[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 87 (Monday, June 27, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1371-E1372]
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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, June 28, 2005 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                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
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine vulnerabilities in the United 
           States passport system.
                                                            SD-562
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S.J. Res. 15, to acknowledge 
           a long history of official depredations and ill-
           conceived policies by the United States Government 
           regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all 
           Native Peoples on behalf of the United States, S. 374, 
           to provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow 
           Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal 
           land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri 
           River, S. 113, to modify the date as of which certain 
           tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria of California is 
           deemed to be held in trust, S. 881, to provide for 
           equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians 
           of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land 
           for the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee 
           Dam, S. 449, to facilitate shareholder consideration of 
           proposals to make Settlement Common Stock under the 
           Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act available to missed 
           enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons born 
           after December 18, 1971, H.R. 797 and S. 475, bills to 
           amend the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
           Determination Act of 1996 and other Acts to improve 
           housing programs for Indians, S. 623, to direct the 
           Secretary of Interior to convey certain land held in 
           trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to the City 
           of Richfield, Utah, S. 598, to reauthorize provisions 
           in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
           Determination Act of 1996 relating to Native Hawaiian 
           low-income housing and Federal loan guarantees for 
           Native Hawaiian housing, proposed legislation to 
           condemn certain subsurface rights to land held in trust 
           by the State of Arizona, and convey subsurface rights 
           held by Bureau of Land Management, for the Pascua Yaqui 
           Tribe, proposed legislation to authorize funding for 
           the National Indian Gaming Commission, S. 1239, to 
           amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to permit 
           the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe, a tribal 
           organization, or an urban Indian organization to pay 
           the monthly part D premium of eligible medicare 
           beneficiaries, S. 1231, to amend the Indian Self-
           Determination and Education Assistance Act to modify 
           provisions relating to the National Fund for Excellence 
           in American Indian Education, proposed legislation to 
           require former Federal employees who are employed by 
           tribes to adhere to conflict of interest rules, and 
           proposed legislation to amend the Tribally Controlled 
           Community College and Universities Assistance Act.
                                                            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.
       Finance
         To continue hearings to examine threatening the health 
           care safety net regarding Medicaid waste, fraud and 
           abuse.
                                                            SH-216
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
           Subcommittee
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
           appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for the Department 
           of State and foreign operations.
                                                            SD-116
     2 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the ongoing crisis in 
           Uzbekistan and its implications for the United States.
                                                            SD-124
     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
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of John Ross 
           Beyrle, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Bulgaria, Marie L. Yovanovitch, of Connecticut, to 
           be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, Robert H. Tuttle, 
           of California, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom 
           of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Ronald 
           Spogli, of California, to be Ambassador to the Italian 
           Republic.
                                                            SD-419
       Foreign Relations
       International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. economic development 
           strategy and the south caucasus.
                                                            SD-G50
       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
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     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
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine the importance of prevention 
           in curing Medicare.
                                                            SH-216
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
           appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for the Department 
           of State and foreign operations.
                                                            SD-106
       Finance
       Taxation and IRS Oversight Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine savings and investment 
           issues.
                                                            SD-215
       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
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine securing the cooperation of 
           participating countries

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           relating to the need for comprehensive immigration 
           reform.
                                                            SD-226
       Intelligence
         To hold a closed briefing regarding certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     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

                                 JULY 1
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine funding for the Corporation 
           for Public Broadcasting.
                                                            SD-192

                                JULY 12
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine stem cell research (single 
           cell technique without destruction of the embryo).
                                                            SD-124

                                JULY 19
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the effects of 
           the U.S. nuclear testing program on the Marshall 
           Islands.
                                                            SD-366

                              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 29
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine Spectrum-DTV.
                                                            SR-253

                                JUNE 30
     2 p.m.
       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