[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 25 (Monday, March 7, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E373-E374]
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                       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 8, 2005 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                MARCH 9
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense 
           science and technology budget and strategy.
                                                            SR-325
       Environment and Public Works
         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.
                                                            SD-406
       Indian Affairs
         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.
                                                            SR-485
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         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.
                                                            SD-538
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2006 for the Army.
                                                            SD-192
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Patricia 
           Lynn Scarlett, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of 
           the Interior, and Jeffrey Clay Sell, of Texas, to be 
           Deputy Secretary of Energy.
                                                            SD-366
       Finance
         Business meeting to consider the Personal Responsibility 
           and Individual Development for Everyone (PRIDE) Act, 
           and the nominations of Harold Damelin, of Virginia, to 
           be Inspector General, Department of the Treasury, and 
           Raymond Thomas Wagner, Jr., of Missouri, to be a Member 
           of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board.
                                                            SD-628
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         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.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Homeland 
           Security.
                                                            SD-342
       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
     1 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the Russian-Syrian connection 
           and threats to democracy in the Middle East and the 
           great OSCE region.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219
     3 p.m.
       Budget
         Business meeting to markup the concurrent resolution on 
           the budget for fiscal year 2006.
                                                            SD-608

                                MARCH 10
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the review of Department of 
           Defense detention operations and detainee interrogation 
           techniques.
                                                            SH-216
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2006 for the Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-124
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To continue hearings to examine the reauthorization of 
           the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
                                                           SR-328A
       Budget
         Business meeting to resume markup of the concurrent 
           resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.
                                                            SD-608
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         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.
                                                            SR-253
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2006 for the Environmental Management and 
           Radioactive Waste Management in the Department of 
           Energy.
                                                            SD-116
       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.
                                                          345 CHOB
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
       District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2006 for funding for Federal foster care 
           initiatives in the District of Columbia.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine recent developments involving 
           the security of sensitive consumer information relating 
           to identity theft.
                                                            SD-538

                                MARCH 11
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of R. 
           Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be an Under 
           Secretary of

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           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.
                                                            SD-419

                                MARCH 14
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship Subcommittee
       Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine strengthening enforcement and 
           border security, focusing on the 9/11 Commission staff 
           report on terrorist travel.
                                                            SD-226

                                MARCH 15
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To resume hearings to examine military strategy and 
           operational requirements from combatant commanders in 
           review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
           year 2006.
                                                            SD-106
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Joseph R. 
           DeTrani, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during 
           his tenure of service as Special Envoy for the Six 
           Party Talks, and John Thomas Schieffer, of Texas, to be 
           Ambassador to Japan.
                                                            SD-419
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Labor.
                                                            SD-124
     10 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine school nutrition programs.
                                                            SH-216
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine ensuring the 
           success of the National Security Personnel System, 
           focusing on the proposed regulations jointly published 
           by the Department of Defense and Office of Personnel 
           Management for the National Security Personnel System.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 175, to establish the 
           Bleeding Kansas and Enduring Struggle for Freedom 
           National Heritage Area, S. 322, to establish the 
           Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership in the 
           States of Vermont and New York, S. 323, to authorize 
           the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability 
           and feasibility of designating the French Colonial 
           Heritage Area in the State of Missouri as a unit of the 
           National Park System, and S. 429, to establish the 
           Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in the 
           State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of 
           Massachusetts.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 16
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Health and Human 
           Services.
                                                            SD-138

                                MARCH 17
     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 hearing in SH-219.
                                                            SD-106
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2006 for the Coast Guard 
           Operational Readiness/Mission Balance.
                                                            SR-253

                                APRIL 14
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans Affairs to examine the legislative 
           presentations of the Military Officers Association of 
           America, the National Association of State Director of 
           Veterans Affairs, AMVETS, the American Ex-Prisoners of 
           War, and Vietnam Veterans of America.
                                                          345 CHOB

                                APRIL 21
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans Affairs to examine the legislative 
           presentations of the Fleet Reserve Association, the Air 
           Force Sergeants Association, the Retired Enlisted 
           Association, and the Gold Star Wives of America.
                                                          345 CHOB

                              SEPTEMBER 20
     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


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