[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 2216-2217]
[From the U.S. 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, February 24, 2004 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              FEBRUARY 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine processor quotas.
                                                            SR-253
       Appropriations
       District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2005 for the government of the District of 
           Columbia.
                                                            SD-138
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the Japanese tax treaty and 
           the SriLanka tax protocol.
                                                            SD-419
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the President's fiscal year 
           2005 budget request.
                                                            SR-485
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine policies and programs for 
           preventing and responding to incidents of sexual 
           assault in the armed services.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine current investigations and 
           regulatory actions regarding the mutual fund industry, 
           focusing on understanding the fund industry from the 
           investor's perspective.
                                                            SD-538
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           homeland security budget request for fiscal year 2005.
                                                            SD-106
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Roger T. 
           Benitez, to be United States District Judge for the 
           Southern District of California.
                                                            SD-226
       Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Government Reform Subcommittee on Civil Service and 
           Agency Reorganization, to examine the key to homeland 
           security relating to the new human resources system.
                                                         2154 RHOB
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the performance and potential 
           of consumer driven health care.
                                                            SD-628
     2 p.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To continue hearings to examine proposals for improving 
           the regulation of the housing government sponsored 
           enterprises.
                                                            SD-538
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Department of Energy's 
           Office of Environmental Management, Office of Future 
           Liabilities, and Office of Legacy Management, relating 
           to the defense authorization request for fiscal year 
           2005.
                                                           SR-232A
     3:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine USAID contracting policies.
                                                            SD-419

                              FEBRUARY 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine current and future worldwide 
           threats to the national security of the United States; 
           to be followed by a closed session in SH-219.
                                                            SH-216
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine public diplomacy and 
           international free press.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Alphonso 
           R. Jackson, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and 
           Urban Development, Linda Mysliwy Conlin, of New Jersey, 
           to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-
           Import Bank of the United States, and Rhonda Keenum, of 
           Mississippi, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 
           Director General of the United States and Foreign 
           Commercial Services.
                                                            SD-538
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           international affairs budget request for fiscal year 
           2005.
                                                            SD-106
       Appropriations
       Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2005 for emergency preparedness and 
           response budget.
                                                            SD-124
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2005 for the Office of Science and 
           Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation.
                                                            SD-192
     2 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To continue hearings to examine current investigations 
           and regulatory actions regarding the mutual fund 
           industry, focusing on fund operations and governance.
                                                            SD-538
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine ensuring quality and 
           accountability regarding higher education 
           accreditation.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Susan 
           Johnson Grant, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial 
           Officer, Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-366
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine next steps in U.S. relations 
           regarding Libya.
                                                            SD-419

                                MARCH 1
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-192
     11 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Financial Management, the Budget, and International 
           Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the management, investment, 
           and oversight policies of the federal government's 
           Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) to ensure the integrity of 
           federal employees' retirement savings.
                                                            SD-342


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                                MARCH 2
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2005 and the future years 
           defense program.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           fiscal year 2005 budget for the Forest Service.
                                                            SD-366
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine substance abuse.
                                                            SD-430
     2:15 p.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the final report of the 
           Department of Veterans' Affairs' Capital Asset 
           Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Commission.
                                                            SR-418

                                MARCH 3
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the status of the 
           completion of the National Museum of the American 
           Indian.
                                                            SR-485
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine future Navy and Marine Corps 
           capabilities and requirements in review of the defense 
           authorization request for fiscal year 2005 and the 
           future years defense program.
                                                           SR-232A

                                MARCH 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold open and closed hearings to examine the Defense 
           Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2005, focusing on 
           military strategy and operational requirements (closed 
           in SH-219).
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine higher education.
                                                            SD-430
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
           presentations of the Non-Commissioned Officers 
           Association, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, 
           the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the Jewish War 
           Veterans, and the Blinded Veterans Association.
                                                          345 CHOB
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Energy Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine new nuclear power generation 
           in the United States.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 9
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine H.R. 1446, to support the 
           efforts of the California Missions Foundation to 
           restore and repair the Spanish colonial and mission-era 
           missions in the State of California and to preserve the 
           artworks and artifacts of these missions, S. 1306, to 
           introduce the efforts of the California Missions 
           Foundation to restore and repair the Spanish colonial 
           and mission-era missions in the State of California and 
           to preserve the artworks and artifacts of these 
           missions, and H.R. 1521, to provide for additional 
           lands to be included within the boundary of the 
           Johnstown Flood National Memorial in the State of 
           Pennsylvania.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 10
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-430
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
           presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
                                                            SH-216
     11:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the posture of the U.S. 
           Transportation Command in review of the defense 
           authorization request for fiscal year 2005 and the 
           future years defense program.
                                                           SR-232A

                                MARCH 11
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Children and Families Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine child and family issues.
                                                            SD-430
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2086, to amend the Surface 
           Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to improve 
           the reclamation of abandoned mines, and S. 2049, to 
           amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
           1977 to reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, 
           revise the abandoned mine reclamation program, promote 
           remining, authorize the Office of Surface Mining to 
           collect the black lung excise tax, and make sundry 
           other changes.
                                                            SD-366
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Airland Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Army Transformation in review 
           of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 
           2005 and the future years defense program.
                                                           SR-232A

                                MARCH 18
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans Affairs to examine the legislative 
           presentations of the Air Force Sergeants Association, 
           the Retired Enlisted Association, Gold Star Wives of 
           America, and the Fleet Reserve Association.
                                                          345 CHOB

                                MARCH 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine atomic energy defense 
           activities of the Department of Energy relating to the 
           Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2005.
                                                            SD-106
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine mental health services.
                                                            SD-430

                                MARCH 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the role of the U.S. Northern 
           Command and U.S. Special Operations Command in 
           defending the homeland and in the global war on 
           terrorism, in review of the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2005; to be followed by a 
           closed session in SH-219.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Employment, Safety, and Training Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine MSDS and OSHA hazardous 
           commission.
                                                            SD-430
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
           presentations of the National Association of State 
           Directors of Veterans Affairs, AMVETS, American Ex-
           Prisoners of War, the Vietnam Veterans of America, and 
           the Military Officers Association of America.
                                                          345 CHOB

                                MARCH 31
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-430

                              SEPTEMBER 21
     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