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Measures Introduced:
Twelve bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2639-2650, S. Res. 404, and S. Con. Res. 124.
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Measures Reported:
S. 155, to convey to the town of Frannie, Wyoming, certain land withdrawn by the Commissioner of Reclamation, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 108-302)
S. 1467, to establish the Rio Grande Outstanding Natural Area in the State of Colorado, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-303)
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, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 108-304)
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, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 108-305)
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Constitutional Amendment on Marriage:
Senate continued consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 40, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.
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Nominations Confirmed:
Senate confirmed the following nominations:
Christine Todd Whitman, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (prior to this action, Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration); and
Kenneth Francis Hackett, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (prior to this action, Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration).
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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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Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
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Authority for Committees to Meet:
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Privilege of the Floor:
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Adjournment:
Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 10:14 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 14, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8052.)
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GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (P.L. 106-102), to enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, after receiving testimony from Harry P. Doherty, Independence Community Bank Corporation, Brooklyn, New York, on behalf of America's Community Bankers; Terry Jorde, CountryBank USA, Cando, North Dakota, on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America; Ronnie Turbertini, SouthGroup Insurance and Financial Services, Jackson, Mississippi, on behalf of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, Inc.; and Travis B. Plunkett, Consumer Federation of America, Steve Bartlett, Financial Services Roundtable, James D. McLaughlin, American Bankers Association, John Taylor, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, and J. Steven Judge, Securities Industry Association, all of Washington, D.C.
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the proposed reauthorization of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, after receiving testimony from Kathleen A. Cox, President and CEO, Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Carl Matthusen, KJZZ-FM, KBAQ-FM, Sun Sounds Radio Reading Services, Tempe, Arizona; Ken Burns, Florentine Films, Walpole, New Hampshire, on behalf of PBS; Loris Ann Vincente-Taylor, KUYI 88.1 FM, Keams Canyon, Arizona, on behalf of the Hopi Foundation; and Peter A. Frid, New Hampshire Public Television, University of New Hampshire, Durham, on behalf of the Association of Public Television Stations.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of David M. Stone, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, and Albert A. Frink, Jr., of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NUCLEAR POWER
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the role of nuclear power in national energy policy, focusing on the high-level nuclear waste repository at the Yucca Mountain, Nevada site, the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI), the Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee (NERAC), and enhancing nuclear technology education, after receiving testimony from Kyle E. McSlarrow, Deputy Secretary of Energy.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded a hearing to examine human trafficking issues, focusing on mail order bride abuses, including exploitation and physical abuse, forced motherhood, threats of deportation, marketing of extremely vulnerable populations, underage children on marriage agency websites, and informational, economic, cultural, and legal vulnerability, after receiving testimony from Senator Cantwell; John R. Miller, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department of State; Michele A. Clark, Johns Hopkins University School of International Studies Foreign Policy Institute, and Suzanne Jackson, George Washington University Law School, both of Washington, D.C.; and Donna M. Hughes, University of Rhode Island Women's Studies Program, Kingston.
OLYMPIC GAMES SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on security preparations for the 2004 Olympic Games from Thomas J. Miller, U.S. Ambassador to Greece.
FEDERAL SENTENCING REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Blakely v. Washington on the current and future operation of the federal sentencing guidelines, focusing on concerns regarding the validity of the federal guideline system, after receiving testimony from William W. Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, Helena, Department of Justice; John R. Steer, and William K. Sessions, III, Chief United States District Judge for the District of Vermont, both a Vice Chair and D754Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission; Lawrence L. Piersol, Chief United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, on behalf of the Federal Judges Association; Paul G. Cassell, United States District Judge for the District of Utah, Salt Lake City; Frank O. Bowman, III, Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis; Rachel E. Barkow, New York University School of Law, and Alan Vinegrad, Covington and Burling, both of New York, New York; and Ronald Weich, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Washington, D.C.
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PROPERTY RIGHTS
Committee on the Judiciary:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine section 211 of the Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, of 1999, as included in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1999 (Public Law 105-277), focusing on intellectual property rights relating to Cuba, after receiving testimony from Nancie G. Marzulla, Defenders of Property Rights, William A. Reinsch, National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., and Bruce A. Lehman, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, all of Washington, D.C.; Kenneth B. Germain, University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Ramon Arechabala, Miami, Florida.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence:
Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
STEROID ABUSE
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control:
Caucus concluded a hearing to examine the abuse of anabolic steroids and their precursors by adolescent amateur athletes, after receiving testimony from Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Director, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Terry Madden, United States Anti-Doping Agency, Colorado Springs, Colorado; William C. Martin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Don H. Catlin, University of California at Los Angeles Olympic Analytical Laboratory; Curtis A. Wenzlaff, Flint, Michigan; Don Hooten, Plano, Texas; and an anonymous witness.
