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Committee Meetings/Hearings Scheduled
Day in the Life:
This document provides a brief description of each committee meeting and hearing scheduled to take place today, and on days thereafter. The time and location of each meeting/hearing is identified. Meetings that have been canceled or postponed are also noted.

Thursday, Jul. 22, 2004
9 a.m.
    Governmental Affairs
    Investigations Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine the extent to which
         consumers can purchase pharmaceuticals over the
         Internet without a medical prescription, the
         importation of pharmaceuticals into the United
         States, and whether the pharmaceuticals from
         foreign sources are counterfeit, expired, unsafe,
         or illegitimate, focusing on the extent to which
         U.S. consumers can purchase dangerous and often
         addictive controlled substances from Internet
         pharmacy websites and the procedures utilized by
         the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, the
         Drug Enforcement Administration, the United
         States Postal Service, and the Food and Drug
         Administration, as well as the private sector to
         address these issues.
                                                      SD-342
  
9:30 a.m.
    Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar
         business.
                                                      SR-253
  
9:30 a.m.
    Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the current situation
         in Iraq post-transition.
                                                      SD-419
  
9:30 a.m.
    Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar
         business.
                                                      SD-226
  
9:30 a.m.
    Appropriations
    Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
    Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine activities and
         funding issues of the Appalachian Council and
         Working for America Institute.
                                                      SD-192
  
10 a.m.
    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To continue hearings to examine regulation NMS
         and developments in market structure.
                                                      SD-538
  
10 a.m.
    Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the role of higher
         education financing in strengthening U.S.
         competitiveness in a global economy.
                                                      SD-215
  
10 a.m.
    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine preparations for
         possible future terrorist attacks.
                                                      SD-430
  
10 a.m.
    Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the demographics of
         health care, focusing on evidence regarding
         declining rates of chronic disability and assess
         the best opportunities for further health
         promotion.
                                                      SD-628
  
11 a.m.
    Conferees
         Meeting of conferees on H.R.3550, to authorize
         funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
         programs, and transit programs.
                                                   2167 RHOB
  
2 p.m.
    Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine S.2560, to amend
         chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code,
         relating to inducement of copyright infringement.
                                                      SD-226
  
2:30 p.m.
    Energy and Natural Resources
    National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the
         implementation of the National Parks Air Tour
         Management Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-181).
                                                      SD-366
  
2:30 p.m.
    Commerce, Science, and Transportation
    Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine space exploration of
         Saturn.
                                                      SR-253
  
2:30 p.m.
    Intelligence
         To hold hearings to examine intelligence reform.
                                                      SH-216
  
3:30 p.m.
    Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of
         Allen Weinstein, of Maryland, to be Archivist of
         the United States.
                                                      SD-342