[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 23252-23254]
[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

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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, October 20, 2005 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               OCTOBER 25
     9 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine U.S.-Saudi Arabia relations 
           relating to the war on terror.
                                                            SD-226
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of John J. 
           Young, Jr., of Virginia, to be Director of Defense 
           Research and Engineering, Department of Defense, 
           Dorrance Smith, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
           of Defense for Public Affairs, Delores M. Etter, of 
           Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
           Research, Development and Acquisition, General Burwell 
           B. Bell, III, USA, for reappointment to the grade of 
           general and to be Commander, United Nations Command/
           Combined Forces Command, and Commander, United States 
           Forces Korea, and Lieutenant General Lance L. Smith, 
           USAF, for appointment to the grade of general and to be 
           Commander, United States Joint Forces Command and 
           Supreme Allied Commander Transformation.
                                                            SD-106
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ellen R. 
           Sauerbrey, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of 
           State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, and 
           Jeffrey Thomas Bergner, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
           Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs.
                                                            SD-419
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Matthew 
           Slaughter, of New Hampshire, and Katherine Baicker, of 
           New Hampshire, each to be a Member of the Council of 
           Economic Advisers, Orlando J. Cabrera, of Florida, to 
           be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
           Development, and Gigi Hyland, of Virginia, and Rodney 
           E. Hood, of North Carolina, each to be a Member of the 
           National Credit Union Administration Board.
                                                            SD-538
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1829, to repeal certain 
           sections of the Act of May 26, 1936, pertaining to the 
           Virgin Islands, S. 1830, to amend the Compact of Free 
           Association Amendments Act of 2003, and S. 1831, to 
           convey certain submerged land to the Commonwealth of 
           the Northern Mariana Islands.
                                                            SD-366
       Appropriations
       Interior and Related Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine oil and gas activities by the 
           Bureau of Land Management including impact of recently 
           passed energy legislation.
                                                            SD-124
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
           International Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine setting priorities in Federal 
           spending in the context of natural disaster, deficits 
           and war, focusing on funding wasteful and ineffective 
           programs.
                                                            SD-342

                               OCTOBER 26
     9 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the Streamlined Procedures 
           Act relating to Habeas Reform.
                                                            SD-226
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine In Re Tribal 
           Lobbying Matters, Et Al.
                                                            SH-216
     10:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine emergency preparedness 
           relating to terrorism.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the implementation of the 
           Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (P.L. 108-
           447), by the Forest Service and the Department of the 
           Interior.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposals to split the Ninth 
           Circuit.
                                                            SD-226

                               OCTOBER 27
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 1057, to amend the Indian 
           Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that 
           Act, S. 1003, to amend the Act of December 22, 1974, S. 
           692, to provide for the conveyance of certain public 
           land in northwestern New Mexico by resolving a dispute 
           associated with coal preference right lease interests 
           on the land, a proposed bill to extend the statute of 
           limitations for breach of trust claims, and S. 1219, to 
           authorize certain tribes in the State of Montana to 
           enter into a lease or other temporary conveyance of 
           water rights to meet the water needs of the Dry Prairie 
           Rural Water Association, Inc.
                                                            SR-485
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine Administration's response to 
           hurricane recovery efforts related to energy and to 
           discuss energy policy.
                                                            SD-366
       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

                               NOVEMBER 1
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
                                                            SD-226

                               NOVEMBER 2
     2 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1541, to protect, 
           conserve, and restore public land administered by the 
           Department of the Interior or the Forest Service and 
           adjacent land through cooperative cost-shared grants to 
           control and mitigate the spread of invasive species, S. 
           1548, to provide for the conveyance of certain Forest 
           Service land to the city of Coffman Cove, Alaska, S. 
           1552, to amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the 
           authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to 
           release certain conditions contained in a patent 
           concerning certain land conveyed by the United States 
           to Eastern Washington University until December 31, 
           2009, and H.R. 482, to provide for a land exchange 
           involving Federal lands in the Lincoln National Forest 
           in the State of New Mexico.
                                                            SD-366

                               NOVEMBER 3
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine a status report on the 
           Environmental Protection Management programs of the 
           Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-366

                               NOVEMBER 8
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the progress made on the 
           development of interim and long-term plans for use of 
           fire retardant aircraft in Federal wildfire suppression 
           operations.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
       Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Pet Animal Welfare 
           Statute.
                                                           SR-328A

                             CANCELLATIONS

                               OCTOBER 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Superfund and Waste Management Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing on the impact of certain 
           government contractor liability proposals on 
           environmental laws.
                                                            SD-406
     10:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine grand jury reform.
                                                            SD-226


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                               NOVEMBER 1
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine Department of Justice and the 
           Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission Recommendations.
                                                            SD-226