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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D437-D440 on May 3, 2004.
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Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of May 4 through May 8, 2004
Senate Chamber
On Tuesday, at 10:45 a.m., Senate will continue consideration of S. 1637, Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared legislative and executive business.
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 6, to hold hearings to examine new opportunities for agriculture, focusing on biomass use in energy production, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Appropriations: May 4, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine the final rule on overtime pay, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
May 4, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine public charter schools in the District of Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-138.
May 5, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for defense related programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
Committee on Armed Services: May 4, to hold a closed briefing on allegations of mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners, 10 a.m., SR-222.
May 4, Subcommittee on Airland, closed business meeting to markup those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
May 4, Subcommittee on SeaPower, closed business meeting to markup those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 3:30 p.m., SR-232A.
May 4, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, closed business meeting to markup those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 5 p.m., SR-222.
May 5, Subcommittee on Personnel, closed business meeting to markup those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 9 a.m., SR-232A.
May 5, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, closed business meeting to markup those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SR-222.
May 5, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, closed business meeting to markup those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 11:30 a.m., SR-232A.
May 5, Full Committee, closed business meeting to markup proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities for the Department of Defense, 2:30 p.m., SR-
222.
May 6, Full Committee, closed business meeting to markup proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities for the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SR-
222.
May 7, Full Committee, closed business meeting to markup proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities for the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SR-
222.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 6, business meeting to mark up an original bill, The Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 4, to hold hearings to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewers Improvement Act of 1999, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
May 4, Subcommittee on Competition, Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine lessons learned from security at past Olympic Games, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
May 5, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine the use of steroids, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
May 5, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to examine space shuttle and the future of space launch, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
May 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine impacts of climate change and states' actions, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 5, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 155, to convey to the town of Frannie, Wyoming, certain land withdrawn by the Commissioner of Reclamation, S. 2285, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a parcel of real property to Beaver County, Utah, S. 1521, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the Edward H. McDaniel American Legion Post No. 22 in Pahrump, Nevada, for the construction of a post building and memorial park for use by the American Legion, other veterans' groups, and the local community, S. 1826, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land in Washoe County, Nevada, to the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada, S. 2085, to modify the requirements of the land conveyance to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Research Foundation, and H.R. 1658, to amend the Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act to validate additional conveyances of certain lands in the State of California that form part of the right-of-way granted by the United States to facilitate the construction of the transcontinental railway, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Finance: May 5, Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, to hold hearings to examine the benefits of a healthy marriage, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Governmental Affairs: May 6, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine S. 1668, to establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions, 10 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 6, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine certain challenges facing military parents raising children, 2 p.m., SD-430.
Committee on the Judiciary: May 5, to hold an oversight hearing to examine material support statute relating to aiding terrorists, 10 a.m., SD-226.
May 6, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
May 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Jonathan W. Dudas, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: May 4, closed business meeting to resume markup of proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2005 for the intelligence community, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House Committees
Committee on Appropriations: May 6, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on the National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget, 1:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
Committee on Armed Services: May 5, Subcommittee on Projection Forces, to markup H.R. 4200, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 11:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
May 5, Subcommittee on Terrorism Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, to mark up H.R. 4200, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
May 5, Subcommittee on Total Force, to mark up H.R. 4200, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
May 6, Subcommittee on Readiness, to mark up H.R. 4200, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
May 6, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to mark up H.R. 4200, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
May 6, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, to mark up H.R. 4200, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and the Workforce: May 4, Subcommittee on Education Reform, hearing entitled ``Strengthening Vocational and Technical Education,'' 2 p.m., 2175M Rayburn.
