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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D661-D663 on June 23, 2005.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
H.R. 2744, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 2862, making appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
Proposed legislation making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006.
IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine United States military strategy and operations in Iraq, after receiving testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; General Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; General John P. Abizaid, USA, Commander, United States Central Command; and General George W. Casey, USA, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1281, to authorize appropriations for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for science, aeronautics, exploration, exploration capabilities, and the Inspector General, and for other purposes, for fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, with amendments;
S. 1280, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for the United States Coast Guard, with an amendment; and
The nominations of Edmund S. Hawley, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, Israel Hernandez, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, William Alan Jeffrey, of Virginia, to be Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce, Ashok G. Kaveeshwar, of Maryland, to be Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Department of Transportation, David A. Sampson, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, Rear Admiral Sally Brice-O'Hara to be Director of the Coast Guard Reserve, and sundry officers in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to examine United States-China economic relations and China's role in the world economy, especially its currency valuation policy, and exports, and the World Trade Organization (WTO), receiving testimony from Senators Collins, Bayh, Graham, and Stabenow; Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury; Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Neal Bredehoeft, American Soybean Association, Alma, Missouri; Sean Maloney, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Al Lubrano, Technical Materials, Inc., Lincoln, Rhode Island, on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers.
Hearing recessed subject to the call.
HIV/AIDS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine issues relative to developing an HIV/AIDS vaccine, focusing on S. Res. 42, expressing the sense of the Senate on promoting initiatives to develop an HIV vaccine, after receiving testimony from Representative Visclosky; Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Ashley Judd, Franklin, Tennessee, on behalf of YouthAIDS; Helene Gayle, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington; and Seth Berkley, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York.
HIV/AIDS CARE PROGRAMS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine disparities in federal HIV/AIDS CARE programs, focusing on the effectiveness of CARE Act funding allocations in ensuring that all Americans living with HIV are provided access to core medical services and life-saving AIDS medications, after receiving testimony from Marcia G. Crosse, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Robert S. Janssen, Director, Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Deborah P. Hopson, Associate Administrator for HIV/AIDS, Health Resources and Services Administration, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; and Michael Montgomery, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee met to discuss the Family Medical Leave Act, receiving testimony from Jamie Marsden, City of Gillette Human Resources, Gillette, Wyoming; Cheryl Barbanel, Boston University Occupational Health Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Sandy Boyd, National Association of Manufacturers, Laurie Dohnalek, Georgetown University Hospital, Janemarie Mulvey, The Employment Policy Foundation, and Debra Ness, National Partnership for Women and Families, all of Washington, D.C.; Susan O'Flaherty, Bank One, Chicago, Illinois; Patrick Lancaster, American Axle and Manufacturing, Detroit, Michigan; Jeff Payne, Palmeto Health Hospitals, Columbia, South Carolina; Robert Prybutok, Polymer Technologies, Newark, Delaware; Sue Willman, Spencer Fane, Kansas City, Missouri; Ellen Bravo, Multi-state Working Families Consortium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Marie Alexander, Quova, Inc., Mountain View, California; Jody Heymann, Harvard Center for Society and Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Patti Philips, Atlanta, Georgia.
ROE v. WADE/DOE v. BOLTON
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded a hearing to examine the consequences of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, after receiving testimony from Ken Edelin, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Teresa Collett, University of St. Thomas Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota; M. Edward Whelan, III, Ethics and Public Policy Center, and Karen O'Connor, American University, both of Washington, D.C.; R. Alta Charo, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison; Sandra Cano, Atlanta, Georgia; and Norma McCorvey, Dallas, Texas.
VETERANS BENEFITS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine benefits-related legislative initiatives, focusing on S. 151, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require an annual plan on outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 423, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make a stillborn child an insurable dependent for purposes of the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, S. 551, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Colorado Springs, Colorado, metropolitan area, S. 552, to make technical corrections to the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004, S. 909, to expand eligibility for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries, S. 917, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the pilot program for direct housing loans for Native American veterans, S. 1234, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2005, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, S. 1235, to amend chapters 19 and 37 of title 38, United States Code, to extend the availability of $400,000 in coverage under the servicemembers' life insurance and veterans' group life insurance programs, S. 1138, to authorize the placement of a monument in Arlington National Cemetery honoring the veterans who fought in World War II as members of Army Ranger Battalions, S. 1252, to amend section 1922A of title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of supplemental insurance available for totally disabled veterans, S. 1259, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the requirement for reports from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the disposition of cases recommended to the Secretary for equitable relief due to administrative error and to provide improved benefits and procedures for the transition of members of the Armed Forces from combat zones to noncombat zones and for the transition of veterans from service in the Armed Forces to civilian life, S. 1271, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide improved benefits for veterans who are former prisoners of war, after receiving testimony from Senators Pryor and Allard; Daniel L. Cooper, Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits; Steve Smithson, The American Legion, Quentin Kinderman, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Rick Surratt, Disabled American Veterans, and Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and Richard Jones, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
