[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 113 (Monday, September 20, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D912-D915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 21 through September 25, 2004

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 2:15 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of S. 2666, 
Legislative Branch Appropriations, and after one hour of debate, a vote 
on final passage will occur thereon.
  During the balance of the week Senate will consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills, when 
available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: September 21, to hold hearings to 
examine the 9/11 Commission intelligence recommendations, 10 a.m., 
SD-192.
  September 21, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the government of the District 
of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part 
against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2005, and proposed legislation making appropriations 
for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2005, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 9/11 
Commission intelligence recommendations, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, to hold hearings to examine National Labor Relations 
Board issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 23, to hold hearings to 
examine the Global Posture Review of United States military forces 
stationed overseas, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 22, to 
hold hearings to examine the condition and regulation of the 
insurance industry, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 21, 
to hold hearings to examine recommendations of the Oceans Commission 
to avert decline of ocean wildlife and collapse of ocean ecosystems, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  September 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 1963, 
to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to protect the privacy right 
of subscribers to wireless communication services, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  September 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 21, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Karen Alderman Harbert, of 
the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
International Affairs and Domestic Policy, and John S. Shaw, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
Environment, Safety and Health, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  September 21, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 784 and H.R. 1630, bills to revise the boundary of the 
Petrified Forest National Park in the State of Arizona; S. 2656, to 
establish a National Commission on the Quincentennial of the 
discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon, S. 2499, to modify the 
boundary of the Harry S Truman National Historic Site in the State 
of Missouri; S. 1311, to establish the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th 
Commemoration Commission, and H.R.2055, to amend Public Law 89-366 
to allow for an adjustment in the number of free roaming horses 
permitted in Cape Lookout National Seashore, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 24, 
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine State and private programs for sage grouse 
conservation, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: September 21, to hold hearings to examine 
the call for reform in Indian jails, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 22, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Lloyd O. Pierson,

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of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, and a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the African Development Foundation, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  September 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of 
America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the Avoidance of 
Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to 
Taxes on Income (including exchange of notes with attached 
Understanding), signed at Washington on March 8, 2004 (the 
``Protocol'') (Treaty Doc.108-25), and the Second Protocol Amending 
the Convention Between the United States of America and Barbados for 
the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal 
Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income Signed on December 31, 1984, 
signed at Washington on July 14, 2004; including an exchange of 
notes with attached Understandings (Treaty Doc.108-26), 9:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: September 21, business meeting 
to mark up the proposed National Intelligence Reform Act, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  September 22, Full Committee, business meeting to continue markup 
of the proposed National Intelligence Reform Act, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 22, 
business meeting to consider S. 2686, to amend the Carl D. Perkins 
Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to improve the Act; 
S. 518, to increase the supply of pancreatic islet cells for 
research, to provide better coordination of Federal efforts and 
information on islet cell transplantation, and to collect the data 
necessary to move islet cell transplantation from an experimental 
procedure to a standard therapy; S. 2283, to extend Federal funding 
for operation of State high risk health insurance pools; S. 1217, to 
direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and 
intensify programs with respect to research and related activities 
concerning elder falls; S. 2526, to reauthorize the Children's 
Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program; S. Res. 389, 
expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to prostate cancer 
information, and other pending legislation and pending nominations, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  September 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role 
of prescription drug monitoring programs, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 22, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business; to be followed by an oversight 
hearing on the contributions of Native American code talkers in 
American military history, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 21, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 21, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and 
Citizenship, to hold hearings to examine solutions to a global 
concern regarding refugees, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
counterterrorism legislation and proposals, including the USA 
PATRIOT ACT (P.L. 107-56), and the SAFE Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
judicial nominations, 3:30 p.m., SD-226.
  September 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 21, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine 
the legislative presentation of the American Legion, 10 a.m., 
345CHOB.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 21, closed business 
meeting to consider pending intelligence matters, 10 a.m., SH-219.
  September 21, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  Program to be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, September 24, Subcommittee on Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, on Iraq 
Reconstruction Program, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 23, 
Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, hearing entitled 
``Current Safeguards Protecting Taxpayers Against Diploma Mills,'' 
10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 21, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Keeping Seniors Healthy: New Preventive 
Benefits in the Medicare Modernization Act,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 22, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing entitled ``Repairing the 21st Century Car: Is 
Technology Locking the Consumer Out?'' 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 22, 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 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``FDA's Role in Protecting the Public Health: 
Examining FDA's Review of Safety and Efficacy Concerns in Anti-
Depressant Use by Children,'' 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 22, hearing entitled 
``Legislative Proposals to Implement the Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``Encouraging Small Business Growth and Access to 
Capital,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, September 22, Subcommittee on 
Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, hearing entitled 
``Access to Recovery: Improving Participation and Access in Drug 
Treatment,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.

