[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18700]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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                          EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

                       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, September 21, 2004 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by an oversight hearing on the 
           contributions of Native American code talkers in 
           American military history.
                                                            SD-562
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine counterterrorism legislation 
           and proposals, including the USA PATRIOT ACT (P.L. 107-
           56), and the SAFE Act.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
         To hold hearings to examine the 9/11 Commission 
           intelligence recommendations.
                                                            SH-216
       Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to continue markup of the proposed 
           National Intelligence Reform Act.
                                                            SD-342
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 2686, to amend the Carl 
           D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 
           1998 to improve the Act, S. 518, to increase the supply 
           of pancreatic islet cells for research, to provide 
           better coordination of Federal efforts and information 
           on islet cell transplantation, and to collect the data 
           necessary to move islet cell transplantation from an 
           experimental procedure to a standard therapy, S. 2283, 
           to extend Federal funding for operation of State high 
           risk health insurance pools, S. 1217, to direct the 
           Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and 
           intensify programs with respect to research and related 
           activities concerning elder falls, S. 2526, to 
           reauthorize the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical 
           Education Program, S. Res. 389, expressing the sense of 
           the Senate with respect to prostate cancer information, 
           and other pending legislation and pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine consumer choice and 
           addressing ``adverse selection'' concerns with regard 
           to health insurance.
                                                            SD-628
     2 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the condition and regulation 
           of the insurance industry.
                                                            SD-538
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Lloyd O. 
           Pierson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator 
           of the United States Agency for International 
           Development, and a Member of the Board of Directors of 
           the African Development Foundation.
                                                            SD-419
     3:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine pending judicial nominations.
                                                            SD-226

                              SEPTEMBER 23
     9 a.m.
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine National Labor Relations 
           Board issues.
                                                            SD-192
     2 p.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the role of prescription drug 
           monitoring programs.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the Global Posture Review of 
           United States military forces stationed overseas.
                                                            SH-216

                              SEPTEMBER 24
     9 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine State and private 
           programs for sage grouse conservation.
                                                            SD-406
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the Protocol Amending the 
           Convention Between the United States of America and the 
           Kingdom of the Netherlands for the Avoidance of Double 
           Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with 
           Respect to Taxes on Income (including exchange of notes 
           with attached Understanding), signed at Washington on 
           March 8, 2004 (the ``Protocol'') (Treaty Doc. 108-25), 
           and the Second Protocol Amending the Convention Between 
           the United States of America and Barbados for the 
           Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of 
           Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income Signed 
           on December 31, 1984, signed at Washington on July 14, 
           2004; including an exchange of notes with attached 
           Understandings (Treaty Doc. 108-26).
                                                            SD-419

                              SEPTEMBER 28
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine how to combat corruption in 
           the multilateral development banks.
                                                            SD-419

                              SEPTEMBER 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by an oversight hearing on lobbying 
           practices involving Indian tribes.
                                                            SH-216

                               OCTOBER 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the progress of the 
           Millennium Challenge Corporation.
                                                            SD-419

                             CANCELLATIONS

                              SEPTEMBER 23
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the current status of the 
           Hard Rock Mining Industry in America, focusing on a 
           status and trend analysis, a review of domestic mineral 
           reserves, a summary on exploration investments and 
           current production as well as permitting and 
           reclamation issues.
                                                            SD-366