Measures Introduced:
10 public bills, H.R. 4819-4828; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 713-714 were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H5654-55
Reports Filed:
Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 4418, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 for the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security, for the Office of the United States Trade Representative, for the United States International Trade Commission, amended (H. Rept. 108-598, Pt. 1);
H.R. 4818, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005 (H. Rept. 108-599);
H.R. 3632, to prevent and punish counterfeiting of copyrighted copies and phonorecords, amended (H. Rept. 108-600);
S. 2363, to revise and extend the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (H. Rept. 108-601); and
H. Res. 712, providing for consideration of H.R. 4759, to implement the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement (H. Rept. 108-602).
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Speaker Pro Tempore:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Bradley to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.
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Recess:
The House recessed at 9:33 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m.
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Chaplain:
The prayer was offered today by Rev. Dr. Joseph W. Collins, Pastor, Mount Carmel United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Discharge Petition:
Representative Frost moved to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of H. Res. 696, providing for consideration of H.R. 3767, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare Program (Discharge Petition no. 9).
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Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2005--Motion to go to Conference:
The House disagreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 4613, making appropriations for the Department of D755Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and agreed to a conference.
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Agreed to the Jackson (IL) motion to instruct conferees on the bill by a voice vote.
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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 2005:
The House passed H.R. 4766, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, by a yea and nay vote of 389 yeas to 31 nays, Roll No. 370. The bill was also debated on Monday, July 12.
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Point of Order sustained against:
Baca amendment (no. 9 printed in the Congressional Record of July 12) that would have increased funding for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Civil Rights, for activities under the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service;
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Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY05--Conference Committee:
Agreed to close portions of the conference to the public when classified information is discussed, by a yea and nay vote of 411 yeas to 6 nays, Roll No. 365.
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Project BioShield Act of 2003--Order of Business:
Agreed that it be in order at any time without intervention of any point of order to consider S. 15, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protections and countermeasures against chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents that may be used in a terrorist attack against the United States by giving the National Institutes of Health contracting flexibility, infrastructure improvements, and expediting the scientific peer review process, and streamlining the Food and Drug Administration approval process of countermeasures; that the bill be considered as read for amendment; and that the previous question be considered as ordered on the bill to final passage without intervening motion except (1) 90 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled, and (2) one motion to recommit.
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Amendments:
Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on pages H5655-56.
Quorum Calls--Votes:
Two yea and nay votes and six recorded votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5579-80, H5580, H5581, H5608, H5608-09, H5609-10, H5610, H5614-15. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment:
The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 11:33 p.m.
COLLEGE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce:
Held a hearing on H.R. 4283, College Access and Opportunity Act of 2004, focusing on Graduation Rates and Student Outcomes. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CONSOLIDATE OFFICES OF COUNTER INTELLLIGENCE AT NNSA AND DOE
Committee on Energy and Commerce:
Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality held a hearing entitled ``A Hearing to Review Proposals to Consolidate the Offices of Counter Intelligence at NNSA and DOE.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Linton F. Brooks, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; and Steve Dillard, Director, Office of Counterintelligence; and a public witness.
IMPLEMENT INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce:
Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled ``POPs, Pic, and LRTAP: the Role of the United States and Draft Legislation to Implement These International Conventions.'' Testimony was heard from Claudia McMurray, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State; Susan B. Hazen, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, EPA; and public witnesses.
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SAMARITAN INITIATIVE ACT
Committee on Financial Services:
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity held a hearing on H.R. 4057, Samaritan Initiative Act of 2004. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
REVIEW--OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE AND FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD
Committee on Financial Services:
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a joint hearing entitled ``A Review of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight and Federal Housing Finance Board.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Armando Falcon. Jr., Director, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight; and Alicia R. Castaneda, Chairman, Federal Housing Finance Board.
FEDERAL HIRING PROCESS--SHORTENING THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
Committee on Government Reform:
Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization concluded hearings entitled ``The Federal Hiring Process II: Shortening the Long and Winding Road.'' Testimony was heard from Dan Blair, Deputy Director, OPM; David Chu, Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense; Ed Sontag, Assistant Secretary, Administration and Management, Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Health and Human Services; Claudia Cross, Chief Human Capital Officer, Director, Office of Human Resources Management, Department of Energy; and J. Christopher Mihm, Director, Strategic Issues, GAO.