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  September 22, Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing 
entitled ``Dietary Supplements: Nature's Answer to Cost Effective 
Preventative Medicine,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 22, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats 
and International Relations, hearing entitled ``Combating Terrorism: 
The 9/11 Commission Recommendations and the National Strategies,'' 
10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 22, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, oversight hearing 
entitled ``Identity Theft: The Causes, Costs, Consequences, and 
Potential Solutions,'' 2:45 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 23, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Intellectual 
Property Piracy: Are We Doing Enough to Protect U.S. Innovation 
Abroad?'' 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, September 22, Subcommittee 
on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Asia's Environmental Challenges, 
1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 22, Subcommittee on International Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation and Human Rights, hearing on Disarmament of Libya's 
Weapons of Mass Destruction, 1:30 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  September 23, full Committee, hearing on United States Security 
Policy in Afghanistan on the Eve of National Elections, 1 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 22, to mark up the 
following: a measure To protect crime victims' rights, 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; and H.J. Res. 22, Proposing a balanced budget 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 11 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  September 22, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to consider a 
motion to authorize the issuance of a subpoena to Custodian of 
Records, United States Commission on Civil Rights, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 4547, Defending 
America's Most Vulnerable Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child 
Protection Act of 2004; S. 1194, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and 
Crime Reduction Act of 2003; and H.R. 4264, Animal Fighting 
Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2004, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 21, hearing on H.R. 4908, 
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2004, 
4 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 22, full Committee, to mark up the following measures: 
H.J. Res. 102, Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Battle of 
Peleliu and the end of Imperial Japanese control of Palau during 
World War II and urging the Secretary of the Interior to work to 
protect the historic sites of the Peleliu Battlefield National 
Historic Landmark and to establish commemorative programs honoring 
the Americans who fought there; H. Res. 737, Recognizing the 60th 
anniversary of the Liberation of Guam during World War II; H. Res. 
752, Expressing continued support for the construction of the 
Victims of Communism Memorial; H.R. 2440, Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act; H.R. 3176, Ojito Wilderness Act; H.R. 3283, Federal 
Lands Recreation Enhancement Act; H.R. 3391, Provo River Project 
Transfer Act; H.R. 4593, Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, 
and Development Act; H.R. 4650, Wichita Project Equus Beds Division 
Authorization Act of 2004; H.R. 4683, Gullah/Geechee Cultural 
Heritage Act; H.R. 4887, Cumberland Island Wilderness Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 2003; H.R. 4908, Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians Land Transfer Act of 2004; H.R. 5016, To extend the water 
service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-
Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska; H.R. 5083, To designate 
certain lower-elevation Federal lands in the Skykomish River valley 
of the State of Washington as wilderness, to designate a portion of 
such lands for management as a backcountry wilderness management 
area; H.R. 5104, To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 
to authorize appropriations for the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal 
Rescue Assistance Grant Program; and S. 347, Rim of the Valley 
Corridor Study Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 22, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 2603, To impose limitations on the authority 
of the Secretary of the Interior to claim title or other rights to 
water absent specific direction of law or to abrogate, injure, or 
otherwise impair any right to the use of any quantity of water; H.R. 
4580, To remove certain restrictions on the Mammoth Community Water 
District's ability to use certain property acquired by that District 
from the United States; and H.R. 4623, Eastern New Mexico Rural 
Water System Act of 2004, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, oversight hearing on the Upcoming Thirteenth Regular Meeting 
of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the Convention on 
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 
(CITES), 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 21, to consider H.R. 2028, Pledge 
Protection Act of 2004, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, September 22, Subcommittee on Rural 
Enterprise, Agriculture and Technology, hearing entitled ``The 
Impact of High Natural Gas Prices on Small Farmers and 
Manufacturers,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 22, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing on Trade Preferences for Haiti, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on 
Select Tax Issues, 11:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  September 24, full Committee, to mark up H. Res. 776, Of inquiry 
requesting the President and directing

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the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide certain 
documents to the House of Representatives relating to estimates and 
analyses of the cost of the Medicare prescription drug legislation, 
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 22, 
executive, Briefing on Cyber Issues, 4:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, September 22, Subcommittee 
on Emergency Preparedness and Response, hearing entitled ``Emergency 
Warning Systems: Ways to Notify the Public in the New Era of 
Homeland Security,'' 10 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: September 21, Senate Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of the 
American Legion, 10 a.m., 345 CHOB.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 21, to 
hold hearings to examine Department of Defense efforts to enforce 
policies against trafficking in persons, 3 p.m., 2118 RHOB.
  Joint Economic Committee: September 22, to hold hearings to 
examine consumer choice and addressing ``adverse selection'' 
concerns with regard to health insurance, 10 a.m., SD-628.