[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 24 (Friday, March 4, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D181-D185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 7 through March 12, 2005

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2:30 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 256, 
Bankruptcy Reform Act, and 5:30 p.m., vote on certain amendments.
  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of S. 256, and at 
10:15 a.m. begin consideration of Schumer Amendment No. 47, with a vote 
to occur thereon, or in relation to amendment, at 12:15 p.m. Also, at 
2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke on the bill.
  During the balance of the week Senate will consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: March 8, to 
hold hearings to examine the reauthorization of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  March 10, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10 
a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: March 8, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2006 for defense wide and navy budget overview, 2:30 
p.m., SD-138.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of 
the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 8, to hold hearings to examine 
military strategy and operational requirements in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2006, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense science and 
technology budget and strategy, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 9, 
business meeting to consider the nomination of Ronald Rosenfeld, of 
Oklahoma, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board; to 
be followed by a hearing to examine the state of the securities 
industry, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  March 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine recent 
developments involving the security of sensitive consumer 
information relating to identity theft, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 10, 
business meeting to consider S. 148, to establish a United States 
Boxing Commission to administer the Act, S. 361, to develop and 
maintain an integrated system of ocean and coastal observations for 
the Nation's coasts, oceans and Great Lakes, improve warnings of 
tsunamis and other natural hazards, enhance homeland security, 
support maritime operations, S. 39, to establish a coordinated 
national ocean exploration program within the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, S. 362, to establish a program within 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United 
States Coast Guard to help identify, determine sources of, assess, 
reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse impacts on the 
marine environment and navigation safety, in coordination with non-
Federal entities, S. 364, to establish a program within the National 
Oceanic Atmospheric Administration to integrate Federal coastal and 
ocean mapping activities, S. 50, to authorize and strengthen the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's tsunami detection, 
forecast, warning, and mitigation program, S. 268, to provide 
competitive grants for training court reporters and closed 
captioners to meet requirements for realtime writers under the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, National Telecommunication and 
Information Admininstration authorization, Coast Guard nominations, 
NOAA Corps nominations, and adoption of committee rules for the 
109th Congress, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 8, Subcommittee 
on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 213, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land 
to Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, S. 267, to reauthorize the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, S. 305, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to recruit volunteers to 
assist with or facilitate the activities of various agencies and 
offices of the Department of the Interior, S. 179, to provide for 
the exchange of land within the Sierra National Forest, California, 
S. 476, to authorize the Boy Scouts of America to exchange certain 
land in the State of Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act, and S. 485, to reauthorize and amend the National 
Geologic Mapping Act of 1992, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  March 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ways to 
encourage the diversification of power generation resources, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  March 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to be Deputy 
Secretary of the Interior, and Jeffrey Clay

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Sell, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 9, business 
meeting to consider S. 131, to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce air 
pollution through expansion of cap and trade programs, to provide an 
alternative regulatory classification for units subject to the cap 
and trade program, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 8, to hold hearings to examine 
physician-owned specialty hospitals, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 8, Subcommittee on European 
Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the future of democracy in the 
Black Sea area, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  March 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be an Under 
Secretary of State, C. David Welch, of Virginia, a Career Member of 
the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of State, and John B. Bellinger, of Virginia, to 
be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 9, 
business meeting to consider S. 250, to amend the Carl D. Perkins 
Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to improve the Act, 
the Caring for Children Act of 2005, S. 172, to amend the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all 
contact lenses as medical devices, the Patient Safety and Quality 
Improvement Act of 2005, and any nominations ready for action, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 7, 
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Michael Jackson, of 
Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 2 p.m., SD-
342.
  March 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Homeland 
Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 9, business meeting to consider 
S. 147, to express the policy of the United States regarding the 
United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a 
process for the recognition by the United States of the Native 
Hawaiian governing entity; to be followed by an oversight hearing on 
trust reform, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 8, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine terrorism and the 
electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threat to homeland security, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: March 8, to hold hearings 
to examine S. 271, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 to clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, 
9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 8, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans, 2 p.m., 
