[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 22, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1315]
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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 Thursday, June 23, 2005 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JUNE 28
     10 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the Agricultural Risk 
           Protection Act of 2000 and related crop insurance 
           issues.
                                                           SR-328A
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine threatening the health care 
           safety net regarding Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse.
                                                            SH-216
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Global Climate Change and Impacts Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine coastal impacts.
                                                            SR-253
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine regulation of 
           Indian gaming.
                                              Room to be announced
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the security clearance 
           process of the Department of Defense (DOD), focusing on 
           the transfer of investigative responsibilities from DOD 
           to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), including 
           the impact this shift will have on the ability to 
           investigate and adjudicate security clearances in a 
           thorough and expeditious manner, including strategies 
           employed by DOD and OPM to remove the Personnel 
           Security Clearance Program from the high-risk list.
                                                            SD-562
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 206, to designate the Ice 
           Age Floods National Geologic Trail, S. 556, to direct 
           the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
           Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain land 
           adjacent to the Walnut Canyon National Monument in the 
           State of Arizona, S. 588, to amend the National Trails 
           System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and 
           the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study 
           on the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as 
           a national scenic trail or a national historic trail, 
           and S. 955, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
           conduct a special resource study to determine the 
           suitability and feasibility of including in the 
           National Park System certain sites in Williamson 
           County, Tennessee, relating to the Battle of Franklin.
                                                            SD-366
     2 p.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine issues relative to Medicaid.
                                                            SD-G50
                                JUNE 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of General 
           Peter Pace, USMC, for reappointment to the grade of 
           general and to be Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
           Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., USN, for 
           reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Vice 
           Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, General T. Michael 
           Moseley, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of 
           general and to be Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Eric 
           S. Edelman, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
           Defense for Policy, Daniel R. Stanley, of Kansas, to be 
           Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, 
           and James A. Rispoli, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
           Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management.
                                                            SD-106
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending committee issues.
                                                            SR-485
     9:50 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 681, to amend the Public 
           Health Service Act to establish a National Cord Blood 
           Stem Cell Bank Network to prepare, store, and 
           distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for 
           the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed 
           research using such cells, and any nominations cleared 
           for action.
                                                            SD-430
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine Spectrum-DTV.
                                                            SR-253
       Finance
         To continue hearings to examine threatening the health 
           care safety net regarding Medicaid waste, fraud and 
           abuse.
                                                            SH-216
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine vulnerabilities in the United 
           States passport system.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Disaster Prevention and Prediction Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine national weather service-
           severe weather.
                                                            SR-253
       Intelligence
         To hold a closed briefing regarding certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
                                JUNE 30
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the status of the U.S. Army 
           and U.S. Marine Corps in fighting the global war on 
           terrorism.
                                                            SR-325
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine challenges of the Middle East 
           road map.
                                                            SD-419
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine how information technology 
           can reduce medical errors, lower healthcare costs, and 
           improve the quality of patient care, including the 
           importance of developing interoperable electronic 
           medical records and highlight new technologies that 
           will impact how health services are provided in the 
           future.
                                                            SR-253
       Intelligence
         To hold a closed briefing regarding certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine the importance of prevention 
           in curing Medicare.
                                                            SH-216
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup H.R. 2528, making 
           appropriations for military quality of life functions 
           of the Department of Defense, military construction, 
           the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
           agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 
           proposed legislation making appropriations for fiscal 
           year 2006 for the Department of State and foreign 
           operations.
                                                            SD-106
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of James 
           Philip Terry, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Board 
           of Veterans' Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
           and Charles S. Ciccolella, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
           Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and 
           Training.
                                                            SR-418
     3 p.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Education and Early Childhood Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine issues relating to American 
           history.
                                                            SD-430
                              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

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                JUNE 28
     3 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the water supply status in 
           the Pacific Northwest and its impact on power 
           production, and S. 648, to amend the Reclamation States 
           Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend the 
           authority for drought assistance.
                                                            SD-366