[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 20675-20676]
[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, September 20, 2005 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 21
     9 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the status of the World Trade 
           Organization negotiations on agriculture.
                                                           SR-328A
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine energy prices.
                                                            SD-562
       Environment and Public Works
       Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Endangered Species Act 
           and the role of States, Tribes and local governments.
                                                            SD-406
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Indian gaming.
                                                            SR-385
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine able danger and intelligence 
           information sharing.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine what lessons have been 
           learned to secure U.S. transit systems relating to the 
           London terrorist attacks.
                                                            SD-342
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of Hurricane 
           Katrina on small businesses.
                                                           SR-428A
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine energy prices.
                                                            SD-562
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Thomas A. 
           Shannon, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
           of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Charles A. 
           Ford, of Virginia, to

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           be Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, Mark 
           Langdale, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Costa Rica, and Brenda LaGrange Johnson, of New York, 
           to be Ambassador to Jamaica.
                                                            SD-419

                              SEPTEMBER 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of John G. 
           Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be Chief Justice of the 
           United States, Timothy Elliott Flanigan, of Virginia, 
           to be Deputy Attorney General, S. 1088, to establish 
           streamlined procedures for collateral review of mixed 
           petitions, amendments, and defaulted claims, proposed 
           Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2005, S. 751, 
           to require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in 
           interstate commerce, in possession of data containing 
           personal information, to disclose any unauthorized 
           acquisition of such information, S. 1326, to require 
           agencies and persons in possession of computerized data 
           containing sensitive personal information, to disclose 
           security breaches where such breach poses a significant 
           risk of identity theft, S. 155, to increase and enhance 
           law enforcement resources committed to investigation 
           and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish 
           violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and 
           communities from violent criminals, to revise and 
           enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to 
           reform and facilitate prosecution of juvenile gang 
           members who commit violent crimes, to expand and 
           improve gang prevention programs, S. 1086, to improve 
           the national program to register and monitor 
           individuals who commit crimes against children or sex 
           offenses, and S. 956, to amend title 18, United States 
           Code, to provide assured punishment for violent crimes 
           against children.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the financial services 
           industry's responsibilities and role in preventing 
           identity theft and protecting sensitive financial 
           information.
                                                            SD-538
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine communications in disaster.
                                                            SD-562
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-342
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine whether Capital offenders 
           should be buried in America's national cemeteries.
                                                            SR-418
     2:30 p.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of George M. 
           Gray, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
           Administrator, and Lyons Gray, of North Carolina, to be 
           Chief Financial Officer, both of the Environmental 
           Protection Agency, Edward McGaffigan, Jr., of Virginia, 
           to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, H. 
           Dale Hall, of New Mexico, to be Director of the United 
           States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
           Interior, and Santanu K. Baruah, of Oregon, to be 
           Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic 
           Development.
                                                            SD-406
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
           International Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine cost and payment plans for 
           the Medicare Modernization Act and if the new 
           legislation will meet the needs of seniors.
                                                            SD-342
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 435, to amend the Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the 
           Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of 
           Connecticut for study for potential addition to the 
           National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1096, to 
           amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
           portions of the Musconetcong River in the State of New 
           Jersey as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
           Rivers System, S. 1310, to authorize the Secretary of 
           the Interior to allow the Columbia Gas Transmission 
           Corporation to increase the diameter of a natural gas 
           pipeline located in the Delaware Water Gap National 
           Recreation Area, S. 1378, to amend the National 
           Historic Preservation Act to provide appropriation 
           authorization and improve the operations of the 
           Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and S. 1627, 
           to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
           special resources study to evaluate resources along the 
           coastal region of the State of Delaware and to 
           determine the suitability and feasibility of 
           establishing a unit of the National Park System in 
           Delaware.
                                                            SD-366
     3 p.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Education and Early Childhood Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Hurricane Katrina's displaced 
           school children.
                                                            SD-430

                              SEPTEMBER 23
     10 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To resume hearings to examine issues relating to 
           recovering from Hurricane Katrina, focusing on the 
           needs of those displaced, today and tomorrow.
                                                            SD-342

                              SEPTEMBER 27
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1701, to amend the Surface 
           Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to improve 
           the reclamation of abandoned mines, and S. 961, to 
           amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
           1977 to reauthorize and reform the Abandoned Mine 
           Reclamation Program.
                                                            SD-366

                              SEPTEMBER 28
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1334, to provide for 
           integrity and accountability in professional sports, 
           and S. 1114, to establish minimum drug testing 
           standards for major professional sports leagues.
                                                            SH-216
     2:30 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Indian housing.
                                                            SR-485

                              SEPTEMBER 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Investigations Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the effectiveness and cost of 
           the Defense Travel System of the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine proposed Duck Valley 
           Reservation, Shoshone Paiute Tribes, Water Rights 
           Settlement.
                                                            SR-485

                               OCTOBER 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. military strategy and 
           operations in Iraq.
                                                            SD-106

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                              SEPTEMBER 21
     2 p.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
       Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization 
           Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Forest and 
           Rangeland Research Program of the USDA Forest Service.
                                                           SR-328A