[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 20990-20991]
[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 Thursday, September 22, 2005 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              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
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine assessing progress in the 
           Federal government regarding alternative personnel 
           systems,

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           focusing on systems to learn where personnel systems 
           have been successfully employed and what steps have 
           been taken in their development to ensure effective 
           implementation and operation.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
           International Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine housing-related programs for 
           the poor, focusing on existing challenges in measuring 
           improper rent subsidy payments in housing assistance 
           programs at HUD, as well as Federal oversight of the 
           Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
                                                            SD-342

                              SEPTEMBER 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the role of science in 
           environmental policy making.
                                                            SD-406
       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
     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
     11:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine whether there is more 
           consolidation or new choices for consumers regarding 
           video competition in 2005.
                                                            SD-226
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the grazing programs of the 
           Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, 
           including proposed changes to grazing regulations, and 
           the status of grazing permit renewals, monitoring 
           programs and allotment restocking plans.
                                                            SD-366
     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.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine communications for first 
           responders in disaster.
                                                            SD-562
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine proposed Duck Valley 
           Reservation, Shoshone Paiute Tribes, Water Rights 
           Settlement.
                                                            SR-485
     3:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To receive a closed briefing regarding the evolving NATO 
           role in Afghanistan.
                                                    S-407, Capitol

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