[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 81 (Monday, June 14, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1112-E1113]
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, June 15, 2004 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JUNE 16
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2281, to provide a clear 
           and unambiguous structure for the jurisdictional and 
           regulatory treatment for the offering or provision of 
           voice-over-Internet-protocol applications.
                                                            SR-253
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
           appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security 
           for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.
                                                            SD-124
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S.J. Res. 37, to acknowledge 
           a long history of official depredations and ill-
           conceived policies by the United States Government 
           regarding Indian Tribes and offer an apology to all 
           Native Peoples on behalf of the United States, S. 297, 
           to provide reforms and resources to the Bureau of 
           Indian Affairs to improve the Federal acknowledgement 
           process, S. 1529, to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
           Act to include provisions relating to the payment and 
           administration of gaming fees, S. 1696, to amend the 
           Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
           to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes, S. 
           1715, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and 
           Education Assistance Act to provide further self-
           governance by Indian tribes, S. 2172, to make technical 
           amendments to the provisions of the Indian Self 
           Determination and Education Assistance Act relating to 
           contract support costs, and S. 2277, to amend the Act 
           of November 2, 1966 (80 Stat. 1112), to allow binding 
           arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts 
           affecting the land within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa 
           Indian Reservation, and motion to authorize the 
           chairman to issue subpoenas in regards to tribal 
           lobbying matters; to be followed by an oversight 
           hearing to examine the No Child Left Behind Act (Public 
           Law 107-110).
                                                            SR-485
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Richard A. 
           Griffin, of Michigan, David W. McKeague, of Michigan, 
           to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth 
           Circuit, and Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
           Florida.
                                                            SD-226
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the April 2003 Berlin 
           Conference on Anti-Semitism and consider appropriate 
           steps to following up on the conference.
                                                          334 CHOB
     11 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine measures to strengthen 
           regulations and oversight to better ensure agriculture 
           financing integrity.
                                                            SD-215
     11:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
     2 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Charles P. 
           Ries, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
           Greece, Tom C. Korologos, of the District of Columbia, 
           to be Ambassador to Belgium, and John Marshall Evans, 
           of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Armenia.
                                                            SD-419
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1996, to enhance and 
           provide to the Oglada Sioux Tribe and Angostura 
           Irrigation Project certain benefits of the Pick-Sloan 
           Missouri River basin program.
                                                            SR-485

                                JUNE 17
     9 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Investigations Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the danger of purchasing 
           pharmaceuticals over the Internet, focusing on 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 pharmaceuticals from foreign services are 
           counterfeit, expired, unsafe, or illegitimate.
                                                            SD-342
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine measures to enhance border 
           security.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine Council of Europe Convention 
           on Cybercrime (the ``Cybercrime Convention'' or the 
           ``Convention''), which was signed by the United States 
           on November 23, 2001 (Treaty Doc. 108-11), United 
           Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized 
           Crime (the ``Convention''), as well as two 
           supplementary protocols: (1) the Protocol to Prevent, 
           Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially 
           Women and Children, and (2) the Protocol Against 
           Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, which were 
           adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 
           November 15, 2000. The Convention and Protocols were 
           signed by the United States on December 13, 2000, at 
           Palermo, Italy (Treaty Doc. 108-16), Inter-American 
           Convention Against Terrorism (``Convention'') Adopted 
           at the Thirty-second Regular Session of the General 
           Assembly of the Organization of American States 
           (``OAS'') Meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados, and signed 
           by thirty countries, including the United States, on 
           June 3, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 107-18), and Protocol of 
           Amendment to the International Convention on the 
           Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures 
           done at Brussels on June 26, 1999 (Treaty Doc. 108-6).
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the regulation of the bond 
           markets.
                                                            SD-538
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the Environmental Management 
           Program of the Department of Energy and issues 
           associated with accelerated cleanup.
                                                            SD-366
     2 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Anne W. 
           Patterson, of Virginia, to be Deputy Representative of 
           the United States of America to the United Nations, 
           with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Deputy 
           Representative of the United States of America in the 
           Security Council of the United Nations, and to be a 
           Representative of the United States of America to the 
           Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, 
           and James B. Cunningham, of Pennsylvania, to be 
           Representative of the United States of America to the 
           Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of 
           Ambassador, and to be Representative of the United 
           States of America to the International Atomic Energy 
           Agency, with the rank of Ambassador.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2513, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to provide financial 
           assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water 
           Authority for the planning, design, and construction of 
           the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System, S. 2511, to 
           direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
           feasibility study of a Chimayo water supply system, to 
           provide for the planning, design, and construction of a 
           water supply, reclamation, and filtration facility for 
           Espanola, New Mexico, S. 2508, to redesignate the 
           Ridges Basin Reservoir, Colorado, as Lake Nighthorse, 
           S. 2460, to provide assistance to the State of New 
           Mexico for the development of comprehensive State water 
           plans, and S. 1211, to further the purposes of title 
           XVI of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
           Adjustment Act of 1992, the ``Reclamation Wastewater 
           and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act'', by 
           directing the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a 
           demonstration program for water reclamation in the 
           Tularosa Basin of New Mexico.
                                                            SD-366

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       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the final report on the 
           President's Commission on Implementation of US Space 
           Exploration Policy.
                                                            SR-253

                                JUNE 23
     Time to be announced
       Conferees
         Meeting of conferees on H.R.3550, to authorize funds for 
           Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and 
           transit programs.
                                              Room to be announced
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Indian tribal 
           detention facilities.
                                                            SR-485

                              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

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                JUNE 16
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold a closed briefing on Pakistan counterterrorism 
           cooperation.
                                                    S-407, Capitol

                             POSTPONEMENTS

     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the grounding of multi-engine 
           fire-retardant aircraft, steps the Forest Service and 
           Department of the Interior have taken to provide 
           alternative aerial support for initial attack and 
           extended attack fire fighting operations in the short 
           run, and the feasibility and desirability of designing 
           and implementing an inspection process to allow the use 
           of multi-engine fire-retardant aircraft in the future.
                                                            SD-366

                                JUNE 24
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. policy toward Southeast 
           Europe, focusing on unfinished business in the Balkans.
                                                            SH-216