[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 37 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D287-D288]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine active component, reserve component, and civilian 
personnel programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
fiscal year 2006, after receiving testimony from David S.C. Chu, Under 
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; Lieutenant General 
Franklin L. Hagenbeck, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, United 
States Army; Vice Admiral Gerald L. Hoewing, USN, Chief of Naval 
Personnel, United States Navy; Lieutenant General H.P. Osman, USMC, 
Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, United States 
Marine Corps; Lieutenant General Roger A. Brady, USAF, Deputy Chief of 
Staff, Personnel, United States Air Force; Colonel Steven P. 
Strobridge, USAF (Ret.), Military Officers Association of America, on 
behalf of the Military Coalition, and Joyce Wessel Raezer, National 
Military Family Association, both of Alexandria, Virginia; and Deirder 
Parke Holleman, National Military and Veterans Alliance, Springfield, 
Virginia.
HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded a hearing to 
examine the reauthorization of the safety programs in the 
Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century (TEA-21), focusing on 
highway, motor carrier and hazardous materials transportation safety, 
and transportation of household goods, after receiving testimony from 
Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, Jeffrey W. Runge, Administrator, 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Annette Sandberg, 
Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Stacey 
L. Gerard, Acting Assistant Administrator/Chief Safety Officer, 
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, all of the 
Department of Transportation.
CHARITABLE GIVING
Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to examine proposals for 
reform regarding charities and charitable giving, receiving testimony 
from George K. Yin, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation; Jane 
G. Gravelle, Senior Specialist in Economic Policy, Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress; Mark W. Everson, Commissioner of 
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Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; Minnesota Attorney General 
Mike Hatch, St. Paul; Richard Johnson, Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis, 
PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee; David Kuo, Beliefnet.com, New York, New 
York; Brian A. Gallagher, United Way of America, Alexandria, Virginia; 
and Diana Aviv, Independent Sector, Washington, D.C., and Leon E. 
Panetta, California State University Panetta Institute, Long Beach, 
both on behalf of the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services implementation of the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, focusing 
on new Medicare Advantage (MA) plan options and voluntary Medicare 
prescription drug coverage, after receiving testimony from Mark B. 
McClellan, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Ann Womer Benjamin, Director, 
Ohio Department of Insurance, Columbus; and Marcia Marsh, Partnership 
for Public Service, Washington, D.C.
HEAD START
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Education and Early Childhood Development held a hearing to examine 
Head Start, focusing on ensuring dollars benefit children relating to 
the effectiveness of the oversight by the Department of Health and 
Human Services' Administration for Children and Families in identifying 
and resolving financial management weaknesses in Head Start grantees, 
after receiving testimony from Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary of Health 
and Human Services for the Administration for Children and Families; 
Marnie Shaul, Director, Educating and Protecting Children, Government 
Accountability Office; A.C. Wharton, Mayor of Shelby County, Memphis, 
Tennessee; Yvonne Gates, Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach, 
Clark County, Nevada; Jim Caccamo, Metropolitan Council on Early 
Learning, Kansas City, Missouri; and Olivia Golden, Urban Institute, 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
LYTTON RANCHERIA TRIBAL LANDS STATUS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held a hearing to examine S. 
113, to modify the date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton 
Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust, receiving 
testimony from Senator Feinstein; Representative George Miller; George 
T. Skibine, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for 
Policy and Economic Development for Indian Affairs; California State 
Assemblymember Loni Hancock, Sacramento; Sharon J. Brown and Brock 
Arner, both of the City of San Pablo, San Pablo, California; Margie 
Mejia, Lytton Band of Pomo Indians, Santa Rosa, California; and Mark 
Macarro, Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, Temecula, 
California.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
USA PATRIOT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act, focusing on renewing 
key provisions in the USA PATRIOT ACT that have been integral in the 
Federal Government's prosecution of the war on terrorism, after 
receiving testimony from Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, and 
Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both 
of the Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.