[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 24 (Monday, March 1, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E266-E268]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, March 2, 2004 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                MARCH 3
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of climate change.
                                                            SR-253
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the role of defense science 
           and technology in the global war on terrorism and in 
           preparing for emerging threats in review of the defense 
           authorization request for fiscal year 2005.
                                                            SR-325
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold oversight hearings to examine grants management 
           within the Environmental Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-406
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine health insurance challenges.
                                                            SD-215
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine building operational 
           readiness in Foreign Affairs agencies.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine national implications of the 
           Massachusetts Goodridge decision and the judicial 
           invalidation of traditional marriage laws.
                                                            SD-226
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Energy's Office 
           of Science, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and 
           Technology, and Office of Energy Efficiency and 
           Renewable Energy.
                                                            SD-138
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the status of the 
           completion of the National Museum of the American 
           Indian.
                                                            SR-485
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-192
       Appropriations
       District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2005 for the government of the District of 
           Columbia, focusing on Court Services, Offender 
           Supervision Agency, and the Public Defender Service.
                                                            SD-124
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine future Navy and Marine Corps 
           capabilities and requirements in review of the defense 
           authorization request for fiscal year 2005 and the 
           future years defense program.
                                                           SR-232A
     2:15 p.m.
       Budget
         Business meeting to markup the concurrent resolution on 
           the budget for fiscal year 2005.
                                                            SD-608
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1420, to establish terms 
           and conditions for use of certain Federal land by 
           outfitters and to facilitate public opportunities for 
           the recreational use and enjoyment of such land.
                                                            SD-366
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine impact of abortion on women.
                                                            SR-253

                                MARCH 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold open and closed hearings to examine the Defense 
           Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2005, focusing on 
           military strategy and operational requirements (closed 
           in SH-219).
                                                            SH-216
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider S. 2096, to promote a free 
           press and open media through the National Endowment for 
           Democracy, S. 2127, to build operational readiness in 
           civilian agencies, and an original bill, entitled 
           Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2005, 
           to authorize appropriations for the Department of State 
           and international broadcasting activities for fiscal 
           year 2005, for the Peace Corps for fiscal year 2005 
           through 2007, and for foreign assistance programs for 
           fiscal year 2005.
                                                            SD-419
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-124
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Education.
                                                            SD-192
     10 a.m.
       Budget
         Business meeting to markup the concurrent resolution on 
           the budget for fiscal year 2005.
                                                            SD-608
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the Energy Information 
           Administration (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2004 
           forecast regarding the supply, demand, and price 
           projections for oil, natural gas, nuclear, coal and 
           renewable sources, including commercial and market 
           perspectives on the state of oil and natural gas 
           markets.
                                                            SD-366
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine issues for reauthorization of 
           the higher education act.
                                                            SD-430
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Veterans 
           Affairs.
                                                            SD-628
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
           presentations of the Non-Commissioned Officers 
           Association, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, 
           the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the Jewish War 
           Veterans, and the Blinded Veterans Association.
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     11 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Legislative Branch Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2005 for the General Accounting Office, the 
           Government Printing Office, and the Congressional 
           Budget Office.
                                                            SD-116
     2 p.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
       Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the development of 
           a national animal identification plan.
                                                            SH-216
       United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics 
           Control
         To hold hearings to examine the current status of federal 
           efforts to coordinate and combat money laundering and 
           terrorist financing.
                                                            SD-215
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Rhonda 
           Keenum, of Mississippi, to be Assistant Secretary of 
           Commerce and Director General of the United States and 
           Foreign Commercial Services, Linda Morrison Combs, of 
           North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary for Budget 
           and Programs and Chief Financial Officer, Department of 
           Transportation, W. Douglas Buttrey, of Tennessee, and 
           Francis Mulvey, of Maryland, both to be a Member of the 
           Surface Transportation Board.
                                                            SR-253

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       Foreign Relations
       East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the state of democracy in 
           Hong Kong.
                                                            SD-419
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Energy Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine new nuclear power generation 
           in the United States.
                                                            SD-366
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine compensation, benefits, and 
           health care for active and Reserve military personnel 
           and their families in review of the defense 
           authorization request for fiscal year 2005.
                                                            SR-222
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                MARCH 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold joint hearings to examine the employment 
           situation for February.
                                                            SD-562
     10 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Mark B. 
           McClellen, of the District of Columbia, to be 
           Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
           Services.
                                                            SD-215

