Committee Hearings
108th Congress
Second Session - 2004


October

Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Neglected Diseases in East Asia:
Are Public Health Programs Working?

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Addressing the New Reality of Current Visa Policy on International
Students and Researchers

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, October 5, 2004
The Millennium Challenge Corporation:
A Progress Report

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

September

Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Nominations
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Combating Corruption in the
Multilateral Development Banks (III)

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Friday, September 24, 2004
Treaties
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Nomination
Time: 2:30 P.M. 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Accelerating U.S. Assistance to Iraq
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, September 14, 2004
CANCELLED
The Foreign Policy Criticisms and Recommendations
of the 9/11 Commission
The Foreign Policy Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and
Intelligence Requirements for American Diplomacy

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
G50 Dirksen Senate Ofice Building

Friday, September 10, 2004
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, September 9, 2004
The Current Situation in Sudan
and the Prospects for Peace

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building

July

Thursday, July 22, 2004
Iraq - Post Transition
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Combating Multilateral Development Bank Corruption:
U.S. Treasury Role and Internal Efforts

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, July 20, 2004
The Road Map:
Detours and Disengagements

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, July 15, 2004
Iraq
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: S-116 The Capitol

Thursday, July 15, 2004
The Gulf of Guinea and U.S. Strategic Energy Policy
Time: 2:00 P.M.  1:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, July 15, 2004
A Report on Latest Round of Six-Way
Talks Regarding Nuclear Weapons in
North Korea

Time: 9:00 A.M. 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, July 14, 2004
U.S. Policy Toward Southeast Europe:
Unfinished Business in the Balkans

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Pakistan:
Balancing Reform and Counterterrorism

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Security Preparations for 2004 Olympic Games
Time: 5:00 P.M.
Place: S-407 Capitol

Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Human Trafficking:
Mail Order Bride Abuses

Time: 2:30 P.M. 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

June

Thursday, June 24, 2004
The State of Democracy in Venezuela
Time: 2:30 P.M. 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, June 24, 2004
Postponed

U.S. Policy Toward Southeast Europe:
Unfinished Business in the Balkans

Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Iraq: Approaching June 30th
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Nominations
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Business Meeting
Time: Immediately Following First Vote after Policy Lunches
& the Official Senate Photo

Immediately after the Completion of the Senate Photo (2:15 P.M.)
Place: S-116 The Capitol

Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Assessing the Safety & Security of
Peace Corps Volunteers

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Monday, June 21, 2004
Nominations
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Monday, June 21, 2004
Nominations
Time: 10:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, June 17, 2004
Nominations
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, June 17, 2004
Nominations
Time: 3:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, June 17, 2004
Law Enforcement Treaties
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Nominations
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Cancelled

Pakistan Counterterrorism Cooperation
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Nominations
Time: 4:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Sudan: Peace but at What Price?
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Sea Island and Beyond:
Status Report On the Global Partnership
Against Weapons of Mass Destruction

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Monday, June 14, 2004
Nominations
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 9, 2004
Evaluating International Intellectual
Property Piracy

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 2, 2004
The Greater Middle East Initiative:
Sea Island and Beyond

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
216 Hart Senate Office Building

May

Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Iraq Transition- The Way Ahead (Part II)
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Nomination
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Iraq's Transition - The Way Ahead (Part I)
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, May 13, 2004
Challenges and Accomplishments as the European Union
and the United States Promote Trade and Tourism in a
Terrorism Environment

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, May 13, 2004
Combating Corruption in the Multilateral Development Banks
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Afghanistan - Continuing Challenges
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Saving Lives:
The Deadly Intersection Of Aids & Hunger

Time: 9:30 A.M. 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

April

Thursday, April 29, 2004
The Broadcasting Board of Governors:
Finding the Right Media for the Message in the Middle East

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, April 29, 2004
Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Immediately Following First Vote of the Day
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
S-116 The Capitol

Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Nominations
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Nominations
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Nomination
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, April 22, 2004
Nomination
Time: 4:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, April 22, 2004
U.S. - China Relations:
Status of Reforms in China

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, April 22, 2004
Nomination
Time: 1:30 P.M.
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, April 22, 2004
The Iraq Transition:
Obstacles and Opportunities

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Iraq Transition:
Civil War or Civil Society?

