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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D569-D571 on June 7, 2005.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the United States-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), focusing on potential impacts on the agriculture and food sectors, after receiving testimony from Mike Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture; Allen F. Johnson, Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative; Bob Stallman, Columbus, Texas, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Cal Dooley, Food Products Association, Tom Buis, National Farmers Union, and Augustine Tantillo, American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, all of Washington, D.C.; Robert E. McLendon, Leary Georgia, National Cotton Council; and Jack Roney, American Sugar Alliance, Arlington, Virginia.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies approved for full Committee consideration H.R. 2361, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
TANKER PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine the Department of Defense Inspector General's Management Accountability Review of the Boeing KC-767A Tanker Program, after receiving testimony from Gordon R. England, Acting Deputy Secretary, Michael W. Wynne, Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Joseph E. Schmitz, Inspector General, and Thomas F. Gimble, Deputy Inspector General, all of the Department of Defense; and Michael L. Dominguez, Acting Secretary, and General John P. Jumper, USAF, Chief of Staff, both of the U.S. Air Force.
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance concluded a hearing to examine progress on reform of the International Monetary Fund, focusing on the growing role of international debt securities, the increase in volume of private capital flows, and the increasing interconnection between financial markets, after receiving testimony from Randal Quarles, Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; Allan H. Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C.
PRIVATE PENSIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to current problems and future challenges of defined-benefit pension plans, relating to the United Airlines case, receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office; Bradley D. Belt, Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director, Congressional Budget Office; Patricia A. Friend, Association of Flight Attendants--CWA, AFL-
CIO, and Duane E. Woerth, Air Line Pilots Associaiton, International, both of Washington, D.C.; Robert Roach, Jr., International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Upper Marlboro, Maryland; Glenn F. Tilton, United Airlines, Chicago, Illinois; Douglas M. Steenland, Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Gerald Grinstein, Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, Georgia.
Hearing recessed subject to the call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Zalmay Khalilzad, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Iraq, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Hagel, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
CHINA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded a hearing to examine the emergence of China throughout Asia relating to security and economic consequences for the U.S., focusing on China's growth in the East Asia region, what growth means for the United States, and policy decisions to maintain U.S. presence politically, economically, and militarily in the region, after receiving testimony from Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Minxin Pei, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Catharin E. Dalpino, Georgetown University and The George Washington University, both of Washington, D.C.; and Mikkal E. Herberg, The National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, Washington.
PENSION PLAN REFORM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Retirement Security and Aging concluded a hearing to examine reforming hybrid and multi-employer pension plans, focusing on the causes of uncertainty for hybrids and multiemployer plans, including funding problems and proposals to restore stability and solvency, after receiving testimony from Randy G. DeFrehn, National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans, Timothy P. Lynch, Motor Freight Carriers Association, William F. Sweetnam, Jr., The Groom Law Group, on behalf of the American Benefits Council, and David Certner, AARP, all of Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey Noddle, SUPERVALU, INC., Minneapolis, Minnesota, on behalf of the Food Marketing Institute; John Ward, Standard Forwarding Co., East Moline, Illinois, on behalf of the Multiemployer Pension Plan Alliance; and Ellen Collier, Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, on behalf of the Coalition to Preserve the Defined Benefit System.
BORDER SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security concluded joint hearings to examine the successes and challenges of border security, focusing on resources and strategies to improve national security, after receiving testimony from David Aguilar, Chief, Office of Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Wesley Lee, Acting Director, Detention and Removal Operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, both of the Department of Homeland Security; and C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, Inc., and Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session and ordered favorably reported an original bill to reauthorize certain provisions of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, to clarify certain definitions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to provide additional investigative tools necessary to protect the national security.
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