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Measures Introduced:
Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2797-2804, and S. Res. 424-425.
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Measures Reported:
Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals--2005.'' (S. Rept. No. 108-338)
S. 2639, to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act. (S. Rept. No. 108-339)
S. 2803, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005. (S. Rept. No. 108-340)
S. 2804, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005. (S. Rept. No. 108-341)
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Measures Passed:
Homeland Security Appropriations:
By a unanimous vote of 93 yeas (Vote No. 184), Senate passed H.R. 4567, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
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Clinton/Schumer Amendment No. 3651, to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency to allocate at least $4,450,000 of any funds previously made available in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City for continued mental health counseling services for emergency services personnel requiring additional assistance as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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By 48 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 179), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to waive section 501(b) of H. Con. Res. 95, Fiscal Year 2004 Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to Byrd Amendment No. 3649, to provide funds for the Transportation Security Administration, United States Coast Guard, and the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment would increase spending in excess of levels permitted by H. Con. Res. 95, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls.
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Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the Senate request the House to return the papers with respect to S. 2261, to expand certain preferential trade treatment for Haiti.
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Messages From the House:
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Measures Referred:
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Executive Communications:
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
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Additional Statements:
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Amendments Submitted:
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Authority for Committees to Meet:
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Privilege of the Floor:
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Record Votes:
Ten record votes were taken today. (Total--184)
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Adjournment:
Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 11:18 p.m., until 9:45 a.m., on Wednesday, September 15, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9240.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: INTERIOR/AGRICULTURE/TRANSPORTATION AND TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations:
Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
An original bill (S. 2804) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005;
An original bill (S. 2803) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005; and
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An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.
LAND BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests concluded a hearing to examine S. 2532, to establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for the high quality development in Lincoln County, Nevada, S. 2723, to designate certain land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, and S. 2709, to provide for the reforestation of appropriate forest cover on forest land derived from the public domain, after receiving testimony from Senators Reid and Ensign; Representative Gibbons; Mark Rey, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; Rebecca W. Watson, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management; Mayor Linda Malone, Sandy, Oregon; Jay Ward, Oregon Natural Resources Council, Portland; Jason Spadaro, SDS Lumber Company, Bingen, Washington; Chris DiStefano, International Mountain Bicycling Association, Boulder, Colorado; Michael Newton, Oregon State University Department of Forest Science, Philomath; and John Hiatt, Red Rock Audubon Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, on behalf of the Nevada Wilderness Coalition.
9/11 COMMISSION HUMAN CAPITAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs:
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine and discuss legislative and administrative options to address human capital recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission), focusing on improving the presidential appointments process for national security positions, establishing a single agency that conducts security clearance background investigations for U.S. personnel, and providing some additional personnel flexibilities to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to reflect its increased counterterrorism and intelligence responsibilities, after receiving testimony from Fred Fielding, and Jamie S. Gorelick, both Commissioners, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States; Mark Steven Bullock, Assistant Director, Administrative Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; John A. Turnicky, Special Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence for Security, Central Intelligence Agency; J. Christopher Mihm, Managing Director of Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office; Paul C. Light, New York University Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and the Brookings Institution, C. Morgan Kinghorn, National Academy of Public Administration, and Max Stier, Partnership for Public Service, all of Washington, D.C.; and Doug Wagoner, Information Technology Association of America Security Clearances Task Group, Arlington, Virginia.
GROUP PURCHASING ORGANIZATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary:
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine maintaining innovation and cost savings relating to hospital group purchasing, focusing on maintaining a group purchasing organization industry that helps hospitals realize significant savings on the best products for their patients, after receiving testimony from Robert Betz, Health Industry Group Purchasing Association, Arlington, Virginia; Joe E. Kiani, Masimo Corporation, Irvine, California; and David A. Balto, Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi LLP, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Porter J. Goss, of Florida, to be Director of Central Intelligence, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Graham (FL) and Nelson (FL), testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
MANDATORY RETIREMENTS
Special Committee on Aging:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine mandatory retirement age rules, anti-age-discrimination laws in the private sector, and technology-induced demand and projected worker shortages, after receiving testimony from Abby L. Block, Deputy Associate Director, Center for Employee and Family Support Policy, Office of Personnel Management; Eugene R. Freedman, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, and Jagadeesh Gokhale, Cato Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Russell B. Rayman, Aerospace Medical Association, Alexandria, Virginia; and Joseph Eichelkraut, Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association, Dallas, Texas.
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Measures Introduced:
8 public bills, H.R. 5071-5078; and; 9 resolutions, H.J. Res. 103; H. Con. Res. 491-493, and H. Res. 771-775 were introduced.
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Reports Filed:
Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 2971, to amend the Social Security Act to enhance Social Security account number privacy protections, to prevent fraudulent misuse of the Social Security account number, and to otherwise enhance protection against identity theft, amended referred sequentially to the House Committee on the Judiciary for a period ending not later than Oct. 1, 2004 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(k), rule X. (H. Rept. 108-685, Pt. 1); and
H. Res. 770, providing for consideration of H.R. 5025, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005 (H. Rept. 108-686).
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Recess:
The House recessed at 9:21 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m.
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Suspensions:
The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures:
Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2003:
H.R. 1787, amended, to remove civil liability barriers that discourage the donation of fire equipment to volunteer fire companies, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 397 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 446; and
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Suspension Failed--
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Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2004:
The House passed H.R. 4571, to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 174 nays, Roll No. 450.
