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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1073-D1074 on Oct. 1, 2003.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Rear Adm. David C. Nichols Jr., for appointment in the United States Navy to the grade of Vice Admiral, and Lt. Gen. George W. Casey Jr., for appointment as Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army, and appointment to the grade of General.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine certain aspects of the Administration's Global Climate Change Initiative, to reduce domestic emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, including the implementation of the Kyoto commitment, after receiving testimony from John B. Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office; Jos Delbeke, European Commission of the European Union, Brussels; Antonio J. Busalacchi, Jr., University of Maryland, College Park, on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences Climate Research Committee; Stephen H. Schneider, Stanford University Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford, California; Tom M.L. Wigley, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado; Paul Gorman, National Religious Partnership for the Environment, Amherst, Massachusetts; Ethan J. Podell, Orbis Energy, LLC, White Plains, New York; and Christopher T. Walker, Greenhouse Gas Risk Solutions, New York, New York, on behalf of Swiss Re Financial Services Corporation.
ARIZONA WATER SETTLEMENTS ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: on Tuesday, September 30, 2003, Subcommittee on Water and Power concluded a joint hearing with the Committee on Indian Affairs to examine S. 437, to provide for adjustments to the Central Arizona Project in Arizona, to authorize the Gila River Indian Community water rights settlement, to reauthorize and amend the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982, after receiving testimony from Bennett W. Raley, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, and Aurene M. Martin, Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, both of the Department of the Interior; Herbert R. Guenther, Arizona Department of Water, Phoenix; John D'Antonio, New Mexico Office of the State Engineer, Santa Fe; Vivian Juan-Saunders, Tohono O'odham Nation, Sells, Arizona; Richard P. Narcia, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona; Joe Shirley, Jr., Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; and Kathleen W. Kitcheyan, San Carlos Apache Tribe, San Carlos, Arizona.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Robert B. Charles, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs), who was introduced by Senator Snowe, and H. Douglas Barclay, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, who was introduced by Senator Schumer, after the nominees testified and answered questions on their own behalf.
FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the need for federal real property reform, focusing on actions needed to address long-standing and complex problems, useful data on real property assets, and reliance on costly leasing, after receiving testimony from Johanna L. Hardy, Senior Counsel, and James R. McKay, Counsel, both of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs; David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office; William C. Stamper, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Facilities Management and Policy; and Martha B. Knisley, District of Columbia Department of Mental Health, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing on the nomination of Dora L. Irizarry, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, who was introduced by Senator Schumer, after the nominee testified and answered questions in her own behalf. Testimony was also received from Thomas Z. Hayward, Jr., and Patricia M. Hynes, each of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, Washington, D.C.; James F. Castro-Blanco, Shearman and Sterling, New York, New York, former Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; and Lewis L. Douglas, Justice, New York State Supreme Court, on behalf of the New York State Commission on Minorities, and Michael L. Pesce, Presiding Justice, New York State Supreme Court, both of Brooklyn.
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