[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 142 (Tuesday, November 1, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing on the progress of the Joint Improvised Explosive Devices 
(IED) Task Force from Brigadier General Joseph L. Votel, USA, Director, 
Joint IED Task Force.
Nominations:
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Shana L. Dale, of Georgia, to 
be Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, and Mark V. Rosenker, of Maryland, who was introduced 
by Senator Allen, and Kathryn Higgins, of South Dakota, who was 
introduced by Senator Sarbanes and Representative Levin, each to be a 
Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MANAGEMENT POLICIES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded an oversight hearing to examine the National Park 
Service's Draft Management Policies, including potential impact of the 
policies on park operations, park resources, interaction with gateway 
communities, and solicitation and collection of donations, after 
receiving testimony from Stephen P. Martin, Deputy Director, National 
Park Service, and William P. Horn, former Assistant Secretary for Fish 
and Wildlife and Parks, both of the Department of the Interior; Denis 
P. Galvin, McLean, Virginia, on behalf of the National Parks 
Conservation Association; and Don H. Castleberry, Little Rock Arkansas, 
on behalf of the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees.
NOMINATIONS:
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Eric Nicholas Vitaliano and Joseph Frank Bianco, 
each to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
New York, who were introduced by Senators Schumer and Clinton, Gregory 
F. Van Tatenhove, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Kentucky, who was introduced by Senator Bunning, and 
Timothy Mark Burgess, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Alaska, who was introduced by Senators Stevens and 
Murkowski, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.