[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 110 (Wednesday, September 15, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D899-D900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: COMMERCE/JUSTICE/STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS/LABOR/HEALTH 
AND HUMAN SERVICES/EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill (S. 2809) making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005;
  An original bill making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2005; and
  An original bill (S. 2810) making appropriations for the Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.
FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On September 14, 
2004, Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a 
hearing 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, after 
receiving testimony from William T. Hogarth, Assistant Administrator 
for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Rear Admiral R. 
Dennis Sirois, Assistant Commandant for Operations, U.S. Coast Guard, 
Department of Homeland Security; Paul L. Kelly, Member, U.S. Commission 
on Ocean Policy; Stephanie Madsen, Chair, North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council; Lee R. Crockett, Marine Fish Conservation Network, 
Washington, D.C.; Madeleine Hall-Arber, Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology Sea Grant College Program, Cambridge; Terrance J. Quinn, 
University of Alaska Fairbanks Fisheries Division, Juneau; and Vincent 
Balzano, Portland, Maine.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine recent scientific research concerning the impacts 
of climate change, focusing on climate projections, rising sea levels, 
climate warming, human health, water resources in California, reduced 
snowpack and stream flow, wine grapes, dairy, and changes in vegetation 
distribution, after receiving testimony from Daniel R. Cayan, 
University of California at San Diego Scripps Institution of 
Oceanography, La Jolla; Peter Frumhoff, Union of Concerned Scientists, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts; Claudia Tebaldi, National Center for 
Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado; and Sheila Watt-Cloutier, 
Inuit Circumpolar Conference, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. Con. Res. 121, supporting the goals and ideals of the World Year 
of Physics;
  S. 437, to provide for adjustments to the Central Arizona Project in 
Arizona, to authorize the Gila River Indian Community water rights 
settlement, to reauthorize and amend the Southern Arizona Water Rights 
Settlement Act of 1982, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 511, to provide permanent funding for the Payment In Lieu of Taxes 
program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1614, to designate a portion of White Salmon River as a component 
of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1678, to provide for the establishment of the Uintah Research and 
Curatorial Center for Dinosaur National Monument in the States of 
Colorado and Utah, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1852, to provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of 
the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
and the development of an exhibit to commemorate the 300th anniversary 
of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1876, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
lands and facilities of the Provo River Project, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2142, to authorize appropriations for the New Jersey Coastal 
Heritage Trail Route;
  S. 2181, to adjust the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park in 
the State of Colorado, with an amendment;
  S. 2334, to designate certain National Forest System land in the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as components of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System;
  S. 2374, to provide for the conveyance of certain land to the United 
States and to revise the boundary of Chickasaw National Recreation 
Area, Oklahoma, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2408, to adjust the boundaries of the Helena, Lolo, and 
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests in

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the State of Montana, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2432, to expand the boundaries of Wilson's Creek Battlefield 
National Park, with an amendment;
  S. 2567, to adjust the boundary of Redwood National Park in the State 
of California;
  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, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 1113, to authorize an exchange of land at Fort Frederica 
National Monument, with an amendment;
  H.R. 1446, to support the efforts of the California Missions 
Foundation to restore and repair the Spanish colonial and mission-era 
missions in the State of California and to preserve the artworks and 
artifacts of these missions, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 1964, to assist the States of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, 
and Pennsylvania in conserving priority lands and natural resources in 
the Highlands region, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 2010, to protect the voting rights of members of the Armed 
Services in elections for the Delegate representing American Samoa in 
the United States House of Representatives;
  H.R. 3706, to adjust the boundary of the John Muir National Historic 
Site; and
  H.R. 4516, to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program 
of research and development to advance high-end computing, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Also, Committee began markup of S. 1354, to resolve certain 
conveyances and provide for alternative land selections under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act related to Cape Fox Corporation and 
Sealaska Corporation, but did not complete action thereon, and recess 
subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee began consideration of S. 333, to 
promote elder justice and the nomination of J. Russell George, of 
Virginia, to be Inspector General for Tax Administration, Department of 
the Treasury, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject 
to the call.
U.S. ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States efforts to assist the Iraqi people the Iraqi 
Interim Government, focusing on the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund 
(IRRF), national elections in Iraq, security and law enforcement, oil 
infrastructure and capacity, economic development, debt relief, 
accelerating Iraqi employment, democracy and governance, and 
legislative requirements, after receiving testimony from Ronald L. 
Schlicher, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iraq, Bureau of Near Eastern 
Affairs, and Joseph W. Bowab, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Foreign 
Assistance Programs and Budget, Bureau of Resource Management, both of 
the Department of State.