May 5, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2728, Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2003; H.R. 2729, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2003; H.R. 2730, Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2003; and H.R. 2731, Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2003, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce: May 5, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled ``Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Status Report,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
May 5, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Physician Fee Schedule: A Review of the Current Medicare Payment System,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
May 6, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Online Pornography: Closing the Doors on Pervasive Smut,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
May 6, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``The `Dot Kids' Internet Domain: Protecting Children Online,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services: May 4, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to continue hearings entitled ``The FASB Stock Options Proposal: Its Effect on the U.S. Economy and Jobs,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
May 5, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, to consider H.R. 3755, Zero Downpayment Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
May 6, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform: May 5, hearing entitled ``Betting on Transparency: Toward Fairness and Integrity in the Interior Department's Tribal Recognition Process,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
May 5, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``Wildfires in the West--Is the Bush Administration's Response Adequate?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
May 6, full Committee, hearing entitled ``What's the Hold Up'' A Review of Security Clearance Backlog and Reciprocity Issues Plaguing Today's Government and Private Sector Workforce,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
May 6, Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing entitled
``Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Update on Federal Government Initiatives and Revolutionary New Treatment of Neurodevelopmental Diseases,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations: May 5, hearing on Water Scarcity in the Middle East: Regional Cooperation as a Mechanism Toward Peace, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
May 5, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on H.R. 3447, Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas Act of 2003, 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
May 6, full Committee, hearing on Ethnic Cleansing in Darfur: A New Front Opens in Sudan's Bloody War; followed by mark up of H. Con. Res. 403, Condemning the Government of the Republic of the Sudan for its attacks against innocent civilians in the impoverished Darfur region of western Sudan, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary: May 5, to mark up the following: H.J. Res. 83, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the appointment of individuals to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives; H.R. 2934, Terrorist Penalties Enhancement Act of 2003; H.R. 3179, Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003; a resolution Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education; H.R. 3754, Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act; H.R. 1731, Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act; S. 1301, Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2003; H.R. 1678, Anti-Hoax Terrorism Act of 2003; H.R. 1302, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2003; H.R. 3632, Anti-Counterfeiting Amendments of 2003; and private relief bills, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
May 6, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, to mark up the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources: May 5, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 142, To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwatwer Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Inland Empire regional water recycling project, to authorize the Secretary to carry out a program to assist agencies in projects to construct regional brine lines in California, and to authorize the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstration and reclamation project; H.R. 1014, Gateway Communities Cooperation Act; 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. 2201, National War Permanent Tribute Historical Database Act; H.R. 2663, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms located on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, as a unit of the National Park System; H.R. 2828, Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act; H.R. 2912, To reaffirm the inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Tribe to determine its membership and form of government; H.R. 2966, Right-to-Ride Livestock on Federal Lands Act of 2003; H.R. 2991, Inland Empire Regional Water Recycling Initiative; H.R. 3247, Trail Responsibility and Accountability for the Improvement of Lands Act of 2003; H.R. 3378, Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2003; H.R. 3504, To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to redesignate the American Indian Education Foundation as the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education; H.R. 3505, to amend the Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance Act to specify the recipients and consideration for conveyance of the Bend Pine Nursery; H.R. 3706, John Muir National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment Act; H.R. 3768, Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve Boundary Revision Act of 2004; H.R. 3819, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Designation Act of 2004; H.R. 3846, Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004; H.R. 3874, To convey for public purposes certain Federal lands in Riverside County, California, that have been identified for disposal; H.R. 3932, To amend Public Law 99-338 to authorize the continued use of certain lands within the Sequoia National Park by portions of an existing hydroelectric project; and H.R. 4114, Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 2004, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
May 6, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 3283, Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
Committee on Rules: May 4, to consider H.R. 4227, Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2004, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science: May 5, hearing entitled ``U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Preliminary Report,'' 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business: May 5, hearing entitled ``Improving the Regulatory Flexibility Act--H.R. 2345,'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
May 6, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprise, Agriculture and Technology, hearing entitled ``The Benefits of Tax Incentives for Producers of Renewable Fuels and its impact on Small Businesses and Farmers,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: May 5, Subcommittee on Railroads, oversight hearing on Railroad Security, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
May 6, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on H.R. 4251, Maritime Transportation Amendments of 2004, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 6, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the following: H.R. 4020, State Veterans' Homes Nurse Recruitment Act of 2004; H.R. 4231, Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act of 2004; H.R. 3849, Military Sexual Trauma Counseling Act of 2004; H.R. 4248, Homeless Veterans Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2004; and a measure to reform the qualifications and selection requirements for the position of the Under Secretary for Health, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
Committee on Ways and Means, May 5, to mark up H.R. 4103, AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 4, executive, TTIC Briefing on Terrorist Threats, 4:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
May 5, executive, hearing on DCI Wrap Up Budget, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
May 5, Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, execurive, hearing on Aligning CIA HUMINT, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
May 6, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and National Security, executive, briefing on Global Intelligence Update, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
Select Committee on Homeland Security. May 5, Subcommittee on Infrastructure and Border Security, hearing entitled ``Maritime Security Operations within the Department of Homeland Security,'' 2 p.m., room to be announced.
May 6, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Progress in Addressing Management Challenges at the Department of Homeland Security,'' 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Joint Meetings
Joint Economic Committee: May 7, to hold a hearing to examine the employment situation for April, 9:30 a.m., 1334 LHOB.
