[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 117 (Friday, September 24, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D946]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SAGE GROUSE CONSERVATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, and Water concluded oversight hearings to examine the 
sustainability of State and private programs for sage grouse 
conservation, focusing on developments in federal activities, after 
receiving testimony from Chad D. Calvert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
the Interior for Land and Minerals Management; Bruce I. Knight, Chief, 
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture; 
Terry Crawforth, Nevada Department of Wildlife, Carson City; Greg 
Schnacke, Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Denver, on behalf of the 
Partnership for the West; Gary N. Back, Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten 
Consulting (USA), Inc., Elko, Nevada, on behalf of the Northeastern 
Nevada Stewardship Group, Inc.; John O'Keeffe, Oregon Cattleman's 
Association, Salem, on behalf of the Public Lands; Ben Deeble, National 
Wildlife Federation, Missoula, Montana; and James A. Mosher, North 
American Grouse Partnership, on behalf of sundry organizations.
TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States 
of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the Avoidance of 
Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to 
Taxes on Income (including exchange of notes with attached 
Understanding), signed at Washington on March 8, 2004 (the 
``Protocol'') (Treaty Doc. 108-25), and the Second Protocol Amending 
the Convention Between the United States of America and Barbados for 
the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion 
with Respect to Taxes on Income Signed on December 31, 1984, signed at 
Washington on July 14, 2004; including an exchange of notes with 
attached Understandings (Treaty Doc. 108-26), after receiving testimony 
from George Yin, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation; Barbara 
M. Angus, International Tax Counsel, Department of the Treasury; and 
William A. Reinsch, National Foreign Trade Council, and Judith P. 
Zelisko, Brunswick Corporation, on behalf of the Tax Executives, Inc., 
both of Washington, DC.