Historic Site; H.R. 2237, 225th Anniversary

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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; 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. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives McNulty, Hinchey, Wilson of New Mexico, Clyburn 
and Kingston; the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Sue 
Masica, Associate Director, Park Planning, Facilities, and Lands, National 
Park Service; and Tom Lonnie, Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and 
Resource Protection, Bureau of Land Management; and public witnesses.
TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FISCAL 
YEAR 2005
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 hour of 
general debate on H.R. 5025, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation and Treasury, and independent agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2005, equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. Under the 
rules of the House the bill shall be read for amendment by paragraph. The 
rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who 
have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. Finally, the 
rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
HOMELAND SECURITY: 9/11 COMMISSION AND THE COURSE AHEAD
Select Committee on Homeland Security: Held a hearing entitled ``Homeland 
Security: The 9/11 Commission and the Course Ahead.'' Testimony was heard 
from Tom Ridge, Secretary of Homeland Security.
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