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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D217-D218 on March 10, 2005.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings to examine the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, after receiving testimony from Jeffrey C. Sprecher, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Robert G. Pickel, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., New York, New York; Daniel J. Roth, National Futures Association, Chicago, Illinois; and Oliver I. Ireland, Morrison and Forester, LLP, on behalf of Huntsman Corporation, John G. Gaine, Managed Funds Association, and Micah S. Green, The Bond Market Association, all of Washington, D.C.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Environmental Management and Radioactive Waste Management in the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Paul M. Golan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, and Theodore J. Garrish, Deputy Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, both of the Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS: FOSTER CARE INITIATIVES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for funding for Federal foster care initiatives in the District of Columbia, after receiving testimony from Brenda Donald Walker, District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency; Martha B. Knisley, District of Columbia Department of Mental Health; Lee F. Sattefield, Family Court of District of Columbia Superior Court; Judith Metzler, Center for the Study of Social Policy, and Margie Chalofsky, Foster and Adoptive Family Advocacy Center, both of Washington, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DETENTION OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the review of Department of Defense detention operations and detainee interrogation techniques, after receiving testimony from Vice Admiral Albert T. Church III, USN, Director of the Navy Staff.
IDENTITY THEFT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine recent developments involving the security of sensitive consumer information relating to identity theft, focusing on laws currently applicable to resellers of consumer information, receiving testimony from Senator Leahy; Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; Larry Johnson, Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigative Division, United States Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security; Amy S. Friend, Assistant Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury.
Hearings recessed subject to the call of the Chair.
2006 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an original concurrent resolution setting forth the fiscal year 2006 budget for the Federal Government.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
S. 148, to establish a United States Boxing Commission to administer the Act;
S. 361, to develop and maintain an integrated system of ocean and coastal observations for the Nation's coasts, oceans and Great Lakes, improve warnings of tsunamis and other natural hazards, enhance homeland security, support maritime operations;
S. 39, to establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
S. 362, to establish a program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Coast Guard to help identify, determine sources of, assess, reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse impacts on the marine environment and navigation safety, in coordination with non-Federal entities, with an amendment;
S. 50, to authorize and strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 268, to provide competitive grants for training court reporters and closed captioners to meet requirements for realtime writers under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, with amendments; and
Nominations in the Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Also, Committee adopted its rules of procedures for the 109th Congress.