345 CHOB.
  March 9, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Veterans Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  March 10, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Veterans Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentations of the Blinded Veterans Association, the Non-
Commissioned Officers Association, the Military Order of the Purple 
Heart, the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Jewish War 
Veterans, 10 a.m., 345 CHOB.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 8, to hold closed hearings 
to examine intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 9, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 9, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities and Risk Management, to continue hearings on 
Reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10 
a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development 
and Research, hearing to access the Methyl Bromide Critical Use 
Exemption (CUE) process under the Montreal Protocol, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 8, Subcommittee on Department 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, 
on the Administration for Children and Families/National Institute 
of Child Health and Human Development, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 10 
a.m., and 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Science, The Departments of State, 
Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies, on Director of the FBI, 
10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Acting Commissioner 
for FDA, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on National 
Intelligence Program Budget, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on FEMA, 2 p.m., 2362A 
Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Fish and Wildlife Service, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Department of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies, on NIH, 10:15 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on Air Force Budget, 10 a.m., and on 
Navy/Marine Corps Budget, 1:30 p.m., H-143 Captiol.

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  March 9, Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, and Commerce, 
and Related Agencies, on Secretary of State, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Under Secretary for 
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Defense, on Navy/Marine Corps Posture, 
10 a.m., and executive, on Navy/Marine Corps Acquisition, 1:30 p.m., 
H-140 Capitol.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, executive, on Department of Energy-National 
Nuclear Security Administration, 2362B Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on U.S. Coast Guard, 
10 a.m., and on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on National Endowment for the Arts, 10 a.m., and on 
National Endowment for the Humanities, 11 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Department of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on Secretary of 
Education, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on European Command, 9:30 a.m., and 
on Pacific Command, 1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Science, The Departments of State, 
Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies, on NOAA, 10 a.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  March 11, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, on Department of Energy-Fossil Energy, 10 a.m., 
2362B Rayburn.
  March 11, Subcommittee on Department of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on Health Resources and 
Services Administration, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 11, Subcommittee on Science, The Departments of State, 
Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies, on NSF, National Science 
Board, and Office of Science and Technology Policy, 10 a.m., and on 
SEC, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 9, to continue hearings on the 
Fiscal Year National Defense Authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget request for space 
activities, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on 
the Fiscal year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget request 
on Department of Defense unmanned aerial vehicle and Joint Unmanned 
Combat Air System investment programs, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 10, full Committee, to continue hearings on the Fiscal Year 
2006 National Defense Authorization budget request, 3 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Projection Forces, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget request--The Navy's 
Future Fleet: Assessing the Strength of Today's Navy for Tomorrow, 9 
a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense 
Authorization budget request--Defense Science and Technology in 
support of the War on Terrorism, and Beyond, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 9, to markup H.R. 
366, Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act, 11 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, to markup H.R. 
940, Recreational Marine Employment Act of 2005, 11:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 9, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``The Implementation 
of GEOSS: A Review of the All-Hazards Warning System and Its 
Benefits to Public Health, Energy and the Environment,'' 2:30 p.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection 
and the Subcommittee on Health, joint hearing entitled ``Steroids in 
Sports: Cheating the System and Gambling Your Health,'' 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled 
``Funding Options for the Yucca Mountain Repository Program,'' 2 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Preparing Consumers for the End of the Digital 
Television Transition,'' 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 9, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing 
entitled ``GSE Reform and the Federal Home Loan Bank System,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
oversight hearing of the Rural Housing Service, including the 
Service's budget request for fiscal year 2006, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Due Diligence in Mortgage Repurchases and Fannie: The 
First Beneficial Case,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, March 8, hearing entitled ``Is 
Uncle Sam Still Passing the Buck? A 10-year Retrospective on the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 10, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human 
Resources, hearing entitled ``FY 2006 Drug Control Budget and the 
Byrne Grant, HIDTA, and Other Law Enforcement Programs: Are We 
Jeopardizing Federal, State and Local Cooperation?'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  March 11, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Getting the Lead Out: 
The Ongoing Quest for Safe Drinking Water in the Nation's Capital,'' 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Homeland Security, March 9, Subcommittee Management, 
Integration and Oversight, hearing entitled ``CBP and ICE: Does the 
Current Organizational Structure Best Serve U.S. Homeland Security 
Interests?'' 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, March 8, Subcommittee on 
Europe and Emerging Threats, to mark up H. Res. 101, Urging the 
European Union to add Hezbollah to the European Union's wide-ranging 
list of terrorist organizations, 5 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 9, full Committee, to mark up the following measures: H. 
