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PRESIDENT BUSH

Meets with the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, at the White House.

VICE PRESIDENT Meets with the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, at the White House. Participates in a conference call for the Bush-Cheney ’04 National Party for the President Day.

ECONOMIC REPORTS 8:30 a.m. — Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the employment cost index for the first quarter. Location: 200 Constitution Ave. NW. Contact: 202/606-5902.

4 p.m. — Oilseed Processors Association releases the weekly report on the soybean crush. Location: 1255 23rd St. NW, Suite 850. Contact: 202/452-8040.

FEDERAL AGENCIES 8:30 a.m. — Economics and Statistics Administration holds a meeting of the Decennial Census Advisory Committee to discuss issues related to population and housing. Location: Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington. Contact: 301/763-2070.

8:30 a.m. — National Institutes of Health holds a meeting of the Director’s Council of Public Representatives. Topics include the role of public trust in building communities of research; COPR public trust efforts; and NIH public trust initiative. Location: National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Conference Room 6, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda. Contact: 301/435-4448.

10 a.m. — Federal Election Commission holds an open meeting. Topics include Advisory Opinion 2004-08: Sugar Cane League; Advisory Opinion 2004-10: Metro Networks Communications; and legislative recommendations for the year. Location: 999 E St. NW. Contact: 202/694-1220. SUPREME COURT No oral arguments are scheduled. Contact: 202/479-3211.

SENATE In session. Contact: Republican Cloakroom, 202/224-8601, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202/224-8541.

SENATE COMMITTEES 10 a.m. — Appropriations Commerce, Justice, State and the judiciary subcommittee holds a hearing on intellectual-property issues. Jack Valenti, chief executive of the Motion Picture Association of America, and Doug Lowenstein, president of the Entertainment Software Alliance, testify. Location: 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-7363. 10 a.m. — Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee holds a hearing, “Counterterror Initiatives and Concerns in the Terror Financing Program” and markup of the nominations of Romolo Bernardi to be deputy secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department; Dennis Shea to be assistant secretary for policy development and research, HUD; and Cathy MacFarlane to be assistant secretary for public affairs, HUD. Samuel Bodman, deputy Treasury secretary, and William Fox, director of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, testify. Location: 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-7391.

10 a.m. — Governmental Affairs Committee holds a hearing on the nominations of Dawn Tisdale to be commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission and David Safavian to be administrator for federal procurement policy at the Office of Management and Budget. Reps. John Conyers Jr., Michigan Democrat, and Christopher B. Cannon, Utah Republican, and the nominees testify. Location: 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4751. 2:30 p.m. — Foreign Relations international operations and terrorism subcommittee holds a hearing on the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ use of Middle Eastern radio and television service in the war against terrorism. Kenneth Tomlinson, chairman of the board; Norman Pattiz, governor of the board; Mouafac Harb, news director at Alhurra (Middle Eastern Television Network), testify. Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4651. HOUSE Meets at 10 a.m. in pro forma session. Contact: Republican Cloakroom, 202/225-2020, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202/225-1600.

HOUSE COMMITTEES 10 a.m. — Appropriations foreign operations, export financing and related programs subcommittee holds a hearing on fiscal 2005 appropriations security assistance. Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz testify. Location: 2359 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-2771.

10 a.m. — Cape Town Treaty hearing Transportation and Infrastructure aviation subcommittee holds a oversight hearing on the Cape Town Treaty, to be followed by a markup of the Cape Town Treaty and the Commercial Aviation MANPADS (Man-Portable Air Defense Systems) Defense Act of 2004. Karan Bhatia, assistant secretary for aviation and international affairs at the Transportation Department; and Clare Donelan, senior staff attorney for the Office of the Chief Counsel at the Federal Aviation Administration, testify. Location: 2167 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-9446.

10:30 a.m. — Water research hearing Energy and Commerce energy and air quality subcommittee holds a hearing, “Ultradeep Water Research and Development: What are the Benefits?” Reps. Tom DeLay, Texas Republican and House majority leader, and Max Sandlin, Texas Democrat; and Howard Gruenspecht, deputy administrator of the Energy Information Administration, testify. Location: 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-2927.

GENERAL AGENDA

Bank conference — all day — The Export-Import Bank of the United States holds an annual conference. Highlights —

9:20 a.m. — Treasury Secretary John W. Snow 12:30 p.m. — Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW. Contact: 202/565-3946. Medical conference — all day — Federation of State Medical Boards holds a conference, “On the Banks of the Potomac, Capitalizing on Collaboration.” Highlights —

12:30 p.m. — Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge Location: Crystal Gateway Marriott, Grand Ballroom, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington. Contact: 817/868-4007. Mercury cleanup —

11:30 a.m. — Clear the Air holds a press conference to mark the end of the public comment period on the Bush administration’s new rule for the cleanup of mercury from power plants. Sens. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat; James M. Jeffords, Vermont independent; and Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Democrat; and Reps. Tom Allen, Maine Democrat, and Betty McCollum, Minnesota Democrat, participate. Location: Upper Senate Park, Delaware and Constitution avenues NE, U.S. Capitol. Contact: 202/887-1345 or 202/546-9707. Canadian prime minister discussion —

noon — The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars holds a discussion with Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada. Location: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contact: 202/691-4140. Meeting with the prime minister —

3:15 p.m. — Congress holds a meeting with the prime minister of Canada. Sen. Bill Frist, Tennessee Republican and majority leader; Sen. Tom Daschle, South Dakota Democrat and minority leader; and Prime Minister Paul Martin participate. Location: S-230, U.S. Capitol. Contact: 202/224-3135 or 202/224-5556. U.S.-Japan relations —

4 p.m. — The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research holds a discussion, “The Evolution of U.S.-Japan Relations.” Shinzo Abe, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, participates. Location: AEI, 1150 17th St. NW. Wohlstetter Conference Center, 12th Floor. Contact: 202/862-4871.