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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D946 on Sept. 24, 2004.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SAGE GROUSE CONSERVATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water concluded oversight hearings to examine the sustainability of State and private programs for sage grouse conservation, focusing on developments in federal activities, after receiving testimony from Chad D. Calvert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management; Bruce I. Knight, Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture; Terry Crawforth, Nevada Department of Wildlife, Carson City; Greg Schnacke, Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Denver, on behalf of the Partnership for the West; Gary N. Back, Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten Consulting (USA), Inc., Elko, Nevada, on behalf of the Northeastern Nevada Stewardship Group, Inc.; John O'Keeffe, Oregon Cattleman's Association, Salem, on behalf of the Public Lands; Ben Deeble, National Wildlife Federation, Missoula, Montana; and James A. Mosher, North American Grouse Partnership, on behalf of sundry organizations.
TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing 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), after receiving testimony from George Yin, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation; Barbara M. Angus, International Tax Counsel, Department of the Treasury; and William A. Reinsch, National Foreign Trade Council, and Judith P. Zelisko, Brunswick Corporation, on behalf of the Tax Executives, Inc., both of Washington, DC.