                                MARCH 9
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine current and future worldwide 
           threats to the national security of the United States; 
           to be followed by a closed session in SH-219.
                                                            SD-106
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine advantages and impediments in 
           relation to a year round college calendar.
                                                            SD-430
     10 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine sustaining the 9 million jobs 
           in the $900 billion mailing industry relating to postal 
           reform.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1306, to introduce the 
           efforts of the California Missions Foundation to 
           restore and repair the Spanish colonial and mission-era 
           missions in the State of California and to preserve the 
           artworks and artifacts of these missions, H.R. 1521, to 
           provide for additional lands to be included within the 
           boundary of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial in 
           the State of Pennsylvania, H.R. 1446, to support the 
           efforts of the California Missions Foundation to 
           restore and repair the Spanish colonial and mission-era 
           missions in the State of California and to preserve the 
           artworks and artifacts of these missions, S. 1430, to 
           direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
           of the Baranov Museum in Kodiak , Alaska, for potential 
           inclusion in the National Park System, and S. 1687, to 
           direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
           on the preservation and interpretation of the historic 
           sites of the Manhattan Project for potential inclusion 
           in the National Park System.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 10
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense nuclear 
           nonproliferation programs of the Department of Energy 
           and the Cooperative Threat Reduction programs of the 
           Department of Defense in review of the defense 
           authorization request for fiscal year 2005; to be 
           followed by closed hearings in SR-232A.
                                                            SR-222
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine nonproliferation and arms 
           control issues, focusing on strategic choices.
                                                            SD-419
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine proposed 
           reorganization of major agencies and functions related 
           to Indian trust reform matters within the Department of 
           the Interior.
                                                            SR-485
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-430
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
           presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
                                                            SH-216
     11:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the posture of the U.S. 
           Transportation Command in review of the defense 
           authorization request for fiscal year 2005 and the 
           future years defense program.
                                                           SR-232A
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1354, to resolve certain 
           conveyances and provide for alternative land selections 
           under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act related 
           to Cape Fox Corporation and Sealaska Corporation, S. 
           1575 and H.R. 1092, both to direct the Secretary of 
           Agriculture to sell certain parcels of Federal land in 
           Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada, S. 1778, to 
           authorize a land conveyance between the United State 
           and the City of Craig, Alaska, S. 1819 and H.R. 272, 
           both to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey 
           certain land to Lander County, Nevada, and the 
           Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to 
           Eureka County, Nevada, for continued use as cemeteries, 
           and H.R. 3249, to extend the term of the Forest 
           Counties Payments Committee.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 11
     9:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine sustaining the 9 million jobs 
           in the $900 billion mailing industry relating to postal 
           reform.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Children and Families Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine child and family issues.
                                                            SD-430
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2086, to amend the Surface 
           Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to improve 
           the reclamation of abandoned mines, and S. 2049, to 
           amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
           1977 to reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, 
           revise the abandoned mine reclamation program, promote 
           remining, authorize the Office of Surface Mining to 
           collect the black lung excise tax, and make sundry 
           other changes.
                                                            SD-366
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Airland Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Army Transformation in review 
           of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 
           2005 and the future years defense program.
                                                           SR-232A

                                MARCH 18
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans Affairs to examine the legislative 
           presentations of the Air Force Sergeants Association, 
           the Retired Enlisted Association, Gold Star Wives of 
           America, and the Fleet Reserve Association.
                                                          345 CHOB

                                MARCH 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine atomic energy defense 
           activities of the Department of Energy relating to the 
           Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2005.
                                                            SD-106
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine mental health services.
                                                            SD-430

                                MARCH 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1529, to amend the Indian 
           Gaming Regulatory Act to include provisions relating to 
           the payment and administration of gaming fees.
                                                            SR-485

                                MARCH 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the role of the U.S. Northern 
           Command and U.S. Special Operations Command in 
           defending the homeland and in the global war on 
           terrorism, in review of the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal

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           year 2005; to be followed by a closed session in SH-
           219.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Employment, Safety, and Training Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine MSDS and OSHA hazardous 
           commission.
                                                            SD-430
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
           presentations of the National Association of State 
           Directors of Veterans Affairs, AMVETS, American Ex-
           Prisoners of War, the Vietnam Veterans of America, and 
           the Military Officers Association of America.
                                                          345 CHOB

                                MARCH 31
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-430

                              SEPTEMBER 21
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
           presentation of the American Legion.
                                                          345 CHOB