VISA REVOCATIONS
Committee on Government Reform:
Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations continued hearings entitled ``Visa Revocations II: Still Porous, Slow to Fix.'' Testimony was heard from Jess T. Ford, International Affairs and Trade Division, GAO; Tony Edson, Managing Director, Office of Visa Services, Department of State; the following officials of the Department of Homeland Security: Robert M. Jacksta, Executive Director, Border Security and Facilitation, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection; and Robert A. Schoch, Deputy Assistant Director, National Security Investigations, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and Donna A. Bucella, Director, Terrorist Screening Center, FBI, Department of Justice.
INFORMATION SHARING--LINKING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Committee on Government Reform:
Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census held an oversight hearing entitled ``Facilitating an Enhanced Information Sharing Network that Links Law Enforcement and Homeland Security for Federal, State and Local Governments.'' Testimony was heard from LTG Patrick Hughes, USA, Assistant Secretary, Information Analysis, Department of Homeland Security; Russell Travers, Deputy Director, and Associate Director, Defense Issues, Terrorist Threat Integration Center; Willie Hulon, Deputy Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division FBI, Department of Justice; Gerald Lynch, Executive Director, Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network; Mark Zadra, Chief of Investigations, Department of Law Enforcement, State of Florida; and Suzanne Peck, Chief Technology Officer, District of Columbia.
OVERSIGHT--GAMING
Committee on Resources:
Held an oversight hearing on gaming on off-reservation, restored and newly-acquired lands. Testimony was heard from Representative McCrery; Aurene Martin, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--STATUS OF OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS IN U.S.
Committee on Resources:
Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans held an oversight hearing on the Status of Ocean Observing Systems in the United States. Testimony was heard from Rick Spinrad, Director, National Ocean Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Margaret S. Leinen, Assistant Director, Geosciences, NSF; Robert Winokur, Technical Director, Oceanographer of the Navy, Department of the Navy; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules:
Heard testimony from Representatives Kolbe, Lowey, and Lantos, but action was deferred on H.R. 4818, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005.
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U.S.-AUSTRALIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ACT
Committee on Rules:
Granted by voice vote, a closed rule on H.R. 4759, United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, providing for two hours of debate in the House equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that pursuant to section 151(f)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974, the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill to final passage without intervening motion. Section 2 of the resolution provides that during consideration of the bill, notwithstanding the operation of the previous question, the Chair may postpone further consideration of the bill to a time designated by the Speaker. Testimony was heard from Representative Crane.
OVERSIGHT--GSA'S FISCAL YEAR CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND LEASING PROGRAM
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure:
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management held an oversight hearing on GSA's Fiscal Year 2005 Capital Investment and Leasing Program. Testimony was heard from F. Joseph Moravec, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, GSA; and Jane R. Roth, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and Chairman, Committee on Security and Facilities, Judicial Conference.
EXAMINE CHILD WELFARE REFORM PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means:
Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing to Examine Child Welfare Reform Proposals. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
to hold hearings to examine home products fire safety issues, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold hearings to examine adult stem cell research issues, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 2317, to limit the royalty on soda ash; S. 2353, to reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992; H.R. 1189, to increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Finance:
business meeting to consider S. 2610, to implement the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, and proposed legislation implementing the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations:
to hold hearings to examine balancing reform and counterterrorism in Pakistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine U.S. policy toward Southeast Europe, focusing on the Balkans, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Indian Affairs:
business meeting to consider pending calendar business; to be followed by an oversight hearing on the implementation of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978, 10 a.m., SR-418.
