[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 36 (Monday, April 4, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E521-E522]
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, April 5, 2005 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                APRIL 6
     9:15 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Charles F. 
           Conner, of Indiana, to be Deputy Secretary of 
           Agriculture.
                                                            SR-336
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine regulatory reform of the 
           Government-Sponsored Enterprises.
                                                            SD-538
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates 
           for fiscal year 2006 for the Air Force.
                                                            SD-192
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Stephen L. 
           Johnson, of Maryland, to be Administrator of the 
           Environmental Protection Agency, Luis Luna, of 
           Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
           Environmental Protection Agency for Administration and 
           Resource Management, John Paul Woodley, Jr., of 
           Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
           Civil Works, Major General Don T. Riley, United States 
           Army, to be a Member and President of the Mississippi 
           River Commission, Brigadier General William T. Grisoli, 
           United States Army, to be a Member of the Mississippi 
           River Commission, D. Michael Rappoport, of Arizona, to 
           be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. 
           Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
           Environmental Policy Foundation, and Michael Butler, of 
           Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of 
           the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
           National Environmental Policy Foundation.
                                                            SD-406
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine health care provided to non-
           ambulatory persons.
                                                            SD-562
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates 
           for fiscal year 2006 for the National Institutes of 
           Health.
                                                            SD-124
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine military installation 
           programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
           for fiscal year 2006.
                                                           SR-232A
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of David 
           Garman, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Energy.
                                                            SD-366
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup the Emergency Supplemental 
           bill for fiscal year 2005.
                                                            SD-106
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Airland Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine tactical aviation programs in 
           review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal 
           year 2006.
                                                           SR-232A
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the efforts of the Chabad 
           community and the U.S. Government to recover the 
           ``Schneerson Collection'' of Jewish books and 
           manuscripts from the Russian Government.
                                                            SH-216

                                APRIL 7
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of John 
           Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be U.S. Representative 
           to United Nations, with the rank and status of 
           Ambassador and U.S. Representative in the Security 
           Council of the United Nations, and Representative to 
           the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
           Nations during his tenure of service as Representative 
           of the United States of America to the United Nations.
                                                            SH-216
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 378, to make it a 
           criminal act to willfully use a weapon with the intent 
           to cause death or serious bodily injury to any person 
           while on board a passenger vessel, S. 119, to provide 
           for the protection of unaccompanied alien children, S. 
           629, to amend chapter 97 of title 18, United States 
           Code, relating to protecting against attacks on 
           railroads and other mass transportation systems, and 
           the nominations of Terrence W. Boyle, of North 
           Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
           Fourth Circuit, Priscilla Richman Owen, of Texas, to be 
           United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, 
           Robert J. Conrad, Jr., to be United States District 
           Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, James 
           C. Dever III, to be United States District Judge for 
           the Eastern District of North Carolina, and Thomas B. 
           Griffith, of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge 
           for the District of Columbia Circuit.
                                                            SD-226
       Appropriations
       Transportation, Treasury and General Government 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates 
           for fiscal year 2006 for the Internal Revenue Service.
                                                            SD-138
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To continue hearings to examine regulatory reform of the 
           Government-Sponsored Enterprises.
                                                            SD-538
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the future viability of the 
           U.S. Postal Service.
                                                            SD-342
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the ongoing need for 
           comprehensive postal reform.
                                                            SD-342
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Jonathan 
           Brian Perlin, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of 
           Veterans Affairs for Health.
                                                            SR-418
     1 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the recent revolution in 
           Kyrgyzstan and the prospects now for consolidating 
           democracy, focusing on the implications for Central 
           Asia, Belarus, Russia and the United States.
                                                            SD-406
     2 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2006 for the Department 
           of Homeland Security's Transportation Security 
           Administration and related programs.
                                                            SR-253
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates 
           for fiscal year 2006 for the Corps of Engineers and the 
           Bureau of Reclamation.
                                                            SD-138
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 21, to provide for 
           homeland security grant coordination and 
           simplification, S. 335, to reauthorize the 
           Congressional Award Act, S. 494, to amend chapter 23 of 
           title 5, United States Code, to clarify

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           the disclosures of information protected from 
           prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in 
           nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such 
           policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain 
           disclosure protections, provide certain authority for 
           the Special Counsel, S. 501, to provide a site for the 
           National Women's History Museum in the District of 
           Columbia, and certain committee reports.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the patent system today and 
           tomorrow.
                                                            SD-226
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Ballistic Missile Defense 
           Programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
           for fiscal year 2006.
                                                            SR-222

                                APRIL 11
     2 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine S. 241, to amend section 254 
           of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds 
           received as universal service contributions and the 
           universal service support programs established pursuant 
           to that section are not subject to certain provisions 
           of title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the 
           Antideficiency Act.
                                                            SR-385

                                APRIL 12
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. agricultural sales to 
           Cuba.
                                                            SD-419
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine developing a reliable supply 
           of oil from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources, 
           focusing on opportunities to advance technology that 
           will facilitate environmentally friendly development of 
           oil shale and oil sands resources.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine management and planning 
           issues for the National Mall, including the history of 
           the development, security projects and other planned 
           construction, and future development plans.
                                                            SD-366
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold closed hearings to examine Navy shipbuilding and 
           industrial base status in review of the Defense 
           Authorization Request for fiscal year 2006; to be 
           followed by an open hearing in SR-232A.
                                                            SR-222

                                APRIL 13
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel 
           Fried, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
           Secretary of State for European Affairs, and Robert 
           Joseph, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of State for 
           Arms Control and International Security.
                                                            SD-419
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine Indian Health.
                                                            SR-485
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine securing electronic personal 
           data, focusing on striking a balance between privacy 
           and commercial and governmental use.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine the small business health 
           care crisis focusing on alternatives for lowering costs 
           and covering the uninsured.
                                                           SR-428A

                                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 19
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the Near East and South Asian 
           experience relating to combating terrorism through 
           education.
                                                            SD-419

                                APRIL 20
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the readiness of military 
           units deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 
           and Operation Enduring Freedom in review of the Defense 
           Authorization Request for fiscal year 2006.
                                                            SR-222

                                APRIL 21
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the anti-corruption 
           strategies of the African Development Bank, Asian 
           Development Bank and European Bank on Reconstruction 
           and Development.
                                                            SD-419
     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

                                APRIL 27
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine regulation of 
           Indian gaming.
                                                            SR-485

                                APRIL 28
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. Assistance to Sudan and 
           the Darfur Crisis.
                                                            SH-216

                                 MAY 11
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal 
           Bureau of Investigation's translation program.
                                                            SD-226

                              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

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                APRIL 6
     2 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine North American Border 
           Security.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine strengthening interior 
           enforcement, focusing on deportation and related 
           issues.
                                                            SD-226