OTHER BUSINESS SCHEDULED WEEKS OF JULY 18 – JULY 25, 2005

 ***Senate Measures Passed***

H.R. 3057 (Kolbe) – Foreign Operations Appropriations.  Passed the Senate with 98 yeas to 1 nay.

S. Res. 202 (Frist) – Sudan Peace Agreement.  Passed the Senate by UC.

S. Res. 210 (Frist) – Egypt Bombings.  Passed the Senate by UC.

S. J. Res. 19 (Brownback) – 30^th Anniversary of the Helsinki Act.  Passed the Senate by UC.

S. Res. 198 (Mikulski) – Commemorating Polish Workers Strike Anniversary.  Passed the Senate by UC.

S. Res. 104 (Feingold) – People-to-People Engagement in World Affairs.  Passed the Senate by UC.

***Meetings/Hearings of Interest***

House Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Agencies held a hearing on West Bank/Gaza Assistance.  Testimony was heard from: James Wolfensohn, Quartet Special Envoy for Gaza Disengagement; The following officials of the Department of State: C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; and James Beaver, Mission Director, West Bank/Gaza Operations, USAID; and LTG William E. Ward, Deputy Commander, U.S. Army Europe, Coordinate for Security, DoD.

House Committee on Armed Services: “Chinese Military Power.”  Testimony was heard from: Franklin Kramer, former Assistant Secretary, International Security Affairs, DoD and public witnesses.

House Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Financial Services held a joint hearing on the financing of Iraqi Insurgency.  Testimony was heard from: Daniel Glaser, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, Department of the Treasury and the following officials of the Department of Defense: James Roberts, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Special Operations and Combating Terrorism; and Caleb Temple, Director, Operations, Joint Intelligence Task Force for Combating Terrorism, DIA.

Joint Meeting: His Excellency Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of the Republic of India.

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: “Improving Security in Iraq.”  Testimony was heard from: Kenneth M. Pollack, The Brookings Institution Saban Center for Middle East Policy; Anthony H. Cordesman, CSIS; General Barry R. McCaffrey, USA (Ret.), BR McCaffrey Associates, LLC.

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: “Advancing Iraqi Political Development.”  Testimony was heard from: Phebe Marr, USIP; Judy Van Rest, IRI; Noah Feldman, New York University School of Law.

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: “Accelerating Economic Progress in Iraq.”  Testimony was heard from: Keith Crane, RAND Corporation; Fareed Mohamedi, PFC Energy; Frederick D. Barton, CSIS.

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: “United Nations Reform.”  Testimony was heard from: Former Senator George Mitchell and Former Representative Newt Gingrich, both on behalf of the Task Force on the United Nations; and R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. 

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: “Energy Trends in China and India: Implications for the United States.”  Testimony was heard from: E. Anthony Wayne, Interim Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; David K. Garman, Under Secretary of Energy for Science and Environment; Mikkal Herberg, The National Bureau for Asian Research; Randall G. Shriver, Armitage International; Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University India Studies Program.

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: “United Nations Peacekeeping Reform.”  Testimony was heard from: Philo L. Dibble, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.  The Committee also received a briefing from: H.R.H. Prince Zeid Ra’ad Seid Al-Hussein, Permanent Representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary General, PKO, both of the United Nations.

***Appointments***

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: Dr. Richard D. Land, of Tennessee, for a term of two years.

British-American Interparliamentary Group: Senators Gregg and Roberts.

***Nominations Received***

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development – Jennifer L. Dorn, of Nebraska, to be U.S. Alternate Representative of the USA to the EU, with the rank and status of Ambassador.

Department of State – C. Boyden Gray, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the USA to the EU, with the rank and status of Ambassador.

Department of State – Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to Israel.

Department of State – Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Department of State – Barry F. Lowenkron, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.

Department of State – William Paul McCormick, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and serve concurrently without additional compensation as Ambassador to Samoa.

Department of State – Roland Arnall, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

***Nominations Confirmed***

United States International Trade Commission – Shara L. Aranoff, of Maryland, to be a Member.

Department of State – Henrietta Holsman Fore, of Nevada, to be Under Secretary of State for Management.

Department of State – Katherine Hubay Peterson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana.

Department of State – Alan W. Eastham Jr., of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi.

Department of State – Henry Crumpton, of Virginia, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large.

Department of State – Gillian Arlette Milovanovic, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia.

Department of State – Michael Retzer, of Mississippi, to be Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania.

Department of State – Karen P. Hughes, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, with the rank of Ambassador.

Department of State – Kristen Silverberg, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs.

Department of State – James Cain, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to Denmark.

Department of State – Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.

Department of State – William Robert Timken, Jr., of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Department of State – William J. Burns, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation.

Department of State – Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to Israel.

Department of State – Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to Egypt.

Department of State – Francis Rooney, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Holy See.

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, African Development Bank, African Development Fund, and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development – Josette Sheeran Shiner, of Virginia, to be U.S. Alternate Governor.