Committee on the Judiciary:
to hold hearings to examine the implications of drug importation, 10 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Rules and Administration:
to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Election Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
Committee on Appropriations,
to mark up the following appropriations for fiscal year 2005: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies; and District of Columbia, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and the Workforce,
Subcommittee on Education Reform, to mark up H.R. 4496, Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce,
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Radio Frequency Identification (REID) Technology: What the Future Holds for Commerce, Security, and the Consumer,'' 1:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Competition and Consumer Choice in the MVPD Marketplace--Including an Examination of Proposals to Expand Consumer Choice, Such as A La Carte and Themed-Tiered Offerings,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform,
and the Committee on Agriculture, joint hearing entitled ``A Review of USDA's Expanded BSE Cattle Surveillance Program,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management, hearing entitled ``Improving IG Functionality and Independence--A Review of Legislative Ideas,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, hearing entitled ``Health Informatics: What is the Prescription for D759Success in Intergovernmental Information Sharing and Emergency Response?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
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Committee on International Relations,
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Islam in Asia, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary,
to mark up H.R. 3313, Marriage Protection Act of 2003, 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources,
to mark up the following measures:
H. Res. 431, Honoring the achievements of Siegfried and Roy, recognizing the impact of their efforts on the conservation of endangered species both domestically and worldwide, and wishing Roy Horn a full and speedy recovery; H.R. 1630, Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act of 2003; H.R. 2129, Taunton, Massachusetts Special Resources Study Act; H.R. 2400, To amend the Organic Act of Guam for the purposes of clarifying the local judicial structure of Guam; H.R. 2457, Castillo De San Marcos National Monument Preservation and Education Act; H.R. 2960, To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling and desalinization project; H.R. 3056, To clarify the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coast Barrier Resources System Cedar Keys Unit P25 on Otherwise Protected Area P25P; H.R. 3257, Western Reserve Heritage Area Study Act; H.R. 3334, Riverside-Corona Feeder Authorization Act; H.R. 3427, Craig Recreation Land Purchase Act; H.R. 3479, Brown Tree Snake Control and Eradication Act of 2003; H.R. 3589, To create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands; H.R. 3597, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study on the Alder Creek water storage and conservation project in El Dorado County, California; H.R. 3954, Rancho El Cajon Boundary Reconciliation Act; H.R. 4010, National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2004; H.R. 4027, To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make available to the University of Miami property under the administrative jurisdiction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Virginia Key, Florida, for use by the University for a Marine Life Science Center; H.R. 4045, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a feasibility study with respect to the Mokelumne River; H.R. 4170, Department of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act of 2004; H.R. 4459, Llagas Reclamation Groundwater Remediation Initiative; H.R. 4481, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004; H.R. 4492, To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1966 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas; H.R. 4494, Grey Towers National Historic Site Act of 2004; H.R. 4508, To amend the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to require the Secretary to permit continued use and occupancy of certain privately owned cabins in the Mineral King Valley in the Sequoia National Park; H.R. 4606, Southern California Groundwater Remediation Act; H.R. 4617, To amend the Small Tracts Act to facilitate the exchange of small tracts of land; H.R. 4625, Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2004; S. 943, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 1 or more contracts with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of the city's water in the Kendrick Project, Wyoming; S. 1003, To clarify the intent of Congress with respect to the continued use of established commercial outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River; S. 1537, To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the New Hope Cemetery Association certain land in the State of Arkansas for use as a cemetery; H.R. 1576, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2003; and S. 1721, American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Small Business,
hearing on Trade Fairness: How We Can Make Our Trade Laws Work for America's Small Businesses, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on In-Line Explosive Detection Systems: Financing and Deployment, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means,
to mark up the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 5 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
, executive, hearing on The Critical Need for Interrogation in the Global War on Terrorism, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
Conference:
meeting of conferees on H.R. 2443, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2004, to amend various laws administered by the Coast Guard, 3:15 p.m., 2167 RHOB.
Conference:
closed meeting of conferees on H.R. 4613, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 6:30 p.m., HC-5, Capitol.
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Program for Wednesday:
After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 30 minutes), Senate will continue consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 40, Constitutional Amendment on Marriage, with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the S.J. Res. 40 to occur at 12 noon.
Next Meeting of the
Program for Wednesday:
Consideration of Suspensions:
(1) H.R. 3463--SUTA Dumping Prevention Act of 2003;
(2) H. Res. 705--Urging the President to resolve the disparate treatment of direct and indirect taxes presently provided by the World Trade Organization;
(3) H.R. 4418--Customs Border Security Act of 2004;
(4) H. Res. 576--Urging the Government of the People's Republic of China to improve its protection of intellectual property rights;
(5) H.R. 1587--Viet Nam Human Rights Act of 2003;
(6) H. Con. Res. 422--Concerning the importance of the distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world;
(7) H. Res. 615--Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of full membership of Israel in the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) at the United Nations;
(8) H. Con. Res. 462--Reaffirming unwavering commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act;
(9) H. Res. 688--Commending the Government of Portugal and the Portuguese people for their long-standing friendship, stalwart leadership, and unwavering support of the United States in the effort to combat international terrorism;
(10) S. 2264--Northern Uganda Crisis Response Act;
(11) H.R. 1914--Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2003;
(12) H.R. 3277--Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act;
(13) H.R. 2768--John Marshall Commemorative Coin Act;
(14) H.R. 3884--Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and United States Courthouse Building Designation Act;
(15) H.R. 4056--Commercial Aviation MANPADS Defense Act of 2004; and
(16) H.R. 4012--To amend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 to permanently authorize the public school and private school tuition assistance programs established under the Act.
Consideration of S. 15, Project BioShield Act of 2004 (unanimous consent agreement).
Consideration of H.R. 4759, United States-Australia Free Trade Implementation Act (subject to a rule).
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