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, April 20, 2004
NAFTA: A Ten Year Perspective and
Implications for the Future

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Iraq Transition:
Civil War or Civil Society?

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, April 8, 2004
Antisemitism
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, April 7, 2004
Nominations
Time: Immediately Following the 2:30 P.M. Hearing
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, April 7, 2004
Fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa:
A Progress Report

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, April 7, 2004
A Review of the United Nations
Oil-for-Food Program

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, April 1, 2004
Economic Treaties
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

March

Wednesday, March 31, 2004
The Effects of the Madrid Terrorist Attacks on
U.S. European Cooperation in the War on Terrorism

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Nominations
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, March 25, 2004
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, March 25, 2004
AGOA III: The United States
Africa Partnership Act of 2003

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Postponed

International Intellectual Property Piracy:
Stealing America's Secrets

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, March 23, 2004
U.S. & Mexico:
Immigration Policy & The Bilateral Relationship

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 10, 2004
A Fresh Start for Haiti?
Charting the Future of U.S.-Haitian Relations

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Nonproliferation and Arms Control:
Strategic Choices

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, March 9, 2004
Iraq: Transition to Sovereignty
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Monday, March 8, 2004
Saudi Arabia:
Counter-Terrorism Cooperation

Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Monday, March 8, 2004
Security Preparations for
2004 Olympic Games

Time: 12:30 P.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Thursday, March 4, 2004
Democracy in Hong Kong
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, March 4, 2004
Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 3, 2004
Building Operational Readiness
In Foreign Affairs Agencies

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Tuesday, March 2, 2004
The North Korean Nuclear Calculus:
Beyond the Six Power Talks

Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Tuesday, March 2, 2004
Foreign Assistance Oversight
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

February

Thursday, February 26, 2004
Libya-Next Steps in U.S. Relations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, February 26, 2004
Public Diplomacy and
International Free Press

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, February 25, 2004
USAID Contracting Policies
Time: 2:30 P.M. 3:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Business Meeting
Time: Immediately Following 10:30 A.M. Floor Vote
Place: S-116 The Capitol
Note: The Tax Treaty Hearing in SD-419 Will Be Interrupted to
Accommodate this Business Meeting.

Wednesday, February 25, 2004
The Japanese Tax Treaty and the
Sri Lanka Tax Protocol

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, February 24, 2004
The Middle East:
Rethinking the Road Map

Time: 2:00 P.M. 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
325 Russell Senate Office Building

Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Haiti's Political Crisis
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Thursday, February 12, 2004
Trade & Human Rights:
The Future of U.S.-Vietnamese Relations

Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, February 12, 2004
State Department:
Policy & Programs

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 325 Russell Senate Office Building

Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Thursday, February 12, 2004

Tuesday February 24, 2004

Business Meeting
Time: 10:00 A.M.
If a Quorum Is Achieved at this Afternoon's Hearing on the Middle East Peace Process,
the Chairman Will Bring the Committee into Executive Session to
Consider the Treaty Listed below and Then Resume the Hearing.

Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
325 Russell Senate Office Building

Thursday, February 5, 2004
Postponed

Security Preparations for
2004 Olympic Games

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Thursday, February 5, 2004
Postponed

Iraq Stabilization & Reconstruction:
Looking Forward

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, February 4, 2004
Postponed

Saving Lives:
The Deadly Intersection Of Aids & Hunger

Time: 9:30 A.M. 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
216 Hart Senate Office Building

Tuesday, February 3, 2004
Postponed

Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

January

Thursday, January 29, 2004
The Protocol Additional to the
Safeguards Agreement Between the
United States of America and the IAEA

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Pakistan & India:
Steps Toward Rapprochement

Time: 10:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Pakistan & India:
Steps Toward Rapprochement

Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Cancelled
Tuesday, January 27, 2004

Status of United Nations Activities in Afghanistan
Time: 11:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Afghanistan Stabilization & Reconstruction:
A Status Report

Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, January 21, 2004
An Update on North Korean Nuclear Developments
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Briefing
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 219 Hart Senate Office Building

Hearings of the 108th Congress
First Session
2003