Con. Res. 18, Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the 
continuing gross violations of human rights and civil liberties of 
the Syrian and Lebanese people by the Government of the Syrian Arab 
Republic; H. Con. Res. 32, Expressing the grave concern of Congress 
regarding the occupation of the Republic of Lebanon by the Syrian 
Arab Republic; H. Con. Res. 34, Honoring the life and contributions 
of Yogi Bhajan, a leader of Sikhs, and expressing condolences to the 
Sikh community on his passing; H. Con. 81, Expressing the sense of 
the House of Representatives regarding the two-year anniversary of 
the human rights crackdown in Cuba; H. Con. Res. 82, Expressing the 
grave concern of Congress regarding the arrest of Ayman Nour, the 
leader of the al-Ghad party, by the Government of the Arab Republic 
of Egypt and the support of Congress for continued progress toward 
democracy in Egypt; H. Res. 101, Urging the European Union to add 
Hezbollah to the European Union's wide-ranging list of terrorist 
organizations; H. Res. 120, Commending the outstanding efforts by 
members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department 
of State and the United States Agency for International Development 
in response to the earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004; and 
H. Res. 135, Providing for the establishment of a commission in the 
House of Representatives to assist parliaments in emerging 
democracies, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and 
International Operations, hearing on Combating Human Trafficking: 
Achieving Zero Tolerance, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats, hearing on 
Developments in U.S.-Russia Relations, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia, hearing on 
U.S. Policy Toward the Palestinians in the Post-Arafat Era, 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on The 
State of Democracy in Latin America, 1:30 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  March 10, full Committee, hearing on The Korean Peninsula: Six 
Party Talks and the Nuclear Issue, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and 
International Operations, to mark up H.R. 972, Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, 1 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on 
Indonesia in Transition: Recent Developments and Implications for 
U.S. Policy, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and 
Nonproliferation, hearing on Eliminating Terrorist Sanctuaries: The 
Role of Security Assistance, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 8, Subcommittee on Courts, the 
Internet, and Intellectual Property, hearing entitled ``Digital 
Music Licensing and Section 115 of the Copyright Act,'' 4:30 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  March 9, full Committee, to mark up the following measures: S. 
167, Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005; H.R. 683, 
amended, Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005; H.R. 1037, To make 
technical corrections to title 17, United States Code; H.R. 1036, To 
amend title 17, United States Code, to make technical corrections 
relating to copyright royalty judges; H.R. 1038, Multidistrict 
Litigation Restoration Act of 2005; and H. Con. Res. 53, Expressing 
the sense of the Congress regarding the issuance of the 500,000th 
design patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on 
the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division: A Review of 
the Civil Rights Division for the Purpose of the Reauthorization of 
the U.S. Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and 
Claims, oversight hearing entitled ``Interior Immigration 
Enforcement Resources,'' 12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, March 9, Subcommittee on Forests and 
Forest Health, oversight hearing on FY'06 President's Budget for the 
Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing entitled ``The Interior Budget for FY 2006 in Energy and 
Mineral Programs,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, oversight hearing 
on the Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service; and NOAA, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, March 8, to consider H.R. 3, Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, March 9, Subcommittee on Research, hearing 
on the NSF Budget and Management Challenges, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 8, hearing on Small Business 
Priorities for the 109th Congress, will discuss H. Res. 22, 
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that American 
small businesses are entitled to a Small Business Bill of Rights, 3 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 10, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, oversight hearing 
on Agency Budgets and Priorities for Fiscal Year 2006, with emphasis 
on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the TVA, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service and Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Ways and Means, March 8, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals, 4 p.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on the 
President's Proposal for Single-Employer Pension Funding Reform, 3 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  March 9, full Committee, hearing on the Future of Social Security, 
10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 9 and 10, 
executive, Budget hearings, 1:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 9, executive, briefing on Budget, 12 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: March 8, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to 
examine the legislative presentation of the Disabled American 
Veterans, 2 p.m., 345 CHOB.
  Joint Meetings: March 9, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to 
examine the legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Joint Meetings: March 10, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs 
to examine the legislative presentations of the Blinded Veterans 
Association, the Non-Commissioned Officers Association, the Military 
Order of the Purple Heart, the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the 
Jewish War Veterans, 10 a.m., 345 CHOB.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 8, to hold 
hearings to examine the challenges facing the Organization for 
Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2005, focusing on security and 
human rights, 3 p.m., SD-192.