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Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act for FY05:
The House began consideration of H.R. 5025, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005. Further consideration will continue tomorrow, September 15.
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Jefferson amendment that sought to strike section 103 of the bill regarding the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport; and
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section 510, regarding the purchase of American-made equipment and products;
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Amendments:
Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on page H7138.
Quorum Calls--Votes:
Seven yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7096, H7096-97, H7097-98, H7098, H7118, H7119, H71120, H7125, H7181-82, H7182-83 and H7183. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment:
The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 11:44 p.m.
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 D892of 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.
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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.
Committee on Appropriations:
business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, proposed legislation making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and proposed legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 10:30 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
to hold hearings to examine impacts of climate change, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Finance:
business meeting to consider a substitute to 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, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations:
to hold hearings to examine accelerating U.S. assistance to Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Indian Affairs:
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-485.
Committee on Financial Services,
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Financial Services Issues: A Consumer's Perspective,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform,
to mark up the following measures: H.R. 480, To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 747 Broadway in Albany, New York, as the ``United States Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex;'' H.R. 4046, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 555 West 180th Street in New York, New York, as the ``Sergeant Riayan A. Tejada Post Office;'' H.R. 4807, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Sacramento Street in Rio Vista, California, as the ``Adam G. Kinser Post Office Building;'' H.R. 4847, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 560 Bay Isles Road in Longboat Key, Florida, as the ``Lieutenant General James V. Edmundson Post Office Building;'' H.R. 4968, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 McHenry Street in Rosine, Kentucky, as the ``Bill Monroe Post Office;'' H.R. 5027, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 411 Midway Avenue in Mascotte, Florida, as the ``Specialist Eric Ramirez Post Office;'' H.R. 5039, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at United States Route 1 in Ridgeway, North Carolina, as the ``Eva Holtzman Post Office;'' H. Con. Res. 461, Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of life insurance, and recognizing and supporting National Life Insurance Awareness Month; H. Con. Res. 464, Honoring the 10 communities selected to receive the 2004 All-America City Award; H. Res. 755, Supporting the goals and ideals of National Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Week and recognizing the importance to the Nation of residents of long-term care facilities, including senior citizens and individuals living with disabilities; H. Res. 761, Congratulating Lance Armstrong on his record-setting victory in the 2004 Tour de France; H. Con. Res. 489, Supporting the goals and ideals of National Preparedness Month; and D893H. Res. 641, Supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month; and to hold a hearing entitled ``Making Networx Work: An Examination of GSA's Continuing Efforts to Create a Modern, Flexible and Affordable Government Wide Telecommunications Program; and to consider a consulting contract, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
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Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management, oversight hearing entitled ``The Evolving Role of the Federal Chief Financial Officer,'' 1 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, hearing entitled ``Conquering Obesity: the U.S. Approach to Combating this National Health Crisis,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary,
to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2028, Pledge Protection Act of 2003; and H.R. 4341, Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
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, 12 noon, 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources,
to mark up the following measures: H. Res. 556, Congratulating the United States Geological Survey on its 125th Anniversary; H.R. 2941, Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act; H.R. 3207, Manhattan Project National Historical Park Study Act of 2003; H.R. 3210, Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins Water Feasibility Act; H.R. 3258, Hibben Center Act; H.R. 3982, To direct the Secretary of Interior to convey certain land held in trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to the City of Richfield, Utah; H.R. 4066, Chickasaw National Recreation Area Land Exchange Act of 2004; H.R. 4282, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2004; H.R. 4258, To provide for the conveyance of certain public land in Clark County, Nevada, for use as a heliport; H.R. 4389, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California; H.R. 4469, Angel Island Immigration Station Restoration and Preservation Act; H.R. 4579, Truman Farm Home Expansion Act; H.R. 4588, Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2004; H.R. 4596, To amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington University until December 31, 2009; H.R. 4667, Tapoco Project Licensing Act of 2004; H.R. 4775, To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the El Paso, Texas, water reclamation, reuse, and desalinization project; H.R. 4806, Pine Springs Land Exchange 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; H.R. 4838, Healthy Forests Youth Conservation Corps Act of 2004; H.R. 4893, To authorize additional appropriations for the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978; H.R. 4984, Potash Royalty Reduction Act of 2004; H.R. 5009, Montana Water Contracts Extension Act of 2004; S. 434, Idaho Panhandle National Forest Improvement Act of 2003; S. 551, Southern Ute and Colorado Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation Act of 2003; and S. 1814, To transfer federal lands between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
Subcommittee on Aviation, to mark up a measure to Further Protect the U.S. Aviation System from Terrorist Attacks, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Select Committee on Homeland Security,
hearing entitled ``Combating Terrorism: The Role of Broadcast Media,'' 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe:
to hold hearings to examine how the U.S. can best utilize the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to advance its political, security and humanitarian interests, 10 a.m., 334 CHOB.
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Program for Wednesday:
Senate will begin consideration of S. 2674, Military Construction Appropriations, pursuant to the order of September 14, 2004.
Program for Wednesday:
Continue consideration of H.R. 5025--Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2005.
Consideration of Suspension:
H. Res. 771--Expressing the thanks of the House of Representatives and the Nation for the contributions to freedom made by American POW/MIAs on National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
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