Daybook

PRESIDENT BUSH

Discusses the Patriot Act, Buffalo, N.Y.; Attends a Bush-Cheney ’04 fund-raiser, New York City.

VICE PRESIDENT

7 p.m. — Addresses the National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund’s Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner, Willard Inter-Continental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

ECONOMIC REPORTS

2:30 p.m. — Treasury Department releases results of weekly three- and six-month bill auctions. Location: 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Contact: 202/874-9890.

5 p.m. — American Petroleum Institute releases the weekly report on petroleum inventories. Location: 1220 L St. NW. Contact: 202/682-8000.

FEDERAL AGENCIES

8 a.m. — Veterans Affairs Department holds a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans. Topics include data on recent combat veterans from the Department of Defense Manpower Data Center database; release of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services Report; focus-group site visits; compensation and pension benefits. Location: National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. Contact: 202/273-6193.

Noon — Office of National Drug Control Policy holds a meeting of the Advisory Commission on Drug Free Communities. Topics include presentation on coalition sustainability; role of the National Anti-Drug Coalition Institute’s Training and Technical Assistance in coalition sustainability; effective and potential uses of community sectors. Location: Office of National Drug Control Policy, 750 17th St. NW., fifth-floor conference room. Contact: 202/395-5016.

1:30 p.m. — Internal Revenue Service holds a meeting by teleconference of the Joint Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, to discuss improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service. See contact for dial-in information. Location: None given. Contact: 888/912-1227.

SUPREME COURT

Oral arguments begin at 10 a.m., one hour per case

Docket Numbers 03-334 Rasul v. Bush and 03-343 Al Odah v. United States — consolidated with one hour for argument

Docket Number 02-572 Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices

Contact: 202/479-3211.

SENATE

Meets at 9:45 a.m. for morning business and to consider the asbestos-litigation bill. Contact: Republican Cloakroom, 202/224-8601, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202/224-8541.

SENATE COMMITTEES

9:30 a.m. — Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on U.S. policy and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Paul Wolfowitz, deputy secretary, Defense Department; Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Marc Grossman, undersecretary for political affairs, State Department, testify. Location: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-3871.

10 a.m. — Appropriations Transportation, Treasury and general government subcommittee holds a hearing on fiscal 2005 appropriations for the Treasury Department. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow testifies. Location: 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-7363.

10 a.m. — Governmental Affairs oversight of government management, the federal work force and District of Columbia subcommittee holds a hearing, “Pirates of the 21st Century: The Curse of the Black Market.” Jon Dudas, acting undersecretary for intellectual property/director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce Department; and Francis White, unit chief, Commercial Fraud, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Department, testify. Location: 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4751.

2:30 p.m. — Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee holds a hearing, “An Examination of the Current Condition of the Banking and Credit Union Industry.” Alan Greenspan, chairman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and Donald Powell, chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, testify. Location: 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-7391.

HOUSE

Meets at 2 p.m. for legislative business to consider H.R.4037, H.R.3855 and H.R.1822, U.S. Postal Service facility-naming legislation and S.Con.Res. 97, recognizing the 91st annual meeting of the Garden Club of America. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. Contact: Republican Cloakroom, 202/225-2020, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202/225-1600.

HOUSE COMMITTEES

10 a.m. — Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and related agencies subcommittee holds a hearing on fiscal 2005 appropriations for programs under its jurisdiction. Location: 2358 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-2771.